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November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 37th - 76th Regiments Enrolled Militia Primary Source Documents (1861-1866) KYR-0002-022-0036 Box 80, Folder 865 HOPKINS COUNTY Recruiting & Raising Company 47th Rgt. Ky. Militia

Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky 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. John H. Frost (Hopkins County, KY, farmer and pvt of 25th, corp thru capt 17th KY Infantry USA) N00002665 1838-04-24 1896-12-22 Categories: People

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John B. Frost and Lucinda Ray Frost. Student in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned fifteen enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860. Household owned thirteen enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1860. Served in the 25th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as private from October 1861 to December 1861. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as corporal, sergeant, sergeant major, second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and captain from December 1861 to January 1865.

Relationships Military: Kentucky State Guard Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Familial: John B. Frost (Hopkins County, KY, farmer ) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Familial: Matthew Skinner Lyon (Hopkins County, Ky, merchant and hotel keeper)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 52A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 695. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 239-240. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 1. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0373. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 940-44, 958-59, and 966-67. "John H. Frost (1838-1896)," Find A Grave, Memorial #63440690, accessed March 22, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63440690. Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, 1825-1830, Film #000191851. "Lucinda Frost (1809-1846)," Find A Grave, Memorial #67162231, accessed November 12, 2021, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67162231. James W. Wilkins (Hopkins County, Kentucky, merchant) N00002620 1801-11-15 1885-02-28 Categories: People

Hopkins County, Kentucky, merchant. South Carolina native. Married to Eliza W. Wilkins. Father of Samuel M. Wilkins, Edward Wilkins, and Eliza W. Wilkins. Merchant in Hopkins County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1860. Hopkins County commissioner of the common schools in 1853, 1859, and 1862.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 246. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 26. "Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Kentucky, for the Year 1859," (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 182. "Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Kentucky, for the Year 1854," (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1855), 55. "Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Kentucky, for the Year Ending December 31, 1861," (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 131. Find A Grave, "James W. Wilkins (November 15, 1801-February 28, 1885)," Memorial #59860797, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59860797 (accessed on March 20, 2017). Otway Waddill (Hopkins County attorney) N00002624 1822 1901-12-19 Categories: People

Madisonville, Kentucky, attorney. Trigg County, Kentucky, native. Married to Sarah E. Pary Waddill in May 1851. Married to Maria E. Pratt Waddill in April 1865. Father of Otway W. Waddill and Joseph C. Waddill. Attended Cumberland College. Admitted to the bar in 1846. Member of the Whig Party and Republican Party. Elder of the Hopkins County Christian Church in Hopkins County, Kentucky, from 1851. Attorney in Hopkins County from 1851 to 1855. Attorney in Hopkins County from 1863 to 1867. Partner in the law firm of Earle & Waddill, with John B. Earle, in Madisonville in 1852. Attorney in Madisonville in 1853. Attorney in Madisonville in 1856. Partner in the law firm of Arnold & Waddill, with John E. Arnold, in Madisonville in 1859. Attorney in Hopkins County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Madisonville in 1860.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: John H. Frost (Hopkins County, KY, farmer and pvt of 25th, corp thru capt 17th KY Infantry USA) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 839. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 221B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 173A. H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 426. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 700-701. John Livingston, Law Register: Comprising the Lawyers in the United States: the State Record (New York: Office of the U.S. Law Magazine, 1852), 84. John Livingston, Livingston's Law Register for 1853 (New York: Office of the U.S. Law Magazine, 1853), 105. John Livingston, The Law Register: Comprising the Lawyers in the United States (New York: Davies and Roberts, 1856), 134. John Livingston, Livingston's United States Law Register, and Official Directory (New York: John A. Gray, Printer and Stereotyper, 1859), 300. "Otway Waddill (1822-1901)," Find A Grave, Memorial #111103469, accessed March 20, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111103469. J. Frost (This could be John B. Frost (father) or John H. Frost (son), both in Hopkins County) N00002684 Categories: People

Signed a petition on behalf of John H. Frost in Madisonville, Kentucky, on February 28, 1865.

