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Graves County, Kentucky Henry Clay King (Shelby County, Tennessee, attorney, captain, colonel and major (C.S.A.)) N00019098 1831-07-28 1903-12-10 Categories: People

Shelby County, Tennessee, attorney and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Maria J. Dallum King in McCracken County, Kentucky, on June 9, 1856. Married to Sarah Eliza Haughton King in Monroe County, Mississippi, on April 19, 1865. Attorney in McCracken County, Kentucky, in 1856. Partners with John Q. A. King in the law firm King & King in McCracken County in 1856. Attorney in Shelby County, Tennessee, in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Shelby County in 1860. Served in the 21st Tennessee Infantry (C.S.A.) as captain from June 1861 to September 1861. Served in King's Kentucky Cavalry (C.S.A.) as major from September 1861 to April 1862. Served in the 12th Cavalry (C.S.A.) as colonel and major from April 1862.

Relationships Social: James H. Husbands (Graves County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier.) Social: John T. Bolinger (Graves County, KY, merchant) Legal: Charles S. Marshall (Ballard County, Kentucky, attorney and circuit judge) Legal: John Eaker, Sr. (Graves County, Kentucky, state senator, state representative, and farmer) Legal: Arthur Gardner (Graves County, Kentucky, saddler, postmaster, railroad agent, and trader) Legal: Dorrell Newton Bradley (Graves County, Kentucky, tobacconist) Legal: Caswell Hopkins Greer (Graves County, Kentucky, carpenter and merchant) Legal: William A. Turner (Graves County, Kentucky, student, farmer, circuit court clerk, and county clerk) Legal: Thomas Franklin Beadles (Graves County, Kentucky, student and clerk) Legal: Philip D. Yeiser (Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.) Legal: Graves Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, District 3, p. 98. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, District 3, p. 3. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Shelby County, District 14, p. 402B. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994046, McCracken County Marriages, p. 29. Mississippi County Records, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Archives and Records Services Division, Jackson, MS, Microfilm 13758, Volume 1, 1865-1867, Monroe County Marriages, p. 278. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M268, Roll 0205. _United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: FamilySearch, 2019. John Livingston, Livingston's Law Register: Containing a Complete List of Lawyers in the United States, (New York: Subscription Publishers, 1856), 136. Berry Craig, "Jackson Purchase Confederate Troops in the Civil War," Jackson Purchase Historical Society: Vol. 2, No. 1. (1974), pp. 4-11. "Mid-Day Tragedy," The Memphis Daily Commercial (Memphis, TN), March 11, 1891, p. 1. "Col Henry Clay King (1831-1903)," Find A Grave, Memorial 18566577, accessed December 19, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18566577. James H. Husbands (Graves County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier.) N00018747 1836? 1896 Categories: People

Graves County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of James B. Husbands and Maria S. Martin Husbands. Attended school in McCracken County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned three enslaved persons in McCracken County in 1850. Graduated from the Law Department of the University of Louisville in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1856. Attorney in Graves County, Kentucky, in 1860. Household owned one enslaved person in Graves County in 1860. Served in the 1st Confederate Cavalry (C.S.A.) as first lieutenant and captain from March 4, 1862, to May 15, 1865. Captured at Henry County, Tennessee, on January 6, 1864. Prisoner of war at Rock Island Barracks, Rock Island County, Illinois, from January 16, 1864, to January 21, 1864. Prisoner of war at Camp Chase, Franklin County, Ohio, from January 23, 1864, to March 25, 1864. Prisoner of war at Fort Delaware, New Castle County, Delaware, from March 27, 1864, to January 20, 1865. Prisoner of war at Fort Monroe, Virginia, from January 26, 1865, to February 2, 1865. Paroled on May 15, 1865.

