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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs Guerilla Letters KYR-0002-225-0043 Document Box 1, Folder G. L. 1864

Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky Alexander M. Vanarsdall (Harrodsburg, Mercer County, KY, resident) N00006927 1815? Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, bank director. Kentucky native. Son of Elizabeth Vanarsdall. Married to Elizabeth Bass Vanarsdall in Mercer County in November 1846. Resident of Mercer County in 1860. Member of board of directors of Harrodsburg Savings Institution in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 1864.

Relationships Economic: Harrodsburg Savings Institution

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 739. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Precinct No. 5, p. 516A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film #000191859, p. 581. KYR-0002-225-0043. Benjamin B. Campbell (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and bank director) N00008571 1820? Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and bank director. Kentucky native. Son of James Campbell and Catharine Campbell. Married to Ellen Campbell in Mercer County, Kentucky, in March 1856. Father of William Campbell, Annie Campbell, and Mary Campbell. Horse trader in Mercer County in 1850. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860. Owned seventeen enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1860. Member of board of directors of Harrodsburg Savings Institution in Harrodsburg in 1864.

Relationships Economic: Harrodsburg Savings Institution

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 1, p. 244B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 754. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, p. 56B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film #000191863, p. 256. KYR-0002-225-0043. James Taylor (Mercer County, KY, attorney) N00002276 1798 1876-01 Categories: People

Harrodsburg, Kentucky, attorney and bank director. Kentucky native. Married to Georgiana Taylor. Father of James Taylor, Sarah Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Rebecca Taylor, and Caroline Taylor. Member of a committee to draft resolutions for Friends of Emancipation and Colonization in Mercer County, Kentucky, in 1849. Attorney in Harrodsburg in 1850. Appointed Commissioner to divide Mercer County into election districts in 1850. Owned nine enslaved persons in Harrodsburg in 1850. Retired attorney in Harrodsburg in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in Harrodsburg in 1860. Member of board of directors of Harrodsburg Savings Institution in 1864.

Relationships Legal: Mercer Circuit Court Legal: John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) Legal: Andrew Galbraith Kyle (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer; president of Harrodsburg Savings Institution) Social: Elison H. Carter (Mercer County, KY, blacksmith and private 9th KY Cav USA) Social: Lorenzo Hobbs Noble (Lebanon, Marion Co, Kentucky, attorney & commonwealth's atty) Social: Andrew Galbraith Kyle (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer; president of Harrodsburg Savings Institution) Economic: Harrodsburg Savings Institution

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 365A-365B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 908-9. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 694. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 47A. “Public Meeting in Mercer,” Courier Journal (Louisville, KY), April 19, 1849. Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Passed at the November session, 1850, vol. 1 (Frankfort, KY: A.G. Hodges & Co., State Printers, 1851), 9. “Death of Major James Taylor,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), January 26, 1876, p. 1. Find A Grave, "James Taylor (1798-1876)," Memorial #100141379, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100141379 (accessed April 23, 2018). KYR-0002-225-0043. Robert M. Davis (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer) N00008578 1806-08-22 1874-05-02 Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and businessman. Tennessee native. Married to Sarah Ann Harris Davis in Mercer County in May 1845. Father of Jerusha M. Davis, Crittenden Davis, Kittie Davis, Sallie Davis, and Walter Davis. Commissioner of company to turnpike a road from Harrodsburg, Kentucky, to Cane Run Meeting House in 1849. Owned thirty-two enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1850. Owned twenty-seven enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1860. Member of the board of directors of Harrodsburg Savings Institution in 1864.

