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Fayette County, Kentucky William C. Goodloe (Fayette and Madison co , KY, circuit court judge) N00005270 1805-10-07 1870-08-14 Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, judge. Kentucky native. Son of William Goodloe and Susan Woods Goodloe. Married to Almira Owsley Goodloe. Father of Archibald Henry Goodloe and Mary Goodloe. Circuit judge of the 13th Judicial District in Fayette and Madison Counties from 1859 to 1862.

Relationships Social: George Payne (Fayette County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: John B. Norton (Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: Charles F. Lowry (Fayette County, Kentucky merchant and deputy clerk) Legal: Francis M. Searcy (Madison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: Madison Circuit Court Economic: Madison Circuit Court Social: Woods Caperton (Madison County, KY, attorney) Legal: William S. Taylor (Madison County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Elijah K. Howard (Madison County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Legal: James Bennett McCreary (Madison County, KY, attorney&major & Lt col in 11th KY Cav CSA, POW) Legal: Madison County Court Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Fayette Circuit Court Social: Jesse J. Hunt (Fayette County, Kentucky, merchant and clerk. ) Social: James B. Beck (Fayette County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: William Campbell Preston Breckinridge (Fayette County, Kentucky, lawyer, slaveholder, and colonel of 9th KY Cav (CSA))

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Division 1, p. 376. 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), 304. 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), 304. 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), 299. Theophilus Steel (Versailles physician) N00004875 1811 Categories: People

Versailles, Kentucky, farmer and physician. Kentucky native. Married to Caroline R. Steel. Father of John A. Steel. Attended Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. Physician in Woodford County in 1850. Dueled James Blackburn in 1854 in Fayette County. Farmer in Versailles in 1860.

Relationships Social: James Blackburn (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: David Harp (Grand Jury member 1855 case) Legal: Albert Kay (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John B. Johnson (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John Moore (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Hezekiah Martin (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Granville Smith (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Charles Fleming Rogers (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Jesse D. Winn (Fayette County, Kentucky, stock driver) Legal: Uriah Stone (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William Busby (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Henry Clay Bowman (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James Downing Sr. (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: S. Noland (Commonwealth attorney) Legal: John B. Norton (Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: William C. Goodloe (Fayette and Madison co , KY, circuit court judge) Legal: Fayette Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 1, p. 453B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 123. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 536A. U.S., College Student Lists, 1763-1924, Ancestry, Transylvania University, 1836, p. 8. John Winston Coleman and John Lyde Wilson, Famous Kentucky Duels (Lexington, KY: Henry Clay Press, 1969), p. 145. Journal of the Regular Session of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (Frankfort, KY: James A. Hodges, 1876), p. 4. James Blackburn (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer) N00004876 1834 Categories: People

Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Henrietta Blackburn. Attended Transylvania University. Dueled Theophilus Steel in 1854 in Fayette County, Kentucky. Farmer in Woodford County in 1850 and 1870.

Relationships Social: Theophilus Steel (Versailles physician) Legal: David Harp (Grand Jury member 1855 case) Legal: Albert Kay (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John B. Johnson (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John Moore (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Hezekiah Martin (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Granville Smith (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Charles Fleming Rogers (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Jesse D. Winn (Fayette County, Kentucky, stock driver) Legal: Uriah Stone (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William Busby (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Henry Clay Bowman (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James Downing Sr. (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: S. Noland (Commonwealth attorney) Legal: John B. Norton (Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: William C. Goodloe (Fayette and Madison co , KY, circuit court judge) Legal: Fayette Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 1, p. 451A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Midway, p. 17. Journal of the Regular Session of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (Frankfort, KY: James A. Hodges, 1876), p. 4. John Winston Coleman and John Lyde Wilson, Famous Kentucky Duels (Lexington, KY: Henry Clay Press, 1969), p. 145. S. Noland (Commonwealth attorney) N00014869 Categories: People

Signs an indictment for the Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Theophilas Steele in June 1855. Commonwealth Attorney for the eleventh judicial district from 1854 to 1855.

Relationships Legal: Melvin T. Lowry (Jessamine County, Kentucky, county and circuit court clerk) Legal: William R. Welch (Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky, farmer, attornery, and notary public) Legal: Jessamine Circuit Court Legal: John B. Cook (Nicholasville, Kentucky, grocery keeper) Legal: William H. Daniel (Jessamine County, Kentucky, resident, prov govt) Legal: John B. Norton (Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: William C. Goodloe (Fayette and Madison co , KY, circuit court judge) Legal: Fayette Circuit Court Legal: J. C. Wilmore (Madison County, Kentucky,resident) Legal: John Marshall Harlan (Kentucky atty general, colonel 10th Ky Inf (USA), and attorney) Legal: William Emmett Simms (Kentucky Confederate soldier and politician) Legal: James H. McCampbell (Shelby County, Kentucky, Justice of the Peace, constable, 2nd lieut & capt 6th Ky Inf (USA))