Relationships Social: John T. Bolinger (Graves County, KY, merchant) Legal: Charles S. Marshall (Ballard County, Kentucky, attorney and circuit judge) Legal: John Eaker, Sr. (Graves County, Kentucky, state senator, state representative, and farmer) Legal: Arthur Gardner (Graves County, Kentucky, saddler, postmaster, railroad agent, and trader) Legal: Dorrell Newton Bradley (Graves County, Kentucky, tobacconist) Legal: Caswell Hopkins Greer (Graves County, Kentucky, carpenter and merchant) Legal: William A. Turner (Graves County, Kentucky, student, farmer, circuit court clerk, and county clerk) Legal: Thomas Franklin Beadles (Graves County, Kentucky, student and clerk) Legal: Philip D. Yeiser (Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.) Legal: Graves Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah, District 1, p. 142B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah, District 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, Mayfield, p. 333. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, p. 49A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Texas, Ellis County, Waxahachie, p. 371B. Catalogue of the Officers and Students in the Law Department of the University of Louisville, Session of 1859-60, (Louisville: Hull and Brothers Printers, 1860), 14. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations Raised Directly by the Confederate Government, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M258, Roll 0002. Union Provost Marshals' File of Paper Relating to Individual Civilians, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M345, Roll 0138. U.S. Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M598, War Department Collection of Confederate Records, p. 156. Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Volume I (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1904), p. 298. John T. Bolinger (Graves County, KY, merchant) N00008735 1825-01-17 1895-01-19 Categories: People

Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky, merchant. Virginia native. Married to Martha E. Halliburton Bolinger in Sumner County, Tennessee, on May 3, 1858. Father of Effie Bolinger, Lena S. Bolinger, and Johnnie Bolinger. Tailor in Graves County, Kentucky, in 1850. Merchant in Graves County in 1860. Merchant in Graves County in 1863. Charged with working with General Eleazer A. Paine to extort citizens in and around Paducah, Kentucky in July and August 1864.

Relationships Legal: Lucian Anderson (Graves County, KY, attorney and politician)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, District 1, p. 423B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, Mayfield, p. 341. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, Mayfield, p. 214B. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Graves County, KY, June 1863, p. 2. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Sumner County, 1854 Jun-1895 Jan: Marriages, p. 83. "John T Bolinger (1825-1895)," Find A Grave, Memorial 145408255, accessed December 27, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145408255. Thomas Franklin Beadles (Graves County, Kentucky, student and clerk) N00018748 1837-05-05 1914-04-02 Categories: People

Graves County, Kentucky, student and clerk. Kentucky native. Son of Yancy Beadles and Sally Rozzell Beadles Allen. Stepson of John Allen. Married to Julia A. Bollinger Beadles. Father of George Yancy Beadles. Attended school in Graves County in 1850. Household owned four enslaved persons in Graves County in 1850. Merchant's clerk in Graves County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Graves County in 1860. Household owned an additional three enslaved persons in Graves County in 1860. Merchant's clerk in Graves County in 1862. Clerk in Graves County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: Philip D. Yeiser (Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, District 2, p. 365B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, Mayfield, p. 334. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, p. 49A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, Mayfield, p. 175A. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 11997. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 5124461. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Graves County, KY, June 1863, p. 8. "T.F. Beadles Dies at Home in Fulton," The News=Democrat (Paducah, KY), April 14, 1914, p. 4. KYR-0001-029-0150 Philip D. Yeiser (Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.) N00002498 1817-11-14 1886-12-02 Categories: People

Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney. Garrard County, Kentucky, native. Son of George Yeiser and Margaret M. Yeiser. Married to Ellen Durham Yeiser. Father of David A. Yeiser. Married to Margaret Craig Yeiser. Father of Ellen Yeiser, Frances Yeiser, and Henry C. Yeiser. Carpenter in Boyle County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1850. Attorney in Lyon County, Kentucky, in 1860. Household owned three enslaved persons in Lyon County in 1860. Attorney in Paducah from 1862 to 1886. Commonwealth's attorney for the First Judicial District of Kentucky from 1862 to 1864.

