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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-0001-020-1425 MG21-389

Taylor County, Kentucky Elias L. Barbee (Taylor County, Kentucky, attorney) N00003558 1818-09-29 1862-06-25 Categories: People

Taylor County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Mildred E. Puyear Barbee in Taylor County on October 14, 1858. Attorney in Taylor County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: James C. Wood (Taylor co., KY) Legal: Thomas Cox (Covington Co., KY, steamboat mate) Legal: Joel Noel (farmer, Taylor Co.) Legal: Edward Yates (Taylor County Farmer) Legal: Taylor Circuit Court Legal: Thomas Cox (Taylor County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, Campbellsville, p. 113. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994055, Taylor County Marriages, p. unknown. Find A Grave, "Elias L. Barbee (September 29, 1818-June 25, 1862)," Memorial #71065996, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71065996 (accessed April 23, 2018). James C. Wood (Taylor co., KY) N00007673 Categories: People

Convicted of stabbing Thomas Cox in Taylor County, Kentucky, in September 1861. Represented by Elias L. Barbee in the Taylor Circuit Court in 1861.

Relationships Legal: Taylor Circuit Court Legal: Kentucky State Penitentiary

KYR-0001-020-1424. KYR-0001-020-1425. KYR-0001-020-1426. Thomas Cox (Covington Co., KY, steamboat mate) N00007675 1823? Categories: People

Covington, Kentucky, steamboat mate. Pennsylvania native. Steamboat mate in Covington in 1860.

Relationships Legal: James C. Wood (Taylor co., KY) Legal: Taylor Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 1, p. 54. Joel Noel (farmer, Taylor Co.) N00007680 1814-01-15 1892-01-06 Categories: People

Taylor County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Married to Nancy Noel. Father of Henry B. Noel, Sally J. Noel, Mary A. Noel, John W. Noel, Willis L. B. Noel, Nancy Noel, Susan Noel, Martha Noel, and Parrie B. Noel. Farmer in Taylor County in 1860. Mustered in as a private in the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) on September 15, 1862.

Relationships Legal: Taylor Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, Division 1, p. 100. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, Mannsville, p. 33. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 164. Find A Grave, "Joel Hartford Noel (January 15, 1814-January 6, 1892)," Memorial #18804308, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18804308 (accessed December 17, 2018). Edward Yates (Taylor County Farmer) N00007681 1820? Categories: People

Taylor County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza A. Yates. Father of Mary F. Yates, Maria Yates, James W. Yates, Lord Yates, F. M. Yates, G. W. Yates, Susan E. Yates, Sebastian Yates, Robert Yates. Farmer in Taylor County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Taylor Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, District 1, p. 99. George W. Montague (Taylor County, Kentucky, farmer and court clerk) N00003561 1821-02-21 1875-05-07 Categories: People

Taylor County, Kentucky, farmer and court clerk. Kentucky native. Son of James Montague. Married to Margaret T. Moore Montague in Greensburg, Kentucky, on April 6, 1843. Father of Elizabeth "Betty" E. Montague, James Brown Montague, Daniel Brown Montague, Arabella "Belle" Montague, Margaret A. Montague, Johanna "Jane" L. Montague, and McClelland Montague. Clerk in Taylor County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Taylor County in 1850. Farmer in Taylor County in 1860. Clerk of the Taylor County Court and Taylor Circuit Court from 1855 to 1863.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Taylor Circuit Court Legal: Thomas Cox (Taylor County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Legal: Edward Yates (Taylor County Farmer) Legal: James C. Wood (Taylor co., KY) Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Taylor County Court Legal: Benjamin C. Hord (Taylor County, Kentucky, bookkeeper and justice of the peace ) Legal: Daniel B. Moore (Taylor County, Kentucky, Clerk and assistant assessor) Legal: Taylor County Court Political: John G. Newcomb (Taylor County, Kentucky, farmer, justice of the peace, and private (U.S.A.)) Political: John Rice Robinson (Taylor County, Kentucky, attorney and captain 27th KY Inf USA) Political: Rodophil E. Jeter (Green & Taylor County, KY, postmaster, provost marshal of Campbellsville, carpenter) Familial: Robert S. Montague (Taylor County, Kentucky, attorney and county clerk)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, Campbellsville, p. 194A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, Campbellsville, p. 36. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, Division 2, p. 662. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Logan County, West Lincoln, p. 271A. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1855 (Frankfort, Ky.: A. G. Hodges, State Printer, 1856), 355-57. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1859 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 289. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 355-59. 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. "George W. Montague (1821-1875)," Find A Grave, Memorial #30682648, accessed January 25, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30682648. George William Montague, History and Genealogy of Peter Montague, of Nansemond and Lancaster Counties, Virginia, and his Descendants, 1621-1894, (Amherst, MA: Press of Carpenter & Morehouse, 1894), 209. 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). Taylor County, Kentucky P00000681 Categories: Places

County in south central Kentucky. Seat at Campbellsville.

37.3434, -85.3419 "Campbellsville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed February 14, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names, (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 290. Taylor Circuit Court O00000579 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 5th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): George Kavanaugh and John E. Newman. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Andy Barnett and L. H. Noble. Clerk(s): George W. Montague, D. B. Moore, and Thomas R. Wright.

Relationships Legal: Thomas Cox (Taylor County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Legal: Edward Yates (Taylor County Farmer) Legal: George W. Montague (Taylor County, Kentucky, farmer and court clerk) Legal: John G. Venecore (Taylor Co. KY)

“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. Taylor County, Kentucky 1861-09-16 Petition English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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State of Kentucky Taylor county

E L Barbee states that he was attorney for James C Wood in a prosecution in the Taylor circuit court charged with maliciously stabbing Thos Cox, that he appeared for Wood before the court of inquiry and attended to having witnesses Summoned for him for the circuit court, that he remembered that one of the witnesses for the Comlth. on the inquiry stated that Cox had a knife drawn at the time he was stabed and affiant was under the impression that it was Joel Noel and had him Summoned for Deft, but after going into the trial he learned that he was mistaken, that Ed Yates was the witness who made the said statement, who was not in attendance, at the final trail that yates was not in consequence of said mistake summoned for Deft, that he had been summond for comlth and was recognised, but did not attend, he further

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States that he was the only attorney Deft wood had employed and that he wood had no friend or relations who paid any attention to the preparation of his case and believes that he did not have a fair chance on account of having friends to procure the attendance of his witnesses Deft being in jail and having no chance himself to get them

E L Barbee

Sworn to by E L Barbee before me this 16th of Sept 1861

Geo. W. Montague Clk Taylor Circuit Court

Jas C Wood Petition affidavit of E L Barbee