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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. Adolphus Lafayette Reid (Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer, and sheriff. ) N00017563 1824-11-20 1915-06-11 Categories: People

Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer, and sheriff. Natchez, Mississippi, native. Son of Darious B. Reid and Caroline Roach. Married to Henrietta Powell Reid on April 20, 1848. Father of Charles E. Reid, Lucky C. Reid, Anna M. Reid, Rob Morris Reid, and Edgar Reid. Farmer in Greenup County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Greenup County in 1860. Sheriff in Greenup County from 1862 to 1863. Farmer in Greenup County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: John C. Adams (Greenup County, Kentucky, judge and lawyer) Legal: John S. Jones (Greenup County, Kentucky, county court clerk, postmaster, iron manufacturer & manager ) Legal: John Seaton (Greenup County, KY, judge) Legal: Greenup County Court Legal: Ninth Judicial District of Kentucky Legal: Jeremiah Davidson (Greenup County, Kentucky, attorney and newspaper publisher) Legal: George E. Roe (Greenup County, Kentucky, attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, District 1, p. 222B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, p. 713. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, p. 79A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, Precinct 1, p. 8A. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994036, Greenup County Births. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #14051. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Greenup County, KY, October 1863, p. 128. 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. Armstead Mead Prichard Mead Relations: Mead, Brown, Powell, Keyser, Kelly, Trumbo, Austin, Toler, Prichard: Virginia, Kentucky, (Staunton, Va.: A.M. Prichard, 1933), 158. Nina Mitchell Biggs and Mabel Lee Mackoy, History of Greenup County, Kentucky, (Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, 1975) 122, 247. John Seaton (Greenup County, KY, judge) N00008740 1823? Categories: People

Greenup County, Kentucky, accountant and judge. Kentucky native. Married to Mary E. Seaton. Father of H. E. Seaton, Rebecca Seaton, William B. Seaton, Edward Seaton, Mary Seaton, and Dora Seaton. Accountant in Greenup County, Kentucky, in 1860. Judge of Greenup County Court in 1865.

Relationships 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: Ninth Judicial District of Kentucky

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, East Little Sandy, p. 913. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, Greenupsburg, p.37B. KYR-0002-225-0072. Landaff Watson Andrews (Fleming County, KY Politician, 10th Cir Ct Judge, atty) N00001182 1803-02-12 1888-12-23 Categories: People

Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney, legislator, and judge. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Dorsey Andrews. Father of Juliet Andrews, Margaret Andrew, and James Ella Andrews. Graduate of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1824. Attorney in Fleming County from 1828 to 1839. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Fleming County in 1834 and 1838. Whig Party member of Congress of the United States of America from Kentucky from 1839 to 1843. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Fleming County in 1850. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Fleming County from 1857 to 1861. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Fleming County in 1860. Held interest in an additional fourteen enslaved persons in Fleming County in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Fleming County from 1861 to 1862. Judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit from 1862 to 1868.

Relationships Legal: Lawrence Circuit Court Legal: Adolphus Lafayette Reid (Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer, and sheriff. ) Legal: John C. Adams (Greenup County, Kentucky, judge and lawyer) Legal: John S. Jones (Greenup County, Kentucky, county court clerk, postmaster, iron manufacturer & manager ) Legal: John Seaton (Greenup County, KY, judge) Legal: Greenup County Court Legal: Ninth Judicial District of Kentucky

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, Flemingsburg, p. 256A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, Flemingsburg. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, Flemingsburg, District 2, p. 623. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, Flemingsburg, District 2, p.473B , p. 473B. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky, Volume II (Covington, KY: Collins and Company, 1878), p. 230-31. Sixty-first U.S. Congress, Senate Documents, Volume 56: Biographical Congressional Directory (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1913), p. 442. 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. The Evening Bulletin (Maysville, KY), December 21, 1888, page 3. "Landaff Watson Andrews" (1803-1888), Find a Grave, Memorial 7669613, accessed March 3, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7669613. 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 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. Ninth Judicial District of Kentucky O00000326 Categories: Organizations

This Commonwealth of Kentucky judicial district included Bracken, Harrison, Pendleton, Campbell, and Kenton Counties. Judge(s): Samuel M. Moore (1860-1861) and Joseph Doniphan (1862-1865). Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): William E. Arthur (1860-1861) and Robert B. Carpenter (1862-1865).

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. Greenup County, Kentucky 1862-09-23 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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Greenup County Court Special Term September 23d 1862

The affiant Jno. C Adams. States that Some time this afternoon a rule issued was Served on him of at his residence by the Sheriff and during the time he was at his office preparing a response to the Same the Sheriff Served another one on him both Emanating from this Court and before he had time to respond to the last rule and in a Short time after it was Served on him the Sheriff Executed an attachment on affiant requiring him to give bail in the Sum of One hundred Dollars for his appearance before the County Court at 10 Oclock A M September 24th/62 the rules and attachment or order of arrest were all issued from the County Court at a Called term and served on affiant during the afternoon the rules do not inform affiant upon whose motion they were made The affiant States that the Judge of the County Court Judge John Seaton is his bitter Enemy as he really believes and is as he believes is wholly incompetent from want of legal Knowledge as well as his prejudice lately manifested against affiant to try these rules and &C against affiant he does not believe he can have a fair trial before him because of his prejudice &C and he therefore prays that this Cause upon the various rules and motions attachments and orders of arrest be continued until the regular term of the Greenup County Court at which time he can procure a change of venue by the Circuit Judge of this Judicial District in conformity to law. he does not make this motion for a change

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of venue upon this affidavit for delay or vexation but Simply that he may have a fair and impartial hearing in response to the rules and attachments that have been awarded against him and unless he can procure a continueance for a change of venue he verily believes that great and manifest injustice will be done him

John. C. Adams

Affirmed to before me by John C Adams, Sept. 24 1862

John S. Jones. Clk Greenup County Court

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

Commonwealth vs. John. C. Adams

Affidavit Deft Filed Sept. 24 1862