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                    <p xml:id='OTPS32213397P0'>Powell County, Kentucky, convict in the Kentucky State Penitentiary. Powell County native. Son of Henry W. Hall and Lucinda Hall. Resident of Powell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident of Powell County in 1860. Convicted of forgery in Madison County in June 1860. Imprisoned in the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort from June 1860 to January 1863.
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Legal: <rs ref='#S32212630'>Luther S. Prentiss (Franklin County, KY, miller)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32208322'>William S. Downey (Bourbon County, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32209723'>John T. Hockensmith (Franklin County, KY, prison guard)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32206542'>Robert W. Lawler (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32205327'>James Landon Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky farmer and clerk)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32208008'>Madison Circuit Court</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32199814'>Kentucky State Penitentiary</rs>
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 2, p. 53B. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Powell County, p. 20. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Powell County, Precinct 2, p. 144B.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1969</hi>, Missouri Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, MO, File 24099.<lb/>

"Bazzel Duke Hall (1847-1925),"  Find A Grave, Memorial 95923180, accessed June 11, 2017, <a href='http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95923180.'>http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95923180.</a> <lb/>

KYR-0001-029-0570.</bibl>
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 60A.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Franklin, District 2.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 260.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 491B, <lb/>

"James Landon Sneed (1814-1884)," Memorial 63969252, accessed February 8, 2019, <a href='http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63969252.'>http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63969252.</a></bibl>
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                    <p xml:id='OTPS32212630P0'>Franklin and Owen County, Kentucky, miller. Massachusetts native. Married to Charlotte A. Ross Prentiss. Father of John R. Prentiss, Houghton J. Prentiss, and Cassia A. Prentiss. Resident of Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Miller in Owen County, Kentucky, in 1860.
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 28A.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 1, p. 73.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 118B. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport (before 1911)</hi>, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 7019183, Fayette County Deaths, Certificate 718.</bibl>
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Legal: <rs ref='#S32207575'>Franklin Circuit Court</rs>
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 271.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 143A.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Consolidated List of Civil War Draft Registration Records</hi>, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Franklin County, KY, July 1863, p. 8.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910)</hi>, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994034, Franklin County Births.<lb/>

"Resolution of Respect," <hi rend='italic'>The Frankfort Roundabout</hi> (Frankfort, KY), April 26, 1884, p. 3.</bibl>
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 15A.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 194.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records</hi>, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Franklin County, KY, July 1863, p. 10.<lb/>

"John Thomas Hockensmith (1832-1907)," Find A Grave, Memorial 156213544, accessed February 20, 2023, <a href='http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156213544.'>http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156213544.</a></bibl>
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                    <p xml:id='OTPS32208615P0'>Franklin County, Kentucky, cooper and prison guard. South Carolina native. Cooper in Breckinridge County, Kentucky in 1860. Prison guard at the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort, Franklin County, in 1863.
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, Cloverport, p. 545.<lb/>

KYR-0001-029-0159.</bibl>
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                    <p xml:id='OTPS32207614P0'>Franklin County, Kentucky, farm laborer and prison guard. Kentucky native. Son of Charles Gallahue and Mary Gallahue. Attended school in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farm laborer in Franklin County in 1860. Household owned one enslaved person in Franklin County in 1860. Prison guard at the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort in 1863.
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 16B.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 218.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 485B.<lb/>

"James Gallahue (1836-1893)," Find A Grave, Memorial 110783275, accessed March 2, 2023, <a href='http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110783275.'>http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110783275.</a><lb/>

