<title type="main">William B. Allen et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette Edition created from new transcripts of this manuscript. Initial upload of this work's facsimile images and metadata to FromThePage for editing Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections Administrator of the CWGK Migration transcription project on FromThePage Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections made 4 edits between June 22, 2025 and June 22, 2025. Dynamic TEI export from FromThePage (version 22.10)

This image and transcription is publicly accessible. The image appears courtesy of the repository named in the Source Description. The transcription and annotation were undertaken by Kentucky Historical Society staff, volunteers, and interns. If referencing this document title, accession number, and permanent URL.

 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 37th - 76th Regiments Enrolled Militia Primary Source Documents (1861-1866) KYR-0002-022-0030 Box 80, Folder 863 GREEN COUNTY Reccomendations for Nominations 46th Rgt. Ky. Militia

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. George J. Ralston (Green County Shoe & Bootmaker AND private in the 21st Kentucky Infantry) N00001932 1820? Categories: People

Green County, Kentucky, shoe/boot maker and soldier. Shoe/boot maker in Green County in 1860. Married to Hamutal Quisenberry Ralston. Father of Mary F. Ralston, George E. Ralston, Alice J. Ralston, John S. Ralston, and William J. Ralston. Private in the 21st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from December 1861 to October 1862.

Relationships Military: Kentucky State Militia Military: 46th Regiment Kentucky Militia Military: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 94-95. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District No. 2, p. 70. William Barret Allen (Greensburg, Kentucky, attorney, banker, and politician) N00002159 1803-05-19 1882-04-22 Categories: People

Greensburg, Kentucky, attorney, banker, and politician. Kentucky native. Married to Jane Pope Helm Allen. Married to Huldah Wilcox Allen. Married to Miley "Millie" N. Baker Allen. Father of Jane Allen, Harriet Allen, Edward P. Allen, Mary B. Allen, and Fanny B. Allen. Attended Athens Seminary in Greensburg, Kentucky, under the Rev. John Howe. Studied under Dr. James Priestly in Nashville, Tennessee. Teacher in Greensburg. Studied law under Samuel Brents and admitted to the bar. Member of the Whig Party. Postmaster in Greensburg from 1823 to 1828. Justice of the peace in Green County from 1828 to 1829. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Green County from 1829 to 1831. Attorney for the Bank of the Commonwealth at Greensburg in 1829. Editor of a Whig political and literary publication in 1834. Clerk of the Bank of Kentucky branch at Greensburg from 1835 to 1839. Master in Chancery for Green County in 1843. Cashier of the Bank of Kentucky branch at Greensburg from 1839 to 1857. Member of the Masonic Order in Kentucky. Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky from 1846 to 1847. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in 1850. Owned ten enslaved persons in 1860. Colonel of the 16th Regiment of Kentucky State Militia (U.S.A.). Attorney in Greensburg from 1858 to 1862. County attorney for Green County from 1862 to 1874.

Relationships Legal: Green Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District No. 2., p. 154A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District No. 2, p. 226. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, Greensburg District No. 2, p. 88. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, Greensburg District No. 2, p. 77A. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 76-77. "The Grand Lodge of Kentucky F. & A.M.: Past Grand Masters," (https://grandlodgeofkentucky.org/?page_id=1330&gmid=41) (accessed on September 6, 2017). "William B. Allen (1803-1882)," Find A Grave, Memorial #106115556, accessed March 10, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106115556. J. A. Fuggett (provost marshal at Munfordville, Kentucky) N00002385 Categories: People

Lieutenant and provost marshall in Munfordville, Kentucky, in 1863.

KYR-0002-022-0030. Tom Crutcher (Farmer and Deputy Provost Marshal in Munfordville, Hart County, Kentucky) N00002388 1824? Categories: People

Hart County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Married to E. D. Crutcher. Father of Henry Crutcher, Elizabeth Crutcher, James Crutcher, and John Crutcher. Farmer in Hart County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Hart County in 1860. Deputy provost marshal in the 3rd Military District of Kentucky at Munfordville, Kentucky, in 1863.

Relationships Military: 3rd Military District of Kentucky

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, District No. 1, p. 55. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, District No. 1, p. 8. KYR-0002-022-0030. James Craig Rush (Hart County, Kentucky, attorney, Baptist minister, and chaplain (9th Kentucky Infantry).) N00000987 1816-01-14 1899-10-24 Categories: People

