<title type="main">Samuel J. Vaughn and David Witt to James F. Robinson

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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-0001-029-0559 R4-387 to R4-388

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. John Hunt Morgan (Lexington, Kentucky, hemp manufacturer, Capt Lex Rifles, Col & Brig Gen' 2nd KY Cav CSA) N00004777 1825-06-01 1864-09-04 Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, hemp manufacturer and soldier. Huntsville, Alabama, native. Son of Calvin Morgan and Henrietta Hunt Morgan. Married to Rebecca Bruce Morgan on November 21, 1848. Married to Martha O. Ready Morgan on December 14, 1862. Father of Johnnie Hunt Morgan. Attended Transylvania University in Lexington from 1842 to 1844. Served in the Kentucky Mounted Volunteers as first lieutenant in the U.S.-Mexican War from 1846 to 1847. Member of the Masonic Order at Daviess Lodge #22 in Lexington from 1846 to 1864. Manufacturer in Lexington in 1850. Served in a state militia artillery company in Lexington as captain from 1852 to 1854. Served in the Lexington Rifles of the Kentucky State Guard as captain from 1857 to 1861. Manufacturer in Lexington in 1860. With C. C. Morgan, owned thirty enslaved persons in Lexington in 1860. Employed one enslaved person in Lexington in 1860. Served in the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as colonel and brigadier general from 1861 to 1864. Killed at Greeneville, Tennessee, on September 4, 1864.

Relationships Military: Madison "Matty" Conyers Johnson (Son of George Washington Johnson and Ann Eliza Viley) Military: Jackson H. Jacobs (Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer and captain 14th Cav USA & 1st lt Cap Guards) Military: Kentucky Central Railway Military: Buffington Island Military: Confederate States Army Military: 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) Military: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Military: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, District 1, p. 146B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, County, Lexington Ward 2, p. 433. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, County, Lexington Ward 2, p. 452B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, County, Lexington Ward 4, 461B. Find A Grave, "John Hunt Morgan (1825-1864)," Memorial #4433, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/4433 (accessed September 6, 2019). James A. Ramage, “Morgan, John Hunt,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2015), pp. 650-651. James A. Ramage, Rebel Raider: The Life of General John Hunt Morgan (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1986).John Fiske and James Grant Wilson, ed., Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography, vol. 4, (New York: Appleton, 1889), 402. Albert A. Curtis, Sr. (Irvine, Kentucky, merchant and politician) N00004778 1817-10-08 1886-01-01 Categories: People

Irvine, Kentucky, merchant and politician. Kentucky native. Married to Manerva M. Curtis. Father of Ann E. Curtis, William Curtis, David Curtis, Mary Curtis, Albert A. Curtis, Jr., Edward B. Curtis, Thomas Curtis, and Bettie Curtis. Merchant in Estill County from 1850 to 1863. Owned one enslaved person in Estill County in 1850. Owned eight enslaved persons in Estill County in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Estill County from 1861 to 1865. Served in 14th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A.) as assistant quartermaster c1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, p. 60. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, Irvine, p. 162. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, Irvine, p. 7. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, Irvine, p. 45. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky, Volume II (Covington, KY: Collins and Company, 1878), p. 167. _ 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), Estill County, KY, July 1863, p. 27 (Accessed via ancestry.com). Find A Grave, "Albert A Curtis, Sr. (1817-1886)," Memorial #20003420, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20003420/albert-a-curtis (accessed April 23, 2017). " Daily Commonwealth, 1863-12-10," Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program, https://kentuckynewspapers.org/catalog/xt70rx93b03f-z?q=A+A (accessed June 4, 2019). KYR-0002-222-0030. Harrison Cockrell (Estill County, Kentucky, politician) N00004779 Categories: People

Estill County, Kentucky, farmer and politician. Farmer in Estill County in 1863. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1862 to 1865 and from 1869 to 1873.