Relationships Legal: Thomas E. Reed (Fulton Co, KY, sheriff and farmer) Legal: Charles S. Marshall (Ballard County, Kentucky, attorney and circuit judge) Legal: John T. Bolinger (Graves County, KY, merchant) Political: First Judicial District of Kentucky Political: Graves Circuit Court Economic: Fulton Circuit Court Political: Edward Irwin Bullock (Fulton and Hickman County, Kentucky, attorney) Political: Charles S. Marshall (Ballard County, Kentucky, attorney and circuit judge) Political: Hickman Circuit Court Economic: Robert W. Walker (Hickman County, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: Michael Lower Stoner (Hickman County, Kentucky, physician) Familial: George Otho Yeiser, Sr. (Boyle co. merchant / Lyon co. gentleman) Social: William Wilson Hollman (Eddyville, Lyon County, Kentucky, machinist and liquor dealer) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Lyon Circuit Court Legal: William H. Reader (Indicted for a misdemeanor in Lyon Circuit Court and fined $50 in 1862.) Legal: George B. Grundy (Paducah, KY, sheriff) Legal: William Boyd (McCracken County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Thomas C. Dabney (Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Political: Jonas Martin (Livingston and Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer and politician.) Legal: Rufus K. Williams (Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals) Legal: William L. Mays (McCracken County, KY, farmer) Legal: Richard Yates (Morgan County, Illinois, governor, attorney, representative, and senator)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 2, p. 358A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, pp. 762-3. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 416A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah, p. 127B. William T. Samuels, Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, 1866), p. 10. Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Volume II (Chicago, IL: Lewis Publishing Company, 1904), p. 527. "Deaths," Kentucky Advocate (Danville, KY), December 3, 1886, p. 3. "Phillip D. Yeiser (1817-1883)," Find A Grave, Memorial 84527947, accessed December 28, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84527974. Caswell Hopkins Greer (Graves County, Kentucky, carpenter and merchant) N00018750 1824 1898 Categories: People

Graves County, Kentucky, carpenter and merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth L. Talbot Greer. Father of Ada Greer, Florence Greer, and Leslie Greer. Carpenter in Graves County, Kentucky, in 1850. Carpenter in Graves County in 1860. Merchant in Graves County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: William A. Turner (Graves County, Kentucky, student, farmer, circuit court clerk, and county clerk) Legal: Thomas Franklin Beadles (Graves County, Kentucky, student and clerk) Legal: Philip D. Yeiser (Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, District 1, p. 423B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, Mayfield, p. 343. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, Mayfield, p. 204A. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994035, Graves County Births. Texas Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Department of State Health Services, Austin, TX, File 2272. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Graves County, KY, June 1863, p. 30. "Caswell H Greer (1824-1898)," Find A Grave, Memorial 102299710, accessed December 27, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102299710. Dorrell Newton Bradley (Graves County, Kentucky, tobacconist) N00018784 1840-12-16 1926-05-12 Categories: People

Graves County, Kentucky, tobacconist. Kentucky native. Son of John Bradley and Jane Cothern Bradley. Married to Mary Eva Bradley. Resident of Todd County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned one enslaved person in Todd County in 1850. Tobacconist in Graves County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Caswell Hopkins Greer (Graves County, Kentucky, carpenter and merchant) Legal: William A. Turner (Graves County, Kentucky, student, farmer, circuit court clerk, and county clerk) Legal: Thomas Franklin Beadles (Graves County, Kentucky, student and clerk) Legal: Philip D. Yeiser (Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, District 1, p. 226B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, District 1, p. 55. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, Mayfield, p. 338. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, Mayfield, p. 210A. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 12562. "Aged Mayfield Resident Dies," The News=Democrat (Paducah, KY), May 13, 1926, p. 12. Arthur Gardner (Graves County, Kentucky, saddler, postmaster, railroad agent, and trader) N00018785 1828-04-22 1887-09-06 Categories: People