KYR-0001-029-0159.<lb/>

KYR-0001-029-0217.</bibl>
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                  <bibl>KYR-0001-029-0159.</bibl>
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              <persName>Thomas J. Frazier (Breathitt County, Kentucky, postmaster, politician, judge, and Register of the Land Office)</persName>
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                <event type="birth" when="1820?">
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                    <p xml:id='OTPS32214925P0'>Breathitt County, Kentucky, postmaster, politician, judge, and Register of the Land Office. Tennessee native. Postmaster for Breathitt in Breathitt County, Kentucky, from December 26, 1840, to December 5, 1843. Member of the House of Representatives for the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Breathitt and Morgan Counties from 1843 to 1846. Merchant and hotel keep in Breathitt County in 1850. Hired three enslaved persons in Breathitt County in 1850. Presiding judge of the Breathitt County Court in 1854. Register of the Land Office in Frankfort from 1859 to 1863. Resident of Frankfort in 1860. Member of the Democratic Party.
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Political: <rs ref='#S32213417'>Francis Landon Cleveland (Augusta, Kentucky, attorney and politician)</rs><lb/>
Political: <rs ref='#S32211515'>William Crutcher Ireland (Greenup County, Kentucky, attorney and politician)</rs><lb/>
Political: <rs ref='#S32213979'>Albert A. Curtis, Sr. (Irvine, Kentucky, merchant and politician)</rs>
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breathitt County, District 1, p. 32A.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Breathitt County, District 1, p. 657.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 254.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Passed at the Session which was Begun and Held in the City of Frankfort, on Monday, the Fifth Day of December 1859, and Ended on Monday, the Fifth Day of March, 1860</hi>, Volume 1, (Frankfort, KY: Yeoman Office, 1860), xxi. <lb/>

Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, <hi rend='italic'>Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky</hi>, vol. II (Covington, KY: Collins &amp; Co., 1874), 638.<lb/>

John Livingston, <hi rend='italic'>Livingston's Law Register: A Guide for Every Man of Business, and Hand-Book of Useful Information</hi>, (New York: Monthly Law Magazine), 344.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (1843)</hi>, December 30, 1843 - March 2, 1844, (Frankfort: A. G. Hodges, 1844), 4.<lb/>

"Letter from Washington," <hi rend='italic'>Louisville Courier</hi> (Louisville, KY), January 4, 1859, p. 2.<lb/>

"The Secession Ticket," <hi rend='italic'>Louisville Journal</hi> (Louisville, KY), July 28, 1863, p. 1.</bibl>
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              <persName>Robert W. Willhoit (Franklin County, Kentucky, petitioner )</persName>
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Social: <rs ref='#S32205125'>Charles T. Sullivan (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident and inmate)</rs><lb/>
Political: <rs ref='#S32201291'>Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32207575'>Franklin Circuit Court</rs>
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                </note>
                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 127B.<lb/>

KYR-0001-020-2149.<lb/>

KYR-0001-029-0159.</bibl>
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              <persName>William S. Downey (Bourbon County, Kentucky, commonwealth&#39;s attorney)</persName>
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                    <p xml:id='OTPS32208322P0'>Bourbon County, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney. Indiana native. Married to Lucy Ann Embry Downey in Madison County, Kentucky on May 18, 1845. Father of Mary E. Downey. Married to Emily Jane Robinson Burbridge Downey in Scott County on January 28, 1858. Father of Willie H. Downey and Minna "Minnie" Shreve Downey. Attorney in Clark County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Clark County in 1850. Attorney in Bourbon County in 1860. Commonwealth's attorney for the Thirteenth Judicial District from 1860 to 1866. Owned nineteen enslaved persons in Clark County in 1860.
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Legal: <rs ref='#S32205289'>William Emmett Simms (Kentucky Confederate soldier and politician)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32204772'>General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32200709'>Bourbon Circuit Court</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32208008'>Madison Circuit Court</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32211272'>Fayette Circuit Court</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32200998'>William L. Taylor (Fayette County, Kentucky, hack driver and livery stable keeper)</rs><lb/>
Social: <rs ref='#S32214367'>David Ingles (Lexington, Kentucky, hack driver and dray man)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32208766'>Clark Circuit Court</rs>
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark, Winchester, p. 41B.<lb/>

 <hi rend='italic'>Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark, Winchester, p. 307. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark, Winchester, p. 871.<lb/>

