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November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 37th - 76th Regiments Enrolled Militia Primary Source Documents (1861-1866) KYR-0002-022-0048 Box 80, Folder 861 HANCOCK COUNTY 50th REGT, KY Enrolled Militia Cpt Isaac Lyon's Company Cpt Phillip T. Daniel's Co. Cpt James R. Jennings' Co.

Hancock County, Kentucky James R. Jennings (Hawesville, Kentucky, coal merchant & capt Hancock Co Home Guard) N001821 1816? Categories: People

Hawesville, Kentucky, merchant and soldier. Virginia native. Married to Catherine Jennings. Father of James Jennings and Kate Jennings. Coal merchant in Hawesville in 1860. Served in the Hancock County Home Guard as captain in 1861.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 113. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 40. KYR-0002-022-0046. Charles Comstock Hawley (Hancock County, KY, farmer and member of the Hancock County Home Guard) N00003684 1805-07-12 1865-04-10 Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Sally Williams Hawley. Father of William Daniel Hawley, Mary Ann Hawley Hall, Julia Hawley Carder, George Hawley, Stephen Aaron Hawley, James K. Polk Hawley, and Benjamin C. Hawley. Farmer in Hancock County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Hancock County in 1860. Served in the Hancock County Home Guard as first lieutenant in 1861.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 111. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 10. "Charles Comstock Hawley (1805-1865),"_Find A Grave, Memorial #89300672, accessed April 5, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89300672. KYR-0002-022-0048. W. C. Davidson (Member of the Hancock County, KY, Home Guard) N00003686 Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, soldier. Served in the Hancock County Home Guard as second lieutenant in 1812.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

KYR-0002-022-0048. Charles B. Duncan (Hancock County, KY, dry good merchant and member of the Hancock County Home Guard) N00003685 1818-08-26 1894-01-06 Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, dry goods merchant and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Julia Duncan. Married to Sallie Duncan. Father of Julia A. Duncan, Sarah M. Duncan, Willie Duncan, and Fannie Smith. Dry goods merchant in Hancock County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the Hancock County Home Guard as third lieutenant. Member of the Masonic Order at Hancock Lodge, No. 115 in Hawesville.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 115. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 3-4. "Charles B. Duncan (1818-1894)," Find A Grave, Memorial #144030902, accessed August 21, 2018, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144030902. Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of kentucky, at a Grand Annual Communication, in the City of Louisville, Commencing on Monday, the 21st Day of October, 1867 (Frankfort, Ky.: Frankfort Commonwealth, 1867), 111-12. KYR-0002-022-0048. James N. Hughes (Hancock County doctor) N00003688 1805? Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, physician. Kentucky native. Physician in Hancock County in 1860.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 116. John McCarty Brown (Hancock County, KY, Presiding Judge and magistrate) N00003668 1799? Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, judge and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Minerva Jane Murray Brown. Father of Eli Huston Brown, Walker Brown, and Annie Brown. Magistrate in Hawesville, Kentucky, in 1860. Presiding judge in Hancock County in 1862.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard Political: Hancock County Court Political: Joseph McClair Wilson (Hancock County, Kentucky, druggist and justice of the peace )

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 112. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #6042. KYR-0002-022-0045. Stephen Powers (Hancock County merchant) N00003689 1821-02-22 1902-11-02 Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, merchant. Wilmington, Ohio, native. Married to Emily Shrader Powers in Hancock County on November 29, 1843. Married to Susan Powers in Henderson County, Kentucky, on October 13, 1860. Father of Joshua Dever Powers, David Powers, and Emma Powers. Relocated to Hawesville, Kentucky in 1840. Merchant in Hancock County in 1860. Member of the Masonic Order at Hancock Lodge, No. 115 in Hawesville.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p.130. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 3-4. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Hancock County Marriages, Film #000495729, p. 35. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Henderson County Marriages, Film #001944390, p. 74-75. "A Pioneer of Western Kentucky was Stephen Powers," Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), November 9, 1902. Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, at a Grand Annual Communication, in the City of Louisville, Commencing on Monday, the 21st Day of October, 1867 (Frankfort, Ky.: Frankfort Commonwealth, 1867), 111-112. Find A Grave, "Stephen Powers (1821-1902)," Memorial #68184028, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68184028 (accessed on April 5, 2017). William B. Maxey (Hancock County Methodist minister) N00003690 1810-10-28 1883-11-17 Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, Methodist minister. Kentucky native. Married to Catherine "Kitty" Blincoe Maxey. Married to Martha S. Wilson Maxey. Father of Mary E. Maxey, Kitty Maxey, Leonedas Maxey, J. M. Maxey, J. F. Maxey, Martha Maxey, S. E. Maxey, V. A. Maxey, E. L. Maxey, and Mettie Maxey. Founding member of the Hancock Pond Draining Company in 1850. Methodist minister in Hancock County in 1860. Member of the Masonic Order at Hancock Lodge, No. 115 in Hawesville, Kentucky.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