Relationships Economic: Harrodsburg Savings Institution

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 1, p. 862-63. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 746. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, p. 55A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film #000191854, p. 126. Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Passed at the December Session, 1848 (Frankfort, KY: A.G. Hodges and Co., State Printers, 1849), 443. Find A Grave, "Robert M. Davis (1806-1874)," Memorial #100143685, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100143685/robert-m.-davis (Accessed April 24, 2018). KYR-0002-225-0043. Andrew Galbraith Kyle (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer; president of Harrodsburg Savings Institution) N00002275 1796 1872 Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer, commissioner, and bank president. Washington County, Kentucky, native. Son of Thomas Kyle. Married to Jane H. Glover Kyle. Father of John G. Kyle and Thomas Kyle. Justice of the Peace in Mercer County in 1847. Chairman of a meeting of the Friends of Emancipation and Colonization in Mercer County in April 1849. Farmer in Mercer County in 1850. Commissioner of the Harrodsburg Savings Institution in 1850. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1850. Commissioner of Lexington, Harrodsburg, and Bowling Green Railroad Company in 1851. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860. Owned eighteen enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1860. President of the Harrodsburg Savings Institution in 1864. Colonel in the state militia. Member of the board of curators of Kentucky University in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Mercer Circuit Court Legal: John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) Social: Elison H. Carter (Mercer County, KY, blacksmith and private 9th KY Cav USA) Social: Lorenzo Hobbs Noble (Lebanon, Marion Co, Kentucky, attorney & commonwealth's atty) Economic: Harrodsburg Savings Institution Legal: John Bryan Bowman (Mercer County, KY, attorney, educator, farmer, college regent) Legal: Abraham Hite Bowman (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and curator of Kentucky Univ) Legal: John Augustus Williams (Mercer County, KY, educator, Daughters College, curator KY Univ) Legal: Andrew Steele (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer and curator of Kentucky Univ) Legal: Benjamin B. Groom (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer and curator of Kentucky Univ) Legal: William Thomas Moore (Curator of Kentucky Univ) Legal: David Williams Thompson (Mercer County, KY, farmer and curator of Kentucky Univ) Legal: Joseph Smith (Fayette County, KY, physician and curator of Kentucky University)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District No. 2, p. 347A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District No. 2, pp. 907-8. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 715. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, pp. 49A-B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 583B. Taliaferro P. Shaffner, ed., The Kentucky State Register, for the Year 1847 (Louisville: Morton & Griswold, 1847), 132. "Public Meeting in Mercer," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), April 19, 1849, p. 2. Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Passed at December Session 1849 (Frankfort: A. G. Hodges & Co., State Printers, 1850), 623-24. Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Passed at the November Session, 1850, vol. 2 (Frankfort: A. G. Hodges & Co., State Printers, 1850), 561. Thomas W. Westerfield, ed., Kentucky Genealogy and Biography: Sketches from Adair, Boyle, Casey, Cumberland, Garrard, Green, Lincoln, Madison, Marion, Mercer, Nelson, Taylor, Washington Counties, vol. 5 (Owensboro, Ky.: Genealogical Reference Company, 1975), p. 173. Reprint of W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, 4th ed. Mercer, Will Books, 1865, 1916, Mercer County, October 19, 1871, p. 127 (Accessed via Ancestry.com). Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7016150, Mercer County Deaths, File #2448. Find A Grave, "Andrew Galbraith Kyle (1796-1872)," Memorial #100136706, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100136706 (accessed December 23, 2019). KYR-0001-009-0038. John W. Cardwell (Mercer County, Kentucky, bank cashier and merchant) N00003203 1809-02-01 1882-02-09 Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, bank cashier and merchant. Shelbyville, Kentucky, native. Married to Sophia Bledsoe Taylor Cardwell in March 1830. Father of John T. Cardwell, Telulia Cardwell, James M. Cardwell, Susan L. Cardwell, Thomas M. Cardwell, Samuel Creed Cardwell, Wesley K. Cardwell, Nannie Cardwell, and Llewellyn Davis Cardwell. Apprentice in a printing house. Trustee for the Harrodsburg Methodist Episcopal Church in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 1842. Notary Public in Mercer County in 1847. Co-founder of Monadelphian Society of Industrial Education in 1849. Dry goods clerk in 1850. Partner and, later, full owner of Capt. Bull’s Corner dry goods business. Owned three enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1850. Cashier of Harrodsburg Savings Institution in 1860 and 1863. Served in the Mercer County Home Guard as captain in June 1861. Provost marshal in Mercer County.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) Legal: John D. Hale (Mercer County, KY, merchant & brevet 2nd lieut 9th KY Cav USA & col 74th Reg Ky Enrolled Militia) Legal: Mercer Circuit Court Military: [Unknown] Currey (Mercer County, KY, lieut likely in Mercer County Home Guard) Legal: Martin V. Bowen (Mercer County, Kentucky, police judge) Military: Mercer County Home Guard Economic: Harrodsburg Savings Institution Economic: Harrodsburg Bar Economic: Thomas Clelland Bell (Harrodsburg, Kentucky, attorney, teacher, and surveyor) Economic: Elijah Gabbert (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and KY state rep) Economic: John P. Haggin (Harrodsburg, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: James D. Hardin (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: O. S. Poston (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: Elison H. Carter (Mercer County, KY, blacksmith and private 9th KY Cav USA) Legal: Thomas Allin (Mercer County, county clerk) Legal: Philip Burton Thompson, Sr. (KY prov govt, attorney ) Legal: Theodore H. Daviess (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 1, p. 271B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 1, p. 837. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 1, pp. 685-86. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 581A. Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Passed at the December Session, 1841 (Frankfort, KY: A. G. Hodges & Co., State Printer, 1842), 174. Taliaferro P. Shaffner, ed., _ The Kentucky State Register, for the Year 1847_ (Louisville: Morton & Griswold, 1847), 133. Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Passed at the December Session, 1848 (Frankfort, KY: A. G. Hodges & Co., State Printer, 1849), 409-10. Thomas W. Westerfield, ed., Kentucky Genealogy and Biography: Sketches from Adair, Boyle, Casey, Cumberland, Garrard, Green, Lincoln, Madison, Marion, Mercer, Nelson, Taylor, Washington Counties, vol. 5 (Owensboro, Ky.: Genealogical Reference Company, 1975), 74. Reprint of W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, 4th ed. "John Wesley Cardwell (1809-1882)," Find A Grave, Memorial #100176979, accessed April 23, 2018, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100176979. KYR-0002-022-0123. Thomas Elliott Bramlette (KY governor 1863-67, atty, D.A., col 3rd KY Inf) N001000 1817-01-03 1875-01-12 Categories: People

