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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-0001-020-1447 MG22-9

Jefferson County, Kentucky Mary Schmitt Yanner (Maria Jannar) (Louisville, Kentucky, seamstress) N00003073 1824? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, seamstress. Native of Prussia. Mother of Anna Schmitt and Henrietta Schmitt. Married to Frederick Yanner. Seamstress in Louisville in 1860.

Relationships Familial: Frederick Yanner (Resident of Jefferson County and Frankfort)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 2, p. 468. Frederick Yanner (Resident of Jefferson County and Frankfort) N00003072 Categories: People

Resident of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Married to Mary Schmitt Yanner. Stepfather of Anna Smith and Henrietta Smith. Convicted of rape of his step-daughter, Anna, and served four years of ten-year sentence for rape in the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort, Kentucky.

Relationships Political: Thomas Claton (Resident of Louisville, Kentucky) Political: Ernst Matz (Louisville, Kentucky, shoemaker) Political: Y. Tack (Resident of Louisville, Kentucky) Political: Henry Link (Resident of Louisville, Kentucky) Political: Mahail Diez (Resident of Louisville, Kentucky) Political: Joseph Jacob (Louisville, Kentucky, clerk) Familial: Anna Schmitt (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Familial: Mary Schmitt Yanner (Maria Jannar) (Louisville, Kentucky, seamstress)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 2, p. 468 Joseph Clement (Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney and justice of the peace) N00002909 1819? 1882-01-26 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and justice of the peace. New Hampshire native. Married to Sarah Adams Clement in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on December 15, 1840. Father of Charles Clement, Josephine Clement, Mary Clement, Corinna Clement, James Clement, George A. Clement, William B. Clement, Henry C. Clement, and John S. Clement. Attorney in Louisville in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Louisville in 1850. Justice of the peace in Louisville in 1861. Justice of the peace in Louisville in 1862. Justice of the peace in Louisville in 1863.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Andrew Braden (Soldier in 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry) Legal: James Harris (Mattoon, Illinois, and Louisville, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Traugott Krachrugge (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Political: Calvin Fairbank (United States abolitionist) Legal: Oliver P. Morton (Fourteenth governor of Indiana, attorney, judge, and politician.) Legal: T. E. Dennis (Louisville, Kentucky) Legal: Anna Schmitt (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Mary Schmitt Yanner (Maria Jannar) (Louisville, Kentucky, seamstress) Legal: Charles Harper (Louisville, Kentucky, carriage trimmer) Legal: Charles S. Glass (Jefferson County, Kentucky, steamboat mate and day policeman) Political: James H. Montgomery (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tailor. )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 3. p. 291A-B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 3. p. 814. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson, Louisville Ward 8, p. 94B. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994041, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 199. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000817881. KYR-0001-031-0009. KYR-0001-033-0033. Anna Schmitt (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) N00003074 1846? Categories: People

Native of Prussia. Lived with her mother, Mary Yanner, in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1860.

Relationships Familial: Mary Schmitt Yanner (Maria Jannar) (Louisville, Kentucky, seamstress) Familial: Frederick Yanner (Resident of Jefferson County and Frankfort)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 2, p. 468. 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/. 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. Kentucky State Penitentiary O00000266 1798 1884 Categories: Organizations

State prison of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Frankfort, Kentucky. Operated from 1798 to 1884. Keeper(s): Jeremiah W. South (1859-1863) and Harry I. Todd (1863-1871).

