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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-0001-031-0052 R1-90

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 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. Benjamin Rankin (Jefferson County, Kentucky, tax assessor, blacksmith, superintendent, farmer, and notary public) N00016259 1823-08-23 1911-02-02 Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, blacksmith, superintendent, farmer, tax assessor, and notary public. Westport, Kentucky, native. Son of Ruben Rankin and Sallie Montgomery Rankin. Married to Julia Ann Sidener Rankin in Clark County, Indiana, on March 20, 1849. Father of Andrew Victor Rankin, Emma Rankin, Courtney Rankin, and James A. Rankin. Brass finisher in Louisville until 1840. Blacksmith in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Employed Thomas Rankin as a blacksmith in Jefferson County in 1850. Superintendent of the Louisville Gas Company in 1859. Farmer in Jefferson County in 1860. Assistant tax assessor in Jefferson County in 1862. Notary public in Jefferson County in 1862. Superintendent of the Louisville Gas Company in 1865.

Relationships 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, Ward 7, p. 374B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 1090-91. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 7, p. 32B. “Benjamin Rankin’s Long Career Ended.” Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), February 3, 1911. Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 488. "Excise Taxes." Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), November 10, 1862. Indiana Marriage Records, Clark County Courthouse, Jeffersonville, Indiana, Clark County Marriages, Film #004476596, vol. F, p. 37. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #3756. Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1858-1859, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Hurd and Burrows, 1859), 142. KYR-0001-031-0052 Oren F. Miner (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant, notary public, tax assessor, and clerk) N00016260 1837? Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant, notary public, tax assessor, and clerk. New York native. Merchant in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1860. Partner with George W. Robertson in G.W. Robertson and Company booksellers in Jefferson County in 1861. Notary public in Jefferson County in 1862. Assistant tax assessor in Louisville in 1862. Chief clerk of the United States Assessors’ Office in Jefferson County in 1865.

Relationships Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 6, p. 357. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 7, p. 31B. Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 175, 207. Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 445. "Excise Taxes." Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), November 10, 1862. KYR-0001-031-0052 Edgar Needham (Louisville, Kentucky, tax assessor, marble dealer & notary public) N00007011 1813-03-19 1873-03-09 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, marble dealer, tax assessor, and notary public. Native of Sussex, England. Married to Sarah S. Needham. Father of William Needham, John Needham, Charles K. Needham, Fanny Needham, Mary Needham, George S. Needham, Harriett Needham, and Edward Needham. Marble stonecutter in Louisville in 1850. Marble dealer in Louisville in 1860. Commissioned as a notary on November 13, 1862. United States tax assessor for the Third Collection District of Kentucky in 1862. United States tax assessor for the Third Collection District of Kentucky in 1863.

Relationships Political: Calvin Fairbank (United States abolitionist) 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, Ward 7, District 4, p. 64A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 4, p. 66. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 8, p. 54. "Edgar Needham (1813-1873)," Find A Grave, Memorial #87233260, accessed June 13, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87233260/. "Excise Taxes." Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), November 10, 1862. "U.S. Internal Revenue," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), June 1, 1863. KYR-0001-031-0056. John C. Beeman (Jefferson County, Kentucky, politician and attorney) N00016261 1822? 1863-08 Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, politician and attorney. Kentucky native. Attorney in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1859. Member of the Louisville Common Council from the First Ward in 1860. Attorney in Jefferson County in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives for the Commonwealth of Kentucky from the city of Louisville from 1861 to 1863.

Relationships Social: Oren F. Miner (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant, notary public, tax assessor, and clerk) Social: Benjamin Rankin (Jefferson County, Kentucky, tax assessor, blacksmith, superintendent, farmer, and notary public) Political: Edgar Needham (Louisville, Kentucky, tax assessor, marble dealer & notary public) Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 1, p. 277. 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. 42. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (1861), vol. 2, September 2, 1861 - March 3, 1863, (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1861), 6. Daily Register of Internments., vol. 1-5, 1848 - 1931. Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky. Film #007578148, p. 108. Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1858-1859 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Hurd and Burrows, 1859), 26. Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 30. “Election Returns.” Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), April 9, 1860. “Senators and Representatives Elected.” Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), August 10, 1861. 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. 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/. 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 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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Louisvile Ky 10 Nov 1862 J. W. Tate Assistant Secty of State of Ky Dear Sir

My friends Benjamin Rankin and Oren F. Miner of Jefferson County wish to procure Commissions as Notaries Public for this County, You will please send them Commissions to Louisville, Care of Edgar Needham, Esqr, Box 1020

I know and am satisfied that they are both duly qualified to discharge the duties of same

By attending to this you will confer a favor on

Your friend J. C. Beeman

You May send both in one envelope if you see proper,. Care of Edgar Needam Box 1020

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Jefferson Co

Notaries Public Benj Rankin O. F. Miner AppdNov 11. 1862