Hart County, Kentucky, attorney, Baptist minister, and chaplain. Kentucky native. Son of John Rush. Married to Louisa J. Holderman Rush in Hardin County, Kentucky, on July 13, 1837. Father of Arabella D. Rush, Cadwallader W. Rush, Mollie V. Rush, Mattie Rush, James Peter Rush, and Ella Rush. Attorney in Hart County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Hart County in 1850. Owned Bob [Unknown] in Hart County in 1856. Baptist minister in Hart County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Hart County in 1860. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as chaplain from November 26, 1861, to November 7, 1862. Resigned on account of illness on November 7, 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, p. 264B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, Munfordville, p. 955. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, District 2, p. 138B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, Munfordville, p. 345B. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0234. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994038, Hart County Births. Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954, Genealogical Society of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT, Hardin County Marriages, Film 000390788. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, KY, National 91435, State 1176. "At an Advanced Aged: The Rev. James C. Rush, a Baptist Minister, Dies," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), October 28, 1899, p. 12. J. H. Spencer and Burrilla B. Spencer, A History of Kentucky Baptists from 1769 to 1885: Including More than 800 Biographical Sketches, vol. II (Cincinnati: J. R. Baumes, 1885), 63. "Rev James C. Rush, (1816-1898)," Find A Grave, Memorial 119987484, accessed August 30, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119987484. John D. Gore (Captain of the 9th Kentucky Cavalry) N00002527 Categories: People

Kentucky soldier. Captain of the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from August 1862 to September 1863.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0477. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 240. William A. Smyth (Captain of the 9th Kentucky Cavalry (Co. B); Lived in Hart County) N00002531 1837? Categories: People

Captain of the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from August 1862 to April 1863.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0099. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 232. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 948. John B. Brownlee (Captain of the 21st Kentucky Infantry (Co. B)) N00002534 1830? Categories: People

Metcalfe County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Farmer in Metcalfe County in 1860. Election officer, as clerk, in Lafayette Precinct No. 5 in Metcalfe County in 1860. Second lieutenant in the 21st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from December 1861 to November 1862. First lieutenant in the 21st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from November 1862 to March 1863. Captain in the 21st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from March 1863 to May 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Metcalfe County, p. 57. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0490. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 70-71, 911. KYR-0001-023-0091. Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) N00000873 1835-10-04 1917-08-04 Categories: People

Kentucky soldier, attorney, and politician. Son of Thomas N. Lindsey. Married to Catherine McIlavain Fitch Lindsey. Father of Antoinette Dumesnill Lindsey, Thomas Noble Lindsey, Jr., Henry Fitch Lindsey, Daniel Weisiger Lindsey, Jr, and Catherine F. Lindsey. Educated by B. B. Sayre in Frankfort, Kentucky. Graduated from the Kentucky Military Institute in 1854. Attorney with Thomas N. Lindsey in Frankfort. Graduated from the University of Louisville Law School in Louisville in 1857. Member of the Protestant Episcopal Church and the Masonic Lodge in Frankfort. Captain in the Kentucky State Guard in 1861. Appointed as chief of staff to General Thomas L. Crittenden in September 1861. Served in the 22nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a Colonel from 1861 to 1863. Inspector general of Kentucky from 1863 to 1865. Adjutant general of Kentucky from August 1, 1864 to 1867.

