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Logan County, Kentucky, minister and chaplain. Warren County, Kentucky, native. Married to Mary E. Briggs Thomas in Logan County on October 1, 1854. Father of Robert Y. Thomas Jr., and Kate Thomas. Methodist minister in Logan County in 1860. Chaplain for the convention of the provisional government held at Russellville, Kentucky, in November 1861.
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Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and soldier. Essex County, Virginia, native. Son of Isaac Burnett and Martha Garnett Burnett. Married to Mary A. Terry Burnett in Trigg County on May 13th, 1847. Father of Mary Burnett, Muscoe Burnett, and Henry Burnett. Educated at common schools and a Hopkinsville academy. Studied law and admitted to the bar in 1847. Attorney in Trigg County in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1850. Clerk of the Trigg County Court from 1851 to 1853. Member of the House of Representatives of the United States of America representing the First Congressional District of Kentucky from 1855 to his expulsion on December 3, 1861. Attorney and magistrate in Cadiz, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1860. Served in the 8th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) as colonel from November 11, 1861, to February 10, 1862. President of the provisional government convention in Russellville in November 1861. Representative of the Provisional Confederate Congress from 1861 to 1862. Senator in the First and Second Confederate Congresses of Kentucky from February 19, 1862, to February 18, 1865.
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Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney, soldier, and politician. Harrodsburg, Kentucky, native. Son of John B. and Nancy Robards Thompson. Married to Martha A. Montgomery Thompson. Father of Davis M. Thompson, Philip “Little Phil” Burton Thompson, Jr., and John Burton Thompson. Educated at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, and Jefferson College in Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania. Admitted to the bar in 1840 and practiced law in Mercer County, Kentucky. Member of the Whig Party. Served in the Second Regiment Kentucky Foot Volunteers as a captain from 1846 to 1847 during the US-Mexico War. Member of the Council of Ten in the Provisional Government of Kentucky. Member of the Committee on Banks and Committee on Military Affairs for the provisional government of Kentucky. Received gubernatorial pardon on September 2, 1865.
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Reported as member of the convention of the provisional government held at Russellville, Kentucky, in November 1861.
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Louisville, Kentucky, merchant. New York native. Married to Catharine A Shrader Penton in Oldham County, Kentucky, on July 8, 1847. Father of John W. Penton, Isabella Penton, Hellena Penton, Kate Penton, Georgiana Penton, and Ida Penton. Farmer in Oldham County, in 1850. Owned a feed store in Louisville in 1860. Member of the convention of the provisional government held at Russellville, Kentucky, in November 1861.
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Louisville, Kentucky, journalist and secretary of state. Fleming County, Kentucky, native. Son of William McKee and Abigail McKee. Married to Emily F. Reed McKee in Mason County, Kentucky, on August 16, 1855. Father of Charles McKee and Belle McKee. Clerk in a country store in Fleming County from 1848 to 1852. Laborer in Fleming County in 1850. Bookkeeper in Fleming County from 1852. Writer in 1856. Editor and owner of the Maysville Express from 1857 to 1859. Editor of the Louisville Daily Courier from 1859 to October 1861. Secretary at the convention of the provisional government in Russellville, Kentucky, in November 1861. Elected secretary of state of the provisional government of Kentucky in 1861. Writer and editor in Dallas County, Alabama, from October 1865.
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Barren County, Kentucky, attorney, postmaster, and politician. Grayson County, Virginia, native. Married to Harriet Barrick Bates in Barren County in January 1834. Father of Virginia Bates, William Bates, James Bates, John Bates, George Bates, Edward Bates, and Frank Bates. Attorney in Barren County, Kentucky, in 1850. Postmaster at Glasgow, Kentucky, from April 3, 1858, to September 6, 1859. Resident in Barren County in 1860. Member of the convention of the provisional government at Russellville, Kentucky, in November 1861. Elected member of the Council of Ten for the provisional government. Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee for the provisional government of Kentucky. Member of the Committee on Military Affairs for the provisional government of Kentucky.
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County in southwestern Kentucky. Seat at Hopkinsville.
Seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.
County in south central Kentucky. Seat at Glasgow. Located on the Barren River.
Confederate provisional government of Kentucky. Formed at Russellville, Kentucky, on November 18, 1861. Recognized by the Confederate States of America on December 10, 1861. Operated from Bowling Green, Kentucky, until February 1862. Administered by a governor and council of ten. Governor(s): George W. Johnson (1861-1862) and Richard Hawes (1862-1865). Secretary of State: Robert McKee. Treasurer: John Burnam. Auditor: Josiah Pillsbury.
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Executive committee of the provisional Confederate government of Kentucky. Consisted of ten men from ten different congressional districts: Willis B. Machen, John W. Crockett, Jr., James P. Bates, James S. Chrisman, Philip B. Thompson, Jr., Joseph B. Burnside, Horatio W. Bruce, Eli M. Bruce, James W. Moore, and George B. Hodge. President: Willis B. Machen. Clerk: A. Frank Brown.
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Second Day
The convention met at 10 O'Clock A. M.
The Convention was opened by prayer by
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Resolved That the Committee on business be instructed to report a place for a Provisional Government at 10 O'Clock A. M Tomorrow
The reports of the Committee and the recommendations Therefrom, were discussed during the remainder of the Morning.
At one O'Clock P. M. the convention took a recess until 21/2 O'Clock P. M.
Afternoon Session
The convention re-assembled at 2 O'Clock P. M. the President in the Chair.
The consideration of the reports of the Committee on business was renewed
The call for the previous question was sustained by the Convention The President stated that no rule having been agreed upon by the Convention he felt embarrassed relative to taking the vote
Resolved That each member of the Convention be entitled to one vote
cKee which was adopted by the Convention,
Resolved That the votes shall be by representative districts each district having one vote
The Convention proceeded to vote on Chiltons Substitute for the minority report, but pending a call of the counties the Convention unanimously agreeing the substitute was withdrawn.
The convention then proceeded to vote on the Minority report, as a substitute for the Majority report, and it was unanimously adopted, when the resolution from the Minority of the Committee was unanimously passed, and the Committee was instructed to report a place for a Provisional Government tomorrow at 10 O'Clock A. M.