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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs Active Militia Records - Capital Guards, North Cumberland Btn., and Three Forks Btn. KYR-0002-060-0022 Box 77, Folder 865 NORTH CUMBERLAND BN CO C KSG "COMMISSIONS"

Frankfort, Franklin 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. William H. Shook (Spencer County, Indiana, carpenter, farmer, customs collector, and major (KY State Militia)) N00009437 1812? Categories: People

Spencer County, Indiana, carpenter, farmer, customs collector, and soldier. Indiana native. Married to Margaret Jane Kerr Shook in Harrison County, Indiana, on November 13, 1833. Father of Lemuel Shook, James C. Shook, George T. Shook, and William H. Shook, Jr. Married to Mary Ann Johnson Shook in Clark County, Indiana, on February 23, 1850. Father of Sarah E. Shook, Delana Wiley Shook, Meletus Edwin Shook, and Catherine E. Shook. Married to Lucretia M. Tindall Shook in Spencer County, Indiana, on December 19, 1860. Ship carpenter in Clark County, Indiana, in 1850. Farmer in Spencer County in 1860. Customs collector for Evansville in 1863. Resident of Union County, Kentucky, in 1863. Served in the North Cumberland Battalion of the Kentucky Enrolled Militia (U.S.A.) as major and provost marshal from December 1, 1864, to May 1865.

Relationships Military: [Unknown] [Unknown] (Union Provost Marshal) Military: [Unknown] Johnson (Confederate soldier) Military: Col. 11th KY Inf) Military: Hylan Benton Lyon (Caldwell County, KY, Confederate General) Military: Samuel G. Suddarth (Adair Co, KY, atty, Quarter-master general of KY) Military: United States Army Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Charles W. Quiggins (Hardin County, KY, carpenter and soldier) Social: Walter G. Hodge (Posey County, Indiana, drover, miller, captain and lieutenant colonel (U.S.A.)) Legal: Allen Cunningham (Morgan County, Indiana, laborer and private (U.S.A.)) Legal: Joseph Berridge (Vanderburgh County, Indiana, farmer) Legal: Louis B. Richter (Vanderburgh County, Indiana, county clerk) Legal: Lewis C. Stinson (Vanderburgh County, Indiana, attorney) Legal: Henry W. Bippus (Vanderburgh County, Indiana, clerk, private, and quartermaster (U.S.A.)) Legal: Archibald M. Rutherford (Hopkins County, Kentucky, postmaster and barkeeper) Legal: Berry S. Young (Crittenden County, Kentucky, County Clerk) Legal: James Blythe Hynes (Vanderburgh County, Indiana, attorney and major (U.S.A.)) Legal: John Walter Rutherford (Crittenden County, Kentucky, barkeeper and merchant) Legal: Vanderburgh Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Indiana, Clark County, Jeffersonville, p. 182B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Indiana, Spencer County, Luce, p. 307. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Indiana, Spencer County, Luce, 563A-B. Indiana Marriage Records, 1801-1952, Indiana Archives and Record Administration, Office of the Harrison County Clerk. Harrison County, Indiana, Marriage Records, volume A.3, 1832- 1846, p. 23. Indiana Marriage Records, 1801-1952, Indiana Archives and Record Administration, Office of the Clark County Clerk. Clark County, Indiana, Marriage Records, volume F, 1848-1855, p. 120. Indiana Marriage Records, 1801-1952, Indiana Archives and Record Administration, Office of the Spencer County Clerk. Spencer County, Indiana, Marriage Records, volume 4, 1855- 1863, p. 387 United States Department of the Interior, Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States on the Thirtieth September, 1863, (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1864), p. 92. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 766, 958. KYR-0001-004-0221. Hylan Benton Lyon (Caldwell County, KY, Confederate General) N00005365 1836-02-22 1907-04-25 Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier. Caldwell County native. Son of Matthew Lyon and Elizabeth Maria Lyon. Ward of Frederick Henry Skinner. Married to Grace Lyon. Father of Hugh F. Lyon. Resident of Caldwell County in 1850. Attended the Masonic University in LaGrange, Kentucky, and Cumberland College at Princeton, Kentucky. Graduate of West Point in 1856. Owned ten enslaved persons in 1860. Served in the 2nd Artillery as a brevet 2nd lieutenant. Served in the 3rd Artillery as a second lieutenant until April 30, 1861. Resigned his commission to join the Confederate Army. Served in the 3rd Kentucky Regiment of Infantry (C.S.A.) as captain. Served in the 8th Kentucky Infantry (C.S.A.) as lieutenant colonel. Promoted to brigadier general in June 1864 and assumed command of the Department of Western Kentucky on October 27, 1864.

