<title type="main">Commonwealth of Kentucky v. W. G. Jones et al., Indictment

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November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons, Remissions, and Respites, 1862-1863 KYR-0001-029-0506 R4-306 to R4-307

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Richard T. Petree (Hopkinsville, Kentucky, attorney and judge) N00003091 1824 1899 Categories: People

Hopkinsville, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Todd County, Kentucky, native. Son of Hazel G. Petree, Sr., and Sarah M. Petree. Married to Mary W. Hubbard Petree in Christian County, Kentucky, on September 14, 1854. Father of Betty H. Petree, Mary D. Petree, and Thomas Petree. Educated at an academy in Elkton, Kentucky. Studied law under Francis M. Bristow. Admitted to the bar in 1848. Relocated to Hopkinsville. County attorney in Christian County from 1851 to 1859. Attorney in Christian County in 1860. Employed Newton C. Petree as an attorney in Christian County in 1860. Law partner of Francis M. Bristow in Hopkinsville. Law partner of Benjamin H. Bristow in Hopkinsville from 1857 to 1861. Owned five enslaved persons in Hopkinsville in 1860. Circuit judge of the 2nd Judicial District of Kentucky from 1862 to 1868.

Relationships Legal: Muhlenberg County Court Social: John R. Boyd (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt 17th KY Cav USA) Social: John J. Crittenden Boyd (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer, corp & musician 48th Ill Inf and corporal 17th KY Cav USA) Familial: Hazel G. Petree, Jr. (Elkton, Kentucky, attorney) Political: Mortimer D. Hay (Muhlenburg County, Kentucky, attorney)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 678-79. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 24. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 417B. H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 448. "Judge Richard Thomas Petree (1824-1899)," Find A Grave, Memorial #89558809, accessed November 15, 2021, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89558809/. Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, 1820-1886, Film #001942963, p. 256. William G. Jones (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, teacher, farmer, and justice of the peace) N00006742 1813? Categories: People

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, teacher, farmer, and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Son of Strother John and Ann. S. Jones. Married to Rebecca S. Jones. School teacher in Muhlenberg County in 1850. Farmer in Muhlenberg County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in 1860. Justice of the peace in Muhlenberg County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: John B. Campbell (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, Commonwealth’s Attorney Pro tem Muhlenberg Circuit Court) Political: Joseph Ricketts (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, attorney) Political: Sylvanus J. Boyd (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, attorney) Political: J. H. Lowry (Todd County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: William B. Harrison (Elkton, Kentucky, attorney) Political: Samuel W. Kennedy (Elkton, Kentucky, attorney) Political: Hazel G. Petree, Jr. (Elkton, Kentucky, attorney) Political: Francis Marion Bristow (Todd County, KY, attorney and state rep & senator) Political: Mortimer D. Hay (Muhlenburg County, Kentucky, attorney) Political: B. E. Pittman (Muhlenburg co lawyer) Political: Charles C. Eaves (Muhlenberg Co, KY, attorney and state rep) Political: Richard T. Petree (Hopkinsville, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Legal: David Washington Jernigan (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Ira Calloway Skipworth (Muhlenberg County) Legal: William H. James (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John Jenkins (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Joseph Paptow (Resident of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky)

Justice of the peace in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, in 1863.

KYR-0001-029-0506. Jesse Millard (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) N00006744 1793? Categories: People

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. North Carolina native. Married to Elizabeth Millard. Father of William Millard. Farmer in Muhlenberg County in 1850 and 1860. Justice of the peace in Muhlenberg County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Subdivision 2, p. 239; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 120; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, South Carrollton, p. 40; KYR-0001-029-0506. Absalom Low (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) N00006745 1788? Categories: People

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. North Carolina native. Married Marthena Low. Father of Nancy Low, Lucy Low, Martha "Patsey" Low, and Sarah Low. Farmer in Muhlenberg County in 1850. Merchant in Muhlenberg County in 1860. Justice of the peace for Muhlenberg County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 219; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 2, p. 21; KYR-0001-029-0506. Matthew B. Clark (Muhlenberg co, Ky farmer and justice of the peace) N00006746 1820? Categories: People