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), 417. KYR-0001-021-0049. James Downing Sr. (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) N00014871 1809-05-05 1865-12-18 Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Francis Downing and Jeanie Dunlap Downing. Married to Elizabeth Morrow Gibson Downing. Father of James Downing Jr., Francis Downing, Margaret A. Downing, Samuel Downing, Marcus Downing, and Christopher C. Downing. Farmer in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Fayette County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 238A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 487. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 415-6. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society Sons of the American Revolution Applications, Louisville, Ky, Downing, National #89768, State #1134. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7017512, Fayette County Deaths, File #39. "James G. Downing Sr. (1809-1865)," Find A Grave, Memorial #147926131, accessed June 24, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147926131. Henry Clay Bowman (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) N00014872 1822 1903-01-24 Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of William Bowman. Married to Sallie Bowman. Father of Annabelle Bowman, Lucy Bowman, Sallie Bowman, and Henry Bowman. Married to Elizabeth Bowman. Father to Willie Bowman and Robert Lee Bowman. Farmer in Fayette County in 1850. Owned nine enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1850. Farmer in Fayette County in 1860. Owner twenty-six enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 163B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 287. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States_ (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 427B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Precinct 5, p. 114A. "End Came Suddenly," Lexington Leader (Lexington, Ky.) January 25, 1903, p. 4. "Henry Clay Bowman (1822-1903)," Find A Grave, Memorial #43237606, accessed June 24, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43237606. William Busby (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) N00014882 1794? Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Busby. Father to Elizabeth Busby, William Busby, Gabriella Busby, and Sallie Busby. Farmer in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1850. Farmer in Fayette County in 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 134A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 515. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 304. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 432A. Uriah Stone (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) N00014883 1816-01-01 1891-04 Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer. Scott County, Kentucky, native. Married to Margaret Stone. Father to George W. Stone, John T. Stone, Jennie Stone, Samuel R. Stone, Morrison Stone, Mary Stone, and Jacob Stone. Farmer in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1850. Farmer in Fayette County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 170B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 299. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2 p. 430B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Precinct 4, 76A-B. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Fayette County Wills, vol. 6-7, 1881-1894, p. 323-4. "Death Roll: Uriah Stone," Weekly Leader (Lexington, Ky.), Apr. 9, 1891, p. 7. Jesse D. Winn (Fayette County, Kentucky, stock driver) N00014884 1811-03-30 1875-04-30 Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, stock driver. Kentucky native. Son of Mary Winn. Married to Lucy A. Buckner Winn. Father of Mary E. Winn, Catherine E. Winn, Benjamin S. Winn, William H. Win, George G. Winn, and Lucy A. Winn. Married to Margaret E. Darnaly Winn in Scott County, Kentucky, on October 17, 1851. Father to John Winn, Mary Winn, and Annie Winn. Resident in Fayette County in 1840. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1840. Farmer in Fayette County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1850. Stock driver in Fayette County in 1860.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Eastern Division, p.147. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 232B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 708. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 459. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 43B-44A. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994033, Fayette County Deaths, p. 3. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film #000183225. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Frankfort, KY, File #20550. "Jesse Durette Winn Jr. (1811-1875)," Find A Grave, Memorial #64213115, accessed June 25, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64213115. Charles Fleming Rogers (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) N00014885 1814 1885 Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Son of S. F. Rogers. Married to Margaret A. Ford Rogers in Bourbon County, Kentucky, on May 21, 1844. Father to Rebecca Rogers, Charles F. Rogers, James Rogers, Willis F. Rogers, M. F. Rogers, and Edward Rogers. Farmer in Fayette County in 1850. Owned eighteen enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1850. Farmer in Fayette County in 1860. Owned twenty-three enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 234A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 713. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 466. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 406A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bourbon County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 45. "Charles Fleming Rogers (1814-1885)," Find A Grave, Memorial #50879733, accessed June 25, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50879733. Granville Smith (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) N00014886 1807-04-09 1874-06-02 Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah A. Boswell Smith in Harrison County, Kentucky, on November 4, 1844. Father to Sarah Smith, Julia E. Smith McClune, William B. Smith, Annie M. Smith, Merritt W. Smith, and Joseph G. Smith. Farmer in Fayette County in 1850. Employed William Whitamore as a farmer in Fayette County in 1850. Owned twenty-one enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1850. Farmer in Fayette County in 1860. Owned sixteen enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 225B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 65. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 467. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 406B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 36 B-37A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #000216896. "Granville Smith (1807-1874)," Find A Grave, Memorial #61365384, accessed June 27, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61365384. Hezekiah Martin (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) N00014887 1813-11-11 1857-03-31 Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer. Married to Catherine Martin. Father to W. F. Martin. Farmer in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1850. Employed Andrew Jacoby as a laborer in Fayette County in 1850.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 157B. "Hezekiah Martin (1813-1857)," Memorial #97582053 Find A Grave, accessed June 27, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97582053. John Moore (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) N00014888 1798? Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Cynthia Callis Moore in Harrison County, Kentucky, on September 13, 1825. Father to Sarah Moore, Catherine Moore, and George Moore. Farmer in Fayette County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1850. Farmer in Fayette County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 254A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 753. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 292. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 429A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #000216892. John B. Johnson (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) N00014889 1784? Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth Johnson. Father of Robert F. Johnson. Farmer in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned twenty-one enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1850. Farmer in Fayette County in 1860. Owned twenty-nine enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1860. Resident in Fayette County from 1862-1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 178A-B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Fayette County, District 2, City/District, p. 332. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 440A. Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 17, Fayette County, Kentucky, 1862, p. 12. Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 17, Fayette County, Kentucky, 1863, p. 177. Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 17, Fayette County, Kentucky, 1864. Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 17, Fayette County, Kentucky, 1865, p. 181. Albert Kay (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) N00014890 1816 1856 Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Farmer in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1850.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 238B. "Albert J. Key (1816-1856)," Find A Grave, Memorial #30666296, accessed June 28, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30666296. David Harp (Grand Jury member 1855 case) N00014891 Categories: People

