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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-0001-029-0594 R4-437

Thomas Elliott Bramlette (KY governor 1863-67, atty, D.A., col 3rd KY Inf) N001000 1817-01-03 1875-01-12 Categories: People

Twenty-third governor of Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Cumberland County, Kentucky, native. Married to Sallie Travis Bramlette in September 1837. Father of James T. Bramlette, William L. Bramlette, Eugene Bramlette, and Corrina Bell Bramlette. Practiced law in Clinton County, Kentucky, and Columbia, Kentucky. Represented Cumberland and Clinton counties in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1841 to 1843. Commonwealth's attorney of the 8th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1848 to 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in 1850. Circuit judge of the 6th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1856 to 1861. Owned nine enslaved persons in 1860. Served as colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from 1861 to 1862. District attorney of the United States District Court for Kentucky in 1863. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to September 3, 1867. Owned law firm of Bramlette & Van Winkle in partnership with Ephraim L. Van Winkle.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 181A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 335 (p. 2 of 2 on microfilm). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, The Town of Columbia 1st Division, p. 13 (p. 2 of 3 on microfilm). Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 83B. Ross A. Webb, “Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867)” in Lowell H. Harrison, ed., Kentucky’s Governors (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 93-97 Lowell H. Harrison, "Bramlette, Thomas Elliott" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 112-13. Obediah Smith (Logan County, Kentucky, blacksmith) N00006593 1809? Categories: People

Logan County, Kentucky, blacksmith. Virginia native. Married to Matilda Smith. Father of Francis Smith, Samuel H. Smith, Julia Ann Smith, Thomas A. Smith, Columbus Smith, and Benjamin H. Smith. Blacksmith in Logan County in 1850 and 1860.

Relationships Legal: Logan Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 1, p. 30. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 1, p. 134. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Filmore, p. 43. Samuel H. Smith (Logan County, Kentucky, farm laborer) N00006594 1840 1923 Categories: People

Logan County, Kentucky, farm laborer. Kentucky native. Son of Obediah Smith and Matilda Smith. Married to Mary E. McElmore Smith on January 15, 1862. Resident of Logan County in 1850. Farm laborer in Logan County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: Obediah Smith (Logan County, Kentucky, blacksmith) Legal: Logan Circuit Court Legal: Obediah Smith (Logan County, Kentucky, blacksmith)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 1, p. 30. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 1, p. 134. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, Green Precinct, p. 26. Jordan Dodd, comp., Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900, Ancestry, Logan County, Kentucky, 1862. Find A Grave, "S. H. Smith (1840-1923)," Memorial #60247356, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60247356/s.-h.-smith (accessed May 26, 2017). Wesley W. Smith (Logan County, Kentucky, carpenter) N00006595 1819-06-14 1881-09-24 Categories: People

Logan County, Kentucky, carpenter. Kentucky native. Married to Catherine Smith. Father of James R. Smith, Mary Smith, William Smith, and Sarah Smith. Carpenter in Logan County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Obediah Smith (Logan County, Kentucky, blacksmith)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 2, p. 53. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Fillmore, p. 26. Find A Grave, "William Western Smith (1819-1881)," Memorial #55434196, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55434196/william-western-smith (accessed May 26, 2017). John H. Glassgow (Logan County, Kentucky, farmer) N00006596 1829? Categories: People

Logan County, Kentucky, farmer. Logan County, Kentucky native. Son of Samuel Glassgow and Anny Glassgow. Married to Mary J. Cochran Glassgow on March 5, 1857. Father of Josephus Glassgow and Mary Glassgow. Resident of Logan County in 1850. Farmer in Logan County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Obediah Smith (Logan County, Kentucky, blacksmith)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 1, p. 59. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 1, p. 119. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Fillmore, p. 11. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), Microfilm rolls #994027-994058, Logan County, 1857, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky. James G Guffy (Possible Logan County) N00006597 Categories: People

Signed a petition for Obediah Smith.