Relationships Military: John H. Frost (Hopkins County, KY, farmer and pvt of 25th, corp thru capt 17th KY Infantry USA)

KYR-0002-022-0036. W. M. Browning (Hopkins County, KY, physician) N00002666 1824 1874 Categories: People

Hopkins County, Kentucky, physician. Kentucky native. Married to Emeline Woodson Browning. Father of Corinne Browning, Woodson Browning, and Sallie Browning. Physician in Hopkins County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1860. Member of the Masonic Order at Madisonville Lodge, No. 143.

Relationships Military: John H. Frost (Hopkins County, KY, farmer and pvt of 25th, corp thru capt 17th KY Infantry USA) Social: John W. Poe (Hopkins Co., KY, farmer) Social: Dixon Browning (Hopkins Co., KY, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 831-2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 209B. Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of kentucky, at the Grand Annual Communication, in the City of Louisville (Frankfort, Ky.: Frankfort Commonwealth, 1867), 128. "Dr. W. M. Browning (1824-1874)," Find A Grave, Memorial #60847150, accessed March 22, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60847150. Abel Newbrough (Hopkins County , shoemaker) N00002669 1800? 1879-10-02 Categories: People

Hopkins County, Kentucky, shoe and boot maker. Virginia native. Married to Susan Newbrough. Shoemaker in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Shoemaker in Hopkins County in 1860.

Relationships Military: John H. Frost (Hopkins County, KY, farmer and pvt of 25th, corp thru capt 17th KY Infantry USA) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)

Hopkins County, Kentucky, attorney. Married to Sarah C. Woolfolk Earle. Father of Lucien Earle, Luella Earle, Kittie Earle, Portia Earle, and Augusta Earle. School teacher in 1843. Member of the Whig Party and Republican Party. Assessor of Muhlenburg County, Kentucky. Law student in Hopkins County under the direction of John Cook. Attorney and partner in the law firm of Earle & Waddill, with Otway Waddill, in Madisonville in 1852. Attorney in Madisonville in 1853 to 1859. County attorney for Hopkins County from 1855 to 1859. Attorney in Madisonville in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1860. Founder of Southeast Kentucky Petroleum, Coal, Mining, and Transportation Company, with H. M. Van Arman and Thomas E. Young, in 1865.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: John H. Frost (Hopkins County, KY, farmer and pvt of 25th, corp thru capt 17th KY Infantry USA) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 641. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 212A. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 737-738. "Deplored in Earlington: Death of Mr. John B. Earle, for Whom Town was Named," The Bee (Earlington, Ky.), July 12, 1906. John Livingston, Law Register: Comprising the Lawyers in the United States: the State Record (New York: Office of the U.S. Law Magazine, 1852), 84. John Livingston, Livingston's Law Register for 1853 (New York: Office of the U.S. Law Magazine, 1853), 105. John Livingston, Livingston's Law Register: A Guide for Every Man of Business, and Hand-book of Useful Knowledge (New York: Office of the Monthly Law Magazein, 1854), 109. John Livingston, Livingston's United States Law Register, and Official Directory (New York: John A. Gray, Printer and Stereotyper, 1859), 300. "An Act to Incorporate the Southeast Kentucky Petroleum, Coal, Mining, and Transportation Company," Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 534-535. "John Baylis Earle (1823-1906)," Find A Grave, Memorial #129623940, accessed March 22, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129623940. Samuel Rorer (Hopkins County postmaster and examiner) N00002668 1810? 1880-07-06 Categories: People

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer and public servant. Virginia native. Married to Josephine Rorer. Postmaster in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1842. Postmaster in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1850. Examiner for Hopkins County in 1865. Member of the Masonic Order at Madisonville Lodge, No. 143.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 99B. "Majority and Minority Reports in the Contested Election Case of Morton against Gregory, made to the House or Representatives, December 18, 1865," Legislative Document Series, No. 13, (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 47. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Hopkins County, Kentucky, vol. 12A, p. 154. Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, at the Grand Annual Communication, in the City of Louisville (Frankfort, Ky.: Frankfort Commonwealth, 1867), 128. "Samuel Rorer (unknown-July 6, 1880)," Find A Grave, Memorial #120366184, accessed August 30, 2018, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120366184. Richard "Dick" J. Littlepage (Hopkins County, Kentucky, county clerk) N00002667 1841-06-10 1874-03-14 Categories: People