Mentioned as a grand jury member in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1855.

KYR-0001-021-0049. John B. Norton (Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk) N00004824 1825? Categories: People

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk. Kentucky native. Clerk of the Fayette Circuit Court in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, from 1859 to 1867. Owned two enslaved persons and hired two additional enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1860.

Relationships Political: James Donahoe (Lexington, Kentucky, grocer) Economic: Fayette Circuit Court Legal: George Washington Dupee (Lexington, Kentucky, free black Baptist pastor) Legal: General Douglas (Lexington, Kentucky) Legal: Nathan Bibb (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, livery man) Social: George Payne (Fayette County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Fayette Circuit Court Legal: Charles F. Lowry (Fayette County, Kentucky merchant and deputy clerk) Legal: William C. Goodloe (Fayette and Madison co , KY, circuit court judge)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette, Lexington, Ward 3, p. 570. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, Ward 4, p. 460B. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1859 (Frankfort, KY: John B. Major, 1860), 290. 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), 305. 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), 11. 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. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1867, (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, 1867), 355. "John B. Norton (1825-1901)," Find A Grave, Memorial 14804316, accessed September 5, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14804316/john-b-norton. 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). Lexington, Kentucky P001002 Categories: Places

Seat of Fayette County, Kentucky.

38.0406, -84.5037 John D. Wright, "Lexington (City)," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 549-51. "Lexington, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Fayette County, Kentucky P001031 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Lexington.

38.0406, -84.5037 "Lexington, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 99. Fayette Circuit Court O00000377 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 13th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): William C. Goodloe. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): William S. Downey. Clerk(s): John B. Norton.

Relationships Legal: John C. Cable (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James Donahoe (Lexington, Kentucky, grocer) Economic: Charles Scott Todd Bodley (Fayette County, Kentucky, bookseller and sheriff) Legal: B. F. Barnes (Fayette Co, KY, mule stealer) Legal: George Washington Brand (Lexington, Kentucky, grocer and bank director) Economic: John B. Norton (Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: William S. Downey (Bourbon County, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney) Legal: John B. Norton (Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: William Harrison Keith (Plymouth, Massachussetts, salesman and soldier (U.S.A.)) Legal: William C. Goodloe (Fayette and Madison co , KY, circuit court judge)

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. 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. Fayette County, Kentucky Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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 Fayette Circuit Court

Pleas held before the HonorableWilliam C Goodloe Judge of the Court for the Circuit aforesaid at the Court House in the City of Lexington on the 12' day of June 1855

TheoThe Commonwealth of Kentucky Plaintiff against } On Indictment Theophilas Steele Defendant

(Be it remembered that heretofore to wit on the 22d day of February 1855 at a Court continued and held for the Circuit aforesaid)

The Grand Jury Empanelled and sworn herein returned the following Indictment, viz:

"Fayette Circuit Court The Commonwealth of Kentucky Indictment} against Theophilas Steele

The Grand Jurors for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, empannelled and sworn in and for Fayette county, in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth aforesaid, upon their Oaths represent that Theophilas Steele on the 1st day of February 1855, in the County of Fayette, did challenge James Blackburn to fight him in single combat with pistols, contrary to the form of the Statute in such cases made and provided and against the peace and

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dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

S Noland Com Atty

And afterwards to wit at a Court continued and held for the Circuit aforesaid on the 12' day of June 1855 --

"This day came the parties by their Attorneys, and the Defendant plead not Guilty, and thereupon came a Jury, viz: James Downing, Henry Bowman, Wm Busby,Uriah Stone, Jesse D WinnCharles F Rogers, Granville Smith, Hezekiah Martin, John Moore, John B Johnson,Albert Kayand David Harp who were elected tried and sworn well and truly to try the Issue and a true Verdict render herein -- The Trial progressed -- Whereupon on motion of the Attorney for the Commonwealth, It is ordered that this case be dismissed -- "

True Copies Att John B Norton Clerk Fayette Circuit Court

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