Relationships Political: Samuel J. Vaughn (Estill County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: David Witt (Estill County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: McKinley Maloney (Owsley County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt 3 Forks Batt Capital Guards) Political: Thomas J. Frazier (Breathitt County, Kentucky, postmaster, politician, judge, and Register of the Land Office) Political: Granville Pearl (London, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Political: Francis Landon Cleveland (Augusta, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: William Crutcher Ireland (Greenup County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: Albert A. Curtis, Sr. (Irvine, Kentucky, merchant and politician)

Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1878), 167. 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), Estill County, KY, July 1863, p. 27 (Accessed via ancestry.com). John Boyd Huston (Winchester, Kentucky, and Lexington, Kentucky, attorney and politician) N001797 1813-10-01 1881-11-14 Categories: People

Clark County, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Nelson County, Kentucky, native. Son of James Huston and Mary McKee Huston. Married to Mary J. Allen Huston on September 21, 1836. Married to Elizabeth Jackson Huston on December 21, 1854. Graduate of Centre College in 1833. Teacher at Walnut Hill in Fayette County, Kentucky. Assistant instructor at Centre College in Danville. Studied law under Judge Daniel Mayers and Joshua F. Bell. Graduate of Transylvania University in Lexington in 1835. Attorney in Winchester from 1837 to 1864. Member of the Whig Party. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Clark County in 1839, from 1855 to 1859, and from 1861 to 1863. Member of the Democratic Party. Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1855 to 1857.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 41B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, Winchester, p. 886. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, Ward 1, p. 192B. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1878), 130, 774. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1878), 364. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 298-99. H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 595-96. "John Boyd Huston (1813-1881)," Find A Grave, Memorial 48379493, accessed September 8, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48379493. James H. G. Bush (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney, and politician) N00000474 1818-07-12 1866-05-23 Categories: People

Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney, and politician. Kentucky native. Married to Julia A. Bush. Father of Richard H. C. Bush, Ellen "Lucy" K. Bush, Amanda E. Bush, John E. Bush, Laura B. Bush, Elizabeth Bush, and Malvina Bush. Farmer in Clark County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Clark County in 1850. Attorney in Clark County in 1860. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in 1860. Attorney in Clark County in 1863. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Clark County from 1861 to 1865.

Relationships Political: Samuel J. Vaughn (Estill County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: David Witt (Estill County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: [Unknown] Smart (Kentucky, soldier) Military: Alfred Smith (Rockcastle Cir Ct Clerk) Military: [Unknown] Campbell (Kentucky, soldier) Military: Frederick H. Bierbower (Maysville, Kentucky, attorney. Capt & major 40th KY Inf USA, Col over Camp Nelson) Military: Robert M. Trumbo (Owingsville, Kentucky, soldier) Military: Charles Alexander Marshall (Mason County, Kentucky, farmer, legislator, colonel) Military: Hugh Blair Wilson (Ohio and Missouri, lawyer and soldier) Military: Lewis Milton Ricketts (Montgomery County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Military: 14th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: William Henry Wadsworth (KY state senator, U. S. Representative, attorney, presidential elector) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Charles G. Edwards (Ohio, soldier) Military: Kentucky State Militia Military: Charles J. Walker (Richmond, Kentucky, soldier and attorney) Military: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky Familial: Fielding Bush (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Familial: Fielding M. Bush Jr. (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. ) Political: Kentucky Institute for the Feeble Minded Political: General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 1, p. 49B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 1, p. 928. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 1, pp. 19-20. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, LaRue County, Magnolia Precinct, p. 258B. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Clark County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 129. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky (Louisville, KY: Richard H. Collins, 1877), p. 130. "James Harris Gentry Bush (1818-1886)," Find A Grave, Memorial 50571025, accessed February 23, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50571025. Thomas Turner (Montgomery Co., KY, State Rep & attorney) N00004780 1821-09-10 1900-09-11 Categories: People

Montgomery County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and soldier. Madison County, Kentucky, native. Son of Squire Turner and Elizabeth Turner. Married to Mary B. Everitt Turner on October 25, 1857. Married to Henrietta Robertson Turner on December 31, 1857. Father of Mary E. Turner, Ben Turner, Squire Turner, and Charlie Turner. Graduated from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, in 1840. Graduated from law school at Transylvania University in Lexington in 1842. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment in the U. S.-Mexican War from 1846 to 1848. Attorney in Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky, in 1850. Attorney in Montgomery County in 1860. Owned nineteen enslaved persons in Montgomery County in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Montgomery County from 1861 to 1863.