Twenty-third governor of Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Cumberland County, Kentucky, native. Married to Sallie Travis Bramlette in September 1837. Father of James T. Bramlette, William L. Bramlette, Eugene Bramlette, and Corrina Bell Bramlette. Practiced law in Clinton County, Kentucky, and Columbia, Kentucky. Represented Cumberland and Clinton counties in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1841 to 1843. Commonwealth's attorney of the 8th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1848 to 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in 1850. Circuit judge of the 6th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1856 to 1861. Owned nine enslaved persons in 1860. Served as colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from 1861 to 1862. District attorney of the United States District Court for Kentucky in 1863. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to September 3, 1867. Owned law firm of Bramlette & Van Winkle in partnership with Ephraim L. Van Winkle.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 181A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 335 (p. 2 of 2 on microfilm). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, The Town of Columbia 1st Division, p. 13 (p. 2 of 3 on microfilm). Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 83B. Ross A. Webb, “Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867)” in Lowell H. Harrison, ed., Kentucky’s Governors (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 93-97 Lowell H. Harrison, "Bramlette, Thomas Elliott" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 112-13. John D. Hale (Mercer County, KY, merchant & brevet 2nd lieut 9th KY Cav USA & col 74th Reg Ky Enrolled Militia) N00005252 1839? Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier. Married to Martha J. Hale. Father of Melissa Hale. Merchant in Mercer County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as brevet second lieutenant from August 22, 1862, to March 21, 1863. Served in the 74th Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia as colonel.

