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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs Guerilla Letters KYR-0002-225-0001 Document Box 1, Folder G. L. 1861

Red River Iron Works, Powell County, Kentucky Philip Swigert (Frankfort banker, Military Board member & secretary) N00002747 1798 1871-12-31 Categories: People

Frankfort, Kentucky, banker and member of military board. Kentucky native. Married to Jane L. Swigert. Mayor of Frankfort in 1849. Owned twenty-two slaves in Frankfort in 1860. Partner with William McKee in the Lexington, Frankfort & Louisville Railroad in 1858. Clerk in Frankfort in 1850. Clerk in Frankfort in 1860. President of the Farmers Bank of Kentucky in Frankfort in 1860. Secretary of the Military Board of Kentucky in 1861.

Relationships Political: Theodore Dehon Rand (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soldier and attorney) Economic: Farmers' Bank of Kentucky Economic: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Hiram J. Jones (Laurel County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: Hiram J. Jones (Laurel County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Charles Hunter May (Boyle Co, KY, merchant & Mercer Co, KY, postmaster) Political: Military Board of Kentucky Military: John Jordan Crittenden (Franklin Co, KY, Representative, Senator, & former KY Governor) Political: James Henry Garrard (Franklin County, Kentucky, salt maker and Kentucky state treasurer) Social: Willis Benson Machen (Lyon County, KY, attorney, farmer, iron manufacturer, and politician (KY & Confederate)) Social: Milton A. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Caldwell County, Kentucky Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 107. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort District 1, p. 119. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States_ (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin, Frankfort District 1, p. 27. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort , p. 12. Carl E. Kramer, "Frankfort" in John E. Kleber, ed. The Kentucky Encyclopedia (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 353. Report of the Military Board of Kentucky, Made to the General Assembly, September 10, 1861 (Frankfort: Yeoman Office, 1861), 3. Find A Grave, “Philip Swigert (unknown-1871),” Memorial #68833254, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68833254 (accessed May 22, 2017). Samuel Grant Jackson (Estill County, Kentucky, clerk and soldier) N00008493 1838-06-23 1886-04-24 Categories: People

Estill County, Kentucky, clerk and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Josiah A. Jackson and Elizabeth Martin Jackson. Married to Mary T. Taylor Jackson. Father of Taylor Jackson. Clerk in Estill County in 1860. Enlisted as a private in the 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) on September 14, 1861.

Relationships Military: 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, p. 93. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark, Precinct 4, p. 11. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County, Kentucky, Clark County Marriages, p. 56-57. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky: Confederate Kentucky Volunteers War 1861-65, vol. 1 (Frankfort: Legislature of Kentucky, 1915), 180. Find A Grave, "Lieut Samuel Martin Grant Jackson (June 23, 1838-April 24, 1886)," Memorial #30953513, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30953513 (accessed April 30, 2018). John N. B. Hardwick (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) N00006960 1821-01-18 1866-08-19 Categories: People

Powell County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Manerva J. Hardwick. Father of James R. Hardwick, Lucy E. Hardwick, Sarah F. Hardwick, Rob M. Hardwick, Narsissus Hardwick, Martha B. Hardwick, Sandford H. Hardwick, and Mary E. Hardwick. Farmer in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Powell County in 1860. Justice of the Peace in Powell County. Judge of the Powell County Court from 1860 to 1866.

Relationships Political: Bazel Hall (Powell County, Kentucky, convict in the Kentucky State Penitentiary) Social: Green V. Hall (Powell County, Kentucky, carpenter, postmaster, and capt 24th KY Inf USA) Social: Henry W. Hall (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Lucinda Willis Hall (Powell County, Kentucky, resident) Social: Bazel Hall (Powell County, Kentucky, convict in the Kentucky State Penitentiary) Legal: John H. Bradshaw (Powell County, Kentucky, brickmaker, sheriff, and soldier.) Legal: John H. Donahew (Powell County, Kentucky, resident and soldier) Legal: Thomas Martin (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Legal: Powell Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 2, p. 48A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Powell County, Stanton, p. 53. 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. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Powell County, KY, October 1863, p. 12. "J. N. B. Hardwick (1821-1866)," Find A Grave, Memorial 5375466, accessed June 10, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/5375466. KYR-0001-029-0570. Josiah A. Jackson (Estill County, Kentucky, iron manufacturer and farmer) N00008492 1810-04-30 1862-10-29 Categories: People