"An Act to Incorporate the Hancock Pond Draining Company, and amend the charter of the Jefferson Pond Draining Company," Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Passed at December Session, 1849 (Frankfort, Ky.: A. G. Hodges & Co.– State Printers, 1849), 390-394. Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of kentucky, at a Grand Annual Communication, in the City of Louisville, Commencing on Monday, the 21st Day of October, 1867 (Frankfort, Ky.: Frankfort Commonwealth, 1867), 111-112. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 33. Find A Grave, "William Bondurant Maxey (October 28, 1810-November 17, 1883)," Memorial #40681975, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40681975 (accessed April 5, 2017). Thornton C. Pattie (Hancock County master carpenter) N00003691 1811-12-27 1873-11-15 Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, master carpenter. Kentucky native. Married to Julietta Ann Cooper Pattie, Father of Josie Pattie. Master carpenter in Hancock County in 1860. Member of the Masonic Order at Hancock Lodge, No. 115 in Hawesville, Kentucky.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 125. "Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, 1850," (http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/freemasonry/Proceedings-KY-1850.pdf), 83-84. Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of kentucky, at a Grand Annual Communication, in the City of Louisville, Commencing on Monday, the 21st Day of October, 1867 (Frankfort, Ky.: Frankfort Commonwealth, 1867), 111-112. George Madison Younger (Hancock County farmer) N00003692 1819-02-26 1896-12-25 Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Theodosia Younger. Father of John Younger, Mary Ann Younger, Maria Jean Younger", Davies Younger, Claudius Clarendon Younger, Evaline Younger, and Luella Younger. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Hancock County in 1860.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 102-103. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 9. 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), Hancock County, KY, July and August 1863, p. 24, (Accessed via ancestry.com). "Democratic Meeting in Hancock County," Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), September 8, 1866. Find A Grave, "George Madison Younger," (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=119937133&ref=acom), (accessed on April 5, 2017). Wormley Sorrell Gibbs (Hancock County high sheriff) N00003693 1799-11-13 1894-06-13 Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff. Virginia native. Married to Mary Gibbs. Father of James Gibbs and Ophelia Gibbs. Justice of the peace in Hancock County in 1847. Owned five enslaved persons in 1850. Owned eight enslaved persons in 1860. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860. Sheriff of Hancock County in 1858 and 1860. Member of the Masonic Order at Hancock Lodge, No. 115 in Hawesville, Kentucky.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of kentucky, at a Grand Annual Communication, in the City of Louisville, Commencing on Monday, the 21st Day of October, 1867 (Frankfort, Ky.: Frankfort Commonwealth, 1867), 111-112. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 94. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 8-9. The Kentucky State Register, for the year 1847 (Louisville: Morton & Griswold, 1847), 93. WillIam Rial (Hancock County, KY, tailor/clothier & merchant & home guard soldier) N00003694 1809-12-11 1869-03-08 Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, tailor and merchant. Native of Germany. Married to Elizabeth Rial. Father of Elizabeth W. Rial, Mary J. Rial, William Rial, Sarah F. Rial, Philip Rial, Kate Rial, George Rial, and Ed Rial. Resident engaged in manufacture and trade in Hancock County, Kentucky, in 1840. Tailor and clothier in Hancock County in 1850. Employed Jacob Knoll as a tailor in Hancock County in 1850. Merchant in Hancock County in 1860. Employed Jacob Knoll as a tailor in Hancock County in 1860. Served in the Hancock County Home Guard in June 1861.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 3. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 269B-270A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 128. "William Rial (1809-1869),"Find A Grave, Memorial #89301337, accessed April 6, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89301337. KYR-0002-022-0048. Zachary H. Shelley (Hancock County miller) N00003695 1827 1899 Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, carpenter and miller. Tennessee native. Married to Rose Ann Davidson Shelley. Father of Mary B. Shelley, Annie T. Shelley, Clara Shelley, Carrie M. Shelley, Hattie Emma Shelley, Estelle Shelley, Geneva P. Shelley, and Hiram L. Shelley. Attended county schools in Gibson County, Tennessee. Carpenter in Hickman, Kentucky and Cannelton, Indiana. Moved to Hawesville, Kentucky, in 1852. Worked in the manufacturing of shingles and the distillery business starting from 1860 to 1866, when he opened a steam flouring-mill. Member of the Masonic Order at Hancock Lodge, No. 115 in Hawesville.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 126-127. J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State (Louisville: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1885), 757. Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, at a Grand Annual Communication, in the City of Louisville, Commencing on Monday, the 21st Day of October, 1867 (Frankfort, Ky.: Frankfort Commonwealth, 1867), 111-112. Find A Grave, "Zachary H. Shelley (1827-1899)," Memorial #89301426, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89301426 (accessed April 6, 2017). Robert Costin Beauchamp (Hancock County, Kentucky, planter) N00003718 1800-04-08 1884-10-09 Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, planter. Kentucky native. Married to Susan Hause Beauchamp. Married to Sarah Ann Stowers Beauchamp. Father of John W. Beauchamp, David Beauchamp, Catharine Beauchamp, Alexander Beauchamp, Joseph Beauchamp, and Julia A. Beauchamp. Planter in Hancock County in 1850. Planter in Hancock County in 1860. Owned twenty-six enslaved persons in 1850. Owned twenty-five enslaved persons in 1860. Founding member of the Hancock Pond Draining Company in 1850. Founding member of the Hancock County Agricultural Society in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Ed Humphrey (Hawesville, Kentucky, farmer) Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 18. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 1. "An Act to Incorporate the Hancock Pond Draining Company, and amend the charter of the Jefferson Pond Draining Company," Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Passed at December Session, 1849 (Frankfort, Ky.: A. G. Hodges & Co.– State Printers, 1849), 390-394. "An Act to Incorporate the Hancock County Agricultural Society," Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Passed at the . . . Monday, the Fourth Day of December 1865 (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 522-523. Find A Grave, "Robert Costin Beauchamp (1800-1884)," Memorial #87780096, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=87780096 (accessed April 6, 2017). James A. Mason (Hancock County, KY, farmer & home guard soldier) N00004391 1840? Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Hopkins Mason and Isabel Mason. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860. Served in the Hancock County Home Guard in June 1861.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Hancock County, Kentucky, blacksmith and coal company owner. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret Thomas. Father of William Shepherd Thomas, Sarah R. Thomas, Mary E. Thomas, Emily Thomas, and Sam Thomas. Founding member of the Western Coal Company in 1843. Blacksmith in Hancock County in 1850. Blacksmith in Hancock County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Ed Humphrey (Hawesville, Kentucky, farmer) Military: Hancock County Home Guard Social: William Herron, Jr. (Hawesville, Kentucky, apprentice saddler)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 122. "An Act to incorporate the 'Western Coal Company'," Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Passed at December Session, 1842 (Frankfort, Ky.: A. G. Hodges, State Printer, 1843), 236. "Dr Simms Thomas (1812-1873)," Find A Grave, Memorial #89301564, accessed October 20, 2021, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89301564/simms-thomas. John Snowden (Hancock County stone mason) N00003739 1825-03-06 1873-11-18 Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, stonemason. Native of England. Married to Elmina Snowden. Father of Sarah J. Snowden, John Snowden, Rebecca Snowden, Ellen Snowden, Susan Snowden, and William Snowden. Stonemason in Hancock County in 1860.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 134-135. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Town of Hawesville, p. 13. "John Snowden (1825-1873)," Find A Grave, Memorial #89301458, accessed April 6, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89301458. Alexander Davis Hawley (Hancock County master carpenter) N00003744 1818? Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, master carpenter. Ohio native. Married to N. Hawley. A founding member of the Western Coal Company in 1843. Master carpenter in Hancock County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in 1860.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

