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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons, Remissions, and Respites, 1862-1863 KYR-0001-029-0061 R3-97

William Henry Allison (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. ) N00017369 1836-06-30 1911-03-19 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. Shelby County, Kentucky, native. Son of William Allison and Nancy Allison. Married to Sarah Frances Rogers Allison in Shelby County, Kentucky, in September 15, 1856. Father of William Nicholas Allison and James H. Allison. Resident of Franklin County in 1850. Farmer in Franklin County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Zachariah Lee (Franklin County, Kentucky, farm laborer. )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 89B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 370. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994034, Franklin County Marriages. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #3268. "William Henry Allison (1836-1911)," Find A Grave, Memorial #43330449, accessed March 29, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43330449. Zachariah Lee (Franklin County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) N00017367 1833-11-09 1865-05-01 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, farm laborer and farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Zachariah Lee and Levina Lee. Married to Irene Allison Lee. Father of Harry Clinton Lee. Student in Franklin County, Kentucky in 1850. Farm laborer in Franklin County in 1860. Farmer in Franklin County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 90a. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 367. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Franklin County, KY, July1863, p. 13. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #6720. "Zachariah Lee (1833-1865)," Find A Grave, Memorial #43196154, accessed March 28, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/43196154. James L. Caldwell (Judge Shelby Co Court) N00002293 1825 1882-11-22 Categories: People

Shelby County, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Montgomery County, Kentucky, native. Married to Mary L. Middleton Caldwell in Shelby County, Kentucky, on June 15, 1847. Father of Sarah "Sallie" Caldwell, Eugene Caldwell, Bettie V. Caldwell, Mary A. Caldwell, and Clarence Caldwell. Attended Bethel College in Russellville, Kentucky. Attended Bethany College in Bethany, Virginia. Attorney in Shelby County in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Shelby County in 1850. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Shelby County from 1851 to 1852 and from 1855 to 1856. Presiding Judge of the Shelby County Court from 1859 to 1871. Attorney and farmer in Shelby County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Shelby County in 1860. Member of the Christian Church of Shelbyville in Shelbyville.

Relationships Political: Shelby County Court Social: James W. Crawford (Shelby Co., KY, merchant and farmer) Social: Jacob E. Sandusky (Sodowsky) (Shelby county farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Shelby Circuit Court Legal: William Henry Allison (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Zachariah Lee (Franklin County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Social: James E. McClain (Shelby County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District No. 2, p. 369B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2, p. 797. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2, p. 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2, p. 275B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, X County Marriages, Film 000259289. "Judge James Lafayette Caldwell (1825 - 1882)," Find A Grave, Memorial #104690651, accessed September 28, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104690651. W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, 6th ed. (Louisville and Chicago: F. A. Battey and Company, 1888), 770. 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. 1862-08-26 Legal/Financial 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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JohWm Allison states that he is a resident of Franklin County -- that he is the owner of one hundred & twenty six acres & ten poles of land in said county -- the title to which is encumbered by a down -- it is all paid for he owns five head of horses & other personal property amounting in all to the value of twelve hundred dollars & owes about two hundred dollars -- & that he believes he is worth after payment of his debts one thousand dollars

Wm ^his X mark^ Allison

Zachariah Lee states that he has bought & paid for & is the owner of eleven acres ^& a half^ of land in Franklin County with $100 -- but has no title to it -- that he owns five head of horses & mules worth $200 -- has clash notes worth at least $400 & he beleive you are ^he is^ worth after the payment of your ^his^ debts about $700 --

Zachariah ^his X mark^ Lee

Subscribed & sworn to by Wm Allison & Zachariah Lee before me August 26th 1862

J. L. Caldwell J. S, C. C,