Graves County, Kentucky, postmaster, saddler, railroad agent, and trader. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth J. Hughes Gardner. Father of Ava Gardner, Lula Gardner, Estella Gardner, and Stephen A.D. Gardner. Postmaster for Leander in Graves County from May 28, 1850, to January 13, 1851. Saddler in Graves County in 1850. Household owned ten enslaved persons in Graves County in 1850. Railroad agent in Graves County in 1860. Trader in Graves County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: Dorrell Newton Bradley (Graves County, Kentucky, tobacconist) Legal: Caswell Hopkins Greer (Graves County, Kentucky, carpenter and merchant) Legal: William A. Turner (Graves County, Kentucky, student, farmer, circuit court clerk, and county clerk) Legal: Thomas Franklin Beadles (Graves County, Kentucky, student and clerk) Legal: Philip D. Yeiser (Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, District 1, p. 428B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, District 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, Mayfield, p. 336. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, Mayfield, p. 187A. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994035, Graves County Births. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Graves County, Kentucky, vol. 14, p. 621. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Graves County, KY, June 1863, p. 10.5. "Arthur Gardner (1828-1887)," Find A Grave, Memorial 44227051, accessed October 11, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44227051. Charles S. Marshall (Ballard County, Kentucky, attorney and circuit judge) N00002214 1821-01-19 1896-11-13 Categories: People

Ballard County, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Bourbon County, Kentucky, native. Son of Thomas A. Marshall. Married to Emily V. Corbett Marshall in 1848. Father of Susan Marshall, Mary Marshall, Thomas C. Marshall, Lucey E. Marshall, Jacob Marshall, and Ann Marshall. Graduated from the Law Department of Transylvania University in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1842. Attorney in McCracken County, Kentucky, in 1850. Elected county attorney of Ballard County in 1856. Attorney in Ballard County in 1860. Circuit judge of the First Judicial District of Kentucky from 1862 to 1867.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: John Eaker, Sr. (Graves County, Kentucky, state senator, state representative, and farmer) Legal: Arthur Gardner (Graves County, Kentucky, saddler, postmaster, railroad agent, and trader) Legal: Dorrell Newton Bradley (Graves County, Kentucky, tobacconist) Legal: William A. Turner (Graves County, Kentucky, student, farmer, circuit court clerk, and county clerk) Legal: Thomas Franklin Beadles (Graves County, Kentucky, student and clerk) Legal: Philip D. Yeiser (Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.) Economic: Fulton Circuit Court Political: Edward Irwin Bullock (Fulton and Hickman County, Kentucky, attorney) Political: Hickman Circuit Court Social: Thomas J. Juett (Ballard County, Kentucky, saddler and postmaster) Social: M. Murray (Ballard Co., Ky, justice of the peace)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah and Suburbs, p. 160A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, Blandville, p. 561. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah, p. 139A. "A Good Man Gone," Daily Missoulian (Missoula, MT), November 14, 1896, p. 1. "C.S. Marshall Dead," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), November 14, 1896, p. 2. William A. Turner (Graves County, Kentucky, student, farmer, circuit court clerk, and county clerk) N00018749 1834-11-05 Categories: People

Graves County, Kentucky, student, farmer, and circuit clerk. Wilson County, Tennessee, native. Son of Richard A. Turner and Martha A. Cleaves Turner. Married to Corrilla Williams Turner. Father of Clarence Turner. Attended school in Davidson County, Tennessee, in 1850. Household owned twelve enslaved persons in Davidson County in 1850. Graduated from the University of Nashville in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, in 1857. Farmer in Graves County, Kentucky, in 1860. Clerk of the Graves Circuit Court from 1862 to 1868.

