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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Historical Society Charles W. Quiggins papers KYR-0003-101-0003

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. Charles W. Quiggins (Hardin County, KY, carpenter and soldier) N00009430 1842-12-25 1921-06-02 Categories: People

Hardin County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John Quiggins and Phebe Quiggins. Resident in Hardin County in 1850. Carpenter in Hardin County in 1860. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant from August 22, 1862, to September 11, 1863. Promoted to colonel of the 49th Kentucky Militia in June 1864. Served in the Capital Guard Regiment of the Kentucky State Militia as captain and major from June 7, 1864, to May 19, 1865.

Relationships Military: Samuel G. Suddarth (Adair Co, KY, atty, Quarter-master general of KY) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Jesse J. Craddock (Hart County, KY, farmer and lieutenant colonel) Legal: Jesse J. Craddock (Hart County, KY, farmer and lieutenant colonel) Military: Capital Guard Regiment Legal: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: Kentucky Volunteers Military: United States Army Military: Casey County State Guards Military: Kentucky State Militia Military: 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, editor and secretary of state) Legal: Horatio Gates Valance Wintersmith (Hardin County, KY, merchant, attorney, judge) Legal: Charles Hayden (Frankfort, Kentucky, clerk and soldier) Military: Charles Julian Clarke (Franklin Co, KY, clerk & engineer, Ky National Legion, aide-de-camp & 1st lieut) Military: William E. Cox (Franklin County, Kentucky, clerk and soldier.) Legal: William Hercules Hays (Colonel of 10th KY Infantry, Inspector Gen'l of KY) Legal: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hardin County, upper or northern district, p. 308B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hardin County, District 3, p. 95. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 98. Find A Grave, "Charles Wesley Quiggins (1842-1921)," Memorial #74640077, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74640077 (accessed October 3, 2018). Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 758, 771. KYR-0003-101-0004. Ephraim L. Van Winkle (Pulaski Co, KY, attorney & Sec. State) N001777 1827-07-20 1866-05-23 Categories: People

Pulaski County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and statesman. Wayne County, Kentucky, native. Son of Micajah Van Winkle and Mary Phillips Van Winkle. Married to Ellen Eliza Phillips Van Winkle. Father of Milton E. Van Winkle, Mary E. Van Winkle, Lucy A. Van Winkle, and Betty Van Winkle. Attended the Monticello Academy in Wayne County, Kentucky. Graduate of the Louisville School of Law in 1850. Attorney in Wayne County in 1850. Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Wayne County in 1855. Commonwealth's attorney for the Sixth Judicial District in 1856. State elector for Constitutional Union Party candidate John Bell in 1860. Attorney in Pulaski County in 1860. Employed James Cowan as a day laborer in Pulaski County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Pulaski County in 1860. Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to May 23, 1866.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, Division No. 2, p. 242B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Somerset, p. 155. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Somerset District 1, p. 195A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Pulaski County, KY, July 1863, p. 163. "Ephraim Van Winkle," Office of the Kentucky Secretary of State, accessed September 22, 2021, https://web.sos.ky.gov/ofx/secsofstate?id=39. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Rolls 994057, Wayne County Births. James R. Page (Frankfort, KY, merchant, capt 9th KY Cav USA & asst. sec. state) N001778 1827? 1875? Categories: People

Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant, soldier, and statesman. New York native. Married to Susan Page in 1850. Father of Isaac R. Page, Henry C. Page, and John H. Page. Married to Mary T. Hodges Page in Franklin County, Kentucky, on December 8, 1858. Father of James R. Page, Albert M. Page, and Lizzie D. Page. Clerk in Frankfort in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Merchant in Frankfort in 1860. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain and major from August 22, 1862, to February 14, 1863. Assistant Secretary of State under Ephraim L. Van Winkle, who served from September 1, 1863, to May 23, 1866.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District N. 1, p. 39B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District No. 2, p. 914. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, pp. 241-42. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Richland County, Denver Township, p. 517B. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0098. “Decoration Day,” The Frankfort Roundabout (Frankfort, KY), May 28, 1892, p. 3. "Ephraim Van Winkle," Office of the Kentucky Secretary of State, accessed September 22, 2021, https://web.sos.ky.gov/ofx/secsofstate?id=39. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll 994034, Franklin County Marriages. "Memorandum," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), May 31, 1867, p. 1. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 228-29, 251. William E. Hughes (Jefferson County, KY, newspaper editor and public printer) N00002718 1820? Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, newspaper editor and public printer. Bucks County, Pennsylvania, native. Married to Eliza R. Harney Hughes in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on August 10, 1846. Father of Edward H. Hughes, Wallace E. Hughes, William B. Hughes, Mary E. Hughes, Martha Hughes, and Thomas P. Hughes. Editor in Louisville in 1850. Editor of the Louisville Democrat with John H. Harney in Louisville in 1860. Installed as public printer for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in December 1861.