Relationships Political: Obediah Smith (Logan County, Kentucky, blacksmith)

KYR-0001-029-0594. Samuel Z. Hutcheson (Logan County, Kentucky, farmer) N00006656 1833 1910 Categories: People

Logan County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Clendenon Hutcheson and Sarah Hutcheson. Married to Pauline B. Snodgrass Hutcheson in 1857. Father of Samuel Clendenon Hutcheson, William Hutcheson, and John G. Hutcheson. Resident of Logan County in 1850. Farmer in Logan County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Obediah Smith (Logan County, Kentucky, blacksmith)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850),Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 1, p. 34. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 1, p. 45. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Fillmore, p. 35. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), Microfilm rolls #994027-994058, Logan County, 1857, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky. Find A Grave, "Samuel Zebulon Hutcheson (1833-1910)," Memorial #87678095, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87678095/samuel-zebulon-hutcheson (accessed May 28, 2017). Woodford A. Matlock (Logan County, Kentucky, farmer) N00006657 1831? Categories: People

Logan County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Samuel M. Matlock and Martha Matlock. Married to Amanda A. Cochren Matlock in 1860. Father of Samuel Matlock, Mary Matlock, and Narcissus Matlock. Resident of Warren County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Logan County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Obediah Smith (Logan County, Kentucky, blacksmith)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 2, p. 81. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 1, p. 119. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Fillmore, p. 40. Jordan Dodd, comp., Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900, Ancestry, Logan County, 1860. James H. Sawyer (Logan County, Kentucky, farm laborer) N00006658 1818? Categories: People

Logan County, Kentucky, farm laborer. Kentucky native. Married to Dorcus A. Sawyer. Father of Mary C. Sawyer, Almarine Sawyer, Elizabeth Sawyer, Valentine Sawyer, Caroline Sawyer, Martha Sawyer, and Benjamin Sawyer. Married to Almeta Sawyer. Farmer in Logan County in 1850. Farm laborer in Logan County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Obediah Smith (Logan County, Kentucky, blacksmith)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 1, p. 39. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 1, p. 121. R. Grintoe (Possible Logan County) N00006659 Categories: People

Signed a petition for Obediah Smith.

Relationships Political: Obediah Smith (Logan County, Kentucky, blacksmith)

KYR-0001-029-0594. G. M. Farmer () N00006660 Categories: People

Signed a petition for Obediah Smith.

Relationships Political: Obediah Smith (Logan County, Kentucky, blacksmith)

KYR-0001-029-0594. Jonathan P. Ferguson (Logan County, Kentucky, farmer) N00006661 1813-05-10 1869-05-07 Categories: People

Logan County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Ferguson. Father of William Ferguson, Margaret Ferguson, Nancy Ferguson, and James Ferguson. Owned five enslaved persons in 1850. Farmer in Logan County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Obediah Smith (Logan County, Kentucky, blacksmith)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850),Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 1, p. 323. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 1, p. 52. Find A Grave, "Jonathan P. Ferguson (1813-1869)," Memorial #82802470, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82802470/jonathan-p-ferguson (accessed May 28, 2017). Robert L. Allison (Logan County, Kentucky, farm laborer) N00006662 1800? Categories: People

Logan County, Kentucky, farm laborer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Allison. Father of Julia Allison.

Relationships Political: Obediah Smith (Logan County, Kentucky, blacksmith)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 1, p. 42. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Fillmore, p. 33. F. W. Covington (Possible Logan County) N00006663 Categories: People

Signed a petition for Obediah Smith.

Relationships Political: Obediah Smith (Logan County, Kentucky, blacksmith)

KYR-0001-029-0594. William Newton Roberts (Logan County, Kentucky, farm laborer) N00006664 1837? Categories: People

Logan County, Kentucky, farm laborer. Missouri native. Married to Julia Roberts. Father of Charles Roberts, Mary M. Roberts, and Sarah E. Roberts.

Relationships Political: Obediah Smith (Logan County, Kentucky, blacksmith)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 1, p. 39. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Clay, p. 13. Allen P. Mansfield (Logan County, Kentucky, farmer) N00006665 1810-08-24 1894-06-30 Categories: People

Logan County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Calista Covington Mansfield on March 20, 1832. Father of Elijah Mansfield and Washington Mansfield. Farmer in Logan County in 1850 and 1860.

