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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-0001-021-0042 MG8-132

Jefferson County, Kentucky Robert Ellis (Louisville, Kentucky, steward) N00004340 1842? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, steward. Mississippi native. Steward in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Seventh Judicial District of Kentucky Legal: Marshall Woodson (Louisville, Kentucky, steward) Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 6, p. 25. Tabitha Perry (Jefferson County, Kentucky, day laborer) N00014759 1815? Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, day laborer. Kentucky native. Widow of Allen M. Perry. Mother of William Perry, Matilda Perry, Sarah Perry, and Mary Perry. Day laborer in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Seventh Judicial District of Kentucky Legal: Robert Ellis (Louisville, Kentucky, steward) Legal: William Claytor (Louisville, Kentucky, day watchman and policeman) Legal: Edwin S. Craig (Louisville, KY, Commonwealth’s attorney 7th district & attorney)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 7, p. 406. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 10, p. 308A. Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 194. Edwin S. Craig (Louisville, KY, Commonwealth’s attorney 7th district & attorney) N00000948 1821-08-23 1882-05-25 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney. Woodford County, Kentucky, native. Married to Eliza P. Mason Craig in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on December 10, 1857. Father of Mason Craig. Judge of the Louisville City Court in Louisville in 1850. Commonwealth’s attorney for the 7th Judicial District until 1861. Practiced law in the firm of Craig & Elliott in partnership with Robert J. Elliott in Louisville in 1861.

Relationships Legal: Joseph Clement (Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney and justice of the peace) Social: Joseph Bryson Kinkead (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and US Navy midshipman) Social: Richard Cunningham (Jefferson County, KY, cook/criminal) Social: Jane Cunningham (Jefferson County, KY, seamstress) Legal: Seventh Judicial District of Kentucky Legal: Robert Ellis (Louisville, Kentucky, steward) Legal: Charles Newell Warren (Jefferson County, Kentucky, civil engineer and banker) Legal: William Shriver (Jefferson County, Kentucky, student, laborer, corporal, quartermaster sergeant, adjutant, second lieutenant, and first lieutenant (U.S.A.)) Legal: Hamden Zane (Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Isaac D. Stone (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney.) Political: Oscar F. Sturman (Jefferson County, Kentucky, lawyer.) Political: Martin Witmer Barr (Jefferson County, Kentucky, telegraph operator and newspaper editor) Political: Jefferson Brown (AKA Jeff. Brown, Louisville/New Albany attorney) Political: Junius Lynch Clemmons (Jefferson County, Kentucky, lawyer. ) Legal: William K. Thomas (Jefferson County, Kentucky, jailer) Legal: Casper August Kromer (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident, tavern owner, and Freemason) Legal: George Ridgeway (Jefferson County, Kentucky, soldier and petty criminal.) Legal: Lowdy Howard (Jefferson County, Kentucky, apprentice ship carpenter, tobacconist and soldier) Legal: Jefferson Rogers (Alleged murderer and criminal in Jefferson County, Kentucky) Political: John L. Scott (Frankfort, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.) 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. 282B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 12, p. 596A. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Film #994040, Jefferson County Marriages. “Death of Judge E.S. Craig,” Courier-Journal, (Louisville, Ky.), May 27, 1882, p. 4. _Tanner’s Louisville Directory, and Business Advertiser for 1861, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 64. "Edwin S. Craig (1821-1882)," Find A Grave, Memorial 198259257, accessed June 22, 2020, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198259257. Sarah Perry (Jefferson County, Kentucky, day laborer) N00014760 1843? Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, day laborer. Tennessee native. Daughter of Tabitha Perry. Day laborer in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Seventh Judicial District of Kentucky Legal: Robert Ellis (Louisville, Kentucky, steward) Familial: Tabitha Perry (Jefferson County, Kentucky, day laborer) Legal: William Claytor (Louisville, Kentucky, day watchman and policeman) Legal: Edwin S. Craig (Louisville, KY, Commonwealth’s attorney 7th district & attorney)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 7, p. 406. William Claytor (Jefferson County, Kentucky, day watchman and policeman) N00014758 1820? 1889-08-04 Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, day watchman and policeman. Ohio native. Married to Frances Claytor. Father of John Gleason, George Claytor, Edward Claytor, and Clementine Claytor. Night watchman in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1856. Day watchman in Jefferson County in 1860. Policeman in Jefferson County in 1862. Policeman in Jefferson County in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Thomas G. Slater, Sr. (Louisville, Kentucky, night policeman) Legal: Jesse Franklin Hammon (Jefferson County, Kentucky, ship carpenter and policeman) Legal: William McGuire (Louisville, Kentucky, police officer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Thomas Overton Moore (Louisiana governor and sugar planter) Political: Jacob B. Ehrich (Louisville, Ky, Police Dept; "always wore a silk hat") Legal: Robert Ellis (Louisville, Kentucky, steward) Legal: Seventh Judicial District of Kentucky Political: James H. Montgomery (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tailor. )

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 686. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 11, p. 492B. "Louisville Daily Courier, 1856-05-08, Official. Board of Alderman," newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/119177885 (accessed June 15, 2021). "Louisville Daily Journal, 1862-06-21, Official. Board of Alderman," newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/591836567 (accessed June 15, 2021). Edward's Annual Director to the Inhabitants. Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business, Business Firms, etc., etc., for the City of Louisville, 1865-66, (Louisville, KY: Edwards, Greenough, and Deved, 1865), 247. "Louisville Daily Courier, 1889-08-05, Death of William Claytor," newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/32451543 (accessed June 15, 2021). M. Howard (Jefferson County, Kentucky, Witness for the Commonwealth of Kentucky) N00014765 Categories: People

Witness for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the indictment of Robert Ellis in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on May 23, 1860.