Hopkins County, Kentucky, county clerk. Clerk of the Hopkins County Court in Hopkins County in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Coleby A. Smith (Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Hopkins County Court Military: John H. Frost (Hopkins County, KY, farmer and pvt of 25th, corp thru capt 17th KY Infantry USA) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

"Majority and Minority Reports in the Contested Election Case of Morton against Gregory, made to the House or Representatives, December 18, 1865," in Legislative Document, No. 13, (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 43-46. Find A Grave, "Richard J. Littlepage (1841-1874)," Memorial #32458575, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32458575&ref=acom) (accessed March 22, 2017). Joel D. Browning (Hopkins County KY saddler and jailer (1840s)) N00002663 1798? Categories: People

Hopkins County, Kentucky, jailer and saddler. Kentucky native. Jailer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1844. Jailer in Hopkins County in 1847. Saddler in Hopkins County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 240. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 221A. Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Passed at December Session, 1843(Frankfort, Ky.: A. G. Hodges, 1844), 194. Taliaferro P. Shaffner, ed., The Kentucky State Register, for the year 1847 (Louisville: Morton & Griswold, 1847), 103. Francis M. Nisbet (Muhlenberg County clerk) N00002685 1830-09-03 1900-03-16 Categories: People

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Mary W. Nisbet. Clerk in a Muhlenberg County store in 1860.

Relationships Military: John H. Frost (Hopkins County, KY, farmer and pvt of 25th, corp thru capt 17th KY Infantry USA)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, p. 65. Find A Grave, "Francis Marion Nisbet (September 3, 1830-March 16, 1900)," Memorial #32362615, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32362615 (accessed March 23, 2017). Charles A. Bourland (Hopkins County farmer and later a doctor) N00002855 1845-03-31 1926-07-12 Categories: People

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farm laborer. Kentucky native. Son of Patience Bourland. Married to Eudora Hays Bourland. Worked in the dry goods business in the early 1860s. Farm laborer in Hopkins County in 1860.

Relationships Military: John H. Frost (Hopkins County, KY, farmer and pvt of 25th, corp thru capt 17th KY Infantry USA)

W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State (Louisville: F. A. Battey and Company, 1887), 898. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 119. Find A Grave, "Dr. Charles Adolphus Bourland (March 31, 1845-July 12, 1926)," Memorial #112483460, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112483460 (accessed March 24, 2017). Caleb Hall Young (Hopkins County merchant) N00002687 1831-12-21 1916-03-29 Categories: People

Hopkins County, Kentucky, merchant. Married to Emma Young. Merchant in Hopkins County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 243. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 1. Find A Grave, "Caleb Hall Young (December 21, 1831-March 29, 1916)," Memorial #62461552, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62461552 (accessed March 23, 2017). Burrus F. Young (Caldwell County farmer) N00002688 1844-02-09 1928-10-23 Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of T. E. Young and Melinda Young. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860.

Relationships Military: John H. Frost (Hopkins County, KY, farmer and pvt of 25th, corp thru capt 17th KY Infantry USA)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton Division, p. 55. Find A Grave, "Burr F. Young (February 9, 1844-October 23, 1928)," Memorial #62472961, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62472961 (accessed March 23, 2017). Moses Clift (Hopkins County farmer) N00002689 1816? 1878-04-26 Categories: People

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Tennessee native. Married to Nancy Clift. Father of Jemison R. Clift, Hannah S. Clift, Susan S. Clift, Sarah F. Clift, Alzada E. Clift, and Robert R. Clift. Member of the Masonic Order at Madisonville Lodge, No. 143. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860.

