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Grant County, Kentucky John C. L. Neal (Owen County, Kentucky, carpenter) N00012530 1827-01-09 1906-05-07 Categories: People

Owen County, Kentucky, carpenter. Kentucky native. Son of Charles Neal and Elizabeth Lee Neal. Married to Harriet Marcus Neal in Grant County, Kentucky, on July 28, 1848. Father of Mary E. Neal, Francis M. Neal, John W. Neal, Susan E. Neal, Sephrona J. Neal, Charles L. Neal, and Anna Neal. Carpenter in Scott County in 1850. Carpenter in Owen County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: John W. Marcus (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Thomas A. Franklin (Grant County, KY, farmer, postmaster, & county court clerk) Legal: Nathan H. Jeffers (Grant County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Legal: Grant Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 502B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 1, p. 137. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Indiana, Switzerland County, Pleasant, p. 339A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Grant County Marriages, Film #000266220, p. 406 of microfilm (accessed via ancestry.com). Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1906; Roll: 12, record #526, p. 115. John L. Scott (Frankfort, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.) N00002277 1829-04-07 1903-12-01 Categories: People

Frankfort, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney. Ohio native. Married to Theresa Frank Scott in Mason County, Kentucky, on September 3, 1857. Married to Sallie F. Chiles Scott in Mason County on November 30, 1859. Father of Nettie Scott. Attorney in Mason County in 1860. Attorney in Frankfort, Kentucky, in 1860. Partner with James Simpson in Simpson & Scott law firm in Frankfort in 1861. Commonwealth's attorney for the 8th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1862 to 1868.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Carroll Circuit Court Legal: Nathan H. Jeffers (Grant County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Legal: Charles O'Hara (blacksmith, Grant County) Legal: Heman D. Stratton (school teacher, Grant County) Legal: William Tucker (Grant County resident) Legal: G. Washington Osborn (Grant County resident) Legal: Robert F. Coleman (Burlington, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Legal: John Sanders (Posey, Indiana, farmer) Legal: Boone County Court Legal: Boone Circuit Court Legal: William "Stukey" Ransdall (Henry County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Edward Hayden (Henry County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Henry Circuit Court Legal: Jesse Redman (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: John Rodman (Franklin County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: James C. Brookover (Maysville, Kentucky, grocery merchant) Legal: John W. Brookover (Huntington, Brown County, Ohio, farmer and soldier.) Legal: John W. Marcus (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Franklin Circuit Court Legal: John C. L. Neal (Owen County, Kentucky, carpenter) Legal: Grant Circuit Court Social: William Emmett Simms (Kentucky Confederate soldier and politician) Social: Winthrop Hartly Hopson (Fayette County, Kentucky, minister. ) Social: [Unknown] Frazier (Mentioned as a judge in Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1862.) Social: Emery Whitaker (Mason County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Social: John Calvin Mason (Bath County, Kentucky, attorney, congressman, and soldier.) Social: Robert Milligan (Mercer County, Kentucky, professor and university president. President of Kentucky University) Social: Alvin Duvall (Scott County, Kentucky, court of appeals judge) Social: W. T. Moore (Franklin County, Kentucky, minister.) Social: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: Kauffman Kramer (Jefferson County, Kentucky, peddler) Political: Willard Preble Hall (Seventeenth Governor of the State of Missouri, attorney, soldier, and politician.) Legal: George Canning Drane (Henry County, Kentucky, attorney and circuit judge) Familial: Nettie Scott (Frankfort, Kentucky, resident.) Legal: David G. Venable (Frankfort, Kentucky, student and soldier) Legal: Robert Alexander Burke (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer, murder suspect, and fugitive from justice.) Legal: William Sams (Carroll County, Kentucky, sawmill operator, barkeeper, and agent of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.) Political: Oliver P. Morton (Fourteenth governor of Indiana, attorney, judge, and politician.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States_ (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 363. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 154A. 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. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1867, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1867), 324. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts for the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1868, Legislative Document Series, No. 2 (Frankfort, KY: S. I. M. Major, Public Printer, 1869), 23. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994048, Mason County Marriages. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mason County Marriages, Film 000281844. "John L. Scott," Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), November 13, 1860, p. 2. "New Law Firm at Frankfort--Simpson & Scott," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), January 8, 1861, p. 3. "Touching Bereavement," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), December 8, 1866, p. 3. "Attorney John L. Scott Dead," The Morning Herald (Lexington, KY), December 3, 1903, p. 4. "Deaths: John L. Scott," Daily Public Ledger (Maysville, KY), December 3, 1903, p. 1. L. F. Johnson, The History of Franklin County, Ky (Frankfort, KY: Roberts Printing Co., 1912), 149. "Col John Lafayette Scott (1829-1903)," Find A Grave, Memorial 15017815, accessed September 5, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15017815. John W. Marcus (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012601 1797? Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Susannah Marshall Marcus in Owen County, Kentucky, on January 26, 1826. Father of John Mason Marcus, Harriet Marcus Neal, America Marcus, and Lomida J. Marcus. Farmer in Grant County in 1850. Farmer in Grant County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Michael Henry Owsley (Cumberland County, Kentucky, attorney, capt & major in 1st & 5th Cav (USA)) Social: F. Burch (Grant County, Kentucky) Social: William S. Annis (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: William H. Hume (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: William George Linn (Grant County, Kentucky, resident) Social: Burl N. Carter (Grant County, Kentucky, teacher, minister) Social: Thomas A. Franklin (Grant County, KY, farmer, postmaster, & county court clerk) Social: William Smith (Grant County, Kentucky, circuit ct clerk) Social: Mathew Burnett (Judge of Grant County Court) Social: William G. Frank (Owen County, Kentucky, physician) Social: B. Stewart (Grant County, Kentucky) Social: David Boys (Grant County, Kentucky, brick mason) Social: Daniel L. Cunningham (Grant County, Kentucky, wool carder.) Social: Winston T. Simmons (Grant County, KY, attorney) Social: Thomas S. Porter (Grant County, Kentucky, schoolteacher and postmaster.) Social: Floyd Wilson (Grant County, Kentucky, carpenter) Social: Frank Hodge (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Richard A. Collins (Grant County, Kentucky, private) Social: John Rains (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Social: John Little (Owen County, Kentucky, laborer) Social: Willis H. Marksberry Sr. (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: James W. Hutchinson (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: James Lemmon (Grant County, Kentucky, carpenter) Social: J. W. Jones (Grant County, Kentucky, wagon maker) Social: M. P. Savage (Grant County, Kentucky, blacksmith) Social: William F. Tully (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Alfred Kendall (Grant County, KY, farmer) Social: James W. Collins (Grant County, KY, landlord) Social: Samuel Marksbury (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Henry H. Tully (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and constable) Social: John Quincy Gouge (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: John Marksberry (Grant County, Kentucky, sheriff) Social: John C. L. Neal (Owen County, Kentucky, carpenter) Legal: John C. L. Neal (Owen County, Kentucky, carpenter) Legal: Thomas A. Franklin (Grant County, KY, farmer, postmaster, & county court clerk) Legal: Nathan H. Jeffers (Grant County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Legal: Grant Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 310B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 831. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Owen County Marriages, Film #000272771, p. 184 of microfilm (accessed via ancestry.com). Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Grant County Marriages, Film #000266220, p. 406 of microfilm (accessed via ancestry.com). Nathan H. Jeffers (Grant County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) N00006131 1838? Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, circuit clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Susan V. Dills Jeffers on August 13, 1862. Clerk in Grant County, Kentucky in 1860. Clerk of the Grant Circuit Court in Grant County from 1862 to 1866.