Relationships Military: Charles Hayden (Frankfort, Kentucky, clerk and soldier) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Legal: William Wilcox (Hopkins County, Kentucky, soldier) Legal: Austin P. Smith (Hopkins County, Kentucky, soldier) Legal: Ervin Ray (Private in the 35th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry) Legal: Military District of Kentucky Military: James Lawson (Mercer County, KY, captain, Hall's Gap Battalion) Military: Harvey Jackson Burns (Mercer County, KY, farmer and captain 9th KY Cav (USA)) Military: Emory B. Harlan (Ohio, lieut & assist adj general of Second Division, 49th Illinois Inf) Military: Samuel G. Suddarth (Adair Co, KY, atty, Quarter-master general of KY) Military: William Hercules Hays (Colonel of 10th KY Infantry, Inspector Gen'l of KY) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky Military: James Reynolds (1st lieutenant, 10th Kentucky Infantry (Co. A)) Military: George B. Baum (Louisville, Kentucky, resident.) Military: Daniel W. Suddarth (Assistant surgeon, Capital Guard Regiment) Political: Benjamin Daniel Lacy (Owingsville, Kentucky, attorney & county atty) 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: Alexander C. Smith (Pvt-1st lieut - 1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: Henry E. Reynolds (private in 2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry) Military: Thomas McKinster (Lawrence County, KY, farmer and soldier) Military: James W. Caperton (Richmond, KY, attorney and soldier) Political: Reuben S. Darnall (Mason County, KY, mason's apprentice and military drummer, private & first sergeant) Military: Capital Guard Regiment Military: Albert Bayless (Kentucky, soldier) Military: Kentucky State Militia Familial: John B. Lindsey (Versailles, Kentucky, farmer, paymaster & organizer for KY militia) Economic: John B. Lindsey (Versailles, Kentucky, farmer, paymaster & organizer for KY militia) Economic: William Stewart (Clerk for Kentucky Inspector General) Military: Jesse J. Craddock (Hart County, KY, farmer and lieutenant colonel) Military: William J. Aulsebrook (Louisville, Kentucky, painter and private Frankfort Battal Cap Guard (U.S.A.)) Military: George Trulove (Trimble County, Kentucky, resident and private (U.S.A.)) Military: Arthur J. Harrington (Jefferson County, KY, printer and soldier) Economic: Kentucky State Militia Economic: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky Military: H. C. Burriss (Kentucky) Military: [Unknown] Thomas (Colonel incarcerated in Louisville Military Prison, ) Military: William Scott Botts (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: Kentucky Volunteers Military: 57th Regiment Kentucky Militia Military: Columbus B. Saunders (Nicholasville, Kentucky, resident and lieutenant colonel) Military: James C. Guess (Fredonia, Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier) Political: United States War Department Political: Robert C. Hewett (Louisville, KY, physician ) Military: United States War Department Military: 2nd Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia Political: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky Legal: William Hercules Hays (Colonel of 10th KY Infantry, Inspector Gen'l of KY) Political: John McAuley Palmer (Military Governor of Kentucky) Military: John McAuley Palmer (Military Governor of Kentucky) Political: Marion Cartright Taylor (Shelby County, Ky, attorney; capt & colonel 15th KY Inf USA) Political: James W. Wilkins (Hopkins County, Kentucky, merchant) Political: John H. Frost (Hopkins County, KY, farmer and pvt of 25th, corp thru capt 17th KY Infantry USA) Military: Department of the Cumberland Political: Oliver Otis Howard (Major General (U.S. Army) and Commissioner of Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands) Political: Clinton Bowen Fisk (St. Louis, Missouri, Brevet Major General (U.S.A.)) Political: Charles Warren Foster (Capt, maj, lt col, col, asst adjt genl of Vols (U.S. Army); chief Bureau of USCT) Political: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Political: Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (Freedmen's Bureau) Political: John Brennan (Louisville, Kentucky, clerk; capt & maj 3rd Ky Inf USA) Political: Sanders Dewees Bruce (Fayette County, KY, china merchant, county court clerk, col 20th Ky Inf, commander 22nd Brig Army of Cumb USA) Political: John J. Hawes (Louisville, Jefferson county, Kentucky, attorney, judge advocate + capt. 1st Ky Lt.Art.) Political: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Political: Charles David Pennebaker (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, KY state rep & senator; col 27th KY Inf USA & state military agent) Military: Kentucky State Guard Military: Joseph T. Wheeler (Cincinnati, Ohio farmer and capt 1st KY Inf USA) Military: Frederick Slater, Jr. (Dearborn County, Indiana, merchant and soldier - major, 11th Ky. Cav) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Department of the Gulf Military: 22nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Samuel P. Debaun (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - 1st Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Charles H. Edwards (Kentucky soldier - 11th Kentucky Cavalry) Military: William Owsley Boyle (Boyle County, Kentucky, soldier - Lt. Col. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Thomas W. Hewitt (Frankfort, Kentucky, medical student and surgeon (U.S.A.). ) Military: Solomon B. Bennett (Wayne County, Tennessee, farm laborer and soldier) Military: Howard Warren (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier.) Military: Tennis W. Wade (Covington, Kentucky, painter apprentice and soldier. ) Military: Harrison Franklin Davis (Mercer County, Kentucky, farm hand and soldier (U.S.A.) ) Military: William H. Ritchey (Owen County, KY, trader and soldier - 11th Ky Cav) Military: John J. Curtis (Mason County, Kentucky, soldier - 1st. Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Sabritt Scruggs (Washington County, Kentucky, soldier - 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: James F. Peyton (Lincoln County, Kentucky, physician and soldier - Surgeon 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Benjamin F. Lewis (Hancock County, Kentucky, soldier - 2nd Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Joseph M. Willemin (Covington, Kentucky, tailor and soldier) Military: Harry Gee (Louisville, Kentucky, soldier.) Military: Abraham W. Stone (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: John J. Rose (Mercer County, Kentuck, merchant and soldier - 2nd Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Solomon Huffman (Dearborn County, IN, farmer and soldier - 11th Ky Cav) Military: William Perry Pierce (Garrard County, Kentucky, soldier - Cpt. 11th + 12th Ky. Cav.) Military: Milton J. Graham (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. 4th Inf and 11th Cav (U.S.A.)) Military: Joseph Lawson (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort District, No 1, p. 237. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 162A. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 468. H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 126-28. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), vii. “Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (1835-1917),” Find A Grave, Memorial 13775691, accessed February 7, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13775691. Green County, Kentucky P00000468 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Greensburg, Kentucky. Located on the Green River.

37.257, -85.5612 Ron D. Bryant, “Green County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), p. 387. USGS: Earth Explorer, “Green County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on February 27, 2020). Munfordville, Kentucky P001823 Categories: Places

Seat of Hart County, Kentucky. Located on the Green River.

