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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-0001-029-0072 R3-118

Greenup County, Kentucky John C. Adams (Greenup County, Kentucky, judge and lawyer) N00017479 1825? Categories: People

Greenup County, Kentucky, judge and attorney. Ohio native. Son of Joseph Adams. Attorney in Knox County, Ohio, in 1850. Judge of the Greenup County Court in Greenup County, Kentucky, from 1858-1861. Attorney in Greenup County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Greenup Circuit Court Legal: Greenup County Court Legal: Jeremiah Davidson (Greenup County, Kentucky, attorney and newspaper publisher) Legal: George E. Roe (Greenup County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: John S. Jones (Greenup County, Kentucky, county court clerk, postmaster, iron manufacturer & manager ) Legal: John Seaton (Greenup County, KY, judge) Legal: Ninth Judicial District of Kentucky Legal: Kentucky Court of Appeals Social: John Seaton (Greenup County, KY, judge) Legal: John Brough (Twenty-sixth Governor of the State of Ohio, newspaper editor, railroad president, and politician.) Political: Elijah Connor Phister (Mason County, KY, circuit court judge, attorney, and later? mayor) Political: Jonathan Williams (Greenup County, Kentucky, master collier.) Political: James Lawrence Waring (Greenup County, Kentucky, resident and farmer.) Political: Charles M. Smith (Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer.) Political: J. J. Thompson (Signed a petition to nominate Jeremiah Moor to fill a vacancy on the Greenup County Court.) Political: Andrew Suter Meek (Greenup County, Kentucky, day laborer and farmer.) Political: James Frisby (Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer and physician.) Political: Daniel McGarey (Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Thomas M. Gambol (Greenup County, Kentucky, resident) Political: George W. Truitt (Greenup County, KY, farmer) Political: Matthew L. Thompson (Greenup County, KY, farmer) Political: Jeremiah Moore (Greenup County, KY, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Knox County, Monroe, p. 299A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States(1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, East Little Sandy, p. 839. "An Act for the benefit of John C. Adams, judge of the Greenup quarterly court," Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, (Frankfort, Ky: John B. Major and W. R. Hughes Public Printer, 1861, 1862, and 1863), 158. George E. Roe (Greenup County, Kentucky, attorney) N00007995 1828-01-28 1886-01-10 Categories: People

Greenup County, Kentucky, attorney. Fleming County, Kentucky, native. Married to Ursula Howland Roe in Greenup County, Kentucky, on December 29, 1853. Father of Mary W. Roe, Benjamin E. Roe, Nancy Roe, and Alice J. Roe. Resident of Greenup County in 1850. Attorney in Greenup County in 1860. Employed E. Foster as a servant in Greenup County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Greenup County Court Legal: John S. Jones (Greenup County, Kentucky, county court clerk, postmaster, iron manufacturer & manager ) Legal: John C. Adams (Greenup County, Kentucky, judge and lawyer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, District 1, p. 239A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, Subdistrict 2, pp. 835-836. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, Greenupsburg, p. 33A. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994036, Greenup County Marriages. "George Elliot Roe (1828-1886)," Find A Grave, Memorial 6428508, accessed May 5, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6428508. Jeremiah Davidson (Greenup County, Kentucky, attorney and newspaper publisher) N00002432 1815-11-04 Categories: People

Greenup County, Kentucky, attorney. Lawrence County, Ohio, native. Son of John Davidson and Margaret Davidson. Married to Eliza A. Corum Davidson in December 1834. Father of Alfred W. Davidson, Henry C. Davidson, Charles W. Davidson, Theodore F. Davidson, Edgar P. Davidson, and Annie M. Davidson. Hotel keeper in Greenup County, Kentucky, from 1832 to 1843. Admitted to the bar in Greenup County on October 31, 1846. Magistrate and justice of the peace in Greenup County. Attorney in Greenup County in 1860. Editor and proprietor of the Greenup Record.