Relationships Legal: Charles Alfred Hardin (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Thomas Helm Hardin (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney and justice of the peace) Military: 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 2nd Kentucky Heavy Artillery Regiment (U.S.A.) Legal: Mercer Circuit Court Military: Mercer County Militia Military: 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: United States Army Legal: Jefferson Robards (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer ) Legal: [Unknown] Bishop (Lieutenant, USCT) Legal: Adna H. Bowen (Covington, Kentucky, tobacconist and soldier) Legal: M. Jenkins (Mercer County) Legal: Martin V. Bowen (Mercer County, Kentucky, police judge) Legal: Thomas Clelland Bell (Harrodsburg, Kentucky, attorney, teacher, and surveyor) Political: John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) Political: John Kemper Slaughter (Mercer County Broom Maker)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Cornishville, p. 571. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 243. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 97. KYR-0001-005-0103. KYR-0001-028-0001. Thomas W. Hawkins (Jessamine County, KY, trader & farmer) N00006330 1824-09-15 1908-11-22 Categories: People

Jessamine County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas Hawkins and Mary Hawkins. Married to Elizabeth Hawkins c1850. Trader in Jessamine County in 1850. Farmer in Jessamine County in 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in Jessamine County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, District 2, p. 50B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, Nicholasville, p. 50B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, p. 44. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, District 6, p. 104B. 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), Jessamine County, KY, July 1863, p. 6 (accessed via Ancestry.com). Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), Ancestry, Lexington, Deaths, vol. 2, 1908, no. 877. Harvey Jackson Burns (Mercer County, KY, farmer and captain 9th KY Cav (USA)) N00008573 1818-06-23 1871-01-20 Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Mercer County native. Married to Mary Burns. Father of William W. Burns, James H. Burns, Robert B. Burns, Mary C. Burns, Sirena A. Burns, Phoeba C. Burns, Josephine B. Burns, Elizabeth Burns, and Anna E. Burns. Farmer in Mercer County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Mercer County in 1850. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A) as a captain from August 22, 1862, to September 11, 1863.

Relationships Military: 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Elison H. Carter (Mercer County, KY, blacksmith and private 9th KY Cav USA)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District No. 2, p. 301A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District No. 2, p. 891. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District No. 2, p. 552. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 243. “Harvey Jackson Burns (1818-1871)," Find A Grave, Memorial # 38305053, accessed April 22, 2018, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38305053. Harrodsburg, Kentucky P00000555 Categories: Places

Seat of Mercer County, Kentucky.

37.7623, -84.8433 "Harrodsburg, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 9, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Ron D. Bryant, “Mercer County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 627. Louisville, Kentucky P00000337 Categories: Places

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

38.2527, -85.7585 "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 12, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 179. 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. Mercer County, Kentucky P00000556 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Harrodsburg. Located on the Kentucky River.

Relationships Political: Ephraim J. Polk (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney and examiner for Mercer County)

37.7623, -84.8433 "Harrodsburg, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 25, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Ron D. Bryant, “Mercer County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 627. Harrodsburg Savings Institution O00008570 1850 1865 Categories: Organizations

Bank in Mercer County, Kentucky. Operated from 1850 to 1865. Director(s): Alexander M. Vanarsdall, Benjamin B. Campbell, James Taylor, Robert M. Davis. President: Alexander Galbraith Kyle.

Relationships Economic: Andrew Galbraith Kyle (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer; president of Harrodsburg Savings Institution) Economic: Benjamin B. Campbell (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and bank director) Economic: Robert M. Davis (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer) Economic: James Taylor (Mercer County, KY, attorney) Economic: Alexander M. Vanarsdall (Harrodsburg, Mercer County, KY, resident)

Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Passed at December Session 1849 (Frankfort: A. G. Hodges & Co., State Printers, 1850), 623-4. Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Passed at the Adjourned Session (January, 1865) Which Was Begun and Held in the City of Frankfort, on Monday, the Seventh Day of December, 1863 (Frankfort: State Printing Office, 1865), 631. Kentucky Opinions Containing The Unreported Decisions Of The Court of Appeals, vol. 4 (Lexington, KY: Central Law Book Co., 1910), 124-31. KYR-0002-225-0043. 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00002616 1862-08-22 1863-09-11 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Eminence, Kentucky. Mustered in on August 22, 1862, and mustered out on September 11, 1863. Commander(s): Colonel Richard T. Jacob.