Site of the Battle of Munfordville from September 14, 1862, to September 17, 1862.

37.2723, -85.8911 Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky, vol. II (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1878), 332. "Munfordville" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 661-2. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Munfordville, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on January 14, 2020). Greensburg, Kentucky P001024 Categories: Places

Seat of Green County, Kentucky.

37.2609, -85.4989 Ron D. Bryant, “Green County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), p. 387. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Greensburg, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on October 23, 2019). 3rd Military District of Kentucky O00002535 1863 1865 Categories: Organizations

The military recruiting district organized by the Enrollment Act of 1863 and aligned with the 3rd Congressional District of Kentucky. Comprised of the following counties: Todd, Logan, Simpson, Warren, Edmonson Allen, Monroe, Barren, Metcalfe, and Hart. Provost Marshal(s): J. A. Fuggett (1863)

See Congressional District Maps. Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky O00000920 1793 Categories: Organizations

The office of the military officer in charge of “the better organization of the Militia, and the collection and preservation of the public arms and other property” and to “convene a court of inquiry to examine into the qualifications of persons holding any office in the Active Militia, or in the Active Reserves; and in the Enrolled Militia when in the service of the State.” Resides in the Executive Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Civil War-era inspectors general: Simon Bolivar Buckner (1860-1861); unoccupied (1861-1863); Daniel W. Lindsey (1863-1865); William H. Hays (1865); and James T. Bramlette (1865-1866).

Relationships Political: John Mason Brown (Frankfort, Ky, attorney & major 10th KY Cav USA, asst inspector genl, colonel of 45th Mtd Inf USA) Military: Burgess M. Preston (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: Thomas J. Walker (Lewis County, KY, saddler and farmer) Military: Amos J. Means (Maysville, KY, blacksmith) Military: William H. Faris (Christian County, KY, pvt, corp, QM sgt 3rd Ky Cav USA) Military: William T. King (Muhlenberg County, Ky, tinner and sgt, lieut 17th Ky Inf USA) Political: Reuben S. Darnall (Mason County, KY, mason's apprentice and military drummer, private & first sergeant) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Economic: William Stewart (Clerk for Kentucky Inspector General) Military: William Stewart (Clerk for Kentucky Inspector General) Economic: John B. Lindsey (Versailles, Kentucky, farmer, paymaster & organizer for KY militia) Military: Thomas E. Henderson (Trigg County, KY, farmer) Military: Joseph H. Garrett (Caldwell County) Military: Rodolphus B. Ratliff (Caldwell County, KY, gunsmith, farmer, and sheriff) Military: A. Reynolds (Caldwell County, KY, hotel keeper) Military: Collins D. Bradley (Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney, circuit judge, and commonwealth's attorney.) Military: John Newt Turner (Caldwell County, KY, merchant and county judge) Military: Edward P. Campbell (Caldwell County, Ky, 1865 Hopkinsville, Ky, attorney Comwlth Atty in late 1860) Military: William P. Ballard (Madison County resident and Union soldier) Military: H. H. Johnson (Lexington Captain) Military: Stephen Nethercutt (Carter County farmhand and soldier) Military: James Johnson (Breathitt County farmhand and soldier) Military: Bennett Spear, Jr. (Monroe County farmer, soldier (U.S.A.)) Military: William H. McDonald (Ballard County master tailor and soldier) Military: Samuel G. Rogers (Nicholas County constable, farmer, soldier) Military: Daniel Campbell (Perry County laborer ) Military: Greenberry Reid (Bourbon County, KY, farmer and soldier) Military: George C. Hallet (Fulton Co, KY, colonel, county atty, and city judge) Military: Ward Boyd (McCracken County, Kentucky, attorney) Military: William Hercules Hays (Colonel of 10th KY Infantry, Inspector Gen'l of KY)

“An Act for the Better Organization of the Kentucky Militia,” Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Passed, vol 1 (Frankfort: J. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 28-33. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), vii. 1863-10-12 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 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.
1

To His Excellency Thos E Bramlet Govenor of Ky the undersign be would Respectfully recommend George. J. Ralston Esqr as a suitable individual for the office Colonel of Green County under the late proclamation of the Govenor Oct. 12" 1863

Wm B Allen

J A Fuggett Lieut & Pro Marshal

Munfordville Ky

Tom Crutcher Dep Pro Marshal

3 Dist Ky

J C Rush

Capt J D Gore

Wm A Smyth

J B, Brownlee

N. B.

Address Munfordville as the Mail is uncertain at Greensburg

G. J. R

2

Green Co Oct 12/63

Recm"d,, For comdg officer of this County

Geo J Ralston Col

citizens

issue

D W L

Recd I. G. O. Oct 16. 1863