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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 45th, 47th, 48th, and 49th Regiments Kentucky Infantry Muster Rolls KYR-0002-009-0036 Box 42, Bundle 1

Camp Nelson, Jessamine County, Kentucky Augustus B. Culton (Knox County, Kentucky, captain & 1st lieut USA) N00012943 1832? 1864-02-03 Categories: People

Knox County, Kentucky, soldier. Kentucky native. Resident of Knox County in 1860. Served in the 49th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.) as captain from June 1, 1863, to December 14, 1863. Served in the 49th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.) as 1st lieutenant from December 14, 1863, to February 3, 1864. Died in military service at Somerset, Kentucky, on February 3, 1864.

Relationships Military: Jesse Mattingly (Clay County, KY, farmer;1st lieut 1st Harlan co Battalion and 49th KY Inf USA) Military: Philos Stratton (Madison County, Kentucky artist; adjutant, major, & lt col USA ) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, Barbourville, p. 25. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 471. Thomas Elliott Bramlette (KY governor 1863-67, atty, D.A., col 3rd KY Inf) N001000 1817-01-03 1875-01-12 Categories: People

Twenty-third governor of Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Cumberland County, Kentucky, native. Married to Sallie Travis Bramlette in September 1837. Father of James T. Bramlette, William L. Bramlette, Eugene Bramlette, and Corrina Bell Bramlette. Practiced law in Clinton County, Kentucky, and Columbia, Kentucky. Represented Cumberland and Clinton counties in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1841 to 1843. Commonwealth's attorney of the 8th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1848 to 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in 1850. Circuit judge of the 6th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1856 to 1861. Owned nine enslaved persons in 1860. Served as colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from 1861 to 1862. District attorney of the United States District Court for Kentucky in 1863. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to September 3, 1867. Owned law firm of Bramlette & Van Winkle in partnership with Ephraim L. Van Winkle.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 181A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 335 (p. 2 of 2 on microfilm). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, The Town of Columbia 1st Division, p. 13 (p. 2 of 3 on microfilm). Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 83B. Ross A. Webb, “Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867)” in Lowell H. Harrison, ed., Kentucky’s Governors (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 93-97 Lowell H. Harrison, "Bramlette, Thomas Elliott" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 112-13. Francis Christopher Catron (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff) N00000865 1824 1906 Categories: People

Knox County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff. Virginia native. Married to Nancy Margaret Duff Catron. Father of William Catron, Mary Catron, Corena Catron, Thomas Catron, and Lucy Catron. Farmer in Washington County, Virginia, in 1860. Sheriff of Knox County in 1861. Farmer in Knox County in 1863. Served in the 49th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.) as captain from June 27, 1863, to December 26, 1864.

Relationships Economic: Knox County Court Legal: Knox County Court Political: Grant Green (Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, attorney, Kentucky Secretary of State, and Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts) Military: Augustus B. Culton (Knox County, Kentucky, captain & 1st lieut USA) Military: Jesse Mattingly (Clay County, KY, farmer;1st lieut 1st Harlan co Battalion and 49th KY Inf USA) Military: Philos Stratton (Madison County, Kentucky artist; adjutant, major, & lt col USA )

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Virginia, Washington County, Western District, p. 574. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Virginia, Washington County, Abingdon, p. 39B. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Knox County, Kentucky, July 1863, p. 38, (Accessed via ancestry.com); Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 448. Find A Grave, "Francis Christopher Catron (1824-1906)," Memorial #73249893, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73249893 (accessed August 22, 2017). Philos Stratton (Madison County, Kentucky artist; adjutant, major, & lt col USA ) N00012926 1826-11-05 1878-12-14 Categories: People

Madison County, Kentucky, artist and soldier. Vermont native. Married to Eliza Boswell Stratton in Preble County, Ohio, on October 12, 1856. Artist in Madison County in 1860. Served in the 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as adjutant, major, and lieutenant colonel from June 20, 1863, to December 26, 1864.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Division 1, p. 420. Ohio County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Ohio, Preble County Marriages, Film #000564963, p. 470. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 490. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 451. Find A Grave, "Col. Philos Stratton (1826-1878)," Memorial #73746551, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73746551 (accessed June 22, 2020). Stephen Golden (Knox County, Kentucky, captain 49th KY Inf USA ) N00012952 1845? 1897-05-14 Categories: People

Knox County, Kentucky, soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas Golden and Maryan Golden. Served in the 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as captain from June 27, 1863, to December 26, 1864.