Relationships Military: John H. Frost (Hopkins County, KY, farmer and pvt of 25th, corp thru capt 17th KY Infantry USA)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 86. Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, at the Grand Annual Communication, in the City of Louisville (Frankfort, Ky.: Frankfort Commonwealth, 1867), 128. "Majority and Minority Reports in the Contested Election Case of Morton against Gregory, made to the House or Representatives, December 18, 1865," in Legislative Document, No. 13, (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 36-37. Find A Grave, "Moses Clift (1816-April 26, 1878)," Memorial #64263061, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64263061 (accessed March 23, 2017). William W. Cardwell (Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer) N00002702 1822-05-31 1885-05-26 Categories: People

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Nancy Cardwell. Father of Thomas L. Cardwell, David E. Cardwell, and Cordelia Cardwell. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Madisonville in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Madisonville in 1860. Member of the Hopkins County Christian Church in Madisonville.

Relationships Military: John H. Frost (Hopkins County, KY, farmer and pvt of 25th, corp thru capt 17th KY Infantry USA) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 50B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 242-43. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 25. W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State (Louisville: F. A. Battey and Company, 1887), 767. "W. W. Cardwell (May 31, 1822-May 26, 1885)," Find A Grave, Memorial #66862292, accessed March 23, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66862292. Thomas Jefferson McEuen (Hopkins County farmer) N00002710 1827-10-05 1885-06-05 Categories: People

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Madison County, Kentucky native. Son of Felix McEuen and Lucretia McEuen. Married to Amelia Rash McEuen in Hopkins County, Kentucky, on December 22, 1857. Father of Mary E. McEuen. Resident in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 131B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 632. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994039, Hopkins County Marriages. "Thomas J. McEuen (1827-1885)," Find A Grave, Memorial #67171609, accessed March 23, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67171609. Henry F. Bourland (Hopkins County carpenter) N00002856 1832-11-18 1902-10-26 Categories: People

Hopkins County, Kentucky, carpenter. Kentucky native. Married to Naomi Bourland. Father of Henry T. Bourland, Minnie B. Bourland, Ellis A. Bourland, and John F. Bourland. Carpenter in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 238. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 6. "Henry F. Bourland (November 18, 1832-October 26, 1902)," Find A Grave, Memorial #67607584, accessed March 24, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67607584. William L. Gordon (Hopkins County attorney) N00002714 1837-11-23 1930 Categories: People

Hopkins County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Cordelia Gordon. Father of Ora G. Gordon and William L. Gordon, Jr. Attended the Hopkins Seminary and Bethel College. Admitted to the bar in 1859. Attorney in Hopkins County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 798. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Seminary Princinct No. 4, p. 149B. Memorial Record of Western Kentucky (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1904), 792-793. "William Leonidas Gordon, Sr. (1837-1930)," Find A Grave, Memorial #60937888, accessed March 23, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60937888. Thomas H. Goodloe (Hopkins County carpenter and sheriff) N00002729 1815-08-07 1892-03-17 Categories: People

Hopkins County, Kentucky, carpenter. Married to Martha Goodloe. Father of Julia Goodloe, Thomas Goodloe, and John Goodloe. Sheriff in Hopkins County in 1862.

Relationships Military: John H. Frost (Hopkins County, KY, farmer and pvt of 25th, corp thru capt 17th KY Infantry USA)

"Majority and Minority Reports in the Contested Election Case of Morton against Gregory, made to the House or Representatives, December 18, 1865," in Legislative Document, No. 13, (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 27. Photo of Thomas H. Goodloe headstone, (https://it.billiongraves.com/grave/Thomas-H-Goodloe/12173001#/) (accessed on March 24, 2017). Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 1. David E. Randall (Hopkins County, Kentucky, resident) N00002730 1847? Categories: People

Hopkins County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas Randall and Nancy L. Randall. Resident in Hopkins County in 1860.