Estill County, Kentucky, iron manufacturer and farmer. Kentucky native. Born April 30th 1810, Married to Elizabeth L. Martin Jackson on August 24, 1836. Father to S. M. G. Jackson, George M. Jackson, Elizabeth G. Jackson, Mary S. Jackson, Sarah S. Jackson, Josiah Jackson, and Frank Jackson. Iron manufacturer in Estill County in 1850. Co-owner of the Estill Steam or Red River Steam Cold Blast Charcoal Furnace in Estill County with J. W. Jones. Owned five enslaved persons in Estill County in 1850. Farmer in Estill County in 1860. Owned seventeen enslaved persons in Estill County in 1860.

Relationships Economic: Red River Iron Works Familial: Samuel Grant Jackson (Estill County, Kentucky, clerk and soldier) Political: Military Board of Kentucky Political: Philip Swigert (Frankfort banker, Military Board member & secretary) Military: Kentucky Home Guard Military: Government of the United States of America Familial: George M. Jackson (Winchester, Kentucky, editor and soldier) Political: Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) Military: Philip Swigert (Frankfort banker, Military Board member & secretary)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States(1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill, p. 104A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States(1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Estill, p. 497. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States* (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill, p. 93. _Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States* (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Estill, p. 6. _Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Estill County Marriages, p. 39. J. Peter Lesley, _The Iron Manufactuer's Guide to the Furnaces, Forges, and Rolling Mills of the United States (J. Wiley, 1859), p. 126. Find A Grave, "Josiah A. Jackson (April 30, 1810-October 29, 1862)," Memorial #29779278, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29779278 (accessed April 30, 2018). Stanton, Kentucky P00001940 Categories: Places

Seat of Powell County, Kentucky.

37.8456, -83.8583 Ron D. Bryant, “Powell County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 732. "Stanton, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 24, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Powell County, Kentucky P00001937 Categories: Places

County in east-central Kentucky. Seat at Stanton, Kentucky.

37.8456, -83.8583 Ron D. Bryant, “Powell County” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), p. 732. "Stanton, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 24, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Estill County, Kentucky P00004776 Categories: Places

County in east central Kentucky. Seat at Irvine, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

37.6975, -83.9744 Ron D. Bryant, "Irvine" in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2002), p. 298. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Estill County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on November 12, 2019). Red River Iron Works O00008494 1805 1865? Categories: Organizations

Iron manufacturing plant in Powell County, Kentucky, and Estill County, Kentucky. Operated from 1805 to c1860. Included a post office from 1820 and gave its name to the area. Became the Red River Iron Manufacturing Company in 1865. Owner(s): Josiah A. Jackson and J. W. Jones in 1858.

Ron D. Bryant, "Powell County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 732. David C. Elbon, “Clay City, Kentucky,” Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer, https://www.kyatlas.com/ky-clay-city.html (accessed July 31, 2020). W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, 7th ed. (Louisville and Chicago: F. A. Battey and Company, 1887), 579. Military Board of Kentucky O00006066 1861-05-24 1862-08-28 Categories: Organizations

Agency of the Executive Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky responsible for state military affairs from May 1861 to August 1862. The board existed in three different iterations and with different members. Member(s) from May 24, 1861, to September 25, 1861: Beriah Magoffin (President), Samuel Gill, George T. Wood, Peter Dudley, and John B. Peyton. Phillip Swigert was secretary in June 1861. Member(s) from September 25, 1861, to March 15, 1862: John B. Temple (President), Peter Dudley, Samuel Gill, George T. Wood, and E. H. Taylor. Member(s) from March 15, 1862, to August 28, 1862: John B. Temple and George T. Wood.