Relationships Legal: Thomas Franklin Beadles (Graves County, Kentucky, student and clerk) Legal: Philip D. Yeiser (Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.) Political: Graves Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, District 4, p. 204B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, District 4, p. 508. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, p. 318. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, Mayfield, p. 218B. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 546579. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Graves County, KY, June 1863, p. 73. J.H. Battle, W.H. Perrin, and G.C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, (Louisville, KY: F.A. Battey Publishing Company, 1885), pp. 239-240. John Eaker, Sr. (Graves County, Kentucky, state senator, state representative, and farmer) N00018786 1806? 1885-04-14 Categories: People

Graves County, Kentucky, politician and farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Harriet Eaker. Father of M. Eaker, William Yancy Eaker, James Franklin Eaker, Thomas B. Eaker, John N. Eaker, Edward Y. Eaker, and A.M. Eaker, Lynn B. Eaker, and Martha Jane Eaker. Married to Rebecca E. Mitchell Eaker in Lyon County, Kentucky, on March 8, 1859. Father of Linah Eaker and John Eaker, Jr. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Graves County from 1844 to 1847. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Graves County from 1848 to 1851. Farmer in Graves County in 1850. Owned ten enslaved persons in Graves County in 1850. Farmer in Graves County in 1860. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in Graves County in 1860. Household owned an additional one enslaved person in Graves County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Arthur Gardner (Graves County, Kentucky, saddler, postmaster, railroad agent, and trader) Legal: Dorrell Newton Bradley (Graves County, Kentucky, tobacconist) Legal: Caswell Hopkins Greer (Graves County, Kentucky, carpenter and merchant) Legal: William A. Turner (Graves County, Kentucky, student, farmer, circuit court clerk, and county clerk) Legal: Thomas Franklin Beadles (Graves County, Kentucky, student and clerk) Legal: Philip D. Yeiser (Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, District 1, p. 428B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, District 1, p. 24. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, Mayfield, p. 339. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, p. 49A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, Mayfield, p. 210B. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994046, Lyon County Marriages. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1874), 292. "A Good Man Gone" Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), April 16, 1885. Graves County, Kentucky P00000908 Categories: Places

County in far western Kentucky. Seat at Mayfield.

36.6888, -88.7109 “Graves County, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed February 26, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Lon Carter Barton, “Graves County,” The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 384-85. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 123. Graves Circuit Court O00000382 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 1st Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Rufus K. Williams and Charles S. Marshall. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Thomas H. Corbett, Philip D. Yeiser, and W. W. Tice. Clerk(s): Ervin Anderson and W. A. Turner.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 355-59. 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. First Judicial District of Kentucky O00000313 Categories: Organizations

This Commonwealth of Kentucky judicial district included Fulton, Hickman, Ballard, McCracken, Graves, Marshall, and Calloway Counties. Judge(s): Rufus K. Williams (1860-1862) and Charles S. Marshall (1862-1865). Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Thomas H. Corbett (1860-1861), Philip D. Yeiser (1862-1864), and William W. Tice (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. Graves County, Kentucky 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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Graves Circuit Court The Commonwealth of Kentucky Against H C King & James H Husbands

The Grand Jury of Graves County, in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse H C King & James H Husbands of the Crime of Robbery, committed as follows, Viz. The Said H C King & James H Husbands, on the 1st day of November 1862 in the County aforesaid did feloniously take and carry away, 12 pr Shoes of the value of $24. 12 pr. Boots of the value of $60. 12 Blankets of the value of $36. 2 pieces of flannel of the value of $25. 3 guns of the value of $60, besides a large amount of other goods and merchandise which cannot be specified to the value of $500. all the personal property of John T Bolinger in the care and custody of Thomas Beadles the lawful agent & clerk of Bolinger, the said goods and merchandise were from the presence of the said Beadles against his will and by putting him in fear of some immediate injury to his person. against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

P. D. Yeiser.

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Commonwealths atty 1st J D

Witness Thos Beadles. C H Greer Dorrell Bradley. & Arthur Gardner

Bail is fixed on this indictment at $80000 for each defendant

C. S. Marshall

A Copy Attest W. A. Turner. Clerk Graves Circuit Court

Graves Cir Ct vs Commonwealth

vs } Robbery

H. C. King & others Jas H Husband A true Bill John Eaker Foreman Filed Decr. 4th 1862

(Copy)

Pardon King & Husbands Fee $100.25