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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-0001-029-0548 R4-372

Lyon County, Kentucky Alfred Brock (Eddyville, Kentucky, painter) N00003871 1803? Categories: People

Eddyville, Kentucky, painter. Virginia native. Married to Nancy J. Brock. Father of John H. Brock, and Ellen J. Brock.

Relationships Legal: Uriah L. Kevil (Caldwell Co, Ky, farmhand) Legal: Lyon Circuit Court Legal: Jacob Doudel Yeiser (Eddyville, Kentucky, druggist and physician) Legal: Alexander H. Dudley (Lyon County, Kentucky, court clerk) Social: Alexander H. Dudley (Lyon County, Kentucky, court clerk) Social: Nicholas T. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer and landlord.) Social: Charles N. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, naval officer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 13; KYR-0001-029-0538. Uriah L. Kevil (Caldwell Co, Ky, farmhand) N00002080 1839-03-09 1923-07-28 Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmhand. Kentucky native. Son of Drury M. Kevil and Lucretia K. Kevil. Resident of Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmhand in Princeton in 1860.

Relationships Social: Pleasant Conway (Princeton, Kentucky, farmer and coroner) Social: Jacob Doudel Yeiser (Eddyville, Kentucky, druggist and physician) Social: Edmund P. Watkins (Caldwell Co, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Legal: Edmund P. Watkins (Caldwell Co, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Legal: Lyon Circuit Court Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 377B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 34. "Uriah Laban Kevil (1839-1923)," Find A Grave, Memorial #11094637, accessed August 21, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11094637. Jacob Doudel Yeiser (Eddyville, Kentucky, druggist and physician) N00002085 1822-10-20 1908-11-24 Categories: People

Eddyville, Kentucky, druggist and physician. Kentucky native. Married to Mary V. Craig Yeiser. Father of Alma B. Yeiser, Edwin R. Yeiser, Charles C. Yeiser, and Cornelia Yeiser. Graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Louisville in 1861. Farmer in Boyle County, Kentucky, in 1850. Druggist in Eddyville in 1860. Physician in Lyon County, Kentucky, in 1863.

Relationships Legal: William Vaughn (Juror in the Lyon Circuit Court and Petitioner in Princeton, Kentucky) Legal: William H. Harris (Eddyville, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Nathan Oliver (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Levi W. Jones (Lyon County) Legal: Alfred Brock (Eddyville, Kentucky, painter) Legal: Uriah L. Kevil (Caldwell Co, Ky, farmhand) Legal: Lyon Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 2, p. 367; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 762; U.S., School Catalogs, 1765-1935, Ancestry, University of Louisville, 1861, p. 27; U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918, Ancestry, Kentucky, 1863, Collection District 1, Division 20, p. 7; Find A Grave, "Dr. Jacob Doudel Yeiser (1822-1908)," Memorial #105280392, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=105280392 (accessed August 21, 2017). Alexander H. Dudley (Lyon County, Kentucky, court clerk) N00002700 1808? Categories: People

Lyon County, Kentucky, court clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Susanna Anderson Dudley in Todd County, Kentucky, on November 17, 1830. Father of Robert Dudley, Benjamin Dudley, Georgia Dudley, Frances A. Dudley, and Anna Bell Dudley. Married to Marie Dudley. Father of Walter Dudley. Merchant in Fulton County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Fulton County in 1850. Clerk of the Lyon County Court from 1859 to 1864.

Relationships Economic: Lyon Circuit Court Economic: Lyon County Court Legal: Lyon County Court Legal: Lyon Circuit Court Social: John V. Hildreth, Sr. (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: William Washington Hildreth (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Nicholas T. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer and landlord.) Social: Charles N. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, naval officer) Social: Alford H. Champion (Lyon County, Kentucky, physician.) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: Elias Smith (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Lyon Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fulton County, Hickman, p. 112B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fulton County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 761. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Todd County Marriages, Film 000367186. "Fourth Congressional District," Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), August 8, 1859, p. 1. 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. KYR-0001-029-0096 KYR-0001-029-0548. Lyon County, Kentucky P00002081 Categories: Places

County in western Kentucky. Seat at Eddyville.

37.0945, -88.0803 "Eddyville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 27, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Ron D. Bryant, “Lyon County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 588. 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. Lyon Circuit Court O00000412 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): William Sharpe, A. H. Dudley, and John W. Clark.

Relationships Legal: Alexander H. Dudley (Lyon County, Kentucky, court clerk) Economic: Alexander H. Dudley (Lyon County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: William Boyd (McCracken County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Philip D. Yeiser (Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.) Legal: Charles N. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, naval officer) Legal: Nicholas T. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer and landlord.) Legal: Jacob T. Young (Lyon County, Kentucky, sheriff)

“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. Lyon County Court O00000647 Categories: Organizations

Located in Eddyville, Lyon County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): F. H. Skinner. Clerk(s): A. H. Dudley and John W. Clark. Jailer(s): John Long.

Relationships Economic: Russell Weir Wake (Eddyville, Kentucky, attorney)

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. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 771. Lyon County, Kentucky 1863-08-05 Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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The affiant Alfred Brock states that he was a juror in the Case of the Commonwealth against Uriah Kevil &c which was tried at the last June term of the Lyon Circuit Court, & states that the testimony of Dr. Yeiser did not agree with the ballance of the evidence adduced in the Cause, upon the trial of the Cause,

A A. Brock

Sworn to before me by Alfred Brock this 5 day of August 1863.

A H Dudley clk.

I am perrsonally acquainted with A Brock and know him to be a man of truth and veracity, Aug 5 1863.

A. H. Dudley clk

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