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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 37th - 76th Regiments Enrolled Militia Primary Source Documents (1861-1866) KYR-0002-022-0127 Box 81, Folder 75th Regiment 1862-1865 Nominations for Commissions

Vanceburg, Lewis County, Kentucky Harrison Taylor (Speaker State House, Mason Co, KY) N00008309 1810-08-10 1876-11-28 Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Lewis County, Kentucky, native. Son of Joseph Taylor and Elizabeth Harrison Taylor. Married Charlotte Jane Duke Taylor in Scott County on January 14, 1840. Father of Mary D. Taylor, Elizabeth "Bessie" Taylor, Charlotte Taylor, Alice Taylor, Harry Taylor, and John D. Taylor. Deputy clerk in the Mason County Court and Mason Circuit Court from 1825 to 1829. Attorney in Washington, Kentucky, in 1833. Law partner of John A. McClung from 1835 to 1850. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Mason County in 1836. Commonwealth's Attorney from 1839 to 1850. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Mason County from 1857 to 1861. Owned four enslaved persons in Maysville in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1861 to 1867. Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1863 to 1867.

Relationships Social: Edward Fleming (Maysville, KY) Familial: Samuel Hatfield (Floyd County, Kentucky, farmer and War of 1812 Veteran) Political: William C. Halbert (Lewis County, KY, farmer and attorney) Political: Reuben S. Darnall (Mason County, KY, mason's apprentice and military drummer, private & first sergeant) Political: Amos J. Means (Maysville, KY, blacksmith) Political: Thomas J. Walker (Lewis County, KY, saddler and farmer) Political: Francis B. Trussell (Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky, farmer and mayor) Political: William Henry Wadsworth (KY state senator, U. S. Representative, attorney, presidential elector) Social: Abner Hall (Mason County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: John Morgan (Mason County, Kentucky, cooper) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: William H. Savage (Mason County, Kentucky, retail clerk and attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, p. 104B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, p. 321. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville Wards 1, 2 & 3, p. 4B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville Ward 1, p. 398A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, 1803-1883, Film #000183225, p. 145. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 215. W. M. Paxton, The Marshall Family: Or a Genealogical Chart of the Descendants of John Marshall and Elizabeth Markham, His Wife, Sketches of Individuals and Notices of Families Connected with Them (Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1885), 182-83. John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) N00000879 1839-08-16 1913-12-13 Categories: People

Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General. Illinois native. Son of James Madison Boyle and Sarah Ann Decker Boyle. Married to Jane "Jennie" Porter Looney Boyle in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, on September 17, 1863. Attended school in Edgar County, Illinois, in 1850. Attended Centre College in Boyle County, Kentucky, in 1858. Attorney in Edgar County in 1860. Served in the Army of the Ohio (U.S.A.) as assistant adjutant general. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as lieutenant colonel from August 22, 1862, to August 21, 1863. Adjutant General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to August 1, 1864.