"An Act to incorporate the 'Western Coal Company'," Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Passed at December Session, 1842 (Frankfort, Ky.: A. G. Hodges, State Printer, 1843), 236. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 118. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 10. Michael Hogg (Hancock County merchant) N00003861 1824 1885-03-20 Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant. Married to Elizabeth Massy Hogg. Married to Sarah Jane Emmick Hogg on August 18, 1856. Father of Sarah J. Hogg, Ann E. Hogg, Eliza A. Hogg, John M. Hogg, Charles Hogg, Mary Emmick Hogg, George Hogg, and William Hogg. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 112. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994037, Hancock County Marriages. Find A Grave, "Michael Hogg (1824-March 20, 1885)," Memorial #90913067, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90913067 (accessed April 7, 2017). Timothy Holmes (Hancock County, KY, physician & home guard soldier) N00003862 1802-05-16 1881-04-09 Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, physician and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Blincoe Holmes in Hancock County, Kentucky, on March 3, 1831. Father of Benjamin M. Holmes, Lewis T. Holmes, Hester Holmes, Sophronia Holmes, William Holmes, and Amelia Holmes. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Hancock County in 1847. Physician in Hancock County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Hancock County in 1850. Physician in Hancock County in 1860. Employed Dominic White as a gardener in Hancock County in 1860. Served in the Hancock County Home Guard in June 1861. Served as the Presiding Judge of the Hancock County Court in 1862. Founding member of the Hancock County Agricultural Society created during the 1865 to 1866 session of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Member of the Masonic Order at Hancock Lodge, No. 115 in Hawesville, Hancock County.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard Political: Milton Levin Cooper (Hancock County, KY, merchant & postmaster) Political: John McCarty Brown (Hancock County, KY, Presiding Judge and magistrate) Social: John Cauffield (Subject of petition from Hancock County in August 1862.) Political: Hancock County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 267B-268A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 268. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 950. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Pendleton County Marriages, Film 000495729, p. 3. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins’ Historical Sketches of Kentucky: History of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Collins & Company, 1878), 305. "An Act to Incorporate the Hancock County Agricultural Society," Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Passed at the . . . Monday, the Fourth Day of December 1865 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 522-23. Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, at a Grand Annual Communication, in the City of Louisville, Commencing on Monday, the 21st Day of October, 1867 (Frankfort, KY: Frankfort Commonwealth, 1867), 111-12. KYR-0002-022-0048. KYR-0001-029-0110. George Washington Williams (Hancock County, Kentucky, attorney) N00002046 1814-11-27 1890-09-29 Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, attorney. Breckinridge County, Kentucky, native. Married to Mary W. Hamilton Williams. Father of Hamilton Williams, Ione Williams Baker, James Russell Williams, Mary Ruth Williams Crutcher, and Hugh A. Williams. Teacher in Helena, Arkansas, in 1837. Studied law with the firm of Thomasson and Boon in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1838. Admitted to the bar in 1840 in Hawesville, Kentucky. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Hancock and Ohio counties from 1850 to 1851. Owned four enslaved people in Hancock County in 1850. Unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1857. Elector for the Democratic presidential ticket of James Buchanan in 1856. Owned eight enslaved persons in Hancock County in 1860.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 40. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 3. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Davies County, Owensboro, Ward 1, p. 257. H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 319-322. An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Daviess County, Ky. : carefully compiled from personal examinations and surveys (Utica: Leo McDonough & Co., 1876). Tallaferro P. Shaffner, ed., Kentucky Annual State Register, 1847 (Louisville: Morton and Griswold, 1847), 93. Collins’ Historical Sketches of Kentucky: History of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Collins & Company, 1878), 305. Find A Grave, "George Washington WIlliams (November 27, 1814 - September 29, 1890)," Memorial #57361824, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57361824&ref=acom (accessed June 27, 2017). Eugene A. Faulconer (Hancock County clerk and politician) N00003873 1815-01-04 1879-01-27 Categories: People