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Quintillia Clark. Father of Sarah W. Clark, Joshua B. Atkinson Clark, Eudora Clark, Winfield S. Clark, Jennette Clark, Charles M. Clark, Mary Jane Clark, William C. Clark, Susan Clark, and John C. Clark. Farmer in Christian County in 1850. Farmer in Muhlenberg County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in 1860. Justice of the peace in Muhlenberg County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1, p. 443. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 2, p. 12. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 2, p. 1. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Court House Precinct 3, p. 55. KYR-0001-029-0506. Hampton P. Welborn (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky farmer, minister, and justice of the peace) N00006747 1821-08-12 1865-12-04 Categories: People

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky farmer, minister, and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Elisabeth A. Welborn. Father of Letitia A. Welborn, Louisa E. Welborn, Mahala H. Welborn, Mary A. Welborn, and Malissa E. Welborn. Baptist minister in Muhlenberg County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in 1860. Farmer and Justice of the Peace in Muhlenberg County in 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 2, p. 28; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 2, p. 1; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Muhlenberg County, KY, July 1863, p. 31, (Accessed via ancestry.com); Find A Grave, "Rev Hampton P Wellborn (1821-1865)," Memorial #5733307, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin//fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5733307 (accessed May 31, 2017); KYR-0001-029-0506. J. L. Sperting (Justice of the peace in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky) N00006748 Categories: People

Justice of the peace in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, in 1863.

KYR-0001-029-0506. John Downing (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, justice of the peace) N00006749 1793? Categories: People

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, justice of the peace. Maryland native. Married to Elisabeth Downing. Father of Samuel J. Downing. Justice of the peace in Muhlenberg County from 1860 to 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 2, p. 68; KYR-0001-029-0506. James J. Wood (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, justice of the peace) N00006750 1818-02-14 1901-12-17 Categories: People

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married Sarah Wood. Father of Mary Wood, Rufus Wood, Laro Wood, Rouseau Wood, and Ludina Wood. Justice of the peace in Muhlenberg County 1860 to 1870.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 2, p. 62; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Court House Precinct 3, p. 46; Find A Grave, "James J. Wood (1818-1901)," Memorial #80732193, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=80732193 (accessed May 31, 2017); KYR-0001-029-0506. Joseph J. Wells, Jr. (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) N00006751 1832-09-16 1864-11-10 Categories: People

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married Susan P. H. Drake Wells on September 1, 1853. Father of Henry P. M. Wells and James H. Wells. Farmer in Muhlenberg County in 1850 and 1860. Owned one enslaved person in 1860. Justice of the peace in Muhlenberg County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 217; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 19; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 2; "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9S7-3TC7?cc=1804888&wc=QD3Q-4J1%3A1300210901 : 21 December 2016), 004261111 > image 168 of 526; Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; Find A Grave, "Joseph John ‘James’ Wells, Jr (1832-1864)," Memorial #44066603, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=44066603&ref=acom (accessed May 31, 2017); KYR-0001-029-0506. Joseph Paptow (Resident of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky) N00006679 Categories: People

Resident of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, in 1863.

KYR-0001-029-0506. John Jenkins (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer) N00006687 1808? Categories: People

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Lurana Jenkins. Father of Francis M. Jenkins, Amos M. Jenkins, Eliza A. Jenkins, Edward R. Jenkins, John M. Jenkins, James T. Jenkins, William T. Jenkins, and Lurana Jenkins. Farmer in Muhlenberg County in 1850. Farmer in Muhlenberg County in 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in Muhlenberg County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 217. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 2, p. 35. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 2, p. 2. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Court House Precinct 3, p. 452. Ira Calloway Skipworth (Muhlenberg County) N00006696 1826-07-23 1906-09-07 Categories: People

