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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-0001-031-0051 R1-89

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky Archibald Alexander Gordon (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant, banker and trustee) N00015854 1811-08-05 1879-12-22 Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant, banker, and trustee. Virginia native. Married to Priscilla Christian Bullett Gordon in Shelby County, Kentucky, on April 25, 1843. Father of Penelope Gordon, Charles Bullett Gordon, Henry W. Gordon, Harriett Gordon, John L. Gordon, Helen Gordon, Edward E. Gordon, Fannie Gordon, and Archibald A. Gordon. Merchant in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Jefferson County in 1850. Delegate to the Kentucky Whig Party convention in Louisville in 1856. Member of the Board of Directors of the Louisville Insurance Company in Jefferson County in 1858. Member of the Board of Trustees of the Presbyterian Female School of Louisville in Jefferson County in 1858. Merchant in Jefferson County in 1860. Dry goods merchant in partnership with James W. Gordon in A.A. Gordon and Company in Louisville in 1861. President of the Southern Bank of Kentucky in Louisville from 1858 to 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 3, p. 320B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 3, p. 847. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 5, p. 118. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 7, p. 30B. "Archibald Alexander Gordon (1811-1879)," Find A Grave, Memorial #93561937, accessed September 28, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93561937. The Bankers’ Magazine and Statistical Register, ed. J. Smith Homans, vol. 12 (January 1858), 996. The Bankers’ Magazine and Statistical Register, ed. J. Smith Homans, vol. 14 (January 1860): 995. “Diamond Island for Sale.”Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY). May 25, 1859. “For the Louisville Journal.” Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY). July 2, 1856. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Shelby County Marriages, Film #000259288, p. 1212. Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, eds. Mary S. Lockwood and Susan Riviere Hetzel (Washington, D. C.: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1891-1939) vol. 38: 1901, p. 149. “Louisville Insurance Company.” Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY). July 5, 1857. “Presbyterian Female School of Louisville, KY.” Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY). Aug. 29, 1857. Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 102, 290, 325. KYR-0001-031-0051. William Garnett (Jefferson County, Kentucky, clerk, trustee, and bank cashier) N00015898 1816-03-27 1906-04-16 Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, clerk, bank cashier, and trustee. Kentucky native. Married to Eugenia Tompkins Garnett in Barren County, Kentucky, on January 21, 1840. Father of Theodocia P. Garnett, Christopher Garnett, Benjamin G. Garnett, Elizabeth Garnett, Frances Carrey Garnett, Richard Garnett, John L. Garnett, William Garnett, and Eugenia Garnett. Clerk in Barren County, Kentucky, in 1850. Trustee of the Kentucky Institution for the Education of the Blind in Jefferson County in 1859. Cashier of the Southern Bank of Kentucky in Louisville from 1860 to 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Glasgow, p. 397A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 7, p. 523. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Ward 5, p. 158B. The Bankers’ Magazine and Statistical Register, ed. J. Smith Homans, vol. 16 (January 1860), 572, 995. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Barren County Marriages, Film #005552451. Louisville City Directory and Business Mirror for 1858-1859 (Louisville: Hurd and Burrows, 1859), 236. Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 97, 325, 337. "William Garnett (1816-1906)," Find A Grave, Memorial #121158427, accessed September 30, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121158427. KYR-0001-031-0051. John Gilpin Barret (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and banker) N002010 1829-08-27 1890-05-14 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and banker. Greensburg, Kentucky, native. Married to Ann E. Rodes Barret. Father of Amanda Barret, Rhodes Barret, and Henrie W. Barret. Graduated from law school at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky. Cashier of the Louisville Branch of the Southern Bank of Kentucky from 1861 to 1865. Partner in the law firm of Pope & Barret in partnership with Hamilton Pope in Louisville in 1861.

Barret Family Collection, 1877-1926, Special Collections and Archives, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Ky. "Eminent Citizens Dead," Louisville Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), May 15, 1890, p. 6. "John G. Barret (1825-1890)," Find A Grave, Memorial #76514408, accessed October 20, 2021, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76514408/john-g-barret. Tanner’s Louisville Directory, and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Henry Tanner, 1861), 196. The Merchants' Bankers' Almanac for 1863 (New York: J. Smith Homans, Jr., Office of the Bankers' Magazine, 1863), 21. The Merchants' Bankers' Almanac for 1864 (New York: J. Smith Homans, Jr., Office of the Bankers' Magazine, 1864), 19. KYR-0001-019-0020. James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) N00001223 1831-01-02 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer, post office clerk, and state official. Franklin County, Kentucky, native. Son of Thomas L. Tate and Nancy Taylor Tate. Married to Lucy J. Hawkins Tate in Woodford County, Kentucky, on June 3, 1856. Father of Howard S. Tate and Edmonia Tate. Clerk of the U.S. Post Office in Frankfort, Franklin County, in 1848. Farmer in Franklin County in 1850. Assistant secretary of state of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1854 to 1855 and from 1859 to 1863. Owned two enslaved persons in Frankfort in 1860. Assistant clerk of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1865 to 1867.