 <hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark, Winchester, p. 346A. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Kentucky Marriage Records</hi>, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Madison County Marriages, Film 000183302.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Kentucky Marriage Records</hi>, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film 000183225. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 355-59.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 24 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50.</bibl>
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              <persName>James Fisher Robinson (governor, state senator, businessman, attorney, and farmer)</persName>
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                    <p xml:id='OTPS32207976P0'>Twenty-second governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, banker, and legislator. Son of Jonathan Robinson and Jane Black Robinson. Married to Susan D. Mansell Robinson on December 26, 1821. Father of Emilie Jane Robinson and James F. Robinson, Jr. Married Willina S. Herndon Robinson on May 30, 1842. Father of Scott Herndon Robinson, John McCracken Robinson, George Sidney Robinson, Madison Johnson Robinson, Stephen Gano Robinson, Willa Ewing Robinson, Philip Eldon Robinson, and Stephen Gano Robinson. Educated at Forest Hill Academy and Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. Trustee of Georgetown College. President of the Farmers' Bank of Georgetown. Represented Fayette and Scott Counties in the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1851 to 1855. Owned thirty-five enslaved persons in 1860. Represented Fayette and Scott Counties in the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1861. Speaker of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 3, 1861, to September 5, 1861. Speaker of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from August 16, 1861, to August 18, 1862. Governor of Kentucky from August 18, 1862, to September 1, 1863. Returned to practicing law and farming on retiring from politics in 1863.
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District No 1, p. 216B, 230A. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District No 2, pp. 235, 236, 252.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 266.<lb/>

John David Smith, “James F. Robinson (1862-1863),” ed. Lowell H. Harrison, <hi rend='italic'>Kentucky’s Governors</hi> (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 89-92. <lb/>

William Henry Engle, <hi rend='italic'>Pennsylvania Genealogies: Scotch-Irish and German</hi> (Harrisburg: Lane S. Hart, 1886), 553, 556-7.</bibl>
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                  <bibl>Lavinia H. Kubiak, "Madison County" in <hi rend='italic'>The Kentucky Encyclopedia</hi>, ed. John E. Kleber, (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 602-3.<lb/>

"Richmond, Kentucky,"<hi rend='italic'>USGS: Earth Explorer</hi>, accessed September 12, 2019, <a href='https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/.'>https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/.</a></bibl>
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                  <bibl>"Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, <a href='https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/.'>https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/.</a><lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>The Kentucky Encyclopedia</hi>, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992).</bibl>
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Economic: <rs ref='#S32208892'>Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32209715'>Gabriel Endicott (Lawrence County farmer and prisoner for man slaughter)</rs><lb/>
Economic: <rs ref='#S32209954'>Ephraim Whitesides (Frankfort, Kentucky, carpenter and assistant keeper of the penitentiary)</rs><lb/>
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Legal: <rs ref='#S32208779'>George Knorr (Newport, Kentucky farmer and felon)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32199497'>Angelo Devoto (Louisville, Kentucky, confectionery shop owner)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32198496'>James Duddleson  (stub, mercer or boyle county)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32212700'>James Savage (Wayne County farmer and penitentiary inmate)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32204441'>James Johnson (Campbell County, Kentucky, prisoner)</rs><lb/>
Economic: <rs ref='#S32205327'>James Landon Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky farmer and clerk)</rs><lb/>
Economic: <rs ref='#S32206542'>Robert W. Lawler (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32200225'>William J. Tice (Steele) (Jefferson Co, Frankfort, and Covington, KY)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32197014'>Felix McDermot (Kenton County laborer and prisoner for grand larceny)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32205675'>David Schroeder (Louisville, Kentucky, butcher)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32208517'>Thomas Edrington (Louisville, Kentucky, carpenter and convict)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32205757'>Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32200025'>Thomas Birmingham (Jefferson County, Kentucky)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32215278'>Daniel Bush (Jefferson County, Kentucky)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32203666'>William Nichols  (Covington, KY steel mill worker)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32205125'>Charles T. Sullivan (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident and inmate)</rs><lb/>
Political: <rs ref='#S32205327'>James Landon Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky farmer and clerk)</rs><lb/>
Political: <rs ref='#S32206542'>Robert W. Lawler (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard)</rs><lb/>
Political: <rs ref='#S32209723'>John T. Hockensmith (Franklin County, KY, prison guard)</rs><lb/>
Political: <rs ref='#S32212630'>Luther S. Prentiss (Franklin County, KY, miller)</rs><lb/>
Political: <rs ref='#S32210610'>Robert W. Willhoit (Franklin County, Kentucky, petitioner )</rs><lb/>
Political: <rs ref='#S32208615'>R. K. Taylor (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard. )</rs><lb/>
Political: <rs ref='#S32207614'>James Gallahue (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard. )</rs><lb/>
Political: <rs ref='#S32214925'>Thomas J. Frazier (Breathitt County, Kentucky, postmaster, politician, judge, and Register of the Land Office)</rs><lb/>
Political: <rs ref='#S32196611'>L. Tobias (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32207818'>Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32199632'>Wesley [Unknown] (Caldwell County, Kentucky, enslaved man)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32200705'>William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. )</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32200484'>Hezekiah Alexander Jr. (Meade County, Kentucky, resident. )</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32211082'>William Duerbeck (Ohio River boat steward.)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32196620'>John Smith (Mont Wilson) (Frankfort, Kentucky, inmate.)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32198591'>Austin Bingham (Trigg County, Kentucky, laborer. Convicted of murder in 1859.)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32197410'>Jeremiah W. South (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer and keeper of the State Penitentiary)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32205238'>John J. Dyer, Jr. (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff.)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32215110'>William Johnson (Convicted of grand larceny in Franklin Circuit Court in 1863.)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32199752'>Daniel W. Clark (Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32204883'>Stephen W. Duval (McLean County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.)</rs>
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                  <bibl>Calvin Fairbank, <hi rend='italic'>Rev. Calvin Fairbank During Slavery Times: How He “Fought the Good Fight” to Prepare “The Way”</hi> (Chicago: R. R. McCabe &amp; Co., 1890), 54-56; 104-117; 139-46.<lb/>