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer. Tennessee native. Married Cynthia Ann Jenkins Skipworth in 1854. Father of Willis T. F. Skipworth, William T. H. C. Skipworth, and Julia A. L. Skipworth. Farmer in Muhlenberg County in 1850 and 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 218; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 2, p. 18; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Court House Precinct 3, p. 4; Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Ancestry, source no. 2493.000, Tennessee, 1854; Find A Grave, "Ira Calloway Skipworth (1826-1906)," Memorial #92439692, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Skipworth&GSiman=1&GScid=1962539&GRid=92439692& (accessed May 29, 2017). David Washington Jernigan (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer) N00006703 1819-10-04 1895-03-02 Categories: People

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer. Tennessee native. Married Mary A. Gilbert Jernigan on February 6, 1845. Father of Tiberius H. Jernigan, Ann E. Jernigan, and Nancy E. Jernigan. Farmer in Muhlenberg County in 1850 and 1860. Owned one enslaved person in 1850.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Sub Division 2, p. 255; Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Sub Division 2; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 2, p. 43; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Paradise, Precinct 4, p. 18; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Robertson County, 1845, Microfilm, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville; Find A Grave, "David Washington Jernigan (1819-1895)," Memorial #32464689, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi/page/gr/ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32464689 (accessed May 29, 2017). William H. James (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer) N00006691 1823-07-24 1889-01-15 Categories: People

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer. Tennessee native. Married Catharine W. Alexander James on September 6, 1843. Father of Benjamin W. James, Martha E. James, Horace James, David P. James, John T. James, Joseph R. James, Sally C. James, Mary F. James, Agnus James, Jennetta James, and Cordelia James. Carpenter in Wilson County, Tennessee, in 1850. Farmer in Muhlenberg County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Wilson County, District 1, p. 313; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 13; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Court House Precinct 3, p. 9; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Wilson County, 1843, Microfilm, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville; Find A Grave, "Wm H. James (1823-1889)," Memorial #145617366, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=145617366 (accessed May 29, 2017). John B. Campbell (Commonwealth’s Attorney Pro tem for the Muhlenberg Circuit Court) N00006726 Categories: People

Commonwealth’s Attorney Pro tem for the Muhlenberg Circuit Court in 1863.

Relationships Economic: Muhlenberg Circuit Court

KYR-0001-029-0506. James Fisher Robinson (governor, state senator, businessman, attorney, and farmer) N001004 1800-10-04 1882-10-31 Categories: People

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.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District No 1, p. 216B, 230A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District No 2, pp. 235, 236, 252. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 266. John David Smith, “James F. Robinson (1862-1863),” ed. Lowell H. Harrison, Kentucky’s Governors (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 89-92. William Henry Engle, Pennsylvania Genealogies: Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg: Lane S. Hart, 1886), 553, 556-7. B. E. Pittman (Muhlenburg co lawyer) N00001728 1807? Categories: People

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Maranda Pittman. Father of Tibereas Pittman, Mary E. Pittman, Emma Pittman, Elizabeth Pittman, Collins B. Pittman, and Ruth W. Pittman. Attorney in Muhlenberg County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenburg County, District No. 1, p. 17. Francis Marion Bristow (Todd County, KY, attorney and state rep & senator) N00000813 1804-08-11 1864-06-10 Categories: People

Todd County, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Kentucky native. Married to Emily Helm Bristow in Hardin County, Kentucky, on May 3, 1831. Father of Mary Margaret Bristow, Martha Bristow, Benjamin Helm Bristow, and Francis M. Bristow. Studied law and admitted to the bar. Practiced law in Elkton, Kentucky. Elected as a member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1831 to 1833. Elected to the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1846. Delegate to the Kentucky Constitution Convention in 1849. Whig member of the United States House of Representative from the 3rd Congressional District of Kentucky from December 1854 to March 1855 and as an Opposition Party member from 1859 to 1861. Member of the House Committee of Thirty-three in December 1860. Delegate to the 1861 Peace Convention in Washington, D.C. Delegate to the 1861 Border States convention in Frankfort, Kentucky.

