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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862 KYR-0001-020-0740 MG19-153

Ruddells Mills, Bourbon County, Kentucky William M. Samuel (Bourbon County, Kentucky, judge) N00012803 1795? Categories: People

Bourbon County, Kentucky, county judge. Virginia native. Married Mary C. Chiles Samuel in Harrison County, Kentucky, in July 1817. Magistrate in Bourbon County in 1850. County judge in Bourbon County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Lewis Cheek (Franklin County, Kentucky, grocer.) Legal: Bourbon Circuit Court Legal: Andy [Unknown] (Bourbon County, Kentucky, enslaved man) Legal: Alfred [Unknown] (Harrison County, Kentucky, enslaved man) Political: Benjamin F. Bowen (Bourbon County, Kentucky, justice of the peace, first lieutenant (U.S.A.), farmer, and butcher) Political: Willis D. Collins (Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Bourbon County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 1, p. 271B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Paris, p. 507. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington Ward 4, p. 250A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bourbon County Marriages, Film 000216880. Alfred [Unknown] (Harrison County, Kentucky, enslaved man) N00018773 Categories: People

Harrison County, Kentucky, enslaved man. Enslaved by Joseph Shawhan in Harrison County, Kentucky, in 1860. Charged with the murder of Andy [Unknown] in Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1861.

Relationships Slavery: Joseph Shawhan (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Bourbon County Court

KYR-0001-020-0740. KYR-0001-020-0598. Joseph Shawhan (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer.) N00017237 1781-09-12 1871-09-15 Categories: People

Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. Pennsylvania native. Married to Sarah Ewalt Shawhan. Father of Henry E. Shawhan, Sarah Elizabeth Shawhan, John Shawhan, Margaret Shawhan, Rebecca Shawhan, and William B. Shawhan. Resident of Harrison County in 1850. Household owned nineteen enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1850. Farmer in Harrison County in 1860. Owned forty-six enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1860. Held thirteen enslaved persons in trust in Harrison County in 1860. Household owned an additional eighteen enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: Daniel Shawhan Jr. (Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 166B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 414. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 508. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 112A-B. Lucinda Boyd, Chronicles of Cynthiana and Other Chronicles (Cincinnati, OH: Robert Clarke & Co, 1894), pp. 39-41. "Joseph Shawhan (1781-1871)," Find A Grave, Memorial 43077624, accessed January 27, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43077624. Andy [Unknown] (Bourbon County, Kentucky, enslaved man) N00018774 Categories: People

Bourbon County, Kentucky, enslaved man. Enslaved by Daniel Shawhan, Jr. in Bourbon County in 1861. Killed by Alfred [Unknown] in Bourbon County in 1861.

Relationships Slavery: Daniel Shawhan Jr. (Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Bourbon County Court Legal: Alfred [Unknown] (Harrison County, Kentucky, enslaved man)

KYR-0001-020-0740. KYR-0001-020-0598. Daniel Shawhan Jr. (Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer) N00017630 1837? 1868? Categories: People

Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Daniel Shawhan Sr. and Minerva Shawhan. Resident in Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned twelve enslaved persons in Bourbon County in 1850. Farmer in Bourbon County in 1860. Household owned nineteen enslaved persons in Bourbon County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Hugh Kennedy (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Bourbon Circuit Court Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 2, p. 251B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 2, p. 409. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 1, p. 548. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 1, p. 113B-114A. "Daniel B. Shawhan Jr. (1837-1868)," Find A Grave, Memorial #8346705, accessed May 23, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8346705. Benjamin F. Bowen (Bourbon County, Kentucky, justice of the peace, first lieutenant (U.S.A.), farmer, and butcher) N00018771 1822? 1884-05-18 Categories: People

Bourbon County, Kentucky, justice of the peace, soldier, farmer and butcher. Kentucky native. Married to Enfield Ammerman Bowen in Harrison County, Kentucky, on April 3, 1851. Father of Mary Franklin Bowen and Lola Bowen. Resident of Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Bourbon County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Bourbon County in 1861. Served in the Harrison County Kentucky Home Guard (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant. Farmer in Edgar County, Illinois, in 1863. Butcher in Edgar County in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Andy [Unknown] (Bourbon County, Kentucky, enslaved man) Legal: Alfred [Unknown] (Harrison County, Kentucky, enslaved man) Political: Bourbon County Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Ruddels Mills, p. 591. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbom County, Ruddel Mills, p. 144A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Edgar County, Paris, p. 177A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film 000216896. Illinois State Marriage and Death Records, Edgar County Courthouse, Paris, Illinois, Edgar County Register of Deaths, Film 004661389, p. 95. U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application 551318. Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T289, Kentucky, Application 551318. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Edgar County, IL, June 1863. Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 32, Edgar County, Illinois, 1865, p. 21. KYR-0001-020-0740 Willis D. Collins (Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) N00018772 1810-03-13 1889 Categories: People

Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Bourbon County, Kentucky, native. Son of Foster Collins and Elizabeth Matheny Collins. Married to Sally Ann Palmer Collins in Bourbon County, Kentucky, on October 2, 1834. Father of William L. Collins, Elizabeth Collins, and Lucinda J.H. Collins. Farmer in Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Bourbon County in 1850. Farmer in Bourbon County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Bourbon County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Bourbon County in 1861.

Relationships Legal: Andy [Unknown] (Bourbon County, Kentucky, enslaved man) Legal: Alfred [Unknown] (Harrison County, Kentucky, enslaved man) Political: Benjamin F. Bowen (Bourbon County, Kentucky, justice of the peace, first lieutenant (U.S.A.), farmer, and butcher) Political: Bourbon County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 2, p. 156A-B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 2, p. 31. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 1, p. 530. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 1, p. 103B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bourbon County Marriages, Film 004542764. "W D. Collins (1810-1889)," Find A Grave, Memorial 152821962, accessed October 7, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152821962. Perrin, William Henry, ed., History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky. (Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1882), 574. KYR-0001-020-0740. Ruddels Mills, Kentucky P00018768 Categories: Places

Town in Bourbon County, Kentucky.

38.3042, -84.238 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington, KY: The University of Kentucky Press, 1984), p. 258. "Ruddels Mills, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 7, 2022, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Bourbon County, Kentucky P00000515 Categories: Places

County in north central Kentucky. Seat at Paris.

38.2171, -84.2279 H.E. Everman, "Bourbon County," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, John E Kleber ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2000), 104-05. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Bourbon County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on April 20, 2020). Kentucky P001800 Categories: Places

State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992). Harrison County, Kentucky P00002873 Categories: Places

County in northern Kentucky. Seat at Cynthiana.

38.3904, -84.2941 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 132. “Cynthiana, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed November 11, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Bourbon County Court O00000596 Categories: Organizations

Located in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): W. M. Samuels. Clerk(s): R. J. Brown and J. M. Hughes.

Relationships Legal: Samuel Williams (Illinois and Fleming County) Political: Robert McMillian (Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Nathan G. Darnall (Bourbon County, Kentucky, grocer, postmaster, and justice of the peace) Political: Jesse Henry Talbutt (Bourbon County, Kentucky, merchant and sheriff) Political: James Scott (Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Benjamin Franklin Pullen (Bourbon County, Kentucky, sheriff) Political: Richard J. Brown (Bourbon County, Kentucky, county clerk) Political: William M. Samuel (Bourbon County, Kentucky, judge)

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-308; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 24. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-306; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-350. Commonwealth of Kentucky O001025 1792 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Kentucky. Capital at Frankfort, Kentucky. Governor(s): Beriah Magoffin (1859-1862), James F. Robinson (1862-1863), and Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867).

Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380. Malcolm E. Jewell, "General Assembly" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 366. Paul J. Weber, "Court System" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 233. Ruddells Mills, Bourbon County, Kentucky 1861-03-12 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Ruddells Mills Bourbon CoKy To the Judge of the Bourbon County Court

Dr Sir we the undersigned Justices of the peace having been the Examining Court in the Case of the Commonwealth of Ky against Alfred A Slave the property of J, Shawhan of Harrison County Ky for the murder of Andy a Slave the property of Daniel Shawhan of this county having heard the Evidence are of opinion that there ^are^ reasonable grounds to suppose that he Alfred acted in Self defence and it would give general Satisfaction to this community for the Boy Alfred to be Sold and Sent from this State if it can be done at this time, and Daniel Shawhan the owner of the Boy that was killed wishes him released and sent out of the State given under our hands this the 12th day of March 1861

B. F. Bowen, J. P. B. C. Willis.D. Collins