Relationships Military: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Political: Frederick Henry Skinner (Lyon County, Kentucky, hotel keeper, attorney, and judge.) Social: Frederick Henry Skinner (Lyon County, Kentucky, hotel keeper, attorney, and judge.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District no. 1, p. 329A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 415B. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, District no. 1, p. 8C John H. Eicher and David J Eicher, Civil War High Commands (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001), 357. The United States War Department, The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Volume 45 (Part I), 1894, 803-806. Find A Grave, “BG Hylan Benton Lyon (February 22, 1836-April 25, 1907),” Memorial #8929, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8929 (accessed June 5, 2017). Coffman, Edward M. "MEMOIRS OF HYLAN B. LYON BRIGADIER GENERAL, C.S.A." Tennessee Historical Quarterly 18, no. 1 (1959): 35-53. http://www.jstor.org.berea.idm.oclc.org/stable/42621748. [Unknown] [Unknown] (Union Provost Marshal in western Kentucky) N00009440 Categories: People

Union Provost Marshal serving in western Kentucky near Smithland and Caseyville. Mentioned in letter by Percival Butler Hawkins on February 9, 1865.

KYR-0002-060-0022. [Unknown] Johnson (Confederate soldier) N00009439 Categories: People

Confederate soldier. Mentioned in letter by Percival Butler Hawkins on February 9, 1865.

KYR-0002-060-0022. Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. Smithland, Kentucky P00004802 Categories: Places

Seat of Livingston County, Kentucky. Located at the junction of the Ohio River and Cumberland River.

37.1389, -88.4034 H. Lee Wallace, "Smithland" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 832. USGS: Earth Explorer, " Smithland, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 23, 2019). Caseyville, Kentucky P00003878 Categories: Places

Located in Union County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

37.5378, -88.0642 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 52. Richard Lewis Collins, History of Kentucky: By the Late Lewis Collins, (Louisville: Richard H. Collins, 1877), 735. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Caseyville, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 23, 2019). 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). House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky O001020 1792 Categories: Organizations

One chamber of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Comprised of 100 Representatives.

Robert M. Ireland, The Kentucky State Constitution: A Reference Guide (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1999). Kentucky Constitution. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/legresou/constitu/intro.htm (Accessed February 17, 2017). Commonwealth of Kentucky O001025 1792 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Kentucky. Capital at Frankfort, Kentucky. Governor(s): Beriah Magoffin (1859-1862), James F. Robinson (1862-1863), and Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867).

Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380. Malcolm E. Jewell, "General Assembly" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 366. Paul J. Weber, "Court System" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 233. United States Army O00001186 1775 Categories: Organizations

The organization of infantry, cavalry, and artillery military units in the United States government. Commander(s): Winfield Scott, George B. McClellan, Henry W. Halleck, and Ulysses S. Grant.