Kentucky politician, clerk, and farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Martha Faulconer. Clerk in Hancock County in 1850. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Hancock County in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Hancock County from 1859 to 1861.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Hancock County, Kentucky, carpenter. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza J. Williams. Father of John H. Williams and James H. Williams. Private in the 4th Kentucky Infantry during the Mexican-American War from 1847 to 1848. Carpenter in Hancock County in 1860.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 125. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Town of Hawesville, p. 15. Find A Grave, "John J. Willilams (October 14, 1828-March 21, 1911)," Memorial #75141521, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75141521 (accessed April 7, 2017). James Monroe Pate (Hancock County farmer) N00003880 1826-01-22 1875-10-10 Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer. Massachusetts native. Son of Arrita Pate. Household owned thirteen enslaved persons in 1850. Household owned fourteen enslaved persons in 1860. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Hancock County, Kentucky, master carpenter. Married to Marium E. Chambers. Married to L. A. Chambers. Father of William L. Chambers, Martha J. Chambers, Frances J. Chambers, Parthenia E. Chambers, Mary Chambers, and Albert Chambers. Master carpenter in Hancock County in 1860.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard Social: John Cauffield (Subject of petition from Hancock County in August 1862.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 125. Samuel McAdams (Hancock County merchant) N00003883 1812-08-13 1863-07-14 Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, merchant. Nelson County, Kentucky, native. Married to Sarah Wroe McAdams. Father of Eliza McAdams, Ann McAdams, William L. McAdams, Catherine McAdams, Forrest McAdams, Frank McAdams, and Charles McAdams. Raised in Indiana and returned to Hawesville, Kentucky in 1831. Merchant in Hancock County in 1850. Commissioner of the Hancock Manufacturing Company and the Hancock Mining Company in 1851. Merchant in Hancock County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in 1860. Hired one enslaved person in 1860.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Hancock County, Kentucky, master carpenter. Virginia native. Married to Elvira G. Dubie Cox on December 8, 1857. Father of Mary E. Cox, Lettitia C. Cox, William Cox, and George Cox. Jailer of Hancock County in 1847 and 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in 1850. Master carpenter in Hancock County in 1860. Member of the Masonic Order at Hancock Lodge, No. 115 in Hawesville, Kentucky.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer. Married to Mary Bruner. Father of Eddy Bruner, Lee Bruner, and Freddy Bruner. Member of the Masonic Order at Pellville Lodge, No. 357 in Pellville, Kentucky. Farmer in Hancock County in 1850. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 134. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 21. Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, at a Grand Annual Communication, in the City of Louisville, Commencing on Monday, the 21st Day of October, 1867 (Frankfort, Ky.: Frankfort Commonwealth, 1867), 257. Find A Grave, "George W. Bruner (April 6, 1824-May 5, 1882)," Memorial #89300131, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89300131 (accessed April 10, 2017). Peter Purcell (Hancock County farmer) N00004043 1832? Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, boatman. Kentucky native. Son of Roderick Purcell and Zuzella Purcell. Married to Drusilla Purcell. Father of Susan Purcell. Boatman in Hancock County in 1860.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 17. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville Voting District, p. 94. James Miller (Hancock County, unclear as to if this is the farmer or M. E. Minister) N00004044 Categories: People

Appears in an affidavit of William Mason from Hancock County, Kentucky, on June 1, 1861.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

