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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-0001-031-0056 R1-94

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. 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. Christopher "Columbus" Chamberlin (Jefferson County, Kentucky, tax assessor and notary public) N00016381 1823-10-10 1898-02-27 Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, tax assessor and notary public. Maryland native. Married to Mary Ann Phelps Chamberlin in Clark County, Indiana, on October 28, 1843. Father of H.B. Chamberlin. Tax assessor in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1862. Notary public in Jefferson County in 1862. Assistant tax assessor in Jefferson County in 1862. Assistant tax assessor in Jefferson County in 1863.

Relationships Economic: Edgar Needham (Louisville, Kentucky, tax assessor, marble dealer & notary public) Economic: United States Internal Revenue Service Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) Social: George C. Slaughter (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant, tax assessor, and notary public)

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 9, p. 228A. "Excise Taxes." Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), November 10, 1862. Indiana Marriage Records, Clark County Courthouse, Jeffersonville, Indiana, Clark County Marriages, Film #004476596, vol. E, p. 48. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994041, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 19. "U.S. Internal Revenue," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), June 1, 1863. "Columbus Chamberlin (1823-1898)," Find A Grave, Memorial #97552751, accessed November 3, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97552751. KYR-0001-031-0056. George C. Slaughter (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant, tax assessor, and notary public) N00016262 1824? 1886-03-09 Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant, tax assessor, and notary public. Kentucky native. Married to Julia A. Redding Slaughter in Shelby County, Kentucky, on November 26, 1844. Father of Edward Slaughter, Clayton Slaughter, James Slaughter, and Ella Slaughter. Hardware merchant in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Assistant to the United States Internal Revenue Assessor in Jefferson County in 1862. Assistant tax assessor in Louisville in 1863. Notary public in Jefferson County in 1862.

Relationships Economic: Edgar Needham (Louisville, Kentucky, tax assessor, marble dealer & notary public) Economic: United States Internal Revenue Service 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 2, p. 166B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 6, p. 597B. "Excise Taxes." Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), November 10, 1862. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Shelby County Marriages, Film #000259289. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994041, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 225. "U.S. Internal Revenue," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), June 1, 1863. William Swan Davis (Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, tax assessor, and notary public) N00016419 1810-09-07 1885-02-02 Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, tax assessor, and notary public. Kentucky native. Married to Martha Ann Cradle Davis in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on December 30, 1834. Married to Frances M. Simmons Rice Davis in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on April 23, 1840. Father of James G. Davis, Martha A. Davis, Sarah M. Davis, Lucinda Davis, William R. Davis, Charles Davis, and Emily Davis. Farmer in Oldham County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Oldham County in 1850. Lumber merchant in Jefferson County in 1860. Employed Mary Quane as a servant in Jefferson County in 1860. Assistant tax assessor in Jefferson County in 1862. Notary public in Jefferson County in 1862.

Relationships Economic: Edgar Needham (Louisville, Kentucky, tax assessor, marble dealer & notary public) Economic: Joseph Congar Butler (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant, tax assessor, and notary public) Economic: Christopher "Columbus" Chamberlin (Jefferson County, Kentucky, tax assessor and notary public) Economic: George C. Slaughter (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant, tax assessor, and notary public) Economic: United States Internal Revenue Service Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, Division 1, p. 154B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, Division 1, p. 373. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 1, p. 353. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson, Ward 3, p. 121B-122A. "Excise Taxes." Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), November 10, 1862. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482706, p. 144. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482706, p. 119. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #23156. "William S. Davis (1810-1885)," Find A Grave, Memorial #7740926, accessed November 23, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7740926. KYR-0001-031-0056. Joseph Congar Butler (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant, tax assessor, and notary public) N00016412 1827-01-03 1893-01-23 Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant, tax collector, and notary public. Louisville, Kentucky, native. Son of Richard Butler and Abby Congar Butler. Married to Mary Ann Pilling Butler in Greensburg, Indiana, on May 30, 1849. Father of James Gillespie Butler, Mary Louisa Butler, Laura Bell Butler, and Anna Cornelia Butler. Merchant in Floyd County, Indiana, in 1850. Assistant tax collector in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1862. Notary public in Jefferson County in 1862.