Relationships Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (Union general, Boyle Co, KY attorney, pres Lou City Railway Co) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: Kentucky Volunteers Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: William E. Hobson (Warren County, Kentucky, soldier.) Military: Madison Conyers Johnson (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney and banker, RR director, pres of UK Law Dept) Political: Madison Conyers Johnson (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney and banker, RR director, pres of UK Law Dept) Political: G. T. Spillman (Captain, Franklin County) Military: G. T. Spillman (Captain, Franklin County) Military: Louis W. Little (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry) Military: Thomas McKinster (Lawrence County, KY, farmer and soldier) Military: James W. Caperton (Richmond, KY, attorney and soldier) Military: [unknown] Shanks (Major, U.S.A.) Military: Cornelius G. Bradshaw (Douglas County, Illinois, chaplain (U.S.A.)) Military: 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: James W. Weatherford (Colonel in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment ) Economic: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: William W. Woodward (Montgomery County, Ohio, fruit tree producer; 2nd lieut & capt 2nd OH Cav USA; col 116th USCT Inf ) Military: Robert C. Hewett (Louisville, KY, physician ) Military: William Baker Swisher (Kansas Territory physician and soldier) Military: Benjamin F. Howard (Magoffin County, Kentucky, farmer, deputy sheriff; 1st lieut & capt 49th KY Inf USA) Military: John M. Cook (Clay County, KY, farmer; pvt 6th KY Cav US, cpt 49th KY Inf USA, capt 6th KY Cav USA) Military: William T. Bryant (Laurel County, Kentucky farm laborer; 2nd lieut & capt 49th KY Inf USA) Military: Speed Smith Fry (Boyle County, KY, general, abuser of refugee families at Camp Nelson) Military: Walter M. Prentice (Cuyahoga County, Ohio, physician and soldier) Military: Stephen Golden (Knox County, Kentucky, captain 49th KY Inf USA ) Military: Jesse Mattingly (Clay County, KY, farmer;1st lieut 1st Harlan co Battalion and 49th KY Inf USA) Military: Isaac Jones Black (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer; agent, 1st lieut & capt 49th KY Inf USA) Military: Philos Stratton (Madison County, Kentucky artist; adjutant, major, & lt col USA ) Military: 2nd Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia Military: William Jackson Atkins (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer. Pvt, sgt, & lieut 13th KY Vol Inf USA) Military: Joseph T. Wheeler (Cincinnati, Ohio farmer and capt 1st KY Inf USA) Military: Leonidas Metcalfe (Nicholas County, KY, farmer and colonel 7th KY Cav (USA)) Military: Richard J. C. Bocking (Indianapolis, Indiana resident and former soldier) Military: Thomas T. Sharp (Covington, KY, capt 7th KY Cav USA) Military: Andrew S. Bloom (Hamilton, Ohio, daguerreotype artist and soldier (52nd OH Inf and 7th KY Cav)) Military: Green Clay Smith (Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky attorney, politician, and soldier) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: 47th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: United States Army Military: John J. Rose (Mercer County, Kentuck, merchant and soldier - 2nd Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Samuel P. Debaun (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - 1st Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: William H. Norton (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and 2nd lieutenant in 11th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.)) Military: William E. Riley (Washington County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier.) Military: Archibald J. Alexander (Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier.) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Illinois, Edgar County, District 19, p. 146B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Edgar County, Buck Township, p. 675. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Edgar County, Paris, p. 170A. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0095. John Boyle, Boyle Genealogy: John Boyle of Virginia and Kentucky (St. Louis, MO: Perrin & Smith Printing Co., 1909), 63-65. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. vii. The Thirty-Fourth Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Centre College, at Danville, Kentucky, 1858 (Frankfort, KY: Frankfort Commonwealth Office, 1858), 9. "Youngest General," Kentucky Advocate (Danville, KY), December 17, 1913, p. 1. Andrew J. Farrow (Lewis County, KY, farmer and 1st lieut 10th Cav USA) N00009861 1828? 1885? Categories: People

Lewis County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Indiana native. Married to Sarah J. Hendrickson Farrow in Lewis County on April 5, 1849. Father of Mary C. Farrow and George W. Farrow. Married to Nancy McIlwain Farrow on February 13, 1855. Farmer in Lewis County in 1850. Farmer in Lewis County in 1860. Served in the 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant from September 9, 1862, to September 17, 1863.

Relationships Military: 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, District 2, p. 167A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, p. 36. Kentucky Marriage Records on Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058, Lewis County Marriages, p. 4. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 101. Elias D. Secrest (Lewis County, KY, farmer and corporal 10th Cav USA) N00009866 1834-06-23 1908-12-21 Categories: People

Lewis County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of William B. Secrest and Catherine Secrest. Farmer in Lewis County in 1850. Farmer in Lewis County in 1860. Household employed Ellen Cogewall as a domestic servant in 1860. Served in the 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as corporal from September 9, 1862, to September 17, 1863.