KYR-0002-022-0048. David Adams (Hancock County farmer) N00004045 1800-09-09 1894-04-07 Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer. Married to Eliza Adams. Father of John Adams, Nancy G. Adams, Robert C. Adams, Patsy Adams, Sally Adams, Margaret Adams, Mary A. Adams, Florence Adams, and Rebecca Adams. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in 1850. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in 1860.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza F. DeJarnette. Father of Benjamin DeJarnette, Francis DeJarnette, John DeJarnette, Julia DeJarnette, Melvina DeJarnette, George DeJarnette, and E. DeJarnette. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 96. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 28. Find A Grave, "George DeJarnette (October 15, 1819-July 3, 1897)," Memorial #90196481, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90196481 (accessed April 10, 2017). John G. Bozarth (Hancock County farmer) N00004077 1819? Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Susan T. Duncan Bozarth in Hancock County on October 17, 1848. Father of W. F. Bozarth, Sarah Bozarth, L. W. Bozarth, Ann Bozarth, J. D. Bozarth, J. W. Bozarth, Eli Bozarth, and Martha Bozarth. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 93-94. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 26. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Hancock County Marriages, Film #000495729, p. Washington Carlton (Hancock County tailor and hotel keeper) N00004090 1795? Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, tailor and hotel keeper. Virginia native. Married to Eliza Carlton. Father of Ann Elizabeth Carlton Vickers, Oletha Carlton, Virginia Carlton, Edmonia Carlton, Thomas D. Carlton, Mary F. Carlton, Joseph W. Carlton, and William S. Carlton. Appointed postmaster of Hawesville, Kentucky, on December 20, 1844. Tailor in Hancock County in 1850. Hotel keeper in Hancock County in 1860.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Hancock County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Resident in Hancock County, Kentucky in 1861. Member of the Masonic Order at Lewisport Lodge, No. 303 in Lewisport, Kentucky.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, at a Grand Annual Communication, in the City of Louisville, Commencing on Monday, the 21st Day of October, 1867 (Frankfort, Ky.: Frankfort Commonwealth, 1867), 226. Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880, and Related Indexes, 1850-1880, NARA RG, Microfilm Series T655, Roll 15, Ballard County, Kentucky, 1870, (Accessed via ancestry.com). KYR-0002-022-0048. Roderick Purcell (Hancock County, Kentucky, laborer and farmer) N00004114 1795? Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, laborer and farmer. Married to Drusilla Purcell. Father of William Purcell, Charlotte Purcell, Peter Purcell, Susan Purcell, and Malvina Purcell. Laborer in Hancock County in 1850. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Hancock Circuit Court Legal: Henry E. Haynes (Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John A. Clark (Hancock County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Ed Humphrey (Hawesville, Kentucky, farmer) Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 17-18. John Harley (Hancock County, KY, farmer) N00004122 1825? Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza Jane Harley. Father of Maria F. Harley, George S. Harley, Sarah E. Harley, Mary E. Harley, Eliza Harley, James Harley, and Martha Harley. Farmer in Hancock County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, 276B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 1006. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 205B. Thomas Manley Newman (Hancock County farmer and postmaster) N00004133 1805? 1867-12-23 Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer and postmaster. Virginia native. Married to Nancy Newman. Father of Albert H. Newman. Owned three enslaved persons in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in 1860. Farmer in Hancock County in 1850. Postmaster of of Hawesville, Kentucky from June 1859 to November 1860. Member of the Masonic Order at Hancock Lodge, No. 115 in Hawesville, Kentucky.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, accessed on ancestry.com (Washington, D.C.: National Archives) (accessed on March 22, 2017). Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of kentucky, at a Grand Annual Communication, in the City of Louisville, Commencing on Monday, the 21st Day of October, 1867 (Frankfort, Ky.: Frankfort Commonwealth, 1867), 111-112. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 112. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 10. Find A Grave, "Manley Newman (January 15, 1805-December 23, 1867)," Memorial #124441551, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124441551 (accessed April 11, 2017). Thomas D. Morgan (Hancock County, Kentucky, resident) N00004146 1820? Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, resident. Virginia native. Resident in Hancock County in 1863.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

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), Hancock County, KY, August 1863, p. 14, (Accessed via ancestry.com). John Danial Davies (Hancock County) N00004154 1822-05-31 1908-11-14 Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer. Native of Wales. Married to Elizabeth Davies. Father of Julia Davies, Mary Davies, Eliza Davies, Lara Davies, and Timothy Davies. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 84. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Lewisport Voting District, p. 36. Indiana Death Certificates– Microfilm (1899-2011), Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Roll #06, Jefferson County, Indiana, p. 7. Josiah Coon (Hancock County, Kentucky, well digger) N00004237 1810? Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, well digger. Virginia native. Married to Sally Earls Coon in Hancock County on September 1, 1854. Well digger in Hancock County in 1860.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 9. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994037, Hancock County Marriages. John S. Cundiff (Hancock County & Daviess County farmer) N00004238 1821? Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Matilda Ione Purcell Cundiff. Father of Mary Cundiff, Elizabeth Cundiff, Ambrose Cundiff, William T. Cundiff, Harrison Cundiff, Hamilton G. Cundiff, Artimissa E. Cundiff, Daniel B. Cundiff, Julia Cundiff, Susan Cundiff, James B. Cundiff, Rankin R. R. Cundiff, and Jefferson Daviess Cundiff. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 39. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, Masonville Precinct, p. 7. Benjamin E. Morgan (Hancock County farmer) N00004239 1821? Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Nancy J. Morgan. Father of Hester Morgan, Susan Morgan, Mattie Morgan, Charles Morgan, S. B. Morgan, Luella Morgan, Franics Morgan, and James Morgan. Farmer in Hancock County in 1850. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary "Polly" A. Gates Barr in Hancock County on April 11, 1843. Father of Charles R. Barr, John F. Barr, Catherine E. Barr, Thomas A. Barr, Lydia J. Barr, George E. Barr, and Annie M. Barr. Farmer in Hancock County from 1844 to 1863, before moving to Daviess County, Kentucky. Founding member of the Hancock Pond Draining Company in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Hancock County in 1860. Member of the Methodist Church.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 18. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 2. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Hancock County Marriages, Film #000495729, p. 33. History of Daviess County, Kentucky (Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co., 1883), 638; "An Act to Incorporate the Hancock Pond Draining Company, and amend the charter of the Jefferson Pond Draining Company," Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Passed at December Session, 1849 (Frankfort, Ky.: A. G. Hodges & Co.– State Printers, 1849), 390-394. Find A Grave, "John A. Barr (October 11, 1818-June 18, 1901)," Memorial #74007507, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74007507 (accessed April 11, 2017). John M. Estus (Hancock County farmer) N00004241 1803? Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Estus. Father of James Estus, M. T. Estus, Mary C. Estus, and Almeda Estus. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 95. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Lewisport Voting District, p. 35. William Adams (Hancock County farmer) N00004287 1798-02-07 1888-02-07 Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary A. Bright Adams. Father of William C. Adams, Sarah G. Adams, Georgetta Adams, John Q. Adams, and Jesse D. B. Adams. Owned twenty enslaved persons in 1850. Owned twenty-four enslaved persons in 1860. Farmer in Hancock County in 1850. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Virginia native. Married to Hannah Longest. Father of Hugh Longest, James H. Longest, Preston Longest, and J. D. Longest. Farm laborer in Shelby County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860. Served in the Hancock County Home Guard in June 1861.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 34. KYR-0002-022-0048. Hopkins Mason (Hancock County farmer) N00004306 1804-07-02 1877-06-14 Categories: People