Relationships Economic: Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) Legal: Gabriel Endicott (Lawrence County farmer and prisoner for man slaughter) Economic: Ephraim Whitesides (Frankfort, Kentucky, carpenter and assistant keeper of the penitentiary) Legal: Charles Hawkins (Frankfort, Kentucky) Legal: George Knorr (Newport, Kentucky farmer and felon) Legal: Angelo Devoto (Louisville, Kentucky, confectionery shop owner) Legal: James Duddleson (stub, mercer or boyle county) Legal: James Savage (Wayne County farmer and penitentiary inmate) Legal: James Johnson (Campbell County, Kentucky, prisoner) Economic: James Landon Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky farmer and clerk) Economic: Robert W. Lawler (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Legal: William J. Tice (Steele) (Jefferson Co, Frankfort, and Covington, KY) Legal: Felix McDermot (Kenton County laborer and prisoner for grand larceny) Legal: David Schroeder (Louisville, Kentucky, butcher) Legal: Thomas Edrington (Louisville, Kentucky, carpenter and convict) Legal: Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Thomas Birmingham (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Legal: Daniel Bush (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Legal: William Nichols (Covington, KY steel mill worker) Legal: Charles T. Sullivan (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident and inmate) Political: James Landon Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky farmer and clerk) Political: Robert W. Lawler (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Political: John T. Hockensmith (Franklin County, KY, prison guard) Political: Luther S. Prentiss (Franklin County, KY, miller) Political: Robert W. Willhoit (Franklin County, Kentucky, petitioner ) Political: R. K. Taylor (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard. ) Political: James Gallahue (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard. ) Political: Thomas J. Frazier (Breathitt County, Kentucky, postmaster, politician, judge, and Register of the Land Office) Political: L. Tobias (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Legal: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Wesley [Unknown] (Caldwell County, Kentucky, enslaved man) Legal: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Legal: Hezekiah Alexander Jr. (Meade County, Kentucky, resident. ) Legal: William Duerbeck (Ohio River boat steward.) Legal: John Smith (Mont Wilson) (Frankfort, Kentucky, inmate.) Legal: Austin Bingham (Trigg County, Kentucky, laborer. Convicted of murder in 1859.) Legal: Jeremiah W. South (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer and keeper of the State Penitentiary) Legal: John J. Dyer, Jr. (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff.) Legal: William Johnson (Convicted of grand larceny in Franklin Circuit Court in 1863.) Legal: Daniel W. Clark (Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Stephen W. Duval (McLean County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.)

Calvin Fairbank, Rev. Calvin Fairbank During Slavery Times: How He “Fought the Good Fight” to Prepare “The Way” (Chicago: R. R. McCabe & Co., 1890), 54-56; 104-117; 139-46. J. W. South. “Report of the Keeper and Lessee of the Kentucky Penitentiary to the General Assembly, September 13, 1861,” Legislative Document Series, No. 7 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 3-13. Report of the Special Committee on the Penitentiary to the Senate of Kentucky, February 26, 1880, Legislative Document No. 18 (Frankfort: E. H. Porter, 1880), 78. William C. Sneed, A Report on the History and Mode of Management of the Kentucky Penitentiary from its Origin, in 1798, to March 1, 1860 (Frankfort: Senate of Kentucky, 1860), 553. 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. Jefferson County, Kentucky 1861-12-12 Legal/Financial English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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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State of Kentucky Jefferson Co.sct

The affiant Mary Yaner states on Oath that She is the wife of Frederick Yaner who is at this time confined in the Penatenitiary of this state and that the statements contained in the petition heare unto attached are true

Maria jannahr

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th day of Dec 1861

Jos,, Clement. J. P. J. C

Anna Smith States on Oath that She is the same person mentioned in the petition heare unto attached and that she has arrived to the age of seventeen years That at the time of the trail of her Step Father F Yanner in the Circuit of Jefferson County on the charge mentioned in the petition She was greatly embarased and fritened being very Young she dose not recallect all the Statements She then made before the Jury She futher States that she has reflected considerably on the case up to this time and is of opinion that Yaner being Beastly intoxicated at the time said act was commited for

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which he was convicted could not have been conscius of what he did ^if gilty^ further that Yanner up to that time on all occasions treated her with kindness and offection She would therefore request his pardon

Anna ^her X mark^ Smith

Subscribed and sworn before me this 12th day of Dec 1861

Jos Clement. J P J C