Relationships Political: Samuel J. Vaughn (Estill County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: David Witt (Estill County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: James Henry Garrard (Franklin County, Kentucky, salt maker and Kentucky state treasurer) Social: James Crockett Sayers (Kenton County, Kentucky, laborer, farmer, politician, QM & 1st lieut 32nd KY Inf USA) Social: Thomas W. Owings (Meade co state rep) Social: Richard Aylett Buckner, Jr. (Lexington, KY atty, judge & speaker of State House) Social: Bryan Rust Young (Bardstown state rep) Social: John Kemp Goodloe (Woodford Co State Senator) Social: John A. Prall (Bourbon Co State Senator) Social: James Fisher Robinson, Jr. (QMG of KY, Gov's son) Social: Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, editor and secretary of state) Social: Joshua Tevis (Louisville, KY, State Rep & US District Atto, Col 10th Ky Cav (USA)) Social: Thomas A. Duke (Paducah State Senator & Physician) Social: Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) Social: Richard Clough Anderson, III (Frankfort state rep) Social: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Social: Samuel E. DeHaven (Oldham County State Sen/Rep) Social: Henry Davis McHenry (Ohio Co., KY, state rep & senator) Social: Martin Pickett Marshall (Mason Co. State Senator) Social: Curtis Field Burnam (Madison County. KY, attorney & State Rep) Social: Willis W. Gardner (Union co. State Sen.) Social: Joshua Barnes (Bath Co., KY, State Rep. & doctor) Social: James Calvert (Boone County, Kentucky, sheriff and politician) Social: Richard J. Browne (Washington Co, KY, State Rep & attorney) Social: Nathaniel Wolfe (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, Ky rep & senator) Social: William T. Samuels (Hardin Co, KY, clerk, commissioner, KY State Auditor, state rep, clerk of KY Hse of Rep) Social: Walter C. Whitaker (Shelby Co. Ky state sen; col & genl 6th Ky Inf & Army of Cumberland USA) Social: John L. Irvan (Calloway Co. state rep) Social: John R. Thomas (Marion Co., Ky, State rep & attorney) Social: Zebulon Ward (Woodford co State Rep & former penitentiary lessee) Social: John S. Van Winkle (Wayne Co state rep) Social: Elijah Gabbert (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and KY state rep) Social: Jonas Martin (Livingston and Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer and politician.) Social: William S. Rankin (Grant County, KY, State Rep) Social: Joshua Fry Bell (Boyle Co., KY, attorney & politician) Social: Isaac Price Miller (Jefferson co. farmer & politician) Social: James Speed (U.S. Atty. General, Louisville, KY atty & state senator) Social: John B. Bruner (Breckinridge Co., KY, atty & state senator) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: [Unknown] Harmon (Morgan County, KY, distiller) Legal: James Harvey Morgan (Morgan County, KY, resident and soldier)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond, p. 252. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 292. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 308A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, Mt. Sterling, p. 308A. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 328. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, Ky.: Collins & Co., 1882), 632. "Thomas Turner (1821-1900)," Find A Grave, Memorial 6868728, accessed April 23, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6868728. Samuel J. Vaughn (Estill County, Kentucky, farmer) N00004782 1807-01-14 1884-02-23 Categories: People

Estill County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married Polly Vaughn. Father of Sarah F. Vaughn, John W. Vaughn, Phebe Vaughn, Joshua Vaughn, and July Vaughn. Farmer in Estill County in 1850 and 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in 1850 and 1860.

Relationships Legal: Estill County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, p. 58. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, p. 76. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, p. 9. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, Millers Creek, p. 29. Find A Grave, "Samuel Jackson Vaughn (1807-1884)," Memorial #5514049, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5514049 (accessed April 23, 2017). David Witt (Estill County, Kentucky, farmer) N00004781 1800? Categories: People

Estill County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Nancy Witt. Father of William M. Witt, Henry G. Witt, and David Witt. Farmer in Estill County in 1850 and 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in 1850 and eleven in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Estill County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, p. 108. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, p. 792. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, p. 103. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, p. 6. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, Crooked Creek, p. 16. Estill County, Kentucky P00004776 Categories: Places

County in east central Kentucky. Seat at Irvine, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

37.6975, -83.9744 Ron D. Bryant, "Irvine" in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2002), p. 298. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Estill County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on November 12, 2019). Clay County, Kentucky P00000570 Categories: Places

County in Kentucky. Seat at Manchester.