Relationships Political: Benjamin F. Graves (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, judge, and politician.) Political: John Cawein (Louisville restaurant owner and merchant) Political: Thomas Sullivan (Louisville, Jefferson Co) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: George W. Thompson (Parke County, Indiana, merchant, attorney, deed commissioner, and court clerk) Political: William Alexander (Brandenburg, Meade Co. lawyer) Political: James F. Overton (Meade Co. Ky miller) Political: Enos Keith (Meade Co, Ky) Political: Alexander Bell Patrick (Breathitt Co & Cir Ct Clerk, private CSA) Political: Joshua Spering (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attorney, commissioner of deeds, and councilman) Economic: Joshua Spering (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attorney, commissioner of deeds, and councilman) Political: Theodore Dehon Rand (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soldier and attorney) Political: Oscar J. Somes (McCracken County, Kentucky, bank teller and capt 3rd Ky Inf (C.S.A)) Political: Josiah Stoddard Byers (McCracken County, Kentucky, bookstore clerk, midshipman, captain 3rd Ky Inf CSA) Political: Commercial Bank of Kentucky Political: Executive Department, Kentucky (U.S.A.) Political: Thomas Dugan (Portsmouth, Ohio, banker and commissioner of deeds) Political: Charles James Brenham (San Francisco, California, notary public and commissioner of deeds) Political: Theodore M. Morgan (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, businessman and commissioner, captain 98th NY Inf USA) Political: State Department of Kentucky Political: Joseph Tucker (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, resident) Political: Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, editor and secretary of state) Political: Office of the Secretary of State of Kentucky Political: John G. Douglass (Cincinnati, Ohio, attorney and commissioner of deeds) Legal: John Marshall Harlan (Kentucky atty general, colonel 10th Ky Inf (USA), and attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 22B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort District No. 1, p. 259. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort District No. 1, p. 491B. James C. Klotter, "Tate, James W." in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 867-68. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994058, Woodford County Marriages. Robert H. Courtney (Jefferson County, Kentucky, bank teller & notary) N00015855 1840-08-10 1918-09-10 Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, bank teller and notary public. Kentucky native. Son of Robert H. Courtney and Mary Naomi Ferguson Courtney. Teller for the Southern Bank of Kentucky in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned four enslaved persons in Jefferson County in 1850. Household owned six enslaved persons in Jefferson County in 1860. Teller of the Southern Bank of Kentucky in Louisville from 1860 through 1862. Appointed as a notary public on November 11, 1862. Bank teller in Jefferson County in 1863.

Relationships Economic: Archibald Alexander Gordon (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant, banker and trustee) Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 3, p. 320B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 3, p. 847. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 6, p. 354. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 6, p. 281A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Jefferson County, KY, July 1863, p. 105. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #23159. Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 63. KYR-0001-031-0051. Louisville, Kentucky P00000337 Categories: Places

Seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2527, -85.7585 "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 12, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 179. Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. 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). Jefferson County, Kentucky P001005 Categories: Places

County in north central Kentucky. Seat at Louisville. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2542, -85.7594 George H. Yater, "Jefferson County," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 464-67. "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 23, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Southern Bank of Kentucky O001005 1839-02-20 1865 Categories: Organizations

Principal office located at Russellville, Kentucky. Chartered by the Commonwealth of Kentucky on February 20, 1839. Dissolved in 1865. President(s): George W. Norton. Cashier(s): M. B. Morton.

Branch office located at Carrollton, Kentucky. President(s): W. B. Winslow. Cashier(s): John A. Crawford.

Branch office located at Hickman, Kentucky. President(s): R. C. Prather. Cashier(s): Isaac Landes.

Branch office located at Louisville, Kentucky. President(s): A. A. Gordon, William B. Belknap. Cashier(s): Will Garnett, John G. Barret. Director(s): 1861—A. Rawson, John Ferguson, Jr., William Boswell, John Barret, and Warren Newcomb. 1864—G. H. Belknap, William Boswell, A. Rawson, John Long, and William B. Belknap.

Branch office located at Owensboro, Kentucky. President(s): S. M. Wing. Cashier(s): James B. Anderson.

Branch office located at Smithland, Kentucky. President(s): Thomas M. Davis. Cashier(s): Benjamin Barner.

Adelaide Rossalia Hasse, Index of Economic Material in Documents of the State of the United States: Kentucky, 1792 – 1904 (Baltimore, The Lord Baltimore Press, 1910), 100. Journal.of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (Frankfort: State Printing Office, 1865), 357. E. Polk Johnson, 948. J. Smith Homans, ed., The Bankers' Magazine, and Statistical Register, vol. XII (June 1860): 995. The Merchants' Bankers' Almanac for 1861 (New York: J. Smith Homans, Jr., Office of the Bankers' Magazine, 1861), 38. The Merchants' Bankers' Almanac for 1863 (New York: J. Smith Homans, Jr., Office of the Bankers' Magazine, 1863), 20. The Merchants' Bankers' Almanac for 1864 (New York: J. Smith Homans, Jr., Office of the Bankers' Magazine, 1864), 19. Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner's Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Tanner's Louisville Directory, 1861), 325. J. D. Campbell, ed., J. D. Campbell's Louisville Business Directory, for 1864 (Louisville, L. A. Civill, 1864), 91. Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 1862-11-10 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": 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.
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A. A. Gordon, President.

Will. Garnett ^J. G. Barret^, Cashier. Office Southern Bank of Kentucky, Louisville, 10th Novem 1862 James W. Tate Esq. Asst Secty of State FrankfortKy Sir!

Please grant me a commission as Notary Public in Jefferson County, any reference needed as to character can be given you, am Teller in the above Bank. an early compliance will greatly oblige

Yours respectfully R. H. Courtney.

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Jefferson Co

Notary R. H. Courtney AppdNov 11th 1862