J. W. South. “Report of the Keeper and Lessee of the Kentucky Penitentiary to the General Assembly, September 13, 1861,” Legislative Document Series, No. 7 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 3-13.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Report of the Special Committee on the Penitentiary to the Senate of Kentucky, February 26, 1880, Legislative Document No. 18</hi> (Frankfort: E. H. Porter, 1880), 78. <lb/>

William C. Sneed, <hi rend='italic'>A Report on the History and Mode of Management of the Kentucky Penitentiary from its Origin, in 1798, to March 1, 1860</hi> (Frankfort: Senate of Kentucky, 1860), 553.</bibl>
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                    <p xml:id='OTPS32214715P0'>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).
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                </note>
                  <bibl>Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in <hi rend='italic'>The Kentucky Encyclopedia</hi>, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380.<lb/>

Malcolm E. Jewell, "General Assembly" in <hi rend='italic'>The Kentucky Encyclopedia</hi>, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 366.<lb/>

Paul J. Weber, "Court System" in <hi rend='italic'>The Kentucky Encyclopedia</hi>, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 233.</bibl>
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              <orgName>Madison Circuit Court</orgName>
                <idno>O00000422</idno>
 
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                    <p xml:id='OTPS32208008P0'>Located in the 13th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): William C. Goodloe. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): William S. Downey. Clerk(s): James M. Shackelford.
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Legal: <rs ref='#S32203368'>Jesse Edwards (Madison County, KY, farmer)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32200325'>Coleman Covington (Madison County, KY, farmer)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32205874'>Thomas Rhodes (Madison County, KY, farme)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32206244'>James Maupin (Madison County, KY, resident)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32204587'>Silas Hill (Madison County, KY, farmer)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32208674'>Thomas H. Barnes (Madison County, Kentucky, county court clerk)</rs>
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                </note>
                  <bibl>“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in <hi rend='italic'>1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1</hi>. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08.<lb/>

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in <hi rend='italic'>1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 24</hi>. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306.<lb/>

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863,” in <hi rend='italic'>1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10</hi>. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06.<lb/>

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in <hi rend='italic'>1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1</hi>. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12.<lb/>

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865,” in <hi rend='italic'>1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1</hi>. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12.<lb/>

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866,” in <hi rend='italic'>1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1</hi>. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50.</bibl>
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