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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-0001-020-1422 MG21-383 to MG21-384

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky James G. Gorsuch (Jefferson County, Kentucky, printer and soldier) N00009116 1830? Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, printer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Abraham P. Gorsuch and Eleanor Gorsuch. Married to Eveline Alexander Gorsuch in Jefferson County on July 14, 1852. Father of Ida Gorsuch, Eva Gorsuch, and Abe Gorsuch. Steam boat clerk in Jefferson County in 1850. Printer in Jefferson County in 1860. Printer with Abraham P. Gorsuch as Gorsuch & Co. in Jefferson County in 1861. Served in Morehead’s Regiment of Partisan Rangers (C.S.A.) from May 24, 1862, to May 24, 1865.

Relationships Familial: Abraham P. Gorsuch (Jefferson County, Kentucky, steamboat engineer and printer) Social: Horatio Fleming Simrall (Jefferson County, KY, attorney and law professor, offered VP of prov govt) Social: Jefferson Brown (AKA Jeff. Brown, Louisville/New Albany attorney) Social: John Joyce (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and prov govt rep) Social: Louis B. Bates (Jefferson County, Kentucky, physician)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 226A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8 p. 585. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994041, Jefferson County Deaths, March 20, 1854, p. 21. _Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Film 000819595, Jefferson County, July 13, 1852. Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville, Ky: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 102. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0071. Louis B. Bates (Jefferson County, Kentucky, physician) N00009115 1817? 1882? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, physician. Kentucky native. Son of H. G. Bates. Married to Sarah “Sally” Claxon Bates in Owen County on October 20, 1836. Father of John Bates, H. Gurella Bates, Nancy Bates, and Mahaly E. Bates. Physician in Louisville in 1860. Physician in Louisville in 1861.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 7, p. 500. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 6, p. 600A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Owen County Marriages, Film #000272769, p. 226. Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville, Ky.: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 28. Find A Grave, "Dr. Louis B. Bates (1817-1882)," Memorial 53261595, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53261595 (accessed May 14, 2020). Abraham P. Gorsuch (Jefferson County, Kentucky, steamboat engineer and printer) N00009114 1797? Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, steamboat engineer and printer. Maryland native. Married to Eleanor Gorsuch. Father of James G. Gorsuch and Elizabeth Gorsuch. Worked in water navigation in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1840. Steamboat engineer in Jefferson County in 1850. Steamboat engineer in Jefferson County in 1860. Printer with James G. Gorsuch as Gorsuch & Co. in Louisville in 1861.

Relationships Familial: James G. Gorsuch (Jefferson County, Kentucky, printer and soldier)

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 7. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 226A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 585. Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville, Ky: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 102. Horatio Fleming Simrall (Jefferson County, KY, attorney and law professor, offered VP of prov govt) N00009121 1818-02-16 1901-08-15 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and law professor. Shelby County, Kentucky, native. Son of James Simrall and Rebecca Graham Simrall. Married Lydia Ann Newell Simrall in Mississippi on February 22, 1842. Father of Graham H. Simrall, James Simrall, Horatio F. Simrall, Joseph Simrall, and George B. N. Simrall. Attended Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana, from 1835 to 1836. Studied law at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1838. Resident of Woodville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi in 1839. Member of the Mississippi State Legislature from Wilkinson County from 1846 to 1848. Attorney in Wilkinson County in 1850. Law professor at the University of Louisville, in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky from 1857 to 1861. Attorney in Louisville in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860. Attorney in Louisville in 1861. Elected but never served as lieutenant governor of the Kentucky provisional government under George W. Johnson in 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Mississippi, Wilkinson County, p. 295A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 5, p. 119. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 272B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Mississippi, Jackson County, Hinds, p. 746B. Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 227. Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi, vol. 2, (Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1881), 772-775. Find A Grave, "Judge Horatio Fleming Simrall (1818-1901)," Memorial 26780638, accessed May 14, 2020, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26780638. G. Glenn Clift, Governors of Kentucky, 1792-1942 (Cynthiana, Ky: Hobson Press, 1942), 142-43. Robert A. Powell, Kentucky Governors (Frankfort, KY, 1976), 116. John Joyce (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and prov govt rep) N00009117 1799? 1877-05 Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney and provisional government member. Kentucky native. Married to Harriett Joyce. Father of John Joyce, Catherine Joyce, and Sally Joyce. Attorney in Louisville in 1860. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Jefferson County in 1860. Member of the convention of the provisional government held at Russellville in November 1861.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 7, p. 510. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 6, p. 55 of microfilm. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Roll #7007126, Louisville Deaths, p. 738 of microfilm. Jefferson Brown (AKA Jeff. Brown, Louisville/New Albany attorney) N00004236 1824-04-20 1878-11-18 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, and New Albany, Indiana, attorney, politician, judge, and notary. Pewee Valley, Kentucky, native. Married Jane "Jennie" McMurtry Brown in Henderson County on April 22, 1856. Father of Stuart Brown. Studied law at Augusta College in Augusta, Kentucky. Graduate of the University of Louisville. Member of the Democratic Party. Clerk of the Union County Court in Union County. Judge of the Union County Court in Union County. Representative for Union County in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1849. Attorney in Louisville, Kentucky, and New Albany, Indiana, from 1858.