Relationships Legal: Greenup County Court Legal: George E. Roe (Greenup County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: John S. Jones (Greenup County, Kentucky, county court clerk, postmaster, iron manufacturer & manager ) Social: John C. Adams (Greenup County, Kentucky, judge and lawyer) Legal: John C. Adams (Greenup County, Kentucky, judge and lawyer) Social: Elijah Connor Phister (Mason County, KY, circuit court judge, attorney, and later? mayor)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, East Little Sandy, p. 838. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, Greenupsburg, p. 33B. 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, 1886). John S. Jones (Greenup County, Kentucky, county court clerk, postmaster, iron manufacturer & manager ) N00016957 1826? Categories: People

Greenup County, Kentucky, postmaster, iron manufacturer, and court clerk. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth Jones. Father of Joanna Jones, Murtz Jones, Mollie Jones, Anne Jones, Alice Jones, and E. Jones. Iron manufacturer in Greenup County, Kentucky, in 1850. Postmaster of Amanda in Greenup County from May 28, 1850, to July 27, 1852. Furnace manager in Greenup County in 1860. Clerk of the Greenup County Court in September 1862.

Relationships Social: Benjamin F. Pratt (Greenup County, Kentucky, JP? ) Legal: Greenup County Court Legal: Jeremiah Davidson (Greenup County, Kentucky, attorney and newspaper publisher) Legal: George E. Roe (Greenup County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: John Seaton (Greenup County, KY, judge) Legal: Ninth Judicial District of Kentucky Legal: Adolphus Lafayette Reid (Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer, and sheriff. ) Legal: John C. Adams (Greenup County, Kentucky, judge and lawyer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, District 2, p. 181A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, East Little Sandy Subdistrict 2, p. 876. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Greenup County, Kentucky, vol. 14, p. 627. KYR-0001-031-0012. Greenup County, Kentucky P001759 Categories: Places

County in northeastern Kentucky. Seat at Greenup. Located on the Ohio River.

38.5666, -82.9502 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 126. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Greenup County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on November 18, 2019). Greenup County Court O00000627 Categories: Organizations

Located in Greenupsburg, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): John Seaton. Clerk(s): William Corum and George A. Corum.

Relationships Economic: Robert McAllister (Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer) Economic: William Corum (Greenup County, Kentucky, county and circuit clerk) Legal: John S. Jones (Greenup County, Kentucky, county court clerk, postmaster, iron manufacturer & manager ) Legal: Jeremiah Davidson (Greenup County, Kentucky, attorney and newspaper publisher) Legal: George E. Roe (Greenup County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: John C. Adams (Greenup County, Kentucky, judge and lawyer) Legal: Adolphus Lafayette Reid (Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer, and sheriff. ) Legal: John Seaton (Greenup County, KY, judge) Legal: Jeremiah Moore (Greenup County, KY, farmer)

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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. Greenup County, Kentucky 1862-09-24 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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Special Term Greenup County Court Wednesday September 24th 1862

Commonwealth of Kentucky Plaintiff Against upon Attachment John C. Adams. Defendant

The defendant John C Adams this day appeared in Court in discharge of his recognizance herein The said defendant produced his affidavit which is filed and thereupon moved the Court to continue all further proceeding^s^ herein until the next regular term of this Court in order to enable him to obtain a change of ,,Venue,, Upon Consideration of Said Motion the Court overruled the Same The defendant thereupon produced his written response to the rules awarded against him to shew cause why he retained in his possession and does not produce to and file in this Court a Statement of the indebtedness of Greenup County made out by George E Roe and Jeremiah Davidson Esqrs Commissioners appointed by the Court for that purpose. The response is ordered to be filed. The Court after hearing Evidence and the written response and upon Consideration thereof adjudges the response to be insufficient and the defendant failing to respond further and still failing and refusing to produce tand file the Said Statement or report of Said Commissioners of the indebtedness of this County, It is therefore adjudged by the Court that the defendant make his fine to the Commonwealth of Kentucky by the payment of Twenty Dollars. for contempt offered this Court in disobeying the orders of this Court Soin So failing and refusing to produce to and file in this Court Said Statement a report of the indebtedness of Greenup County and that

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Execution issue therefor against the Said defendant as also for the Cost of these proceedings The defendant prayed an appeal to the Circuit Court

A Copy Attest John S. Jones. C. G. C. C.

Commonweath vs } Attachment John C. Adams

Greenup County