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Louisa, Lawrence 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. Pleasant M. Savage (Lawrence County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, and presiding judge) N00015342 1789? Categories: People

Lawrence County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, and judge. Virginia native. Married to Susannah Swingle Savage in Lewis County, Kentucky, on December 5, 1812. Father of George Swingle Savage and Harriet Savage. Married to Sarah A. Moore Savage. Father of Mary Moore Savage, Sam Savage, Alfred Savage, Franklin "Francis" M. Savage, and Sarah Savage. Resident of Lewis County in 1820. Owned seventy-five enslaved persons in Lewis County in 1820. Resident of Lewis County in 1830. Owned three enslaved persons in Lewis County in 1830. Postmaster of Rock Port in Lewis County from January 2, 1833, to September 15, 1837. Resident of Greenup County, Kentucky, in 1840. Owned five enslaved persons in Greenup County in 1840. Farmer in Lewis County in 1850. Owned eight enslaved persons in Lewis County in 1850. Merchant in Lawrence County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Lawrence County in 1860. Presiding judge of the Lawrence County Court from 1862 to 1863.

Relationships Political: Lawrence County Court Political: John S. Thompson (Lawrence County, Ky, farmer; 2nd lieut.14th Ky Inf USA) Political: William Jefferson Pigg (Lawrence County, Kentucky, resident and farmer.) Political: William J. Pennington (Lawrence County, Kentucky, farmer, soldier, and justice of the peace.) Political: George Buchanan (Lawrence County, Kentucky, farmer, postmaster, and justice of the peace.) Political: Greenvill Kinner (Lawrence County, Kentucky, farmer.) Political: Henry Diamond (Lawrence County, Kentucky, farmer.) Political: Oliver D. Botner (Lawrence County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier.) Political: William Hays (Lawrence County, Kentucky, famer.) Political: Laban Thomas Moore (Representative, colonel, and Lawrence Co attorney) Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) Political: George Bernard Poage (Lawrence County, Kentucky, merchant, minister, and deputy court clerk) Political: Richard F. Vinson (Lawrence County, Kentucky, farmer and county court clerk)

Fourth Manuscript Census of the United States (1820), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, Elksburg p. 358-59. Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, p. 297. Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, p. 225. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, District 2, p. 174B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Louisa, p. 659. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 333A. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 304. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 10489. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Lewis County Marriages, Film 000344051. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Lewis County, Kentucky, vol. 12A, p. 368. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, KY, Savage, National 12113, State 138. Samuel Short (Lawrence County, Kentucky, merchant and county court judge ) N00016876 1812 1883 Categories: People

Lawrence County, Kentucky, merchant and county court judge. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth Rice Short in Lawrence County, Kentucky, on September 11, 1845. Merchant in Lawrence County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Lawrence County in 1850. Merchant in Lawrence County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Lawrence County in 1860. County court judge in Lawrence County in 1861. County court judge in Lawrence County in 1862.

Relationships Political: Lawrence County Court Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) Political: George Bernard Poage (Lawrence County, Kentucky, merchant, minister, and deputy court clerk) Political: Richard F. Vinson (Lawrence County, Kentucky, farmer and county court clerk) Legal: Lawrence County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 86 A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 170. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 654. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 333. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Louisa, p. 282B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Lawrence County Marriages, Film #007734967, p. 3. "Judge Samuel Short (1812-1883)," Find A Grave, Memorial #133170627, accessed December 27, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133170627. KYR-0001-017-0426. KYR-0001-020-1056. Richard F. Vinson (Lawrence County, Kentucky, farmer and county court clerk) N00015340 1838 1910 Categories: People

Lawrence County, Kentucky, farmer and court clerk. Kentucky native. Son of William Vinson and Jane Vinson. Married to Georgeanne Randall Vinson. Father of Victoria Vinson and Jane L. Vinson. Student in Wayne County, Virginia, in 1850. Farmer in Lawrence County, Kentucky, in 1860. Clerk of Lawrence County Court in Lawrence County from 1862 to 1865.

Relationships Political: Pleasant M. Savage (Lawrence County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, and presiding judge) Political: Laban Thomas Moore (Representative, colonel, and Lawrence Co attorney) Political: Lawrence County Court Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) Political: George Bernard Poage (Lawrence County, Kentucky, merchant, minister, and deputy court clerk)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Virginia, Wayne County, District 66, p. 266B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 620. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Louisa, p. 282B. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 302. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 12. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #8830. "Richard Fletcher Vinson (1838-1910)," Find A Grave, Memorial #133184825, accessed August 13, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133184825. George Bernard Poage (Lawrence County, Kentucky, merchant, minister, and deputy court clerk) N00015341 1823-01-18 1902-04-12 Categories: People

Lawrence County, Kentucky, merchant, minister, and deputy court clerk. Kentucky native. Son of William Poage and Eliza Van Horn Poage. Married to Lucy Jane Hubanks Poage in July 1846. Father of George B. Poage, Henry H. Poage, and James E. Poage. Merchant in Lawrence County, Kentucky, in 1850. Minister for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Lawrence County in 1860. Deputy court clerk in Lawrence County in 1862.

Relationships Political: Richard F. Vinson (Lawrence County, Kentucky, farmer and county court clerk) Political: Pleasant M. Savage (Lawrence County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, and presiding judge) Political: Laban Thomas Moore (Representative, colonel, and Lawrence Co attorney) Political: Lawrence 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, Lawrence County, p. 86A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Louisa, p. 654. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bracken County, Brooksville, p. 334A. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, Ky, Poage, National #51746, State #712. KYR-0001-031-0089. Louisa, Kentucky P00000553 Categories: Places

Seat of Lawrence County, Kentucky. Located on the Big Sandy River.

38.1143, -82.6032 George Wolfford, “Louisa,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 574. "Louisa, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 22, 2019, 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). Lawrence County, Kentucky P00000552 Categories: Places

County in northeast Kentucky. Seat at Louisa. Located on the Big Sandy River.

38.1143, -82.6032 George Wolfford, “Lawrence County” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 537. "Louisa, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 22, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Lawrence County Court O00000653 Categories: Organizations

Located in Louisa, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Samuel Short (1861-1862) and Pleasant M. Savage (1862-1863). Clerk(s): M. B. Goble (1861-1862) and Richard F. Vinson (1862-1865). Deputy clerk: George B. Poague.

Relationships Legal: R. F. Prichard (Lawrence County) Legal: Allen C. Hutchison (Lawrence County Justice of the Peace) Legal: Kenas F. Prichard (Lawrence County, KY, attorney)

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08. 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), 298-306. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. KYR-0001-017-0426. KYR-0001-020-1056. KYR-0001-031-0069. Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky 1862-11-17 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.
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Louisa Ky Nov 17th 1862. Dear Sir

Yours of the 276th ult. Stating that the County Judge and Justice of the Peace of this County had been commissioned on the 21st day of August last has been just received, I reply I would state that the commissions have not yet been received And the lapse of time leads to the conclusion that they have been entirely lost. It is needful that the county Judge Should be commissioned immediately as the Old one is often absent and is now on the eve of leaving the county

Yours Truly R. F. Vinsonclk Co Court, pr. Poage Dpy

Jas W Tate Esq Asst Secty

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Lawrence Co

Duplicates IssdNov 28 1862