Relationships Legal: A. E. Stone (Owen County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: William P. Brumback (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Thomas Renfro (Grant County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Samuel Anderson (grant co. accused murderer) Legal: Grant Circuit Court Social: Benoni Stewart (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and master commissioner.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Grant, Williamstown, p. 991. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #001490815, Grant County Marriages, p. 148. “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), 301-306. “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), 347-350. Thomas A. Franklin (Grant County, KY, farmer, postmaster, & county court clerk) N00002370 1812? Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, farmer, postmaster, and court clerk. Virginia native. Married to Sallie A. Franklin. Farmer in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1860. Postmaster of Stateleys Run in Grant County from November 12, 1861, to February 5, 1862. Clerk of the Grant County Court in 1863.

Relationships Political: Grant County Court Legal: William P. Brumback (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: A. E. Stone (Owen County, Kentucky, farmer.) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Grant Circuit Court Social: Benoni Stewart (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and master commissioner.) Legal: Grant Circuit Court Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 62. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, Grant County, KY, Volume 28, 12 November 1861 (accessed via Ancestry.com). KYR-0001-004-0325. Grant Circuit Court O00000384 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 8th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Elijah F. Nuttall and George C. Drane. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): P. U. Major and John L. Scott. Clerk(s): William Smith and N. H. Jeffers.

Relationships Legal: William Duncan (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John D. Duncan (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Isaac Duncan (Grant County) Legal: Overton P. Billiter (Grant County carpenter) Legal: Thomas A. Franklin (Grant County, KY, farmer, postmaster, & county court clerk) Legal: William P. Brumback (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James Harrison Rose (Grant County, Kentucky, carpenter) Legal: William Harrison Rose (Grant County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Thomas Renfro (Grant County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: A. E. Stone (Owen County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: John Marksberry (Grant County, Kentucky, sheriff) Economic: Nathan H. Jeffers (Grant County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Legal: Thomas Iliff (Grant County, Kentucky, blacksmith) Political: Thomas A. Franklin (Grant County, KY, farmer, postmaster, & county court clerk) Political: William Smith (Grant County, Kentucky, circuit ct clerk) Political: Mathew Burnett (Judge of Grant County Court) Political: Winston T. Simmons (Grant County, KY, attorney) Legal: John W. Marcus (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John C. L. Neal (Owen County, Kentucky, carpenter) Legal: William S. Rankin (Grant County, KY, State Rep) Legal: Nathan H. Jeffers (Grant County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk)

“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), 303-308. “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), 301-306. “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), 347-350. 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. Grant County, Kentucky 1862-10-27 Order 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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Grant Circuit Court 27" Oct 1862 Commonwealth Pltff vs } Recognizance John Neal Deft

On motion of the attorney for the Commonwealth Ordered that the Recognizance herein be forefeited & that Summons issue against said John Neal & John Wellar quass his surity, returnable to the first day of the next term of this Court

A copy att N H Jeffers Clk By Thos A Franklin D C