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Breckinridge County, Kentucky native. Married to Isabel Mason. Father of Samuel Hopkins, Elizabeth A. Mason, Margaret Mason, L. M. Mason, James A. Mason, and Jane Mason. Owned two enslaved persons in 1860. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary E. Chappell Barker in Hancock County on June 24, 1845. Father of Elizabeth Barker. Farmer in Hancock County in 1850. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 100. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Hancock County Marriages, Film #000495729. Find A Grave, "Reuben N. Barker (November 8, 1818-December 8, 1893)," Memorial #90196731, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90196731 (accessed April 11, 2017). Watson Longest (Hancock County, KY, farmer, Home Guard member, and hemp spinner) N00004310 1823? Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer, hemp spinner, and soldier. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth "Lizzie" Clement Longest in Shelby County, Kentucky, on March 3, 1847. Father of Legrand Longest, Georgia A. Longest, Mary E. Longest, John H. Longest, and Elizabeth Longest. Hemp spinner in Shelby County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned ten enslaved persons in Shelby County in 1850. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860. Served in the Hancock County Home Guard in June 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2, p. 383A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2, p. 815. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 948-49. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County,Hawesville, p. 172A. Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Shelby County Marriages, 1815-1854, Film #000259289. KYR-0002-022-0048. David Alsop (Hancock County farmer) N00004322 1819? 1897-03-21 Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer. Married to Catherine Alsop. Father of Lewis Alsop and Alexander Alsop. Member of the Masonic Order at Hancock Lodge, No. 115 in Hawesville, Kentucky.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville Voting District, p. 25. Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, at a Grand Annual Communication, in the City of Louisville, Commencing on Monday, the 21st Day of October, 1867 (Frankfort, Ky.: Frankfort Commonwealth, 1867), 111-112. Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, F.. AND A.. M.. Ninety-Eighth Annual Communication held in Louisville, Kentucky. (Louisville: Masonic Home Books and Job Office, 1897), 24. Franklin M. Lander (Hancock County resident) N00004324 1829-09-19 1917-03-06 Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, and industrialist. Kentucky native. Son of Rebecca P. Lander. Married to Eliza Hardie Lander. Household owned eleven enslaved persons in 1850. Household owned thirteen enslaved persons in 1860. Merchant's clerk in Hancock County in 1850. Resident in Hancock County in 1860.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Hancock County, Kentucky, boatman and merchant. Indiana native. Married to Dorcas Comstock McAdams in Hancock County, Kentucky, on August 7, 1840. Father of Josephine McAdams, Hester McAdams, Eugene P. McAdams, Sam L. McAdams, Celeste McAdams, and John C. McAdams. Boatman in Hancock County in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Hancock County in 1850. Merchant in Hancock County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Hancock County in 1860. Employed two enslaved persons owned by Mrs. Carder and Mr. Woodfolk in Hancock County in 1860. Served in the Hancock County Home Guard in June 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 267B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 268. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 1031. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 10. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 179B. "Hon. G. W. M'Adams Dead," Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), August 2, 1889. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Hancock County Marriages, Film #000495729, p. 23. KYR-0002-022-0048. Robert Young Bush (Hancock County lawyer and common schools commissioner) N00004393 1826? Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Ann Millian Stone Bush. Attorney in Hancock County in 1854 and 1856. County attorney in Hancock County in 1856. County commissioner of the Hancock County common schools in 1854, 1861, and 1863.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard Social: John Cauffield (Subject of petition from Hancock County in August 1862.)

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 Magazeine, 1854), 109. John Livingston, Livingston's Law Register: Containing a Complete List of Lawyers in the United States (New York: Davies and Roberts, 1856), 133 and 303. "Report of the Superintendent Public Instruction to the Governor of Kentucky, for the Year 1854," Kentucky Public Documents: Legislative Document, No. 2 (Frankfort, Ky.: A. G. Hodges, State Printer, 1855), 104. "Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Kentucky, for the School Year Ending December 31, 1861," (Frankfort, Ky.: Yeoman Office, Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 63 and 135. "Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Kentucky, for the School Year Ending December 31, 1863," (Frankfort, Ky.: Commonwealth Office, Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 65. George Hawley (Hancock County farmer) N00004394 1839? Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Son of Charles C. Hawley and Sallie Hawley. Resident in Hancock County in 1860.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 111. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville Voting District, p. 32-33. George Smith (Hancock County farmer) N00004409 1815? Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Smith. Father of Helen Smith, Horace G. Smith, and Lydia Smith. Owned six enslaved persons in Hancock County in 1850. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in 1860. Farmer in Hancock County in 1850. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860. Member of the Masonic Order at Lewisport Lodge, No. 303 in Lewisport, Kentucky.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Lindsay. Father of Charles Lindsay, Mary A. Lindsay, John Lindsay, Thomas P. Lindsay, Alexander C. Lindsay, Jr., Annie Lindsay, and Joe Lindsay. Farmer in Hancock County in 1850. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860. Served in the Hancock County Home Guard in June 1861.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 290A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 51. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 16. KYR-0002-022-0048. William Greathouse (Hancock County, KY, home guard soldier resident; there are two William Greathouses in the Census born within 2 years of each other) N00004497 Categories: People

Hancock, Kentucky, soldier. Served in the Hancock County Home Guard in June 1861.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

