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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-0001-031-0040 R1-79

Fleming County, Kentucky Leonard B. Cox (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) N00012346 1813? Categories: People

Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Virginia native. Married to Ellen T. Wilmot Cox in Garrard County, Kentucky, on July 27, 1838. Father of Emily V. Cox, Mary L. Cox, Samuel W. Cox, Thomas S. Cox, and John S. Cox. Attorney in Springfield, Kentucky, in 1850. Attorney in Fleming County in 1860. Presiding judge in Fleming County in 1862. Judge of the Fleming County Court in November 1863.

Relationships Legal: Jeremiah John Martin (Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Fleming Circuit Court Political: Robert Payne (Fleming County, Kentucky, tavern keeper) Political: Jeremiah John Martin (Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Peter Everett (Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky, gentleman) Social: Thomas M. Allen (Fleming County, KY, resident, Kenton Co farmer) Social: Jeremiah John Martin (Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: William Bell (Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer and dentist) Social: George Morgan Thomas (Lewis Co politician; 10th Judicial District Commonwealth’s Attorney) Social: William E. Rice (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer and captain, 10th KY Cav USA) Social: William Scott Botts (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: Fleming County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, Springfield, p. 237B-238A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 2, p. 615. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Garrard County Marriages, Film #000183256, p. 11. 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), 304. KYR-0001-004-0312. William G. Fleming (Fleming County, Kentucky, clerk, deputy sheriff, sheriff, and hotel clerk) N00015722 1832-11-07 1873-12-08 Categories: People

Fleming County, Kentucky, clerk and sheriff. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas W. Fleming and Emily F. Fleming. Married to Joanna Fleming. Father of Thomas F. Fleming. Clerk in Fleming County, Kentucky, in 1850. Deputy sheriff in Fleming County in 1860. Deputy sheriff in Fleming County in 1861. Sheriff in Fleming County until November 10, 1862. Hotel clerk in Fleming County in 1863.

Relationships Political: Fleming County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, Flemingsburg, p. 259B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 2, p. 625. 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), 95. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Fleming County, KY, September 1863, p. 125. "William G. Fleming (1832-1873)," Find A Grave, Memorial #214612216, accessed September 20, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214612216. KYR-0001-031-0040. Benjamin Botts (Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer & sheriff) N00004701 1823-03-17 1907-10-31 Categories: People

Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff. Kentucky native. Son of John H. Botts. Married to Juliet E. Dorsey Botts. Father of Mary W. Botts, Henry Botts, John H. Botts, Anna Botts, Seth Botts, Amelia Botts, George W. Botts, and Juliet E. Botts. Farmer in Fleming County in 1850. Employed John Warrick as a farmer in Fleming County in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Fleming County in 1850. Farmer in Fleming County in 1860. Employed Joseph I. Dorsey, Charles Dorsey, and Michael Welch as laborers in Fleming County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Fleming County in 1860. Sheriff of Fleming County from November 4, 1862, to 1863.

Relationships Political: Fleming County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 1, p. 274A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 1, p. 5. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, Flemingsburg (District 2), p. 635-36. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 2, p. 8. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, Flemingsburg, p. 416A. "Benjamin Botts (1823-1907)," Find A Grave, Memorial #74356386, accessed September 3, 2020, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74356386. "Juliet E. Dorsey Botts (1823-1890)," Find A Grave, Memorial #74356430, accessed September 3, 2020, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74356430. KYR-0001-004-0019. KYR-0002-009-0021. KYR-0001-031-0040. William T. Dudley (Fleming County, Kentucky, court clerk) N00005007 1814? Categories: People

Fleming County, Kentucky, court clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Kittie Dudley. Father of Maria P. Dudley, Mary K. Dudley, and Kate T. Dudley. Clerk of the Fleming County Court from 1860 to 1865. Owned nine enslaved persons in 1860.

Relationships Political: Joseph B. Northcutt (Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: John Marion Gray (Fleming County Farmer/JP) Economic: Fleming County Court Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Jeremiah John Martin (Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Fleming Circuit Court Political: Fleming County Court Legal: William G. Fleming (Fleming County, Kentucky, clerk, deputy sheriff, sheriff, and hotel clerk) Legal: Benjamin Botts (Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer & sheriff) Legal: Leonard B. Cox (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and judge)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 1, p. 58. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 1, p. 5. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Fleming County, Flemingsburg, p. 17. 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. 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/. 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. Fleming County Court O00000623 Categories: Organizations

Located in Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Leonard B. Cox. Clerk(s): William T. Dudley and Joseph Throop.

Relationships Political: Benjamin Botts (Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer & sheriff) Legal: Oliver H. Dewey (Fleming County shoemaker and Justice of the Peace)

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. Fleming County, Kentucky 1862-10 Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": 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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State of Kentucky Fleming CountySct. October Special Term 1862

At a Special Term of the Fleming County Courtheld on the 30th day of October 1862

Present the Honbl Leonard B. CoxJudge

This day William G. Fleming Sheriff of Fleming County Resigned his office of Sheriff; to take effect on the 10th day of November 1862.

Whereupon the court appointed Ben Botts, Sheriff of Fleming County to fill the vacancy occasioned by the Resignation of said Wm G. Fleming

A copy attest Wm T. DudleyClerk of the Fleming County Court

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Fleming Co

Sheriff Ben Botts Com IssdNov 4 1862