Relationships Legal: Seventh Judicial District of Kentucky Legal: Robert Ellis (Louisville, Kentucky, steward) Legal: Sarah Perry (Jefferson County, Kentucky, day laborer) Legal: Tabitha Perry (Jefferson County, Kentucky, day laborer) Legal: William Claytor (Louisville, Kentucky, day watchman and policeman) Legal: Edwin S. Craig (Louisville, KY, Commonwealth’s attorney 7th district & attorney)

KYR-0001-021-0042. 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. Thomas Quigley (Jefferson County, Kentucky, banker) N00014766 1800-12-14 1864-01-03 Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, banker and tobacconist. Pennsylvania native. Married to Eliza M. Graham Quigley in Warren County, Kentucky, on January 1, 1827. Father of Mary A. Quigley Morton, Laura Belle Quigley, Edward P. Quigley, Harriet Eliza Quigley, Eugenia P. Quigley, Ellen J. Quigley, Coreen A. Quigley, Lucien Quigley, and Eva Quigley. Resident of Warren County in 1830. Owned three enslaved persons in Warren County in 1830. Engaged in agriculture and commerce in Warren County in 1840. Owned seven enslaved persons in Warren County in 1840. Tobacconist in Warren County in 1850. Owned fifteen enslaved persons in Warren County in 1850. Operated the banking house of Quigley, Morton, & Co. in Jefferson County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Jefferson County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Seventh Judicial District of Kentucky Legal: Robert Ellis (Louisville, Kentucky, steward)

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Bowling Green, p. 60. Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Bowling Green, p. 74. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 2, p. 113A-B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 2, p. 422. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 93. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 270A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Warren County Marriages, Film #000164003, p. 219. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Jefferson County Wills, vol. 6-7, 1862-1872, p. 160-61. "Notice," Louisville Daily Journal, (KY), February 6, 1864, Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/592163672. "Thomas Quigley (1800-1864)," Find A Grave, Memorial #82877465, accessed June 15, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82877465. Marshall Woodson (Louisville, Kentucky, steward) N00004339 1821? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, barber and steward. Kentucky native. Married to Martha Sterrett Woodson. Father of Alice Woodson and Ellen Woodson. Barber in Louisville in 1850. Steward in Louisville in 1860.

Relationships Social: Robert Ellis (Louisville, Kentucky, steward) Social: [Unknown] [Unknown] (Louisville, Kentucky) Social: [Unknown] [Unknown] (Louisville, Kentucky) Social: Benjamin W. Pollard (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney) Social: Llewellyn Powell (Louisville, Kentucky, physician) Social: Coleman Parker (Louisville, Kentucky) Social: Robert C. Hewett (Louisville, KY, physician ) Social: John M. Stephens (Louisville, Kentucky, magistrate) Social: William McKnight (Louisville, Kentucky) Social: Daniel Smith (jefferson county) Social: Caleb Wallace Logan (Jefferson County, KY, attorney & judge) Social: William A. Ronald (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Social: Jefferson Brown (AKA Jeff. Brown, Louisville/New Albany attorney) Legal: Seventh Judicial District of Kentucky Legal: Robert Ellis (Louisville, Kentucky, steward)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 406A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 8, p. 181-2. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 11, p. 512A. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #7538. 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/. 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. 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. Seventh Judicial District of Kentucky O00000317 Categories: Organizations

This Commonwealth of Kentucky judicial district included Bullitt, Spencer, Jefferson, Shelby, and Oldham Counties. Judge(s): Peter B. Muir (1860-1863) and George W. Johnston (1864-1865). Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Edwin S. Craig (1860-1861) and James R. Dupuy (1862-1865).

Relationships Legal: William L. Gray, Jr (Louisville)

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. Jefferson County, Kentucky Legal/Financial 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 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 AND COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, JEFFERSON COUNTY AND CIRCUIT, SCT. October Term of the Jefferson Circuit Court, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-

The Jurors of the Grand Jury, impannelled and sworn to inquire in and for the body of the County of Jefferson, in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, on their oath, present that Robert Ellis a free man of color late of said Connty, laborer on the twenty third day of May in the year eighteen hundred and sixty- in the said County of Jefferson, and State of Kentucky, with force and arms Bank notes for the payment of money to wit; for the payment of fourteen dollars and silver coin of the value of two dollars and seventy five cents and one pair of gloves of the value of fifty cents of the goods and chattels of Tabitha Perry then and there being and found, feloniously did steal, take, and carry away, contrary to the form of the Statute, in that case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

E S Craig atty for Commwlth 7" Jud dist

Witnesses for the Commonwealth: Sarah Perry Wm Claytor M Howard Tabitha Perry

A copy att Jas P Chambers c Jeff Cir Ct

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Commonwealth vs } Indict larceny Robert Ellis f m c

A true bill Tho Quiggleyforeman

1860 Oct 17 Recd from Grand Jury & filed

Oct 24th Jury & laid over

25 Jury met, unable to agree & dischgd deft reco in $300.M Woodson Bail & Court

1861 Jany 14 Reco forftd Sci fa and Cont & Capias

May 6 Cont & capias

Att J P Chambers c