Relationships Political: Mortimer D. Hay (Muhlenburg County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: Henry Mitchell (Todd County, Kentucky, tavern keeper and farmer) Familial: Hazel G. Petree, Jr. (Elkton, Kentucky, attorney) Social: Benjamin Helm Bristow (Caldwell County, KY, col 8th KY Cav USA, state senator)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, District 2, p. 256A Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, District 1, p. 690. Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Hardin County Marriages, 1793-1862, Film #000390788. “Francis Marion Bristow,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, accessed December 5, 2016, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000842. “Bristow, Francis Marion,” The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 124-25. Samuel W. Kennedy (Elkton, Kentucky, attorney) N00006728 1823-12-22 1879-01-27 Categories: People

Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky attorney. Kentucky native. Son of James N. Kennedy and Nancy Kennedy. Married Nannie Greenfield Kennedy in Todd County on December 18, 1855. Father of L. N. Kennedy, Nannie L. Kennedy, Bland Kennedy, and Mary G. Kennedy. Lived in Todd County, Kentucky, in 1850. Attorney in Elkton in 1860. Member of the convention of the provisional government held at Russellville in November 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, District 2, p. 251. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, p. 69. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, Elkton, p. 349. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058, Todd County Marriages, p. 647 of 683 on microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Find A Grave, "Samuel W. Kennedy (1823-1879)," Memorial #48573060, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48573060 (accessed May 30, 2017). KYR-0004-033-0001. William B. Harrison (Elkton, Kentucky, attorney) N00006730 1813? Categories: People

Elkton, Kentucky, attorney. Virginia native. Married to Amanda Harrison. Father of Kelly J. Harrison, Laura Harrison, Eugene Harrison, Sarah Harrison, and Robert Harrison. Admitted to the bar in 1838. Attorney in Todd County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned fifteen enslaved persons in Todd County in 1850. Attorney in Elkton, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned nineteen enslaved persons in Todd County in 1860. Member of the convention of the provisional government held at Russellville in November 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, District 1, p. 233B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, District 1, p. 147. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, p. 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, p. 340A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, District 4, p. 5. H. Charles Ulman, Lawyers’ Record and Official Register of the United States (New York: A. S. Barnes and Co., 1972), p. 538. J. H. Lowry (Todd County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) N00006732 Categories: People

Todd County, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Admitted to the bar in 1857. Attorney in 1863. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Todd County from 1863 to 1865.

H. Charles Ulman, Lawyers’ Record and Official Register of the United States (New York: A. S. Barnes and Co., 1972), p. 538; Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky, Volume II (Covington, KY: Collins and Company, 1878), p. 728. Sylvanus J. Boyd (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, attorney) N00006733 1834? Categories: People

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Son of Adlai Boyd and Joanna Boyd. Attorney in Muhlenberg County in 1860 and 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Subdivision 2, p. 241; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 42; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McLean County, Calhoun, p. 48. Mortimer D. Hay (Muhlenburg County, Kentucky, attorney) N00002268 1835? Categories: People

Muhlenburg County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Elisabeth Hay. Attorney in Muhlenberg County in 1860. Attorney in Muhlenberg County in 1863.

Relationships Social: Independent Order of Odd Fellows

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Muhlenburg County, District 2, p. 43. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Muhlenburg County, KY, July 1863, p. 14. Charles C. Eaves (Muhlenberg Co, KY, attorney and state rep) N00001730 1825-01-20 1905-08-17 Categories: People

