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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-0001-021-0046 MG8-137

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) N00001223 1831-01-02 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer, post office clerk, and state official. Franklin County, Kentucky, native. Son of Thomas L. Tate and Nancy Taylor Tate. Married to Lucy J. Hawkins Tate in Woodford County, Kentucky, on June 3, 1856. Father of Howard S. Tate and Edmonia Tate. Clerk of the U.S. Post Office in Frankfort, Franklin County, in 1848. Farmer in Franklin County in 1850. Assistant secretary of state of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1854 to 1855 and from 1859 to 1863. Owned two enslaved persons in Frankfort in 1860. Assistant clerk of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1865 to 1867.

Relationships Political: Benjamin F. Graves (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, judge, and politician.) Political: John Cawein (Louisville restaurant owner and merchant) Political: Thomas Sullivan (Louisville, Jefferson Co) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: George W. Thompson (Parke County, Indiana, merchant, attorney, deed commissioner, and court clerk) Political: William Alexander (Brandenburg, Meade Co. lawyer) Political: James F. Overton (Meade Co. Ky miller) Political: Enos Keith (Meade Co, Ky) Political: Alexander Bell Patrick (Breathitt Co & Cir Ct Clerk, private CSA) Political: Joshua Spering (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attorney, commissioner of deeds, and councilman) Economic: Joshua Spering (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attorney, commissioner of deeds, and councilman) Political: Theodore Dehon Rand (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soldier and attorney) Political: Oscar J. Somes (McCracken County, Kentucky, bank teller and capt 3rd Ky Inf (C.S.A)) Political: Josiah Stoddard Byers (McCracken County, Kentucky, bookstore clerk, midshipman, captain 3rd Ky Inf CSA) Political: Commercial Bank of Kentucky Political: Executive Department, Kentucky (U.S.A.) Political: Thomas Dugan (Portsmouth, Ohio, banker and commissioner of deeds) Political: Charles James Brenham (San Francisco, California, notary public and commissioner of deeds) Political: Theodore M. Morgan (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, businessman and commissioner, captain 98th NY Inf USA) Political: State Department of Kentucky Political: Joseph Tucker (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, resident) Political: Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, editor and secretary of state) Political: Office of the Secretary of State of Kentucky Political: John G. Douglass (Cincinnati, Ohio, attorney and commissioner of deeds) Legal: John Marshall Harlan (Kentucky atty general, colonel 10th Ky Inf (USA), and attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 22B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort District No. 1, p. 259. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort District No. 1, p. 491B. James C. Klotter, "Tate, James W." in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 867-68. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994058, Woodford County Marriages. Charles S. Glass (Jefferson County, Kentucky, steamboat mate and day policeman) N00014607 1809-07-30 1879-02-07 Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, steamboat mate and policeman. Native of Ireland. Married to Elizabeth McLean Glass. Father of Mary C. Glass, Margaret Glass, Alexander Glass, Jane Glass, and Charles W. Glass. Steamboat mate in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Day policeman in Louisville in 1860.

Relationships Economic: City of Louisville Police Department Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 10, p. 424B-425A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 769. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 373A. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #1232. Find A Grave, "Charles S. Glass (1809-1879)," Memorial #126262681, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126262681 (accessed May 27, 2021). [Unknown] [Unknown] (Mentioned as a fugitive in a letter from Robert Gilchriest to James W. Tate in Louisville) N00015198 Categories: People

Mentioned as a fugitive in a letter from Robert Gilchriest to James W. Tate in Louisville, Kentucky, on Feburary 9, 1862.

Relationships Legal: Robert Gilchriest (Louisville, Kentucky, iron molder, firefighter, agent, and police detective) Legal: Charles S. Glass (Jefferson County, Kentucky, steamboat mate and day policeman) Legal: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863)

KYR-0001-021-0046. Robert Gilchriest (Louisville, Kentucky, iron molder, firefighter, agent, and police detective) N00005532 1825 1903-03-25 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, iron molder, firefighter, agent, and police detective. New York native. Married to Mary Dwyer Gilchriest in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on August 17, 1848. Father of James Gilchriest, Catherine Gilchriest, Cynthia Gilchriest, Thomas Gilchriest, and Minnie Gilchriest. Gold prospector in California in 1849. Volunteer firefighter in Louisville, Kentucky, from 1849. Molder in Louisville in 1850. Molder in Louisville in 1860. Molder in Louisville in 1861. Agent of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the requisition of Elliot [Unknown] in February 1863. Agent of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the requisition of John H. Cannon in December 1864. Detective in Louisville in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Andrew Monroe (Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Legal: Elliot [Unknown] (Daviess County, Kentucky, enslaved person and fugitive) Legal: Charles S. Glass (Jefferson County, Kentucky, steamboat mate and day policeman) Economic: City of Louisville Police Department Social: Charles S. Glass (Jefferson County, Kentucky, steamboat mate and day policeman) Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) Legal: Robert Jackson Elliott (Louisville, Kentucky, city attorney and councilman) Legal: Charles Gillespie Jones (Louisville, Kentucky, clothing merchant )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 3, p. 234A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 798-99. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 10, p. 365B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482707, p. 208. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994042, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 31. "Robert Gilchriest Dead," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 25 March 1903, p. 8. Find A Grave, “Robert Gilchriest (1825-1903)," Memorial #125826257, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125826257/robert-gilchriest (accessed June 2, 2021). KYR-0001-005-0041. KYR-0001-033-0033. Louisville, Kentucky P00000337 Categories: Places

Seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2527, -85.7585 "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 12, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 179. 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). City of Louisville Police Department O00012619 1806-06-09 Categories: Organizations

Louisville, Kentucky, police force. Founded as the office of watchmen in Louisville, Kentucky, on June 9, 1806. Instituted as the designated police force by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky on March 8, 1856.

Relationships Legal: Peter Ziemer (Jefferson County, Kentucky, janitor) Legal: Thomas Palmer Satterwhite (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, physician) Legal: Jacob B. Ehrich (Louisville, Ky, Police Dept; "always wore a silk hat") Legal: Joseph Swinney (Louisville, Kentucky, policeman and agent.) Legal: Richard Owen Priest (Louisville, Kentucky, carpenter and patrolman)

"The History of the Louisville Division of Police," Louisvilleky.gov, accessed on May 12, 2020, https://louisvilleky.gov/government/police/history-louisville-division-police. Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 1862-02-09 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Office Chief of Police, Louisville,Ky., Febry 9th 1862. Mr Jas W. Tate Asst Secry of State Dear Sir

I address you again hopeing that the Document will Be Satisfactory that I now send you Please Answer as soon as Possible and Empower Mr Glass or me to Get the nesscessary Papers to Procure his arrest

Yours Truly R. Gilchrist Policeman Box 398 Louisville Ky