Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

Person

b. 1826-08-10 d. 1905-02-22

Bracken County, Kentucky, farmer and sailor. Kentucky native. Married to Mary America Richardson Gray on April 10, 1846 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Father of Jesse Gray, Mary Gray, Thomas G. Gray, Sarah M. Gray, and Mariah E. Gray. Farmer in Bracken County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Bracken County in 1860. Served in the U.S. Navy as a seaman from November 26, 1863 to June 4, 1864. Served aboard the U.S.S. Tyler. Discharged due to medical disability on June 4, 1864.

Legal/Financial

Philip Breckner, Affidavit

1864-11-05

Person

Redmon, John W.

b. 1799-11-08 d. 1874-02-02

Clark County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Lucinda Ramsey in Clark County, Kentucky, on July 25, 1827. Father of Mary Redmon Bush, Eliza Redmon, Thomas Redmon, Edmund Redmon, James Redmon, and Mary E. Redmon. Farmer in Clark County in 1850. Owned seventeen enslaved persons in Clark County in 1850. Farmer in Clark County in 1860. Owned thirteen enslaved persons in Clark County in 1860. Reported as the owner of John Redmon, Daniel Redmon, George Redmon, and Spencer Redmon, upon their enlistment in the United States Colored Troops at Camp Nelson, Jessamine County, in 1864.

Correspondence

James S. Brisbin to James P. Flint

1865-07-26

Correspondence

Stephen G. Burbridge to Thomas E. Bramlette

1864-06-16

Order

Daniel W. Lindsey, General Orders, No. 3

1865-03-10

Person

Gatewood, Asa Blanchard

b. 1830-04-28 d. 1887-05-28

Montgomery County, Kentucky, clerk and farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Charles O. Gatewood and Mary L. Gatewood. Married to Jessie A. White Gatewood in Albemarle County, Virginia, on November 2, 1852. Clerk in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned at least two enslaved persons, including Malinda, in Montgomery County in 1854. Owned at least four enslaved persons, including Charlotte and Wash, in Montgomery County in 1855. Owned at least two enslaved persons, including Charlotte, in Montgomery County in 1856. Owned at least four enslaved persons, including Fillmore and Dick, in Montgomery County in 1858. Owned at least six enslaved persons, including Louisa, Jourdan, and Jeff, in Montgomery County in 1859. Farmer in Montgomery County in 1860. Owned nineteen enslaved persons in Montgomery County in 1860. Owned at least two enslaved persons, including Teller, in Montgomery County in 1861. Reported as the owner of William Gatewood upon his enlistment in the United States Colored Troops at Camp Nelson, Jessamine County, in 1864.

Correspondence

John L. Dorsey to James F. Robinson

1863-06-01

Petition

Mary A. Smyth et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-03-29

Petition

Smith Craig et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

1864-08-18

Person

Jacob, Richard Taylor

b. 1825-03-13 d. 1903-09-13

Oldham County, Kentucky, farmer, politician, and soldier. Oldham County native. Son of John J. Jacob and Lucy Donald Robertson Jacob. Married to Sarah Benton Jacob on January 17, 1848. Father of Richard F. Jacob and Elizabeth B. Jacob. Married to Laura Wilson Jacob on June 15, 1865. Studied law under Nathaniel Wolfe in Louisville, Kentucky, from 1845 to 1846. Served in the United States Army as a captain during the U.S.-Mexican War. Farmer in Cooper County, Missouri, in 1850. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Cooper County in 1850. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Oldham County from 1859 to 1863. Farmer in Oldham County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Oldham County in 1860. Presidential elector for John C. Breckinridge in 1860. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a colonel from August 22, 1862 to August 21, 1863. Lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky under Governor Thomas E. Bramlette from 1863 to 1867. Arrested in Kentucky for discouraging the enlistment of African Americans in the United States Colored Troops in November 1864. Exiled to Richmond, Virginia, from November 1864 to January 1865.