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, native. Son of John S. Eaves and Lurena Ingraham Eaves. Married to Martha G. Beech Eaves in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, on March 24, 1852. Father of Rufus Eaves, Frances Eaves, Charles P. Eaves, Ridley Eaves, Ruth B. Eaves, and Marinda Eaves. Admitted to the bar in Muhlenberg County in 1846. Attorney in Muhlenberg County in 1850. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Muhlenberg County from 1857 to 1859. Attorney in Muhlenberg County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Mortimer D. Hay (Muhlenburg County, Kentucky, attorney) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: Joseph Willey (Louisville, Kentucky, merchant) Social: Robert S. Russell (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, tavern keep) Legal: Muhlenberg Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 222B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Greenville, District 2, p. 732. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson, Ward 3, p. 128B. Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County Marriages, 1799-1875, Film 000557316, p. 74. John Livingston, Livingston’s United States Law Register, and Official Directory (New York: John A. Gray, 1859), 304. Otto A. Rothert, A History of Muhlenberg County (Louisville, KY: John P. Morton and Company, 1913), 242-44. Joseph Ricketts (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, attorney) N00006741 1819? Categories: People

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married Lucy Ricketts. Father of Alban Ricketts, Corrinna Ricketts, Joseph Ricketts, Eugenia Ricketts, and Drusilla Ricketts. Attorney in Muhlenberg County in 1860 and 1863. Owned three enslaved persons in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 2, p. 40; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 2, p. 3; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Greenville, p. 1. Greenville, Kentucky P00000557 Categories: Places

Seat of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

37.2012, -87.1789 "Greenville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Ron D. Bryant, “Greenville,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), p. 390-91. Muhlenberg Circuit Court O00000421 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 2nd Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Thomas C. Dabney and R. T. Petree. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): E. P. Campbell. Clerk(s): J. H. Reno.

Relationships Legal: Joseph J. Wells, Jr. (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Legal: James J. Wood (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, justice of the peace) Legal: John Downing (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, justice of the peace) Legal: J. L. Sperting (Justice of the peace in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky) Legal: Hampton P. Welborn (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky farmer, minister, and justice of the peace) Legal: Matthew B. Clark (Muhlenberg co, Ky farmer and justice of the peace) Legal: Absalom Low (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Legal: Jesse Millard (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Legal: C. D. Morehead (Justice of the peace in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky) Legal: William G. Jones (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, teacher, farmer, and justice of the peace) Economic: Richard T. Petree (Hopkinsville, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Economic: Joseph Ricketts (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: Sylvanus J. Boyd (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: J. H. Lowry (Todd County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Economic: William B. Harrison (Elkton, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: Samuel W. Kennedy (Elkton, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: Hazel G. Petree, Jr. (Elkton, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: Francis Marion Bristow (Todd County, KY, attorney and state rep & senator) Economic: Mortimer D. Hay (Muhlenburg County, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: B. E. Pittman (Muhlenburg co lawyer) Economic: Charles C. Eaves (Muhlenberg Co, KY, attorney and state rep) Legal: Muhlenberg County Court Legal: John B. Campbell (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, Commonwealth’s Attorney Pro tem Muhlenberg Circuit Court) Legal: David Washington Jernigan (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Ira Calloway Skipworth (Muhlenberg County) Legal: William H. James (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John Jenkins (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Joseph Paptow (Resident of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky) Legal: Raughley Sullivan (Muhlenberg County) Legal: James W. Sullivan (Muhlenberg County) Economic: James P. McIntire (Muhlenberg County sheriff and carpenter) Economic: Jesse H. Reno (Muhlenberg Circuit Court clerk and quartermaster, 11th KY Infantry) Economic: Thomas J. Jones (Muhlenberg County merchant and deputy Muhlenberg Circuit Court Clerk) Economic: Edward P. Campbell (Caldwell County, Ky, 1865 Hopkinsville, Ky, attorney Comwlth Atty in late 1860) Legal: J. W. Simpson () Legal: Thomas Phillip Boggess (Muhlenberg Co., Ky, tavern keeper and farmer) Legal: Jesse H. Reno (Muhlenberg Circuit Court clerk and quartermaster, 11th KY Infantry) Legal: Thomas C. Dabney (Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney and judge)

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. Muhlenberg County Court O00000656 Categories: Organizations

Located in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): B. J. Shaver. Clerk(s): Jesse H. Reno, Thomas J. Jones, and Thomas Bruce.