KYR-0002-022-0048. Alexander Boyd (Hancock County, KY, merchant saloon owner & home guard soldier) N00004498 1831? Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, merchant, soldier, and saloon owner. Georgia native. Married to Belle Boyd. Father of Henry Boyd, Elizabeth Boyd, George Boyd, Buckner Boyd, Catherine Boyd, and Frank Boyd. Merchant in Hancock County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Hancock County in 1860. Served in the Hancock County Home Guard in June 1861.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 114. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 10. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 1. KYR-0002-022-0048. Thomas Burk (Hancock County, KY, farmer & home guard soldier) N00004499 1827? Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer. Native of Ireland. Married to Eliza Burk. Father of Joseph Burk, Thomas Burk, Fanny Burk, Bridget Burk, Margaret Burk, Mary Burk, and John Burk. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860. Served in the Hancock County Home Guard in June 1861.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 41. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville Voting District, p. 11. KYR-0002-022-0048. Peter B. Bruner, Jr. (Hancock County, KY, farmer & home guard soldier) N00004500 1806? Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Hannah Davis Bruner. Father of George W. Bruner, Cynthia E. Bruner, Davis T. Bruner, Robert T. Bruner, Henry V. Bruner, Charles M. Bruner, Martha E. Bruner, Patsey A. Bruner, Artimissa P. Bruner, and Lucretia C. Bruner. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860. Member of the Masonic Order at Hancock Lodge, No. 115 in Hawesville, Kentucky. Served in the Hancock County Home Guard in June 1861.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Hancock County, Kentucky, miner and soldier. Indiana native. Married to Sallie Kinder. Father of Charles Kinder and George Kinder. Miner in Hancock County in 1860. Served in the Hancock County Home Guard in June 1861.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 118. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville Voting District, p. 36. KYR-0002-022-0048. Hancock County Home Guard O00003155 1861 1865 Categories: Organizations

State militia organization from Hancock County, Kentucky. Organized in Hancock County with one infantry and one calvary company, comprised of 44 men each, in 1861. Operated from 1861 to 1865. Commander(s): Captain William F. Hawes, Sr. (Cavalry), Eldred E. Pate (acting colonel November 1862)

Report of the Military Board of Kentucky, made to the General Assembly, September 10, 1861, (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 5. KYR-0002-022-0043. KYR-0002-022-0045. General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky O00000923 1792 Categories: Organizations

Legislative branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Comprised of the Kentucky House of Representatives and the Kentucky Senate.

Relationships Political: Alfred Allen (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: James Henry Garrard (Franklin County, Kentucky, salt maker and Kentucky state treasurer) Political: James Crockett Sayers (Kenton County, Kentucky, laborer, farmer, politician, QM & 1st lieut 32nd KY Inf USA) Political: Thomas Turner (Montgomery Co., KY, State Rep & attorney) Political: Thomas W. Owings (Meade co state rep) Political: Richard Aylett Buckner, Jr. (Lexington, KY atty, judge & speaker of State House) Political: Bryan Rust Young (Bardstown state rep) Political: John Kemp Goodloe (Woodford Co State Senator) Political: John A. Prall (Bourbon Co State Senator) Political: Joshua Tevis (Louisville, KY, State Rep & US District Atto, Col 10th Ky Cav (USA)) Political: Thomas A. Duke (Paducah State Senator & Physician) Political: Richard Clough Anderson, III (Frankfort state rep) Political: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Political: Samuel E. DeHaven (Oldham County State Sen/Rep) Political: Henry Davis McHenry (Ohio Co., KY, state rep & senator) Political: Martin Pickett Marshall (Mason Co. State Senator) Political: Curtis Field Burnam (Madison County. KY, attorney & State Rep) Political: Willis W. Gardner (Union co. State Sen.) Political: Joshua Barnes (Bath Co., KY, State Rep. & doctor) Political: James Calvert (Boone County, Kentucky, sheriff and politician) Political: Richard J. Browne (Washington Co, KY, State Rep & attorney) Political: Nathaniel Wolfe (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, Ky rep & senator) Political: Walter C. Whitaker (Shelby Co. Ky state sen; col & genl 6th Ky Inf & Army of Cumberland USA) Political: John L. Irvan (Calloway Co. state rep) Political: John R. Thomas (Marion Co., Ky, State rep & attorney) Political: Zebulon Ward (Woodford co State Rep & former penitentiary lessee) Political: John S. Van Winkle (Wayne Co state rep) Political: Elijah Gabbert (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and KY state rep) Political: Jonas Martin (Livingston and Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer and politician.) Political: William S. Rankin (Grant County, KY, State Rep) Political: Joshua Fry Bell (Boyle Co., KY, attorney & politician) Political: Isaac Price Miller (Jefferson co. farmer & politician) Political: James Speed (U.S. Atty. General, Louisville, KY atty & state senator) Political: John B. Bruner (Breckinridge Co., KY, atty & state senator) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Economic: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Kentucky Home Guard Military: 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Kentucky State Militia Political: John Flavel Fisk, Sr. (Covington, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: Leonidas Polk (Louisiana, bishop and general (C.S.A.)) Political: Simon Bolivar Buckner (Kentucky inspector general and general CSA) Political: T. & J. F. Jefferson Political: Martin A. Walker (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer) Political: Charles Gaupin (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer & grocer) Political: William H. Landrum (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer & grocer) Political: John Cullen (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer & grocer) Political: Francis Linnemann (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer) Political: Joseph Francis Terstegge (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer & grocer) Political: John Rausch Gheens (Jefferson County, KY, grocer & flour dealer) Political: Peter Klippel (Jefferson County, KY, grocer and flour dealer) Political: Samuel Harris (Jefferson County, KY, peddler and flour dealer) Political: Frank Struck (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer & grocer) Political: Elias T. Oberdorfer (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer & grocer) Political: John T. Doyle (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer & grocer) Political: James Collings (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer & grocer) Political: Alexander F. Clark (Jefferson County, KY, wholesale & retail grocer & flour dealer) Political: Christopher Abel (Jefferson County, KY, grocer & flour dealer & grocer) Political: Philip Winkler (Jefferson County, KY, grocer & flour dealer) Political: Joseph Martin (Jefferson County, KY, wholesale grocer & flour dealer) Political: William Gathright (Jefferson County, KY, merchant and flour dealer) Political: John R. Knott (Jefferson County, KY, clerk and flour dealer) Political: John J. Ellis (Jefferson County, KY, grocer & flour dealer) Political: Michael Enright (Jefferson County, KY, retail grocer & flour dealer) Political: Martin Breen (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer & grocer) Political: George Hill (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer) Political: John Snyder & Co. Political: John Gaffenberger (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer) Political: Thomas McGrain, Jr. (Jefferson Co, KY, & Harrison Co, IN, clerk, flour dealer & merchant) Political: Paul Wilhelm Carle (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer & grocer) Political: James Kennedy (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer) Political: Stege & Reiling Political: Montgomery & Bro. Political: E. T. Sale & Co. Political: Marshall Halbert & Co. Political: Castleman, Murrell & Co. Political: Lane & Bartlett Wholesale Grocers Political: Albert Engelhard (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer & wholesale grocer) Political: Nock, Wicks & Co. Political: Jack & Brother Wholesale Grocers Political: G. McCullum & Co. Political: Tait, Anderson & Co. Political: Baldwin Sanderson & Co. Political: Sage Bower & Co. Political: Billing & Dreisbach Political: Smith & Smyser Political: John B. McIlvain & Son Political: John Cochran & Son Political: J. Vernon & Son Political: N. S. Glore & Co. Political: Schuler & Hutti Political: J. S. Byers & Co. Political: John C. Ameling & Co. Political: Guy & Clark Manufacturer Political: C. Bremaker & Co. Political: H. Wedekind & Co. Political: Brown & Co. Political: Brown, Bro. & Co. Political: Kennedy Mills Political: Glazebrook Brothers & Co. Political: Weller & Parker Political: John Terry & Co. Political: William Garrard Timberlake (Jefferson Co, KY, flour inspector) Political: Joab Clark (Christian Co, KY, Clerk of Circuit Court) Political: William Brown (Christian County, Kentucky, schoolteacher, farmer, and justice of the peace)