Relationships Military: Francis Christopher Catron (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff) Military: Augustus B. Culton (Knox County, Kentucky, captain & 1st lieut USA) Military: Jesse Mattingly (Clay County, KY, farmer;1st lieut 1st Harlan co Battalion and 49th KY Inf USA) Military: Philos Stratton (Madison County, Kentucky artist; adjutant, major, & lt col USA )

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, Stinking Creek, p. 91. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 491. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 449. U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1825-1963, "1925-1941, Gilmore, Edward S.-Good, VG, p. 3011 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Isaac Jones Black (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer; agent, 1st lieut & capt 49th KY Inf USA) N00012953 1828-08-05 1866-10-22 Categories: People

Knox County, Kentucky farmer, agent, and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John C. Black and Clarissa Black. Married to Mildred Black. Father of John Black, Meala Black, and David Black. Laborer in Knox County in 1850. Household owned five enslaved persons in Knox County in 1850. Farmer in Knox County in 1860. Agent authorized to retrieve fugitive William Foster from Tennessee in 1861. Served in the 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant and captain from July 18, 1863, to December 26, 1864.

Relationships Military: Stephen Golden (Knox County, Kentucky, captain 49th KY Inf USA ) Military: Francis Christopher Catron (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff) Military: Augustus B. Culton (Knox County, Kentucky, captain & 1st lieut USA) Military: Jesse Mattingly (Clay County, KY, farmer;1st lieut 1st Harlan co Battalion and 49th KY Inf USA) Military: Philos Stratton (Madison County, Kentucky artist; adjutant, major, & lt col USA )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, p. 389A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, p. 135. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, Payne, p. 69. "An Act for the Benefit of Samuel Black and Isaac J. Black," Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, (Frankfort, Ky.: John B. Major, State Printer, 1861-1863), 218. "Isaac Jones Black (1828-1866)," Find A Grave, Memorial #57887163, accessed June 27, 2020, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57887163. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 501. Jesse Mattingly (Clay County, KY, farmer;1st lieut 1st Harlan co Battalion and 49th KY Inf USA) N00012942 1831? 1894? Categories: People

Clay County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of William Mattingly and Alice Mattingly. Married to Mary "Mollie" Asher Mattingly in Clay County on February 1, 1855. Father of Joseph Mattingly, Nancy Mattingly, Moses G. Mattingly, John Mattingly, Sally Mattingly, and Jemima Mattingly. Student in Clay County in 1850. Farmer in Clay County in 1860. Employed Elizabeth Amet as a servant in Clay County in 1860. Served in the 1st Harlan County Battalion (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant from October 13, 1862, to January 13, 1863. Served in the 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant from September 19, 1863, to December 26, 1864.

Relationships Military: Philos Stratton (Madison County, Kentucky artist; adjutant, major, & lt col USA )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, p. 118A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, p. 61. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, Precinct 5, p. 206A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Clay County Marriages, Film #001904623, p. 1855. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 501, 886. U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Application #604,195, Certificate #409, p. 987. 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). Harlan County, Kentucky P00008688 Categories: Places

County in southeastern Kentucky, seat at Harlan.

36.889, -83.2078 John E. Kleber, editor in chief, The Kentucky Encyclopedia (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 408-409. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Harlan County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov (accessed on September 23, 2019). 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00008685 1863-09-19 1864-12-26 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Camp Nelson in Jessamine County, Kentucky. Mustered in on September 19, 1863, and mustered out on December 26, 1864. Officer(s): Colonel John G. Eve and Lieutenant Colonel Philos Stratton.

Relationships Military: Kentucky Central Railway Military: Isaac Jones Black (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer; agent, 1st lieut & capt 49th KY Inf USA) Military: Stephen Golden (Knox County, Kentucky, captain 49th KY Inf USA ) Military: Francis Christopher Catron (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff) Military: Augustus B. Culton (Knox County, Kentucky, captain & 1st lieut USA) Military: Jesse Mattingly (Clay County, KY, farmer;1st lieut 1st Harlan co Battalion and 49th KY Inf USA) Military: Philos Stratton (Madison County, Kentucky artist; adjutant, major, & lt col USA ) Military: William W. Woodward (Montgomery County, Ohio, fruit tree producer; 2nd lieut & capt 2nd OH Cav USA; col 116th USCT Inf ) Military: William Baker Swisher (Kansas Territory physician and soldier) Military: Benjamin F. Howard (Magoffin County, Kentucky, farmer, deputy sheriff; 1st lieut & capt 49th KY Inf USA) Military: John M. Cook (Clay County, KY, farmer; pvt 6th KY Cav US, cpt 49th KY Inf USA, capt 6th KY Cav USA) Military: William T. Bryant (Laurel County, Kentucky farm laborer; 2nd lieut & capt 49th KY Inf USA) Military: Walter M. Prentice (Cuyahoga County, Ohio, physician and soldier) Military: Speed Smith Fry (Boyle County, KY, general, abuser of refugee families at Camp Nelson)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 490. Frederick Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 1212. Camp Nelson, Kentucky O00010592 1863 1865 Categories: Organizations

Organized in 1863 near Nicholasville, Kentucky, for the Department of the Ohio (U.S.A.). Measured 4,000 acres and contained quartermaster commissary depot, ordnance depot, recruitment center, prison, and hospital in 1865. Third largest U.S. Colored Troops (U.S.C.T.) recruiting center in the United States. A "Home for Colored Refugees" at Camp Nelson opened in January 1865. Superintendent(s): Captain Theron E. Hall, Col. Bierbower. Commandant(s): Col. Speed S. Fry, Col Frederick H. Bierbower, Col. James F. Jaquess.

