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Monroe County, Kentucky, farmer and politician. Married to Matilda Howard. Father of Catherine Downing, James Downing, Jane Downing, and William Downing. Farmer in Monroe County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in 1850. Sheriff of Monroe County. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1853 to 1855 and 1859 to 1863. Owned three enslaved persons in 1860.
Monroe County, Kentucky, blacksmith. Tennessee native. Married Jane Crumpton Austin on August 13, 1854. Father of J. W. Austin, M. E. Austin, and W. H. Austin. Blacksmith in Monroe County in 1860. Reportedly killed by marauders in Rockbridge, Kentucky in August 1862.
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Mentioned in letter from Bennett Spear Jr. to Daniel E. Downing in August 1862. Reportedly killed by marauders in August 1862 in Rockbridge, Kentucky.
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Monroe County, Kentucky, resident. Mentioned in a letter from Bennett Spear to Daniel E. Downing in August 1862.
Monroe County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Robert C. Maxey and Augustine Maxey. Farmer in Monroe County in 1865. Farm laborer in Monroe County in 1860. Private in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.). Prisoner of War from June 9, 1863, to June 16, 1863.
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Monroe County, Kentucky, cabinet maker. Kentucky native. Married to Augustine Maxey. Father of William Maxey, John Maxey, Alfred Maxey, Henry Maxey, and Martha Maxey. Appointed Trustee of the Beech Grove Meeting House and School House in Monroe County in 1843. Farmer in Monroe County in 1850. Cabinet maker in Monroe County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in 1860.
Jackson County, Tennessee, farmer and soldier. Tennessee native. Married to Helen Hamilton. Father of Isabel Hamilton, Loretha Hamilton, Benjamin Hamilton, George Hamilton, Rorey Ann Hamilton, and William Hamilton. Farmer in Jackson County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Jackson County in 1860. Served in the Shaw’s (Hamilton’s) Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry Battalion (C.S.A.) as captain and lieutenant colonel from December 21, 1861 to July 1864. Captured at Celina, Tennessee, on March 18, 1864. Held at the military prison in Louisville, Kentucky, from March 18, 1864 to July 10, 1864. Shot by a guard and transferred to Lexington, Kentucky on July 10, 1864. Died of his wounds in July 1864.
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Twenty-second governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, banker, and legislator. Son of Jonathan Robinson and Jane Black Robinson. Married to Susan D. Mansell Robinson on December 26, 1821. Father of Emilie Jane Robinson and James F. Robinson, Jr. Married Willina S. Herndon Robinson on May 30, 1842. Father of Scott Herndon Robinson, John McCracken Robinson, George Sidney Robinson, Madison Johnson Robinson, Stephen Gano Robinson, Willa Ewing Robinson, Philip Eldon Robinson, and Stephen Gano Robinson. Educated at Forest Hill Academy and Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. Trustee of Georgetown College. President of the Farmers' Bank of Georgetown. Represented Fayette and Scott Counties in the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1851 to 1855. Owned thirty-five enslaved persons in 1860. Represented Fayette and Scott Counties in the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1861. Speaker of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 3, 1861, to September 5, 1861. Speaker of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from August 16, 1861, to August 18, 1862. Governor of Kentucky from August 18, 1862, to September 1, 1863. Returned to practicing law and farming on retiring from politics in 1863.
Monroe County, Kentucky, farmer. North Carolina native. Married to Adaline Spear. Father of Isaac Spear, Ann Spear, Elizabeth Spear, Levi Spear, William Spear, and Lorenzo Spear. Farmer in Monroe County in 1850. Farmer in Monroe County in 1860. Enrolled in the military (U.S.A.) in February 1864. Served in the Monroe County Militia (Kentucky National Legion) as lieutenant in 1865.
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Mentioned in a letter from Bennett Spear Jr. to Daniel E. Downing in August 1862.
Settlement in Monroe, County, Kentucky.
Dear Sir, This leaves me in tolerable health, and I hope it, will find you in good health &c.
The marauders have been through parts of our county almost every day since you left. They have killed no person, that we know of, since they killed Bugg is disunion boys are crossing the state line every day or two to shun the draft.
rather to take him and his company. We wish you to use your influence with the legislature to authorise such a company, and arm them. Can such a company be authorized by the legislature? Present our condition to the Committee, or to the
Mr. Downing, the honest belief of the people, is, that, if these fellows are not checked, this loyal county will be ruined -- our property taken, and many of our citisens killed. They are examining the houses of widow women, examining private drawers and rumaging
among the clothes of females, young and old -- healthy & unhealthy! They are rumageing the houses, drawers, trunks, &c. of all as they go. Is not this too much? Our condition is considerably worse than it was when you left, and is still getting worse every day. Several men have left, to keep out of danger, since you left; and, if we can not get relief, numbers moe must leave -- many of these are leaving families in a deplorable condition, sick, and insulted by these rebels! Can we get help?
Your friend,
P. S. Rockbridge is the post office at
B. S.
letter of B. Spear
Rockbridge
about invaders