Robert M. Ireland, The Kentucky State Constitution: A Reference Guide (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1999). “Kentucky General Assembly.” Constitution of Kentucky, Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, 2019, apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/constitution (Accessed July 23, 2019). Kentucky Home Guard O00000902 1861 1865 Categories: Organizations

County level military organization primarily comprised of Union soldiers. Created in 1861 to counter the southern aligned Kentucky State Guard.

Relationships Military: Curran Pope (Louisville, KY, attorney, trustee, and colonel 5th KY Inf) Military: B. F. Wilson (Kentucky, resident) Military: Charles S. Marshall (Ballard County, Kentucky, attorney and circuit judge)

Nicky Hughes, “Home Guard,” The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 438. Hancock County Court O00000636 Categories: Organizations

Located in Hawesville, Hancock County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): John McCarty Brown. Clerk(s): James E. Stone, Eldred E. Pate, Edward E. Pate, and W. W. Badger.

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. Hancock County, Kentucky 1861-06-01 Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 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.

I hereby certify that a Company of Men styling themselves the Hancock County Home Guards. personally appeared before me, and each one whose name is herein enclosed did take the oath prescribed by the late act of the Legislature for the organization of Home guards. and after which they proceeded to the election of officers when James R Jennings was elected Captain. Chas, C. Hawley 1st Leiut W. C. Davidson 2nd Leiut &and Chas B Duncan 3rd Leut

June 1st 1861 Wm Mason Presiding Judge of the Hancock County Court

Hancock Co Home Gds -- Cpt. J. R. Jennings -- June 1861

Hancock CoHomeGuards

J. R Jennings Capt. Chas C Hawley 1st Leu_ W, C, Davidson 2nd Leut. C, B, Duncan 3d Leut.

Dr J, N, Hughes.

John M Brown.

S Powers.

W. B. Maxey T. C Pattee G. M Younger. W. S. Gibbs Wm Rial

Z H Shelley R Beauchamp Jas Mason

D. S. Thomas John Snowden A. D Hawley Mike Hog T. Holmes Geo W Williams E. A. Faulconer Jno J Williams Jas Pate

A G Chambers S McAdams

R H Cox

G W Bruner P Purcell Jas Miller

David Adams Geo DeJarnett. John G Bozorth W Carleton A. Crockett. R Purcell John Harley Manley Newman Thos D. Morgan

J. D Davies

Joe Coon John. S. Cundiff B E Morgan John Barr John M Estiss Wm Adams

Price Longist Hopkins Mason Reuben N Barker W. Longist D. Alsop F,, Lander

J. A Mason G W McAdams

R. T. Bush Geo. Hawley Geo. Smith A. C. Lindsay Wm, Greathouse

A. Boyd Thos, Burke Peter Bruner Jr Peter Kinder,