Relationships Military: John H. Frost (Hopkins County, KY, farmer and pvt of 25th, corp thru capt 17th KY Infantry USA)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 174. Benjamin Pritchett (Hopkins County clerk) N00002733 1795 1876-03-22 Categories: People

Hopkins County, Kentucky, clerk. Virginia native. Married to Nancy Pritchett. Father of Agness Pritchett, Jane Pritchett, E. Charles Pritchett, Sena C. Pritchett, Sarah F. Pritchett, Nancy D. Pritchett, B. F. Pritchett, and Robert Pritchett. Clerk in Hopkins County in 1860.

Relationships Military: John H. Frost (Hopkins County, KY, farmer and pvt of 25th, corp thru capt 17th KY Infantry USA)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 249. Find A Grave, "Benjamin J. Pritchett (1795-March 22, 1876)," Memorial #57871760, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57871760 (accessed March 24, 2017). S. O. Stephens (Lived in Hopkins County area) N00002745 Categories: People

Signed a petition in Hopkins County, Kentucky in 1865.

KYR-0002-022-0036. James M. Compton (Hopkins County justice of the peace and circuit court clerk) N00002621 1811-01-12 1877-01-14 Categories: People

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer, clerk, and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Mary C. Compton. Father of Willis M. Compton and Martha C. Compton. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Justice of the peace in Hopkins County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1860. Clerk of the Hopkins Circuit Court in Hopkins County from 1863 to 1867.

Relationships Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: John H. Frost (Hopkins County, KY, farmer and pvt of 25th, corp thru capt 17th KY Infantry USA) Legal: Hopkins Circuit Court Social: John W. Poe (Hopkins Co., KY, farmer) Social: Dixon Browning (Hopkins Co., KY, farmer) Social: George W. Ligon (Hopkins Co., KY, farmer) Political: Hopkins County, Kentucky Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 134A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 728. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 836. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 221B. 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. "James M. Compton (1811-1877)," Find A Grave, Memorial #59861063, accessed March 20, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59861063. George L. Weatherly (Hopkins County, Kentucky, saddler) N00002748 1815-11-07 1882-03-17 Categories: People

Hopkins County, Kentucky, saddler. Pennsylvania native. Married to Henrietta Weatherly. Father of Mary Weatherly and Isabella Weatherly. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Saddler in Hopkins County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 58B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 689. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 589. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 179B. "George L. Weatherly (1815-1882)," Find A Grave, Memorial #34296999, accessed March 24, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34296999. Madisonville, Kentucky P00002614 Categories: Places

Seat of Hopkins County, Kentucky.

37.3281, -87.4989 "Madisonville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 5, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 185. Hopkins County, Kentucky P00002615 Categories: Places

County in western Kentucky. Seat at Madisonville.

37.3281, -87.4989 Ann Brown, "Hopkins County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 439-40. "Madisonville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 5, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 144. 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00002664 1862-01-04 1865-01-23 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Calhoun, McLean County, Kentucky. Mustered into service on January 4, 1862. Mustered out of service on January 23, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel James M. Shackelford, Colonel John H. McHenry, Jr., and Colonel Alexander M. Stout.

Relationships Military: Curtis A. Brasher (Christian County, Kentucky, farmer and 2nd lieutenant in 17th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.)) Military: Linus Fuller (Grayson County, Kentucky, farm laborer and pvt, corp, 1st sgt, 1st lieut17th Ky InfUSA) Military: Samuel T. Fruit (Christian County, Ky, farmer; 2nd lieut 25th Ky Inf; 2nd lieut & captain 17th Ky Inf USA) Military: David Duncan (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, resident and corp thru captain 17th Ky Inf USA)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 985. Frederick Henry Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, (Des Moines: Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 1204-05. Kentucky State Guard O00000303 1860-03-05 1865-03-04 Categories: Organizations

The volunteer and active militia from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Existed from 1860 to 1865. Commander(s): Simon Bolivar Buckner, John W. Finnell, Daniel W. Lindsey.

