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  Lyon Circuit Court

  Located in the 2nd Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Thomas C. Dabney and R. T. Petree. Commonwealth's Attorney(s): E. P. Campbell. Clerk(s): William Sharpe, A. H. Dudley, and John W. Clark.

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  Midway Police Court

  Misdemeanor court presided over by the police judge of Midway, Kentucky, with jurisdiction within the limits of the city. Judge(s): Samuel Moore.

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  Danville Riflemen

  State militia organization from Boyle County, Kentucky. Commander(s): Captain A. Scott McGrorty.

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  Knox County Jail

  Detention facility in Knox County, Kentucky. Jailer(s): Calvin Brogan (1860 and 1862).

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  11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

  1862-07 1865-07-17

  Organized at Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky. Mustered into service in July 1862. Mustered out of service from July 12 to July 17, 1865. Commander(s): Lieutenant Colonel Archibald J. Alexander, Lieutenant Colonel William E. Riley, Lieutenant Colonel Milton Graham, Colonel Alexander W. Holeman, and Lieutenant Colonel William O. Boyle.

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  15th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A)

  1861-12-14 1865-01-14

  Organized at New Haven, Nelson County, Kentucky. Mustered into service on December 14, 1861. Mustered out of service on January 14, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel Curran Pope, Colonel James B. Forman, Colonel Marion C. Taylor, and Lieutenant Colonel George P. Jouett.

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  2nd Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)

  1861-06-26 1865-07-11

  Organized at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Mustered in on June 26, 1861, and mustered out on July 11, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel Horatio Phillips Van Cleve.

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  A. S. White & Co.

  1837 1891

  Pork packing house in Louisville, Kentucky. Operated from 1837 to 1891. Owners: Andrew S. White, James S. White, John Cowan, Caleb Gutherie, Michael Wolf, Samuel P. Weisiger, William Hughes, John D. Taggart, George W. Tarleton, James W. Goslee. Operated as Hughes, Goslee & Co. from 1868 to 1875. Operated as Hughes, Taggart, & Co. from 1875 to 1891.

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  2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.)

  1861-07-17 1864-10-31

  Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio. Mustered in by September 20, 1861, musted out on October 10, 1864. Commander(s): Colonel Leonard A. Harris and Colonel Anson G. McCook.

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  Hewitt, Norton & Co.

  1861?

  Commission merchants. Commercial houses located in New Orleans, Louisiana; Louisville, Kentucky; New York City, New York; and Liverpool, England. Sold cotton factors. Dissolved in 1861. Partner(s): James W. Hewitt, Mortimer O. H. Norton, and John M. Wisdom.

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  Woodford Circuit Court

  1793

  Located in the 13th Judicial District of Kentucky. Judge(s): William C. Goodloe. Commonwealth's Attorney(s): William S. Downey. Clerk(s): Jonathan "Swift" Darneal.

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  Washington County Court

  Located in Springfield, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): John E.McIntire. Clerk(s): Reuben S. Peters and James P. Barbour. Deputy Court Clerk(s): Warren Montgomery.

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  M.W. Sherrill & Co.

  Commission merchant firm in Louisville, Kentucky. Operated in 1863.

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  20th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)

  1862-01-06 1865-01-17

  Organized at Smithland, Livingston County, Kentucky. Mustered into service on January 6, 1862. Mustered out of service on January 17, 1865. Commander(s): Sanders D. Bruce.

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  1st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A)

  1861-06-04 1864-06-18

  Organized at Camp Clay, Ohio. Mustered into service on June 4, 1861. Mustered out of service on June 18, 1864. Commander: Colonel James V. Guthrie and Colonel David A. Enyart.

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  Kentucky State Agency

  1864-02-20 1867?

  Agency located in Washington, D.C. that prosecuted all claims for compensation against the Federal Government for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Kentucky soldiers, and citizens. Agent for the State of Kentucky: Charles D. Pennebaker.

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  Crittenden Circuit Court

  1842

  Located in the 14th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): William P. Fowler. Commonwealth's Attorney(s): L. M. Low, John Barrett, and Benjamin P. Cissell. Clerk(s): S. Hodge and James H. Walker.

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  Mercer County Court

  Located in Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Christopher Chinn (1860-1861), Thomas Edwards (1862-1865). Clerk(s): Thomas Allin, Corydon Sackett Abell, and Benjamin C. Allin.

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  Calloway County Court

  Located in Murray, Calloway County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): A. Riley. Clerk(s): P. M. Ellison, John B. England, and R. E. Beckham.

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  Anderson Circuit Court

  Located in the 5th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): George Kavanaugh and John E. Newman. Commonwealth's Attorney(s): Andy Barnett and L. H. Noble. Clerk(s): Thomas H. Hanks and C. H. Fenwick.

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  Morgan, Hanson and Co.

  Collection house specializing in army and navy claims in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Operated in 1862 and 1863. Owner(s): Theodore M. Morgan and Edward Hunn Hanson.

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  25th Senatorial District of Kentucky

  Composed of Campbell and Pendleton Counties in 1865. Has since been redistricted.

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  Ridisher & Hanover

  Company in Frankfort, Kentucky, in 1864.

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  Russellville Committee on Safety

  1861? 1862?

  Committee of citizens organized in Russellville, Kentucky, during the Confederate occupation c1861. Members: Edward Stevenson, James McCallen, John B. Peyton, [Unknown] Evans, and William Clark.

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  University of Louisville

  1846

  Louisville, Kentucky, institute of higher education. Founded as the Jefferson Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1798. Operated from 1813 to 1829. Chartered in 1837 as the Louisville Collegiate Institute in Louisville. Renamed Louisville College in 1840. Acquired the former Jefferson Seminary in Louisville in 1844. Chartered as the University of Louisville by the Kentucky Legislature in 1846, which consolidated Louisville College, Louisville Medical Institute, and Louisville Law School.