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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-0001-031-0042 R1-77

Woodford County, Kentucky Richard B. George (Woodford County, Kentucky, deputy sheriff and farmer) N00015819 1833-09-12 1895-06-10 Categories: People

Woodford County, Kentucky, deputy sheriff and farmer. Virginia native. Son of William W. George and Elizabeth B. George. Married to Martha Ann Todd George in Woodford County, Kentucky, in May 1860. Father of Mary T. George and William B. George. Student in Woodford County in 1850. Deputy sheriff in Woodford County in 1860. Deputy sheriff in Woodford County from 1861 to 1862. Farmer in Woodford County in 1863. Signed a loyalty oath to the U. S. government on July 3, 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 2, p. 490A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 962. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 501A. 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), 251. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Woodford County, KY, July 1863, p. 7. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Woodford County Marriages, Film #000252335. Union Provost Marshals' Papers, Union Provost Marshals' File of Papers Relating to Individual Civilians, 1861-1867, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M0345, F-H, Ge-Gh. "Richard Bohannon George (1833-1895)," Find A Grave, Memorial #57861660, accessed September 26, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57861660. John W. Combs (Woodford County, Kentucky, resident and sheriff) N00013972 1825? Categories: People

Woodford County, Kentucky, resident and sheriff. Kentucky native. Resident in Woodford County, Kentucky in 1850. Resident in Woodford County in 1860. Sheriff in Woodford County from September 6, 1862, to 1863.

Relationships Social: William T. Martin (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Moses Nathan Hall (Woodford County, Kentucky, waggoner, farmer, and town marshal) Political: Hezekiah H. Culbertson (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, and police judge) Political: Leonidas B. Peters (Woodford County, Kentucky, clerk and postmaster) Political: William T. Martin (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Lee Atwell (Woodford County, Kentucky, resident and jailor) Legal: D. P. Hites (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Robert McConnell (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 2, p. 473A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 825. “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), 243. “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), 243. KYR-0001-031-0042. Robert McConnell (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer) N00015831 1817-11-17 1887-09-16 Categories: People

Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary E. Thompson McConnell in Woodford County, Kentucky, on May 23, 1848. Father of Eliza McConnell, Martha McConnell, Willie McConnell, Robert McConnell, James McConnell, and Lizzie McConnell. Farmer in Woodford County in 1850. Owned ten enslaved persons in Woodford County in 1850. Farmer in Woodford County in 1860. Owned twenty-eight enslaved persons in Woodford County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 1, p. 457A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 1, p. 675. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 961. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 524A-B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Woodford County Marriages, Film #000252320, p. 120. "Robert McConnell (1817-1887)," Find A Grave, Memorial #195895543, accessed September 27, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195895543. D. P. Hites (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer) N00015832 1828? Categories: People

Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Farmer in Woodford County, Kentucky, in 1863.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Woodford County, KY, July 1863, p. 6. Herman Bowmar, Jr. (Woodford County, Kentucky, county court clerk) N00015829 1805? 1863-07-23 Categories: People

Woodford County, Kentucky, attorney and county court clerk. Woodford County, Kentucky, native. Son of Herman Bowmar, Senior, and Frances Adams Bowmar. Married to Emeline Tunis Bowmar. Father of Louisa Bowmar, Henry Bowmar, Joseph Marshall Bowmar, Daniel Mayes Bowmar, and Robert Bowmar. Graduate of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. Resident in Woodford County, Kentucky, in 1840. Owned three enslaved persons in Woodford County in 1840. County court clerk in Woodford County in 1850. County court clerk in Woodford County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Woodford County in 1860. Member and Grand High Priest of the Masonic order. Died in Woodford County on July 23, 1863.

Relationships Legal: D. P. Hites (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Robert McConnell (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Richard B. George (Woodford County, Kentucky, deputy sheriff and farmer) Legal: John W. Combs (Woodford County, Kentucky, resident and sheriff) Political: Woodford County Court

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 230. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 1, p. 428B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 431A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 833. "Died," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), May 15, 1848, p. 2. E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities, Volume 2 (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1912) 903-04. "Henry Bowmar (Unknown)," Find A Grave, Memorial #187530088, accessed September 27, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187530088. "Herman Bowmar Jr. (1805-1863)," Find A Grave, Memorial #144819443, accessed September 27, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144819443. "Louisa Bowmar (Unknown)," Find A Grave, Memorial #187530093, accessed September 27, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187530093. William Edward Railey, History of Woodford County, Kentucky (Frankfort, KY: Roberts Print, Co., 1928) 85-86. Daniel Mayes Bowmar, Sr. (Woodford County, Kentucky, resident) N00015830 1843-02-14 1890-01-01 Categories: People

Woodford County, Kentucky, resident. Woodford County, Kentucky, native. Son of Herman Bowmar, Jr., and Emeline Tunis Bowmar. Resident in Woodford County, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident in Woodford County in 1860. Household owned one enslaved person in Woodford County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 1, p. 428B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 431A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 833. "Daniel Mayes Bowmar Sr. (1843-1890)," Find A Grave, Memorial #102927291, accessed September 27, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102927291. William Edward Railey, History of Woodford County, Kentucky (Frankfort, KY: Roberts Print, Co., 1928) 85-86. Woodford County, Kentucky P00002992 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Versailles.

38.0526, -84.7299 Ron D. Bryant, "Woodford County," The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 966-67. "Versailles, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 4, 2021, 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. Woodford County, Kentucky 1862-11-03 Correspondence English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.

State of Kentucky Woodford County Sct November County Court (Nov 3rd) 1862.

R. B. GeorgeSheriff of Woodford County having tendered his resignation which was accepted by the Court on the 6th day of September 1862 it is ordered that John W. Combs be and he is hereby appointed Sheriff of Woodford County handed the next resignation ^for the unexpired term of said George late Sheriff.^ Whereupon he took the several oaths required by the Constitution and laws of the land and together with Robert McConnell and D. P. Hites as his sureties executed and acknowledged Bond for the faithful discharge of his duties according to law.

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Attest Herman Bowmar Jr. C. W C C By D M Bowmar Dis C

Woodford Co.

Sheriff Jno. W. Combs vice

R. B George Com Issd Nov. 4 1862