Relationships Political: Obediah Smith (Logan County, Kentucky, blacksmith)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 1, p. 31. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 1, p. 21. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Fillmore, p. 39. Kentucky, County Marriages, 1783-1965, Ancestry, Logan County, Kentucky, 1832. Find A Grave, "Allen P. Mansfield (1810-1894)," Memorial #52273338, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52273338/allen-p-mansfield (accessed November 29, 2017). Robert B. McMillen (Logan County, Kentucky, farmer) N00006671 1817? Categories: People

Logan County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Ann McMillen. Father of Sarah McMillen, Mary Lavinia McMillen, Clinton McMillen, William McMillen, Presley McMillen, Albert McMillen, and Martha McMillen. Resident of Logan County in 1850. Farmer in Logan County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Obediah Smith (Logan County, Kentucky, blacksmith)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 1, p. 31. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 1, p. 116. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Fillmore, p. 47. Thomas Sanders (Logan County, Kentucky, blacksmith) N00006672 1832? Categories: People

Logan County, Kentucky, blacksmith. Tennessee native. Married to Francis Sanders. Father of John Sanders.

Relationships Political: Obediah Smith (Logan County, Kentucky, blacksmith)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 1, p. 44. 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), Logan County, KY, February 1864, p. 42, (Accessed via ancestry.com). James M. Gilsner (Possible Logan County) N00006673 Categories: People

Signed a petition for Obediah Smith.

Relationships Political: Obediah Smith (Logan County, Kentucky, blacksmith)

KYR-0001-029-0594. J. A. Williams (Possible Logan County) N00006674 Categories: People

Signed a petition for Obediah Smith.

Relationships Political: Obediah Smith (Logan County, Kentucky, blacksmith)

KYR-0001-029-0594. Dabner Collins (Simpson County, Kentucky, farmer) N00006675 1811? Categories: People

Simpson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elvira C. Collins. Father of Francis M. Collins, Samuel A. Collins, William L. Collins, and Mary Collins. Farmer in Logan County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Simpson County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Obediah Smith (Logan County, Kentucky, blacksmith)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 1, p. 48. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, Franklin, p. 146. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Hardison, p. 57. John M. Henderson (Lykins County, Kansas, farmer) N00006676 1821-11-18 1871-06-29 Categories: People

Lykins County, Kansas, farmer. Logan County, Kentucky, native. Married to Sarah F. Crewdson Henderson on April 5, 1855. Father of F. Parthena Henderson. Farmer in Logan County in 1850. Farmer in Lykins County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Obediah Smith (Logan County, Kentucky, blacksmith)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 1, p. 36. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kansas, Lykins County, Middle Creek, p. 106. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), Microfilm rolls #994027-994058, Logan County, 1855, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky. Find A Grave, "John Monroe Henderson (1821-1871)," Memorial #94581774, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94581774/john-monroe-henderson (accessed May 28, 2017). Samuel Barker (Logan County, Kentucky, farmer) N00006677 1819? Categories: People

Logan County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Mary Elizabeth Clark Barker in April 14, 1853. Father of Charles Barker, John W. Barker, Stonewell Barker, and Lamara Barker. Resident of Logan County in 1850. Farmer in Logan County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Obediah Smith (Logan County, Kentucky, blacksmith)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 2, p. 75. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 2, p. 43. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Fillmore, p. 45. Jordan Dodd, comp., Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900, Ancestry, Logan County, 1853. Logan County, Kentucky P00002483 Categories: Places

County in southwest Kentucky. Seat at Russellville.

36.8453, -86.8872 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names, (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 177. "Russellville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Logan Circuit Court O00000419 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 4th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Asher W. Graham. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): W. B. Jones. Clerk(s): Daniel Morton, J. A. L. Boyer, and J. E. Wright.

Relationships Legal: Nelson [Unknown] (Logan County, Kentucky, enslaved man convicted of murder.) Legal: Edmund Ayres (Logan County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Nathaniel Gaither, Jr. (Adair County, Kentucky, attorney, sec of state, pvt 6th KY Cav CSA) Legal: Thomas Barclay Harrison (Logan County, Kentucky, sheriff) Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Jesse Mansfield (Logan County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Marmaduke Beckwith "Buck" Morton, Jr. (Logan County, Kentucky, clerk.) Legal: Matthew M. Clark (Logan County, KY, merchant) Legal: Daniel Morton (Logan County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk.) Legal: William B. Jones (Simpson Co, KY, Commonwealth's Attorney 4th District)

“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. United States Army O00001186 1775 Categories: Organizations

The organization of infantry, cavalry, and artillery military units in the United States government. Commander(s): Winfield Scott, George B. McClellan, Henry W. Halleck, and Ulysses S. Grant.