Relationships Military: Joseph N. Luckett (Kentucky, soldier) Military: Michael Foley (Kentucky soldier and railroad worker) Military: Charles A. Clarke (Henry County, KY, farmer & lieut & QM in 9th KY) Military: Richard Taylor Jacob (Oldham Co, KY, Col of 9th Cav, Lt. Gov of KY, 1863-1867) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Harvey Jackson Burns (Mercer County, KY, farmer and captain 9th KY Cav (USA)) Military: Elison H. Carter (Mercer County, KY, blacksmith and private 9th KY Cav USA)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 228-251. Confederate States Army O00000506 1861 1865 Categories: Organizations

Military forces of the Confederate States of America, administered by the Confederate War Department. Commander(s): General Robert E. Lee (1862-1865).

Relationships Military: William Harris (possible confederate soldier) Military: United States Army Military: John L. Morrison (La Salle County, Illinois, farmer and soldier) Military: Marshall Wright Chapin (Monroe County, Michigan, farmer and soldier.) Military: William E. Hobson (Warren County, Kentucky, soldier.) Military: John Hunt Morgan (Lexington, Kentucky, hemp manufacturer, Capt Lex Rifles, Col & Brig Gen' 2nd KY Cav CSA) Political: John Hunt Morgan (Lexington, Kentucky, hemp manufacturer, Capt Lex Rifles, Col & Brig Gen' 2nd KY Cav CSA) Military: [Unknown] Cameron (Confederate soldier) Military: Richard Montgomery Gano (Texas, Confederate brigadier general) Military: Jefferson Davis (CS President) Military: Confederate States of America Military: Congress of the Confederate States of America Military: Provisional Council Military: Provisional Government of Kentucky Political: Provisional Council Military: The People's Bank of Kentucky Military: Branch Bank of the Farmers' Bank at Princeton Military: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Hopkinsville Military: Committee on Banks Military: Northern Bank of Kentucky Branch at Glasgow Military: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Bowling Green Political: John Watkins Crockett, Jr. (McCracken & Henderson cos, KY, attorney and representative (Confederate)) Political: John Burton Thompson, Jr. (Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Provis Govt page) Political: James Preston Bates (Barren Co, Ky, attorney, postmaster, and prov govt) Political: Joseph B. Burnside (Garrard County, KY, trader, prov govt council rep ) Political: Horatio Washington Bruce (Jefferson County, KY, Representative (Confederate), attorney) Political: Eli Metcalfe Bruce (Kentucky merchant, philanthropist, soldier, Representative (Confederate)) Political: Jordan T. C. Moore (Todd Co, Ky, farmer, minister, and prov govt) Military: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Military: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) Military: James H. Orr (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer, justice of the peace, sergeant and second lieutenant (C.S.A.) ) Military: Reddick Nichols (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and)

Henry Putney Beers, The Confederacy: A Guide to the Archives of the Government of the Confederate States of America (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1968, reprinted 1986), 259. 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. Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky 1864-06-22 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": 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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HARRODSBURG SAVINGS INSTITUTION, DIRECTORS, A. M. VANARSDALL. B. B. CAMPBELL. JAS. TAYLOR. R. M. DAVIS. A. G. KYLE, PRESIDENT. J. W. CARDWELL, CASHIER.

Harrodsburg, Ky. 22d June 1864 Gov. Bramlett Esq. Cashier Dear Sir

The Harrodsburg Stage with Louisville & Frankft Mail was Robbed last evening 9 Miles below this about 31/2 Oclock P. M. Mailboys rifled Passengers Robbed of $400 in Money & 7 pistols. Two of Stage Horses taken. They also Robbed Col J D Hale & Thos W. Hawkins of a fine Gray horse & good Watch -- The Robbers consist of 5. they took a Westerly Direction from the 2d toll gate below Harrodsburg Col Hale reports to town & is now in pursuit of the thieves -- Capt H. J Burns late of 9th Ky Cav. is willing to raise 100 men for home defence If arms & amunition are furnished & proper provision made for his men

Respy J W. Cardwell D. P. M

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HarrodsburgMercer Co Ky June 22- 1864

Cardwell J. W. D. P. M.

To the Gov. and by him referred. Informing him of the capture of the Harrodsburg stage with Louisville and Frankfort mail; which capture was made by the guerrillason the 21st Inst.

Rec. I. G. O. June 22 -- 1864