Relationships Military: James Olney (possible U. S. soldier) Military: Joel Adams (Lincoln County, KY, farmer & pvt 19th KY Inf USA) Military: Joseph Innes (possible Lincoln County, KY, soldier) Military: Richard D. Cunningham (Colonel, U.S. Army) Military: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Military: Crawford C. Adams (Paulding County, Ohio, resident and soldier.) Military: 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A) Military: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky Military: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Military: Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (Union general, Boyle Co, KY attorney, pres Lou City Railway Co) Military: Marcellus Mundy (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and soldier) Military: Army of the Ohio Military: Military District of Kentucky Military: Luther Thayer Thustin (Louisville US Army Paymaster) Military: Hartwell T. Burge (Muhlenberg, Kentucky, Meth minister; chaplain 3rd KY Cav; colonel 48th KY Inf; comd'r Dpt of OH 1864) Military: Alexander Magruder (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Military: Charles David Pennebaker (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, KY state rep & senator; col 27th KY Inf USA & state military agent) Military: John F. Lay (Breckinridge, KY, soldier) Military: James Murrell Shackelford (Hopkins County, KY, attorney, colonel 25th Inf, 8th Ky Cav, and brig gen. in 1863) Military: Washington Seawell (Union Army, colonel and mustering officer) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Edmund A. Starling (Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, resident and Colonel (U.S.A.)) Military: 35th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: William Forman (Clark County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.) Military: Presley Kimbrell (Powell County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier.) Economic: William Bird Holeman (Frankfort City Marshal and KY Public Printer) Political: Government of the United States of America Military: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Military: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) Military: John Royalty (Barren County, Kentucky, barkeeper) Military: Henry W. Royalty (Barren County, KY, resident) Military: John Mason Marcus (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: Office of Quartermaster of U. S. Army Military: United States War Department Military: Horatio Phillips Van Cleve (Todd County, Minnesota, farmer and soldier (2nd Minn. and General U.S. A.)) Military: [Unknown] Johnson () Military: Wiley Taul Poynter (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier) Military: Lowdy Howard (Jefferson County, Kentucky, apprentice ship carpenter, tobacconist and soldier) Military: Thornton Williams (Scott County, Kentucky, soldier. Formerly enslaved by Urias Offutt, accused of attempted murder.) Political: Urias M. Offutt (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. and slaveholder.) Military: Robert Crooke Wood (Washington D.C., assistant surgeon general, 1854-1865) Military: Madison Mills (New York County, New York, surgeon. US army medical director in St. Louis, MO) Military: Charles Carroll Gray (Ontario County, New York, surgeon. ) Military: Henry Wager Halleck (U.S. Army soldier) Military: Andrew Jackson Smith (United States Army career soldier and commander) Military: Thomas Harvey Harris (Jefferson County, Indiana, book rubber and soldier. Military mayor of Memphis, 1864-1865.) Military: Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (Belvidere, Illinois, lawyer, representative, and soldier) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav)

Richard W. Stewart, ed. American Military History (Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 2009). Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky O00000920 1793 Categories: Organizations

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

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

“An Act for the Better Organization of the Kentucky Militia,” Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Passed, vol 1 (Frankfort: J. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 28-33. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), vii. 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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H of R. Frankfort Febry 9th 1865 To the Governor T. E. Bramlette --

Mr W. H. Shook has been ever since the 5th of November engaged in the service of the state -- About this time, I found him with about one hundred (100) men at Smithland -- I ordered him with his men to move up to Caseyville, which he promptly did -- & on the 12th of Novr 1864, we arrived at that point -- He immediately entered upon his work, that is to say, hunting & driving out the Guerillas from that section of the country & recruiting His work was very laborious -- no man in the state has done more good than he -- he drove out all the bands, that had infested that country for more than a year -- The Union people of the country who had been driven from their homes, have nearly all returned -- In the Raid of Lyon he did more than all the officers & soldiers of the Federal army, tho' a whole & full Brigade was sent after him --

He killed twelve men, Captured about thirty men, thirty good horses & quite a number of small arms -- & saved the towns of his District -- He served Notice on all

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the drafted men of the District. at the request of the Pro. Marll --

He has recruited about four hundred men -- two companies have been mustered & he now has another ready for muster -- One hundred & two (102) men were taken from him, by force, by Johnson &co.

I do think he should be commissioned as Major, dated back to at least the 5th of November 1864 --

I hope you will act upon his case to-day, when the Board meets --

I am Governor Your true friend & most obt sert Col. 11th KY Inf) Col &c --

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or s. E. Bramlette Frankfort Ky

Inspector Genl to be considered

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Frankfort Ky Feby 9," 1865

Hawkins P. B. Col &c --
To the Gov --

Asks that W. H. Shook be commissioned Major from 5" Nov. 1864 --

Recd A. G. O. Ky 9 Feby 1865