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  Farmers' Bank of Kentucky

  1850-02-16

  Principal office located at Frankfort, Kentucky. Chartered by the Commonwealth of Kentucky on February 20, 1839. President(s): Philip Swigert. Cashier(s): John B. Temple.

  Branch office located at Covington, Kentucky. President(s): R. Pretlow. Cashier(s): Thomas B. Page.

  Branch office located at Henderson, Kentucky. President(s): Joseph Adams. Cashier(s): T. D. Tilford and Leonard H. Lyne.

  Branch office located at Maysville, Kentucky. President(s): Harrison Taylor. Cashier(s): James A. Johnson.

  Branch office located at Mount Sterling, Kentucky. President(s): A. Barnes. Cashier(s): William Mitchell.

  Branch office located at Princeton, Kentucky. President(s): P. B. McGoodwin and R. B. Ratliffe. Cashier(s): Caleb B. Henry.

  Branch office located at Somerset, Kentucky. President(s): John M. Hail. Cashier(s): Eben Milton.

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  Office of the Secretary of State of Kentucky

  1792-06-01

  Records all the acts of the governor and serves as the notary public for the Commonwealth. Secretaries of State: Thomas B. Monroe, Jr. (August 1859-October 1861); Nathaniel Gaither, Jr. (October 1861-August 1862); Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (August 1862-September 1863); Ephraim L. Van Winkle (September 1863-May 1866).

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  Kentucky Court of Appeals

  1792

  The Supreme Court in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, with appellate jurisdiction and four appellate districts. Under the Third Constitution of Kentucky (1850) an elected judge served an eight year term, the first six years as an associate justice and the remaining two years as chief justice. Civil War-era Judge(s): Henry J. Stites, Alvin Duvall, Zachariah Wheat, Henry C. Wood, Belvard J. Peters, Joshua F. Bullitt, Rufus K. Williams, George Robertson, and William Sampson. Clerk(s): Leslie Combs.

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  5th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.)

  1861-10-18 1864-10-20

  Organized at Ceredo, Virginia. Mustered into service on October 18, 1861. Mustered out of service on October 20, 1864. Commander(s): John L. Zeigler and Abia A. Tomlinson.

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  Western Union Telegraph Company

  1856

  Founded in 1856, following the consolidation of various regional telegraph companies operated by the New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Company and the acquisition of Samuel Morse's telegraph patent. Created the first transcontinental telegraph service in the nation. Founder: Ezra Cornell.

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  Executive Department, Kentucky (U.S.A.)

  1792

  Office of the Governor, in which the constitution of Kentucky vests the executive power of the state.

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  South-western Telegraph Company

  1859

  Louisville, Kentucky, telegraph company. Chartered by the Kentucky General Assembly on December 22, 1859. Lines stretched from Louisville to New Orleans, Louisiana. President(s): Norvin Green.

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  United States House of Representatives

  1789-03-04

  Branch of the United States Congress. Composed of members chose every second year by people of the states.

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  Madison Circuit Court

  Located in the 13th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): William C. Goodloe. Commonwealth's Attorney(s): William S. Downey. Clerk(s): James M. Shackelford.

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  4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)

  1861-10-09 1865-08-17

  Organized at Camp Dick Robinson, Garrard County, Kentucky. Mustered into service on October 9, 1861. Reorganized as 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regiment in March 1864. Mustered out of service on August 17, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel Speed S. Fry, Colonel John T. Croxton, and Colonel Robert M. Kelly.

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  45th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)

  1863-10-10 1865-02-14

  Organized in eastern Kentucky in the summer of 1863. Mustered in on October 10, 1863. Mustered out on February 14, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel John Mason Brown and Captain William B. Jones.

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  Fifth Street Baptist Church

  1839

  Louisville, Kentucky, church. Founded in 1839. The second African American church founded in Kentucky. Associated with the First Baptist Church, which was composed of white parishioners, until 1839. Under Pastor Henry Adams's leadership, many members of the congregation severed ties with the First Baptist Church to reorganize as First Colored Baptist Church (or First African Baptist Church) between 1839 and 1842. The congregation moved in 1848 and became known as Fifth Street Baptist Church from the new location.

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  Steamboat Dove

  1850?

  Steamboat on the Arkansas River, White River, and Mississippi River. Owner: John Box. Operated by the U.S. Navy from 1864 to 1865.

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  Chesnut Street Presbyterian Church

  1848

  Louisville, Kentucky, church. John L. McKee was minister from 1859 to 1871.

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  Marion County Court

  Located in Lebanon, Marion County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): R. A. Burton. Clerk(s): H. H. Hughes, J. M. Fidler, William J. Lisle, and John Severance.

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  Lawrence Circuit Court

  Located in the 11th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): William H. Burns and Richard A. Apperson, Jr. Commonwealth's Attorney(s): J. M. Nesbitt and J. Saige Dury. Clerk(s): M. B. Goble and Richard F. Vinson.

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  Henderson County Court

  Located in Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): C. W. Hutchins. Clerk(s): Young E. Allison and J. P. Breckinridge.

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  25th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)

  1862-01-01 1865-01-23

  Organized at Calhoun, McLean County, Kentucky. Mustered into service on January 1, 1862. Consolidated with the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) on April 13, 1862. Mustered out of service at Louisville on January 23, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel J.M. Shackleford (as the 25th), Colonel Jonathan H. McHenry Jr. (as the 17th), Colonel Alexander M. Stout (as the 17th).

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  8th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

  1862-08-13 1863-09-23

  Organized at Russellville, Kentucky. Mustered in on August 13, 1862, and mustered out on September 23, 1863. Officer(s): Colonel Benjamin H. Bristow, Lieutenant Colonel James H. Holloway, and Colonel James M. Shackleford.

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  34th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)

  1863-05-08 1865-08-24

  Organized at Louisville, Kentucky. Mustered in on October 2, 1863, and mustered out in Knoxville, Tennessee, on June 24, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel Henry Dent, Colonel Selby Harney, William Y. Dillard.

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  Louisville Provost Guard (U.S.A)

  1861 1863

  Organized in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Mustered in on September 25, 1861 and mustered out in May 1863. Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Henry Dent.

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  Ordnance Department U.S. Army

  1812-05-14

  Agency of the War Department responsible for supplying the United States Army with military stores. Commander(s): John Wolfe Ripley (April 23, 1861, to September 15, 1863), G. D. Ramsay (September 15, 1863, to September 12, 1864), A. B. Dyer (September 12, 1864, to May 20, 1874).

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  Tenth Judicial District of Kentucky

  This Commonwealth of Kentucky judicial district included Mason, Nicholas, Fleming, Lewis, Rowan, and Greenup Counties. Judge(s): Elijah C. Phister (1860-1862) and Landaff W. Andrews (1862-1868). Commonwealth's Attorney(s): Richard H. Stanton (1857 -1862) and George M. Thomas (1863-1869).

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  Gallatin County Court

  Located in Warsaw, Gallatin County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): William C. Brown. Clerk(s): H. Baldwin, Reuben L. Ireland, and Roderick Perry.

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  73rd Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia

  State militia organization from Montgomery County, Kentucky. Commander(s): Lieutenant Colonel R. A. Thomas.