Relationships Military: 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, District 2, p. 162B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, p. 848. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, Concord, p. 426A. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 104. Find A Grave, "Elias Davis Secrest (1834-1908)," Memorial #61816220, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61816220# (accessed December 13, 2018). Milton Evans (Lewis Co, KY, farmer and captain, 10th KY Cav Reg USA) N00011227 1811? Categories: People

Lewis County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Ohio native.Married to Louisa Ann Maple Evans in Lewis County on March 7, 1837. Married to Naomi Maple Evans in Mason County in October 1840. Father of David Evans, Dan Evans, Mary Evans, Julia Evans, America Evans, Vashti Evans, Richard Wm. Evans, and Henry Evans. Farmer in Lewis County in 1860. Served in the 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as captain from September 9, 1862 to September 17, 1863.

Relationships Military: Elias D. Secrest (Lewis County, KY, farmer and corporal 10th Cav USA) Military: Andrew J. Farrow (Lewis County, KY, farmer and 1st lieut 10th Cav USA) Political: William C. Halbert (Lewis County, KY, farmer and attorney) Military: 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, p. 911 Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, County, City/District, p. X Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mason County Marriages, Film #000344051, p. 229 Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mason County Marriages, Film #000281843, p. 298 Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 398. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 261. William Henry Wadsworth (KY state senator, U. S. Representative, attorney, presidential elector) N00000826 1821-07-04 1893-04-02 Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Kentucky native. Married to Martha M. Wood Wadsworth in Lewis County, Kentucky, in June 1849. Father of Adney Wadsworth, Henry Wadsworth, Charles Wadsworth, John G. Wadsworth, and Elizabeth J. Wadsworth. Educated at Maysville Seminary. Graduated from Augusta College in 1841. Studied law and admitted to the bar in 1844. Attorney in Maysville, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Mason County in 1850. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1853 to 1856. Presidential elector for the Constitutional Union Party in 1860. Served in the United States Army as a colonel and as an aide to General William “Bull” Nelson. Served the Ninth Congressional District of Kentucky as a Unionist member of the United States House of Representative from 1861 to 1865.

Relationships Military: 7th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 14th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Horatio Gouverneur Wright (Union General, commander of Dept of OH) Military: Dick Williams (Maysville, Kentucky, resident) Military: [Unknown] Bush (Clark County) Military: Richard Apperson, Jr. (11th District Circuit Judge) Military: Van B. Young (Owingsville, Kentucky, circuit clerk, attorney, and politician) Military: Kentucky Home Guard

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville District 1, p. 37B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville District 1, p. 689 Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, pp. 355-56. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Precinct No 2, p. 329D. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Lewis County Marriages, Film #000344051. Charles Lanman, Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States (Washington: J. M. Morrison, 1887), 520. “Wadsworth, William Henry,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000015. "William Henry Wadsworth (1821-1893)," Find A Grave, Memorial #9375030, accessed March December 20, 2016, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9375030. 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. William C. Halbert (Lewis County, KY, farmer and attorney) N00009862 1816 1877 Categories: People

Lewis County, Kentucky, farmer and attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Lavina A. Halbert. Father of Mary Halbert, Walker Halbert, Isaac W. Halbert, Willie C. Halbert, Rachael Florence Halbert, Henry D. Halbert, and Anna L. Halbert. Farmer in Lewis County in 1850. Attorney in Lewis County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Harrison Taylor (Speaker State House, Mason Co, KY) Political: Elias D. Secrest (Lewis County, KY, farmer and corporal 10th Cav USA) Political: Andrew J. Farrow (Lewis County, KY, farmer and 1st lieut 10th Cav USA)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, District 2, p. 156A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, p. 872. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, Vanceburg, p. 533B. Find A Grave, "William Cottingham Halbert (1816-1877)," Memorial #84061619, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84061619# (accessed December 13, 2018). Vanceburg, Kentucky P00009857 Categories: Places

Seat of Lewis County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

38.5992, -83.3188 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 303. USGS: Earth Explorer, " Vanceburg, Kentucky" https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on October 21, 2019). Maysville, Kentucky P00001219 Categories: Places

Seat of Mason County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

38.6412, -83.7444 Jean W. Calvert, "Maysville" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 621-22. " Maysville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Kentucky P001800 Categories: Places

State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992). Lewis County, Kentucky P00009514 Categories: Places

County in northeastern Kentucky. Seat at Clarksburg from 1809 to 1864. Seat at Vanceburg from 1864. Located on the Ohio River.