Relationships Legal: Charles J. VanderEspt (Louisville, KY, Belgian vice consul, druggist) Legal: Charles Dupre (Louisville, Ky, carpenter) Legal: Joseph Henin (Louisville, Ky, grocer, security for Paul Garras in Nelson Co, KY) Political: Calvin Fairbank (United States abolitionist) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Paul Garras (Nelson County, KY, millwright) Political: Junius Lynch Clemmons (Jefferson County, Kentucky, lawyer. )

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Indiana, Floyd County, New Albany Ward 2, p. 72. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 12, p. 591A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Henderson County Marriages, Film #001944390, p. 73. Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 27. "Jeff. Brown's Body. How it Laid Mouldering in the Canal Until Dredged Out Yesterday," Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), February 4, 1879, p. 4. "Jeff. Brown's Memory: The Louisville Bar Meets and Drafts Resolutions of Respect for the Deceased Lawyer," Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), February 8, 1879, p. 2 Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates, Floyd County, 1923; Roll: 14, File #32221. George W. Johnston (Louisville, KY, attorney, politician, and judge) N00001155 1807? 1877? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and judge. Shelby County, Kentucky, native. Married to Lucy A. Guy Johnston in Shelby County, Kentucky, on November 28, 1828. Father of George G. Johnston. Married to Rosa A. Johnston. Father of John C. Johnston, Louisa Johnston, Eliza Johnston, Henry S. Johnston, Florence Johnston, George W. Johnston and Rosey Johnston. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Shelby County in 1829 and 1832. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Shelby County from 1838 to 1842. Delegate to the 1849 Kentucky Constitutional Convention from Shelby County. Attorney in Shelby County in 1850. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Shelby County in 1850. Judge of the Louisville City Court from 1854 to 1865. Elected circuit judge of the 7th Judicial District of Kentucky in Jefferson County in August 1865.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Seventh Judicial District of Kentucky Political: James C. Gill (stub, Louisville) Legal: Frederick Wobbe (Louisville Deputy County Clerk) Legal: William L. Gray, Jr (Louisville) Legal: Horatio Fleming Simrall (Jefferson County, KY, attorney and law professor, offered VP of prov govt) Legal: Jefferson Brown (AKA Jeff. Brown, Louisville/New Albany attorney) Legal: John Joyce (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and prov govt rep) Legal: James G. Gorsuch (Jefferson County, Kentucky, printer and soldier) Legal: Louis B. Bates (Jefferson County, Kentucky, physician) Legal: Abraham P. Gorsuch (Jefferson County, Kentucky, steamboat engineer and printer) Legal: William R. Hydes (Louisville, Kentucky, plasterer and city marshal) Legal: John McClure () Legal: William Banks (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Squire Caple (Jefferson County, Kentucky, cooper and soldier.) Legal: Joseph F. Woods (Jefferson County, Kentucky. Kentucky native.) Legal: Benjamin Woods (Jefferson County, Kentucky.) Political: John Watkins Crockett, Jr. (McCracken & Henderson cos, KY, attorney and representative (Confederate)) Political: George Baird Hodge (Kentucky attorney, soldier CSA, Rep to congress (prov gov & CSA)) Political: Samuel S. Scott (Boone Co, KY, physician & surgeon, Prov govt ) Political: Willis Benson Machen (Lyon County, KY, attorney, farmer, iron manufacturer, and politician (KY & Confederate)) Political: Provisional Council Social: George Wolf (Louisville, Kentucky, jeweler) Social: Carter Woodford Tiller (Louisville, Kentucky, policeman and deputy city marshal) Social: W. Heffernan (Unknown (Jefferson County)) Social: J. A. Thomas (Louisville petition signer for Bridget Kearney) Social: Joseph C. Ellis (Louisville, Jefferson County, clerk) Social: Eugene Dougherty (Louisville, Jefferson County, shoemaker ) Social: James Treasy (Louisville, Kentucky, saddler) Social: John Koch (Signed a petition on behalf of Bridget Kearney in Louisville, Kentucky.) Social: A. Loeser (Signed a petition on behalf of Bridget Kearney in Louisville, Kentucky. ) Social: George Johnson (Unknown (Jefferson County, composite bio)) Social: James O'Neal (Signed a petition on behalf of Bridget Kearney in Louisville, Kentucky.) Social: John J. McDevitt (Louisville, Jefferson County, minister) Social: James McDermott (Louisville, Kentucky, grocer) Social: James Ryder (Signed a petition on behalf of Bridget Kearney in Louisville, Kentucky.) Social: James C. Gill (Jefferson County, Kentucky, coroner) Social: Joseph Clement (Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney and justice of the peace) Social: Michael Dawson (Jefferson County, tavern keeper) Social: George A. Blenner (Louisville, Jefferson County, resident) Social: Augustus G. Schmidt (Louisville, Kentucky, druggist) Social: Samuel Birch (Louisville, Jefferson Co., provision dealer) Political: Hervey Seaton (Louisville, Jefferson County, day policeman - 6th Ward) Political: Martin Corcoran (Louisville, Jefferson County, tinner) Political: Thomas Slevin (Louisville, Kentucky, dry goods merchant. ) Political: William R. Hydes (Louisville, Kentucky, plasterer and city marshal) Political: William McGuire (Louisville, Kentucky, police officer) Political: Thomas P. Cain (Louisville, Jefferson County, dry goods merchant) Social: Richard Cunningham (Jefferson County, KY, cook/criminal) Social: Jane Cunningham (Jefferson County, KY, seamstress) Social: Conrad Shroeder (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Political: Louisville Police Court Social: Clarinda Tackett Rasure (Julia Dean) (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, sex worker and madam.) Social: Sally White (Jefferson County, Kentucky, washer woman.) Social: William E. Curry (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, policeman.) Social: Jesse Franklin Hammon (Jefferson County, Kentucky, ship carpenter and policeman) Social: Hezekiah Alexander Jr. (Meade County, Kentucky, resident. ) Political: James H. Montgomery (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tailor. )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2, p. 369B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 5, p 221. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 11, pp. 495B-96A. History of the Ohio Falls Cities and their Counties, vol. 1 (Cleveland: L. A. Williams & Co., 1882), 511-12. John M. Palmer, Personal Reflections of John M. Palmer: The Story of an Earnest Life (Cincinnati: The Robert Clarke Company, 1901), 243. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Shelby County Marriages, Film 000259285. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1874), 709. "George W Johnston (unknown-1877)," Find A Grave, Memorial 150314903, accessed March 3, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150314903. James P. Chambers (Jefferson Co, Ky, court clerk and attorney) N002041 1830? 1898 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and court clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza Chambers. Father of Samuel Chambers and Henry Chambers. Graduate of University of Louisville law school in 1847. Confirmed as a notary public in Jefferson County on February 5, 1861. Clerk of the Jefferson Circuit Court from 1861 to 1866.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 71. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 7007129: Jefferson County, Books 9-11, p. 445. Catalogue of the Officers and Students in the Law Department of the University of Louisville, Session of 1859-’60 (Louisville: Hull & Brother, 1860), 9. Edwards’ Annual Directory to the Inhabitants, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business Firms, Etc., in the City of Louisville, for 1865-6, eds. Edward, Greenough, and DeVed (Louisville: Edward, Greenough, & DeVed, 1866), 243. Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 54. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-350. KYR-0001-017-0062. Jefferson County, Kentucky P001005 Categories: Places