Relationships Economic: Edgar Needham (Louisville, Kentucky, tax assessor, marble dealer & notary public) Economic: Christopher "Columbus" Chamberlin (Jefferson County, Kentucky, tax assessor and notary public) Economic: George C. Slaughter (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant, tax assessor, and notary public) Economic: United States Internal Revenue Service Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Indiana, Floyd County, New Albany, p. 299A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Harrods Creek, p. 332 A. Charles Collard Adams, Middletown Upper Houses: A History of the North Society of Middletown, Connecticut, from 1650 to 1800, with Genealogical and Biographical Chapters on Early Families and a Full Genealogy of the Ranney Family (New York: The Grafton Press, 1908), 520, 522. "Excise Taxes." Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), November 10, 1862. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994041, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 165. KYR-0001-031-0056. 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). 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. 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/. United States Internal Revenue Service O00001841 1862 Categories: Organizations

Created by the Revenue Act of 1862 on July 1, 1862 to fund the Civil War. Commissioner(s): George S. Boswell (1862-1863); Joseph J. Lewis (1863-1865); William Orton (1865); Edward A. Rollins (1865-1869).

Relationships Economic: Edgar Needham (Louisville, Kentucky, tax assessor, marble dealer & notary public)

Income Taxes 1862-1962: A History of the Internal Revenue Service (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1963). Office of the Secretary of State of Kentucky O00012489 1792-06-01 Categories: Organizations

Records all the acts of the governor and serves as the notary public for the Commonwealth. Secretaries of State: Thomas B. Monroe, Jr. (August 1859-October 1861); Nathaniel Gaither, Jr. (October 1861-August 1862); Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (August 1862-September 1863); Ephraim L. Van Winkle (September 1863-May 1866).

Relationships Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) Political: Thomas Bell Monroe, Jr. (Frankfort, KY, sec state Aug 30, 1859-Oct 1, 1861attorney, politician, CSA major) Political: Nathaniel Gaither, Jr. (Adair County, Kentucky, attorney, sec of state, pvt 6th KY Cav CSA) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Political: Willis Lago (Woodford County, Kentucky, fugitive from the law) Political: Roger Weightman Hanson (Fayette County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier.) Political: John B. Major (Frankfort, Kentucky, state printer) Political: Edward Henry Hobson (Green County, Kentucky, merchant, saddler, Brig. Genl) Political: William H. Spencer (Adair County, Kentucky, druggist; adj, maj, lt colo, & colo 3rd Ky Inf USA) Political: James Wilson (Henderson County, Kentucky, prisoner) Political: William Gardner Capps (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, student and corporal (U.S.A.)) Political: F. G. Nall (Hartford, Ohio County, Kentucky, resident) Economic: William S. Dehoney (Franklin County Merchant) Economic: George W. Robb (Franklin County Merchant)

"Executive Services," Office of the Secretary of State of Kentucky, https://www.sos.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx (accessed April 24, 2020). "Secretaries of State," Office of the Secretary of State of Kentucky, http://apps.sos.ky.gov/secdesk/sosinfo/default.aspx (accessed April 24, 2020). "Kentucky Secretary of State Time Line," Office of the Secretary of State of Kentucky, http://apps.sos.ky.gov/secdesk/sosinfo/sostimeline.aspx (accessed April 24, 2020). Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 1862-11-11 Correspondence English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 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.
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Internal Revenue, Assessor's Office, Third Collection District, Louisville Ky., Nov 11th 1862 James W. Tate Esq Assistant Secretary State Frankfort Ky

Dr Sir/ owing to an omission in the U. S. Excise law I find that neither myself nor my assistants are qualified to administer an oath and as all returns made by Manufacturers ^and many others^ are required to be made under oath administered either by a Magistrate or Notary it will be a great public convenience both for us to be properly qualified to administer the required oath. The defect in The National Law will doubtless be amended in this particular upon the meeting of Congress.

I enclose herewith five dollars with which to pay the necessary fees for the qualification as Notary Public of the following five gentlemen

Edgar Needham, Columbus Chamberlin

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George C. Slaughter, William S. Davis Joseph C. Butler

Your immediate attention is respectfully requested Edgar Needham Assessor 3rd Collec Dist Ky.

Jefferson Co

Notaries Public Ed. Needham Co. Chamberlin Geo. C. Slaughter Wm S. Davis Jos C. Butler

Comm IssdNov 13 1862