Relationships Military: Frederick Henry Skinner (Lyon County, Kentucky, hotel keeper, attorney, and judge.) Political: John W. Cardwell (Mercer County, Kentucky, bank cashier and merchant) Political: Mercer County Home Guard Military: Thomas Noble Lindsey (Frankfort, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and paymaster general) Military: William Benton Nevitt (Larue County, Kentucky, attorney) Military: Ebenezer C. Guest (Butler County, Kentucky, merchant and postmaster) Military: John Harrison Brown (Allen County, Kentucky, farmer.) Military: William E. Williams (Cumberland County, Kentucky, machinist and miller) Military: John T. Rogers (Barren County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: John P. Monroe (Monroe County, Kentucky, miller and merchant) Military: John W. Walker (Simpson County, Kentucky, solider (U.S.A.)) Military: James W. Tandy (Carroll County, Kentucky, Farmer) Military: George W. Sanders (Gallatin County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: James H. Smith (Garrard County, Kentucky, soldier.) Military: Joseph H. Glover (Barren County, Kentucky, millwright) Military: Benjamin F. Wash (Anderson County, Kentucky, teacher, pvt 54th KY Inf USA) Military: Daniel W. Lovell (Laurel County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: John T. Sanders (Wayne County, Kentucky, banker. ) Military: Cornelius F. Campbell (Pulaski County, Kentucky, farmer.) Military: Thomas W. Price (Nelson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Military: Sanders Dewees Bruce (Fayette County, KY, china merchant, county court clerk, col 20th Ky Inf, commander 22nd Brig Army of Cumb USA) Military: John L. Davidson (Todd County, Kentucky, contractor) Military: Marion Cartright Taylor (Shelby County, Ky, attorney; capt & colonel 15th KY Inf USA) Military: John Cochran (Spencer County, KY, farmer) Military: John Jefferson Wylie (Caldwell County, Kentucky, saddler) Military: Archibald J. Alexander (Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier.) Military: Robert Cochran (Spencer County, KY, farmer, surveyor, state Rep) Military: John Tecumseh Milam (Franklin Co, Ky, merchant and pvt 22nd KY Inf USA) Military: Squire Lucas (Grant County, KY, merchant, postmaster, andsheriff) Military: Philip Swigert (Frankfort banker, Military Board member & secretary)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), vii. "An Act for the regulation of the militia and to provide for the arming of the State," Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 4-6. "An Act to dispense with the Military Board," Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (Frankfort, Ky.: John B. Major, Public Printer, 1862), 260. KYR-0002-022-0104. 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) O00008503 1861-09-13 1865-05-06 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Camp Burnett in Montgomery County, Tennessee. Organized on September 13, 1861, and surrendered on May 6, 1865. Commander(s): Col. Robert P. Trabue, Col. Joseph Pouncey Nichols, Col. Thomas Williams Thompson, Lt. Col. Andrew R. Hynes and Lt. Col. John Alexander Adair.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0066. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky: Confederate Kentucky Volunteers War 1861-65, vol. 1 (Frankfort: Legislature of Kentucky, 1915), 142. Red River Iron Works, Powell County, Kentucky 1861-07-17 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 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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R R Ironworks Ky July 17 -- 1861 Phil Swigert Esqr Dear Sir

I suppose there will be application made to the Commission for the distribution of guns for a company that was said to be organized in Stanton Powell County A C-- Daniel. Capt. & I am sorry to say a son of mine S. G Jackson 1,st Lieutenant 2/3 of the Company are rank secessionist & had a secession flag waiving the day the Company was raised. the company is of the worst kind of men as to Character except a few. I think they took no oath but subscribed to a paper & which they will pay no regard. I think the Certificate

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of the County Judge is not according to law from what I have heard I hope they will get no arms

Your Truly &P Josiah A Jackson

I do not wish to be made public

J A J

J. A. Jackson Estill County Recd & ans 18 -- July 1861.