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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 1859-1862 KYR-0001-021-0008 MG8-79

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky Jeremiah W. South (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer and keeper of the State Penitentiary) N00003959 1805-07-10 1880-04-15 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer and keeper of the state penitentiary. Kentucky native. Married to Mary M. South. Father of Eliza South, Ellen South, Samuel South, John South, Martin Van Buren South, Celia South, William T. B. South, James K. Polk South, Patsy South, Lewis Cass South, Moore South, Thomas I. South, Spicey South, and Narcissa South. Member of the Disciples of Christ. Justice of the peace in Breathitt County, Kentucky. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky for Breathitt County in 1840. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky for Breathitt County from 1843 to 1847. Farmer in Breathitt County in 1850. Charter stockholder of the Lexington and Kentucky Railroad Company. Owned ten enslaved persons in Breathitt County in 1860. Keeper of the State Penitentiary of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Frankfort, Kentucky, from 1859 to 1863. Owned sixteen enslaved persons in Frankfort in 1860.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Economic: Kentucky State Penitentiary Political: Kentucky State Penitentiary Legal: George W. Gwin (Frankfort, KY, mayor & councilman, merchant, JP) Legal: Kentucky State Penitentiary

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breathitt County, District No. 1, p. 33A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Breathitt County, District No. 1, p. 31. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, District No. 1, p. 116. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, District No. 1, p. 26. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Forks of Elkhorn District, p. 23. 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. 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). Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky (Louisville: Richard H. Collins, 1877), 772. T. R. C. Hutton, Bloody Breathitt: Politics and Violence in the Appalachian South (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2013), 24-26, 76, 141. Find A Grave, "Jeremiah Weldon 'Jere' South (1805-1880)," Memorial #7648523, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7648523/jeremiah-weldon-south (accessed January 24, 2018). George Woodruff (Miller) (Franklin County, Kentucky, cigar maker) N00014737 1826? Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, prisoner and cigar maker. Virginia native. Convicted of obtaining money under false pretenses in Louisville, Kentucky, on January 18, 1860. Prisoner in the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort, from December 1859 until his pardon on January 21, 1865. Cigar maker in Frankfort in 1860.

Relationships Legal: George W. Gwin (Frankfort, KY, mayor & councilman, merchant, JP) Legal: Kentucky State Penitentiary Legal: Jeremiah W. South (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer and keeper of the State Penitentiary)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, District 1, p. 288. _”The Confidence Men.” Louisville Daily Courier. (Louisville, KY.) December 17, 1859. (accessed via Newspapers.com) _”Circuit Court- Criminal Term.” Courier-Journal. (Louisville, KY.) January 19, 1860. (accessed via Newspapers.com) _”The Criminal Court.” Louisville Daily Courier. (Louisville, KY.) January 19, 1860. (accessed via Newspapers.com) _ “Escaped Convict Arrested.” Louisville Daily Courier. (Louisville, KY.) November 26, 1860. (accessed via Newspapers.com) KYR-0001-004-1479 KYR-0001-004-1480 George W. Gwin (Frankfort, KY, mayor & councilman, merchant, JP) N00002995 1808-02-11 1881-01-24 Categories: People

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, merchant, politician, and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Catherine Gwin. Father of Thomas J. Gwin and Kate L. Gwin. Married to Julia Ann Smith Gwin in Scott County, Kentucky, on October 27, 1853. Merchant in Franklin County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Mayor of Frankfort from 1857 to 1865. Merchant in Frankfort in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Frankfort in 1860. Justice of the peace in Franklin County from 1861 to 1865. Member of the Frankfort City Council in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Samuel Gill (Louisville, Kentucky, railroad superintendent and vet of Mex-Am War) Legal: Peter Dudley (Frankfort, Military Board, Adj Gen'l and farmer) Political: City Council of Frankfort Political: John J. Quinn (Franklin County carriage maker, Justice of the Peace, and Frankfort Police Judge) Political: James Madison Todd (Frankfort, Kentucky, postmaster, grocer, and commissioner) Social: John Jordan Crittenden (Franklin Co, KY, Representative, Senator, & former KY Governor) Political: John Rodman (Franklin County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Franklin Circuit Court Political: Franklin County Court Legal: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Economic: Grandison W. Owen (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 53B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 236. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 501B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 144A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film 000183225. L.F. Johnson, The History of Franklin County, Ky., reprinted edition (Evansville, IN: Unigraphic, 1975), p. 198. Carl E. Kramer, Capital on the Kentucky: A Two Hundred Year History of Frankfort & Franklin County (Frankfort, KY: Historic Frankfort, Inc., 1986), p. 120. "G W Gwin (1809-1881)," Find A Grave, Memorial 74517922, accessed May 24, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74517922. KYR-0001-005-0132. KYR-0001-007-0365. KYR-0001-019-0051. KYR-0001-004-0183. Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. Franklin County, Kentucky P001019 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Frankfort. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Ron D. Bryant, "Franklin County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 354-56. Louisiana P00002302 Categories: Places

State in the southern United States. Capital at Baton Rouge. Located on the Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi River.

30.4507, -91.1546 "Baton Rouge, Louisiana," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed on August 10, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Perry H. Howard and Robert J. Norrell, "Louisiana," Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed May 2, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/Louisiana-state. 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). 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. Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky 1860-11-22 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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Frankfort. Nov 22. 1860

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for Franklin County duly commissioned and acting as such under the Laws of Kentucky Jere South who made oath that he is the Keeper of the Kentucky Penitentiary; that George Woodruff a convict confined upon a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court and sentenced to five years imprisonment, escaped from said Prison on the 2nd of October 1860 and is now at large a Fugitive from the justice of this State, and is as he believes & is informed now in the state of Louisiana.

Given under my hand this 22 day of November 1860.

J W South Keeper of Ky Penitentiary

Sworn to by SJere South this 22 Nov 1860 Geo W. Gwin J. P. Franklin County Ky

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Louisiana

Demand for George Woodruff convict

IssdNov. 22d 1860