Relationships Military: James Olney (possible U. S. soldier) Military: Joel Adams (Lincoln County, KY, farmer & pvt 19th KY Inf USA) Military: Joseph Innes (possible Lincoln County, KY, soldier) Military: Richard D. Cunningham (Colonel, U.S. Army) Military: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Military: Crawford C. Adams (Paulding County, Ohio, resident and soldier.) Military: 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A) Military: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky Military: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Military: Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (Union general, Boyle Co, KY attorney, pres Lou City Railway Co) Military: Marcellus Mundy (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and soldier) Military: Army of the Ohio Military: Military District of Kentucky Military: Luther Thayer Thustin (Louisville US Army Paymaster) Military: Hartwell T. Burge (Muhlenberg, Kentucky, Meth minister; chaplain 3rd KY Cav; colonel 48th KY Inf; comd'r Dpt of OH 1864) Military: Alexander Magruder (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Military: Charles David Pennebaker (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, KY state rep & senator; col 27th KY Inf USA & state military agent) Military: John F. Lay (Breckinridge, KY, soldier) Military: James Murrell Shackelford (Hopkins County, KY, attorney, colonel 25th Inf, 8th Ky Cav, and brig gen. in 1863) Military: Washington Seawell (Union Army, colonel and mustering officer) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Edmund A. Starling (Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, resident and Colonel (U.S.A.)) Military: 35th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: William Forman (Clark County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.) Military: Presley Kimbrell (Powell County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier.) Economic: William Bird Holeman (Frankfort City Marshal and KY Public Printer) Political: Government of the United States of America Military: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Military: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) Military: John Royalty (Barren County, Kentucky, barkeeper) Military: Henry W. Royalty (Barren County, KY, resident) Military: John Mason Marcus (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: Office of Quartermaster of U. S. Army Military: United States War Department Military: Horatio Phillips Van Cleve (Todd County, Minnesota, farmer and soldier (2nd Minn. and General U.S. A.)) Military: [Unknown] Johnson () Military: Wiley Taul Poynter (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier) Military: Lowdy Howard (Jefferson County, Kentucky, apprentice ship carpenter, tobacconist and soldier) 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: Robert Crooke Wood (Washington D.C., assistant surgeon general, 1854-1865) Military: Madison Mills (New York County, New York, surgeon. US army medical director in St. Louis, MO) Military: Charles Carroll Gray (Ontario County, New York, surgeon. ) Military: Henry Wager Halleck (U.S. Army soldier) Military: Andrew Jackson Smith (United States Army career soldier and commander) Military: Thomas Harvey Harris (Jefferson County, Indiana, book rubber and soldier. Military mayor of Memphis, 1864-1865.) Military: Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (Belvidere, Illinois, lawyer, representative, and soldier) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav)

Richard W. Stewart, ed. American Military History (Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 2009). 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. Petition English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Gov Thos. E. Bramlitt

The undersigned state that they are acquainted with Obediah Smith a resident of this Logan County Kentucky and Know him to be a prudent hard working industrious and good citizens and as we have understood that he has been security for the appearance of his son Samuel Smith at the last Term ofthe Circuit Court to answer charges prefered against him and also that the Bail amounting to $450,00 2 cases one $200 & the other $250 has been forfeited by the non-appearance of the aforesaid Sam Smith We therefore petition your Honor to release the aforesaid Obediah Smith from Said bail because the said Smith's property will not sell if sold now for more than $40000 and will leave him to support his family in these hard times without means to do it with and it will turn out an industrious and honest citizen upon the cold charities of an uncharitableunfeeling world to suffer beg & Starve

They state farther that nothing but a kind heart & love for his wayward son believing him to be innoscent has induced this old man to risk his living his home & happiness and that he has now two sons in the Federal army battling for what they deem to be right We trust that your Honor will find it in accordance with your

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duties as executive of this Commonwealth to release him entirely from the Bail or at least the greater part of it yours

W W Smith J, H, Glassgow Jas G Guffey S, Z,, Hutchison W. A. Matlock J H Sawyer R,. Grintoe G. M. Farmer J, P, Ferguson R L Allison F W Covington W N Roberts A P Mansfield R B McMillen thomas Sanders Jams M Gilsner Elli J A Williams Dabner Collins J M Henderson Samuel Barker

Logan Ct Ct vs O. Smith