County in north central Kentucky. Seat at Louisville. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2542, -85.7594 George H. Yater, "Jefferson County," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 464-67. "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 23, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Louisville City Court O001838 1850 Categories: Organizations

Police court with jurisdiction in the city of Louisville, Kentucky. Judge(s): George W. Johnston. City Attorney(s): William G. Reasor, Robert J. Elliott. Clerk(s): Oliver H. Strattan (1861), J. Phillip Tomppert, Jr.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. Edwards’ Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business Firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville for 1865-6, ed. Edwards, Greenough, & Deved (Louisville: Maxwell & Co., 1866), 155. J. D. Campbell’s Louisville Business Directory for 1864, ed. J. D. Campbell (Louisville: L. A. Civill, Publisher, Bookseller, Printer and Bookbinder, 1864), 70. Tanner’s Louisville Directory, and Business Advertiser for 1861, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 323-24. 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. Jefferson Circuit Court O001000 1850 Categories: Organizations

Part of the 7th Judicial District of Kentucky. Serves Jefferson County, Kentucky, with courthouse at Louisville. Judge(s): Peter B. Muir, George W. Johnston. Commonwealth's Attorney(s): Edwin S. Craig, James R. Dupuy. Clerk(s): James P. Chambers

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. Edwards’ Annual Directory to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business Firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville for 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough, & Deved, pub., 1866), 155. J. D. Campbell’s Louisville Business Directory for 1864, ed. J. D. Campbell (Louisville: L. A. Civill, Publisher, Bookseller, Printer and Bookbinder, 1864), 70. Tanner’s Louisville Directory, and Business Advertiser for 1861, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 324. Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 1861-09-07 Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Jefferson County Sct

Be it remembered that James G Gorsuch. L B Bates, Abm P Gorsuch, H F Simrall, John Joyes, & Jeff Brown, this day personally appeared before me, Geo W Johnston, Judge of the City Court of Louisville, and severally acknowledged themselves indebted to the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the sum of dollars, that is to say, the said James Gorsuch in the sum of Eight Hundred Dollars, and the said in the sum of Eight Hundred dollars, to be made and levied of their respective lands and tenements, goods and chattles, and to the use of the said Commonwealth rendered; but to be void on the said Jas Gorsuch personally appearing in the Circuit Court for the County aforesaid, on the first day of the next term thereof, and surrender himself into custody to answer to the Commonwealth for a felony. with the said Jas G Gorsuch stands charged before me.

J G Gorsuch.

A P Gorsuch
L B Bates
John Joyes
H F Simrall
Jeff Brown

Acknowledged before me in open Court this 7th day of Sept 1861.

Geo W Johnston J. C, C, L.

The Commonwealth of Kentucky against James Gorsuch

At a Court continued and for the Jefferson Circuit Court, at the Courthouse in the City of Louisville on the 24" day of October 18621

The Defendant being Solemnly

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called to appear in discharge of the recogniance entered into by him in the City Court of Louisville on the 7th of September 1861 came not but made default It is therefore Considered by the Court, that the clerk of this Court issue a writ of Scire facias against the Said James Gorsuch together with James. G. Gorsuch., L. B. Bates, Abm, P, Gorsuch. H, F, Simrall. Jno Joyes and Jeff Brown his bail returnable &c To Shew cause if any they have or can why the Commonwealth shall not have Judgment and execution thereon against them for Sixteen hundred dollars the Said James Gorsuch in Eight hundred dollars, and the Said James G Gorsuch, L. B. Bates, Abm, P, Gorsuch H, F, Simrall. Jno Joyes & Jeff Brown in a like Sum according to the form and effect of said recognizance and for a breach of the Conditions thereof, and on motion of plantiff a Capias is awarded her against the Said James Gorsuch returnable &c, which Capias shall be endorsed bail in Eight hundred dollars with good security in a like Sum Conditioned &c All further proceedings are conditioned untill the next term of this Court

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