Organization

Provisional Government of Kentucky

1861-11-18 to 1865

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.

Bibliography

Proceedings of the Convention Establishing Provisional Government of Kentucky (Augusta, GA: Steam Press of Chronicle and Sentinel, 1863).
Lowell H. Harrison, "George W. Johnson and Richard Hawes: The Governors of Confederate Kentucky"Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 79, no. 1 (Winter 1981): 3-39.
Ron D. Bryant, "Confederate State Government" inThe Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 222.
KYR-0004-033-0003.

Citation

Provisional Government of Kentucky. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32215130 (November 12, 2026).

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