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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Appointments by the Governor, Civil Appointments, 1862-1863 KYR-0001-031-0003 R1-29

Fleminsgburg, Fleming County, Kentucky William Scott Botts (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) N00000867 1810-02-18 Categories: People

Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Flemingsburg, Kentucky, native. Son of George Washington Botts and Ann Scott Botts. Attended Transylvania University. Attended the University of Virginia. Graduated from the Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1831. Member of the Whig Party and Democratic Party. Delegate to the 1840 and 1852 national conventions of the Whig Party. Attorney in Flemingsburg in 1842. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Fleming County in 1841, 1846, and 1862. Judge of Fleming County Court from 1850 to 1854. Owned three enslaved persons in Fleming County in 1860. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Fleming County from 1863 to 1867. Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1865.

Relationships Military: William E. Rice (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer and captain, 10th KY Cav USA) Political: General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Political: Jeremiah John Martin (Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: William E. Rice (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer and captain, 10th KY Cav USA) Social: Peter Everett (Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky, gentleman) Social: Thomas M. Allen (Fleming County, KY, resident, Kenton Co farmer) Social: William Bell (Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer and dentist) Political: David Willson (Fleming County, Kentucky, banker)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District No 1, p. 58. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District No 1, p.467A. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 635. KYR-0002-161-0005. David Willson (Fleming County, Kentucky, banker) N00014018 1830? Categories: People

Fleming County, Kentucky, banker. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Herndon Willson in Bath County, Kentucky, in August 1846. Father of Louisa Wilson and Mary Wilson. Married to Betty Wilson. Banker in Fleming County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Fleming County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Thomas Turner (Montgomery Co., KY, State Rep & attorney) Political: Joshua Barnes (Bath Co., KY, State Rep. & doctor) Political: Harrison Taylor (Speaker State House, Mason Co, KY) Political: William Crutcher Ireland (Greenup County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: William Scott Botts (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Economic: Smith, Wilson & Co.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 1, p. 795. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 1, p. 466B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bath County Marriages, Film #000273005. Thomas B. Smith (Fleming County, Kentucky, druggist, commissioner, and banker) N00014097 1819? Categories: People

Fleming County, Kentucky, druggist, banker, and commissioner. Harrison County, Kentucky, native. Father of Sarah J. Smith, Eliza T. Smith, and William Smith. Married to S. J. Linsey Smith in Bath County, Kentucky, on September 18, 1854. Druggist in Bath County in 1850. Banker in Fleming County in 1863. Elected U. S. commissioner for the state of Kentucky in 1862.

Relationships Political: William Scott Botts (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: David Willson (Fleming County, Kentucky, banker) Political: Thomas Turner (Montgomery Co., KY, State Rep & attorney) Political: Joshua Barnes (Bath Co., KY, State Rep. & doctor) Political: Harrison Taylor (Speaker State House, Mason Co, KY) Political: William Crutcher Ireland (Greenup County, Kentucky, attorney and politician)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Division 2, p. 1A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District 2, p. 455. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War) NARA RG 110, Harrison County, KY, October 1863, p. 141. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994028, Bath County Marriages. Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Garrard County Marriages, 1797-1861, Film #000216816. "Thomas B. Smith (1819-1865)," Find A Grave, Memorial #126115170, accessed November 4, 2021, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126115170. KYR-0001-031-0006. Flemingsburg, Kentucky P00000538 Categories: Places

Seat of Fleming County, Kentucky.

38.4223, -83.7338 Ronald Thomas, “Flemingsburg,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber, (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 325. "Flemingsburg, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 27, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Kentucky P001800 Categories: Places

State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992). Fleming County, Kentucky P00000542 Categories: Places

County in northeastern Kentucky. Seat at Flemingsburg. Located on the Licking River.

Relationships Military: William Fleming (Fleming County, Kentucky, tanner) Political: William Fleming (Fleming County, Kentucky, tanner)

38.4223, -83.7338 “Fleming County” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), p.324-25. "Flemingsburg, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 15, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Fleminsgburg, Fleming County, Kentucky 1862-08-27 Correspondence 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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Flemingsburg Ky August 27 62 Hon W. S. Botts

Please have David Willson appointed a Notary Public for Fleming County as I shall probably act under my commission as U. S. Commissioner,

Mr Willson will answer your favour when he returns all well,

yrs Respectfully T. B. Smith