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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-0001-031-0055 R1-93

Crittenden, Grant County, Kentucky Robert J. Dyas (Grant County, Kentucky, saddler, presiding judge, and soldier) N00002368 1819? Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, saddler, presiding judge, and soldier. Native of Ireland. Married Mary Jane Henderson Dyas in Grant County, Kentucky, on October 27, 1837. Father of Susan Dyas, Henrietta Dyas, Mary A. Dyas, John Dyas, Cyrus Dyas, Henderson Dyas, Blanche Dyas, Fenley Dyas, Norman Dyas, and William Dyas. Saddler in Grant County in 1850. Saddler in Grant County in 1860. Magistrate in Grant County in 1862. Saddler in Grant County in 1864. Served in the 30th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a lieutenant and captain from August 18, 1863 to April 11, 1865.

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

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Crittenden, p. 341A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Crittenden, p. 993. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Crittenden, p. 519A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Grant County Marriages, Film #001490815, p. 86. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Grant County, KY, June and July1864, p. 67. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 398. David E. Craig (Grant County, Kentucky, postmaster, merchant, attorney, justice of the peace, and farmer) N00016258 1823 1891 Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, postmaster, merchant, attorney, justice of the peace, and farmer. Kentucky native. Postmaster in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1847. Merchant in Grant County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Grant County in 1850. Attorney in Grant County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Grant County in 1862. Farmer in Grant County in 1863.

Relationships Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) Political: Robert J. Dyas (Grant County, Kentucky, saddler, presiding judge, and soldier)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Crittenden, p. 341B- 342A Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 110. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Crittenden, p. 996. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Crittenden, p. 517 A. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Grant County, Kentucky, vol. 14, p. 618. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Grant County, KY, June-July 1863, p. 55. "David E. Craig (1823-1891)," Find A Grave, Memorial #104930104, accessed November 1, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104930104. KYR-0001-031-0055 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. Crittenden, Kentucky P00016257 Categories: Places

Town in Grant County, Kentucky.

38.7854, -84.6044 "Crittenden, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed November 1, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984). Grant County, Kentucky P00000938 Categories: Places

County in northern Kentucky. Seat at Williamstown.

38.6381, -84.5605 "Grant County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 383. “Williamstown, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed March 3, 2020, 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). Crittenden, Grant County, Kentucky 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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Crittenden Grant Co. Ky Dear Sir

In reply to yours of the 29th inst. I will state that the District is No 5 & &. the name of the Magistrate in whose place I was elected is Robert J. Dyas. Hoping to recd my Commission as Justice of the Peace very soon I am

Very truly yours, D E Craig

Jas W Tate Asst Secy of State

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Grant Co

J. P. Dist No 5. Com IssdNov 12 1862