Relationships Military: 38th Regiment Kentucky Militia Military: Greenfield M. Witten (Floyd County, Kentucky, soldier, merchant, and businessman) Military: Alexander G. Hamilton (Floyd County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: Robert S. Friend (Floyd County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier) Military: Edwin Trimble (Floyd County, Kentucky, soldier) Military: Alexander L. Martin (Floyd County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: George C. Hallet (Fulton Co, KY, colonel, county atty, and city judge) Military: W. Francis Buckner (Hickman, Kentucky, civil engineer) Military: George M. Wilburn (Hickman, Kentucky, carpenter) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: James Andrew Jackson Lee (Owingsville, Kentucky, merchant) Military: William Penrose Conner (Bath County, Kentucky, sheriff and soldier) Military: George W. Conner (Bath County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Military: John A. Turner, Jr. (Bath County, Kentucky, circuit clerk) Military: Benjamin Daniel Lacy (Owingsville, Kentucky, attorney & county atty) Military: Kentucky Home Guard Military: Francis M. Vaughn (Kentucky soldier) Military: John F. Lay (Breckinridge, KY, soldier) Military: Simon Bolivar Buckner (Kentucky inspector general and general CSA) Military: William Stewart (Clerk for Kentucky Inspector General) Military: James A. Stamper (Owsley County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: [unknown] Drerren (Soldier, 71st Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia) Military: Frederick B. Merimee (Lebanon, Kentucky, merchant) Military: William J. Lisle (Marion County, Kentucky, attorney & captain 10th KY Inf USA) Military: Wiley Taul Poynter (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier) Military: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky Military: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Military: Willis Lago (Woodford County, Kentucky, fugitive from the law) Military: Thomas Bell Monroe, Jr. (Frankfort, KY, sec state Aug 30, 1859-Oct 1, 1861attorney, politician, CSA major) Military: Roger Weightman Hanson (Fayette County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier.) Military: John B. Major (Frankfort, Kentucky, state printer) Military: Edward Henry Hobson (Green County, Kentucky, merchant, saddler, Brig. Genl) Military: James Wilson (Henderson County, Kentucky, prisoner) Military: William Gardner Capps (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, student and corporal (U.S.A.)) Military: F. G. Nall (Hartford, Ohio County, Kentucky, resident)

“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), 142-171. “Kentucky State Guard,” The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 513. 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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Madisonville Ky 28th February 1865 His Exelency Thomas E. Bramlett Governer of Kentucky

The undersigned citizens of Madisonville Hopkins County Ky and vicinity would respectfully represent to your Excellency that a number of our Vetran Soldier boys from the Old 17th and other regiments have recently returned home and they feel that it is a great hardship after having faithfully served there country for nearly four years to be hunted harrassed and murdered by Guerilla Scoundrels wherefore we there friends and neighbours Join with them in urgently soliciting your Excellency to grant to capt John H. Frost a returned Vetran Capt of ^the^ old 17 Ky Volunteers a commission to rais a company of state guards Capt Frost will rais his company mainly in this county and it will consist mainly of returned Vetrans they deem this the best course for there safety and ^to^ rid the country of guerillas they would make but one condition that is that they be permited to ^make^ Madisonville Ky there Head Quarters when not on active duty we hope our request will be approved by you and a commission sent to Capt Frost to rais a company of Mounted Infantry to be attached to any Regiment you may designate the company raised in this

county to have the privilege of making this place there headquarters we are Dear Sir yours truly

James W. Wilkins

O. Waddell

J Frost

W M Browning

Abel Newbrough

J B Earle

S. Rorer

Dick Littlepage

J D Browning

F. M. Nisbet

C. A. Bourland

C. H. Young

B F Young

Moses Clift

Wm W Cardwell

Thos J McEwen

H F Bourland

Wm L. Gordon

Thomas H Goodloe

D, E, Randall

Benjamin Pritchett

S. O. Stephens

J M Compton

George L Weatherly

Madisonville Ky Feby. 28" 1865

Wilkins James W. And others,

T The Gov.

Ask that authority be given John H. Frost late capt. 17" Ky Vols, to raise a Co. of veterans for state service, headquarter to be at Madisonville Ky --

no an chg L. B. No 10 1865 P461

Recd A. G. O. Ky 4 Mar, 1865