"Camp Nelson" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 158. "Camp Nelson," History and Culture, National Parks Service, accessed April 26, 2019, https://www.nps.gov/cane/learn/historyculture/index.htm. Richard D. Sears, Camp Nelson, Kentucky: A Civil War History (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2002). Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky O00000388 1793 Categories: Organizations

The office of the chief military officer and advisor to the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Resides in the Executive Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Civil War-era Adjutant Generals: Scott Brown (1859-1861); John W. Finnell (1861-1863); John Boyle (1863-1864); Daniel W. Lindsey (1864-1867).

Relationships Military: Hall's Gap Battalion Political: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: John L. Lamb (Kentucky, soldier) Military: Douglas Jones (Union County, laborer and soldier) Military: Charles W. Quiggins (Hardin County, KY, carpenter and soldier) Military: Houston L. Keesee (Union County, farmer and soldier) Military: Alderson T. Keen (Major in 1st Ky Cavalry) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.) Military: Francis M. Helveti (1st ky cavalry and professor) Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Political: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Albert G. Huffman (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: George H. Norton (Private and hospital steward in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry ) Military: Granville Jasper Vaught (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: John Brent Fishback (Louisville/Garrard/Pulaski /1st KY Cav) Military: Josiah "Joe" D. Beatie (Pulaski Co, KY, corp, 2d Lieut, & Capt1st ky cav USA) Military: Thomas J. Graves (Russell County, KY, 1st sgt & 1st Lieut 1st Ky Cav USA) Military: James L. Pankey (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: Tilford N. Bruner (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: Phillip Roberts (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: George Watkins Drye (Casey County, KY, Major in 1st Ky Cavalry) Military: Thomas Rowland (Cumberland Co, Ky; sgt, lieut, maj in 1st Ky Cav USA) Military: William D. Carpenter (1st Ky Cavalry regiment) Military: Alexander C. Smith (Pvt-1st lieut - 1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: S. J. Layman (Assistant surgeon for 2nd regiment Kentucky Cavalry) Political: Reuben S. Darnall (Mason County, KY, mason's apprentice and military drummer, private & first sergeant) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Robert Armstrong Athey (Kenton County, lawyer, asst. adjutant general for KY vols (U.S.A.)) Military: Joel H. Roach (Corporal, 3rd Kentucky Cavalry) Military: Robert L. Wilson (Crittenden County, KY, farmer) Military: Kentucky Home Guard Military: Kentucky State Militia Military: William Pope Anderson (Cincy OH, assistant Adj General to General Ambrose Burnside) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: Kentucky Volunteers Political: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: Archibald J. Alexander (Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier.) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: Julius Fosses (Louisville, Kentucky, aide-de-camp, asst inspector general of cavalry, and Bvt Maj. of Vols. (U.S.A.)) Military: Alexander Wake Holeman (Owen County, Kentucky, machinist, hotelkeeper, and Maj OH River Batt KSG; capt, maj, lt col in 12th KY Cav, Col. 11th KY Cav (USA)) Military: Milton J. Graham (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. 4th Inf and 11th Cav (U.S.A.)) Military: William Owsley Boyle (Boyle County, Kentucky, soldier - Lt. Col. 11th Ky. Cav.)

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Head Quarters 49th Ky Vols

Camp Nelson Ky Sep 23rd 1863 To His Excellency Thomas E Bramlitte Governor of Kentucky

Your petitioner A. B. Culton a citizen of Harlan County Kentucky has recruited a Company for the 49th Regt Ky Infy Vols. he done so without having a commission as a recruiting officer. At the time that he commenced recruiting his Company (Viz on the 1st of June 1863) there was no mail communication any where near where he lived and that he did not know that ^it^ was necessary to have such commission, he recruited the company in good faith. and has at this time sixty one men at this Camp. and has several others recruited who have not yet reported. We the undersigned request your Excellency to grant Mr Culton a Commission as 2nd Lieut dated from the 1st of June 1863 in order that he may receive pay for the service he has rendered in recruiting

Frank Catron Capt Co B 49th Ky vol

Philos Stratten Major Com 49th Ky Vols S. GoldenCapt Co (A.) 49th Ky vols I. J. Black 1st Lt. Co,, (H) 49th Ky vol Jesse Mattingly 1st Lt Co (G) 49th Ky Vols.

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com. issd & deld Septr 26. 1863

Refered to Adjt Genl for ComsSept 26th 1863

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