Relationships Legal: Jacob Giltner (Clay County, Kentucky, murderer)

37.1738, -83.7199 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 59. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Clay County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 23, 2019). Montgomery County, Kentucky P00000869 Categories: Places

County in northeast Kentucky. Seat at Mount Sterling.

38.0565, -83.9433 Carl B. Boyd, Jr., "Montgomery County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 644. "Mount Sterling, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 27, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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. Estill County Court O00000619 Categories: Organizations

Located in Irvine, Estill County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Elisha Logan Cockrell. Clerk(s): M. H. Rigg and M. M. Price.

Relationships Legal: Clayton Witt (Estill County) Legal: Robert C. Wiseman (Estill County) Legal: John Wiseman (Estill 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. Government of the United States of America O00002945 1776-07-04 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the United States of America. Comprised of the Legislative Branch, Judicial Branch, and Executive Branch. Capital at Washington, District of Columbia.

Relationships Military: 68th Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia Economic: Hiram Barney (New York attorney and customs collector) Political: Leonard B. Cox (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Political: William Scott Botts (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: George Jackson (Bullitt County, Kentucky, laborer) Political: Hillary G. Jackson (Bullitt County, Kentucky, laborer & private 26th KY Inf USA) Legal: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Military: Thornton Williams (Scott County, Kentucky, soldier. Formerly enslaved by Urias Offutt, accused of attempted murder.) Political: Urias M. Offutt (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. and slaveholder.) Military: George W. Rasure (Floyd County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Military: Amaziah "Samuel" Rasure (Washington County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Military: David Rasure, Jr. (New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Political: Nelson Trusler (Connersville, Indiana, attorney, politician, and soldier) Political: Robert Alexander Dowell (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Oliver P. Morton (Fourteenth governor of Indiana, attorney, judge, and politician.) Political: John Walter Rutherford (Crittenden County, Kentucky, barkeeper and merchant)

"America's Founding Documents," https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs (accessed on December 1, 2017). House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky O001020 1792 Categories: Organizations

One chamber of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Comprised of 100 Representatives.

Robert M. Ireland, The Kentucky State Constitution: A Reference Guide (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1999). Kentucky Constitution. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/legresou/constitu/intro.htm (Accessed February 17, 2017). Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky O001019 1792 Categories: Organizations

One chamber of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Comprised of 38 Senators.

Robert M. Ireland, The Kentucky State Constitution: A Reference Guide (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1999). Kentucky Constitution. Accessed February 17, 2017 (http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/legresou/constitu/intro.htm). Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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.

To the Governor of Kentucky Sir

We would respectfully represent to your honor that we are Citizens of Estell County Kentucky and are now and have been confined in the Irvine Jail about 28 days by the Military authorities at this place, without to our knowledge having committed any crime or offence against any existing laws or regulations of Kentucky or the United States, without any charges having been prefered against us or any writ having been issued as required by law, we are informed that we are held as hostages for two Citizens of this County Carried off by the forces of John Morgan when he left this State in October last, we had nothing to do with the arresting or carrying off of those men nor did we know anything about it untill after it was done, we are also led to believe from circumstances that we will be retained in Jail till we pay the Jailors fees for keeping us in Jail, We are both men of age being respectively 56 & 64 years old and both in bad health we believe these proceedings are unjust unfair and unlawful and appeal to you as the Chief Magistrate of Kentucky for clemmency in our behalf and ask to be released from prison and the payment of the Jail fees, for our character & standing as citizens we refer you to Mr A A Curtis our member in the Legislature and Mr H. Cockrill of the Senate, also Mr John B. Huston Jas H. G Bush of Clark Thomas Turner of Montgomery

Yours Respectfully Saml. J. Vaughn David Witt

Pettn of S Vaugh &c confined in Estill jail under Military Arrest

No power in Executive to interfere only redress in Military wrote letter to Genl Gardner urging relief --