38.5851, -83.366 "Clarksburg, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 2, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 171. Ron D. Bryant, “Lewis County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 548-49. Concord, Kentucky P00009858 Categories: Places

Village in Lewis County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

38.6862, -83.491 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 66. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Concord, Kentucky" https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on October 21, 2019). Poplar Flat, Kentucky P00009859 Categories: Places

Hamlet in Lewis County, Kentucky.

38.5945, -83.5235 “1870 Post Office Directory.” KYGenWeb Project - Online Kentucky Genealogy Resources. KYGenWeb Project. Accessed October 21, 2019. http://www.kygenweb.net/counties/1870KyPostOffice.html. Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection: Kentucky Place Names, “Lewis County Place Names,” Morehead State University, https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/rennickmscollection/ (accessed on November 20, 2020). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Poplar Flat, Kentucky" https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on October 21, 2019). Maysville Eagle O00009865 1815 1887 Categories: Organizations

Maysville, Kentucky, newspaper. Owner(s): Thomas Marshall Green, from 1860 to 1887. Editor(s): Lewis Collins, from November 1820 to November 1847; Richard Henry Collins, from 1846 to 1850; Thomas B. Stevenson, from 1850 to 1853; Richard Henry Collins, from 1853 to 1857; Thomas A. Curran, from 1857 to 1860; and Thomas Marshall Green, from 1860 to 1887.

Kentucky Advocate, Danville, Kentucky. June 17, 1887. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1874), 28, 185, 200, 642. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 522-525. Ron D. Bryant, "Lewis Collins" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 214. Ron D. Bryant, "Richard Collins" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 215. 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00000866 1862-09-09 1863-09-17 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Maysville, Kentucky. Mustered in on September 9, 1862, and mustered out on September 17, 1863. Part of the Army of the Ohio. Commander(s): Joshua Tevis and Charles J. Walker.

Relationships Military: Andrew J. Farrow (Lewis County, KY, farmer and 1st lieut 10th Cav USA) Military: Kentucky Central Railway Military: Horatio Gouverneur Wright (Union General, commander of Dept of OH) Military: Samuel G. Suddarth (Adair Co, KY, atty, Quarter-master general of KY) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: William D. Ratcliffe (Bracken Co, Ky, tavern keeper & capt 10th Cav USA)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 271. Vanceburg, Lewis County, Kentucky 1863-10-15 Correspondence English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Vancburg Ky. Oct, 15, 1863.

Hon. H. Taylor Mayssville Ky, My Dear Sir,

I see from the Maysville Eagle of this week that Genl. John Boyle desires Some two persons in Each county recommended for Col. & Liut, Cole, to organize a force for State defence under the State guard law,

I would be glad & so would all conservative men in Lewis, if you would have Liutenant A. J. Farrow (late of the 10th) appointed Col. & Elias D. Secrest, appointed Liut, Col. for that purpose-- both have Served with credit to themselves in the 10th Farrow was 1st Liutenant in Milt. Evans Com, & both are in favor of putting down the rebelion as well as the freebooters & robers --

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& I can tell you that all of our union men are not in favor of punishing the robers that infest our county, for if they (the leading union men) had discountenanced it from the Start, we would not of had half the trouble we have had The conservative union men have always agreed with you, Wadsworth Gov. Bramlet & other loyal men, & we ask you to step up & help us get a good man appointed now, as the radicals will get one of their number appointed if they can, write to the Gov. & Genl, Boyle, immediately-- Secrest lives at Concord & Farrow at Poplar Flat, P. O, Excuse us for Troubleing you So much--

Very Truly W. C. Halbert