Relationships Military: William G. Rogers (Regimental quartermaster in 2nd regiment Kentucky Cavalry) Military: Elias Thomasson (Regimental quartermaster. 2nd regiment Kentucky Cavalry. ) Economic: The Commonwealth Political: James H. Montgomery (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tailor. )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 181A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 1104. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Arkansas, Desha County, Mississippi Township, p. 504B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482707, p. 346. Pennsylvania, U. S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968_, Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA, Philadelphia County, File 23061. Horatio Gates Valance Wintersmith (Hardin County, KY, merchant, attorney, judge) N00003031 1828-02-14 1883-10-15 Categories: People

Hardin County, Kentucky, merchant, judge, and attorney. Hardin County native. Married to Elmira Bland Wintersmith in Hardin County, Kentucky, on November 26, 1850. Father of Maria J. Wintersmith, William H. Wintersmith, and Laura Wintersmith. Merchant in Hardin County in 1860. Presiding judge of Hardin County Court in 1862. Presiding judge of Hardin County Court in 1864.

Relationships Legal: C D. Shaw (mentioned in West Point, KY) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Political: Hardin County Court Political: Charles W. Quiggins (Hardin County, KY, carpenter and soldier) Military: Charles W. Quiggins (Hardin County, KY, carpenter and soldier)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hardin County, Elizabethtown District 1, p. 95. 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), 305. "Horatio Gates Valance Wintersmith (1828-1883)," Find A Grave, Memorial #96422839, accessed May, 23, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorialcgi-bin/96422839. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Hardin County Marriages, Film #000390788. KYR-0003-101-0002. KYR-0003-101-0003. 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. 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. 5th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00005302 1862-03-31 1865-05-03 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Camp Sandidge in Gallatin County, Tennessee. Mustered into service on March 31, 1862. Mustered out of service on May 3, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel David R. Haggard, Colonel William P. Sanders, and Colonel Oliver L. Baldwin.

Relationships Military: George H. Travis (Louisville, Kentucky, soldier) Military: Oliver Leonard Baldwin (Louisville, Kentucky, colonel (U.S.A.)) Military: Charles W. Quiggins (Hardin County, KY, carpenter and soldier) Military: Fleming W. Faris (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier) Military: David Rice Haggard (Colonel 5th Ky Cavalry; Cumberland Co, KY, physician and farmer) Military: John L. Carter (Russell County, Kentucky, resident and captain of the 5th Kentucky Cavalry. ) Military: Elijah Blankenship (Macon County, Tennessee, farmer and soldier.) Military: Milton E. Robinson (Morgan County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 108-37. Kentucky Volunteers O00000870 1861 1865 Categories: Organizations

The official organization of Kentucky military forces under the command of the Adjutant General of Kentucky. Organized into infantry, cavalry, and artillery regiments. 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: George Reid Barber (Captain Barber's Company) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Fleming County State Guard (Captain Barber's Company) Military: Charles Hayden (Frankfort, Kentucky, clerk and soldier) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: Samuel G. Suddarth (Adair Co, KY, atty, Quarter-master general of KY) Military: George B. Baum (Louisville, Kentucky, resident.) Military: Kentucky Central Railway Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: James Fisher Robinson, Jr. (QMG of KY, Gov's son) Military: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Military: Arthur J. Harrington (Jefferson County, KY, printer and soldier) Military: Charles W. Quiggins (Hardin County, KY, carpenter and soldier) Military: Jesse J. Craddock (Hart County, KY, farmer and lieutenant colonel) Military: Alexander James Umphrey (NYC, NY, private(U.S.A.)) Military: Charles R. Griffith (Louisville, Kentucky, clerk and treasurer ) Economic: Louisville & Nashville Railroad Military: Robert G. Purdy (Marion County, KY, blacksmith and soldier (U.S.A.)) Military: Frank P. Cahill (Cincinnati, Ohio, hotelkeeper & capt, maj, & lt col 1st KY Inf USA) Military: William H. Taylor (Kenton County, Kentucky, clerk, 1st lieut & pvt 2nd Ky Inf, ) Military: Samuel L. Christie (Cincinnati, Ohio,1st lieut & capt 1st Ky Inf USA) Military: Thomas Foreman (Jeffersonville, Indiana, lieut & capt 5th Ky Inf USA) Military: Robert Stuart (Lincoln County, Tennessee, physician and asst surg 2nd Ky Cav USA) Military: George A. Little (Daviess, KY, capt 17th Ky Inf USA) Military: John D. Lenahan (Louisville, Kentucky painter and soldier) Military: John Francis Wisnewski (Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio glycerin maker and soldier) Military: Henry Frederick Kalfus (Bullitt County, Kentucky, physician, major (U.S.A.)) Military: George A. Richardson (Louisville, Kentucky pilot and soldier) Military: Abram P. Brown (Kentucky soldier) Military: Oscar D. Kress (Clark County, Kentucky soldier) Military: George A. Hanniford (Kentucky 1st lieut 49th Ky Inf USA) Military: James M. Bailey (Logan County, Kentucky, physician and surgeon 26th Ky Inf USA, acting chief surgeon of US forces 1863) Military: Frederick Guy (Clark County, Indiana, clerk, farmer, 26th Ky Inf USA) Military: Milton A. Sivey (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky soldier) Military: Emory R. Harrington (Boyle County, Kentucky silversmith, 4th Ky Mtd Inf USA) Military: Allen S. Whetstone (Ohio soldier) Military: Henry P. Merrill (Michigan soldier) Military: Alvin O. Pattee (Kentucky butcher and soldier) Military: Edmund B. Randolph (Kentucky soldier) Military: William W. Sanders (Boyle County, Kentucky, 1st lieut & capt 4th KY Inf USA) Military: James A. Moores (Estill County, Kentucky laborer and soldier) Military: John W. Combs (Monroe County, Kentucky, constable and soldier) Military: James Peter Hiatt (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: Peter Hinkle (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer and 1st lieut & capt 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: Hugh White Adams (Knox County, KY, clerk and lt thru maj 7th KY Inf USA) Military: David C. Thurman (Lewis County, Kentucky, farmer and sgt. ;ieut 22nd KY Inf USA) Military: Shadrach L. Mitchell (Lewis County, Kentucky, artist and soldier) Military: Joseph H. Davis (Livingston County, Kentucky, farmer and lieut 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: William Sears (Whitley County, Kentucky, farmer, boat builder, and capt 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: James H. Tinsley (Knox County, Kentucky, sgt, lieut & adj in 3rd Ky Inf, 7th Ky Inf, 49th Ky Inf USA) Military: John B. Stivers (Bourbon County, KY, carpenter and 2nd lieut 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: Thomas H. Wilson (Jackson County, Kentucky, merchant; sgt, lieut, & capt 7th KY Inf USA) Military: Elhannon W. Murphy (Clay County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: William Berry (McLean County, Kentucky, physician &surgeon 7th KY Inf USA) Military: Edward R. Palmer (Louisville, KY, physician, army surgeon, VT clerk) Military: William. T. Morrow (Bullitt County, Kentucky, farm laborer & 28th KY Inf corporal, 1st lieut & commissary sgt) Military: Williamson W. Bacon (Jefferson County, KY, 22nd Inf: 1st sgt, 2nd lieut, & capt; 7th Inf: capt) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: 55th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 28th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 16th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 19th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 20th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866). Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866). Hardin County Court O00000634 Categories: Organizations