Relationships Economic: Joseph J. Wells, Jr. (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Economic: James J. Wood (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, justice of the peace) Economic: John Downing (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, justice of the peace) Economic: J. L. Sperting (Justice of the peace in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky) Economic: Hampton P. Welborn (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky farmer, minister, and justice of the peace) Economic: Matthew B. Clark (Muhlenberg co, Ky farmer and justice of the peace) Economic: Absalom Low (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Economic: Jesse Millard (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Economic: C. D. Morehead (Justice of the peace in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky) Economic: William G. Jones (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, teacher, farmer, and justice of the peace) Legal: Muhlenberg Circuit Court Legal: John B. Campbell (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, Commonwealth’s Attorney Pro tem Muhlenberg Circuit Court) Legal: David Washington Jernigan (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Ira Calloway Skipworth (Muhlenberg County) Legal: William H. James (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John Jenkins (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Joseph Paptow (Resident of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky) Economic: B. J. Shaver (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, judge) Legal: Raughley Sullivan (Muhlenberg County) Legal: James W. Sullivan (Muhlenberg County)

“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. Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Petition English Version 2 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.

Muhlenberg Circuit Court May Term May 1863 Pleas before the Honorable R T Petree Judge of the Muhlenberg Circuit Court Muhlenberg Circuit Court The Commonwealth of Kentucky against The County Court of Muhlenberg County composed of W. G, Jones Presiding Judge C D Morehead J P M C. Jesse Millard J. P. M, C Absalom Low J P. M. C M B Clark J P. M, C H P Welborn J P. M. C J L Sperting J P M C John Downing J P M C J J Wood J P M C J J Wells J P. M. C,

The grand jury of Muhlenberg County in the name and by the Authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse the County Court of Muhlenberg County composed of W G. Jones P. J M. C. C D Morehead J P. Jesse Millard J. P. Absalom Low J P. M B Clark J. P. H P Welborn J. P. J. L Spurling J P. John Downing J P. J J Wood J. P. J J Wells of the offence of failing to Keep a good and Sufficient County Jail for Muhlenberg County committed as follows. towit The Said County Court on the 15" day of May 1860 did fail to Keep. a good and sufficient county Jail for Muhlenberg

County against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Information by

Joseph Paptow John Jenkins

W H James Ira C Skipworth

& D W Jernigan

W. H James Foreman of Grand Jury

Jno B Campbell Comths Atty Protem

The Commonwealth Plff vs W G Jones. C D Morehead Jesse Millard. Absalom Low M B Clark H P Welborn J L Spurling John Downing J J Wood & J J Wells } OnforfeitedThe County Judge & Justices of Muhg County Defts

This day came the attorney for the Commonwealth as well as the attorney for the defendants; And the attorneys agreeing that Judgement might go against the defendants for Fifty Dollars each, It is therefore adjudged by the Court that the Commonwealth of Kentucky recover of the defendants W G Jones, C D Morehead Jesse Millard Absalom Low M B Clark H P Welborn J L Spurling John Downing J J Wood and J J Wells the sum of Fifty Dollars each and her costs herein expended

The undersigned members of the bar, of the Circuit Court in Greenville Ky very Respectfully request his Excellency the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to remit the fines imposed upon the members of the Muhburg County ^Court^ at the present term of sd Circuit Court, for failing to Keep a suitable Jail Preparations are being made as we are informed to erect a new jail & we belileve the members of the County Court postponed the erection of a new County prision for prudential motives

R. T. Petree Cir Judge H. G. Petree B E. Pittman F M. Bristow S, W, Kennedy W. B. Harrison J, H, Lowry S J Boyd M. D. Hay C. Eaves Joseph Ricketts

Pettn of members of the Muhlenberg County to remit fines

Muhlenberg Cir. Ct

All the fines Remitted J F Robinson

$50. each J. P. of Muhlenberg Co } Mis. Iss'dAug. 5. 1863