Located in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Horatio Gates V. Wintersmith (1862 -1864). Clerk(s): William T. Samuels, T. S. Crutcher, W. G. Mulholland, and Virgil Hewitt.

Relationships Legal: Horatio Gates Valance Wintersmith (Hardin County, KY, merchant, attorney, judge) Economic: Horatio Gates Valance Wintersmith (Hardin County, KY, merchant, attorney, judge)

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. KYR-0003-101-0002. KYR-0003-101-0003. Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky 1864-02-04 Commission/Appointment 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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IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF The Commonwealth of Kentucky

KENTUCKY UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL
THOMAS E. BRAMLETTE, GOVERNOR OF SAID COMMONWEALTH To all whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:

Know Ye, That Chas W. Quiggins having been duly appointed to the office of Second Lieutenant In the 5" Cavalry Regiment of Kentucky Volunteer Militia, organized under the Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth, and to be mustered into the service of the United States:

NOW KNOW YOU, That, by the powers vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of said State, and reposing special trust and confidence in your patriotism, valor, fidelity, and ability, I do, by these presents Commission you as 2nd Lieutenant as aforesaid, for the term of three years unless sooner discharged, upon condition that you take the oath indorsed hereon, within ten days from receipt hereof, sending a certificate thereof to General Headquarters; and I do hereby authorize and require you to discharge, all and singular, the duties and services appertaining to your said office, agreeably to law and general regulations, and to obey such orders and instructions as you shall, from time to time, receive from your superior officers.

SEAL OF KENTUCKY UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL

In Testimony Whereof, I have heruento set my name, and caused the seal of the State of Kentucky to be affixed, at Frankfort, the Fourth day of Feburary, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty=four and in the eighty=eighth year of the Independence of the United States of America.

Tho E Bramlette

BY THE GOVERNOR: E. L. VanWinkle, Secretary of State.

By Jas R. Page Asst Secty.

Commonwealth Office -- WM. E. HUGHES, State Printer.

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OATH.

I Charles W. Quiggins do solemnly swear, that I will faithfully support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Kentucky, and will discharge, all and singular, the duties and services appertaining to the office of 2nd Lieutenant 5th Cavalry in the Kentucky Volunteer Militia, agreeably to law and general regulations, and will obey such orders and instructions as I shall from time to time receive from the proper officers.

Charles W. Quiggins

HGVW P J H C C Fe 8 1864

Before me, personally appeared the above Charles W Quiggins and made the oath above written, and signed the name in my presence.

H G. V. Wintersmith Presiding Judge of The Hardin County Court Februrary 8th A. D. 1864

2d Lt 5 Cavalry Feby 27/64