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  • Blackburn, Luke P.
    Person
    Blackburn, Luke P.
    b. 1816-06-16 d. 1887-09-14

    Kentucky, Mississippi, and Louisiana, physician and special envoy. Woodford County, Kentucky, native. Married to Ella Boswell Blackburn. Graduated from the Medical Department at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky in 1835. Physician in Lexington. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1843 to 1845. Physician in Frankfort, Kentucky, in 1844. Moved to Natchez, Mississippi, in 1847. Physician in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1858. Special envoy representing Governor Beriah Magoffin in New Orleans to purchase arms and ammunition in 1861. Aide-de-camp for Sterling Price in Mississippi. Appointed by Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to relocate the military casualties in the state. Traveled to Canada in August 1863, to smuggle items through the blockade into the Confederacy.

  • Norton, Mortimer O. H.
    Person
    Norton, Mortimer O. H.
    b. 1816-06-19 d. 1872-08-30

    New Orleans, Louisiana, cotton merchant and railroad executive. New York native. Father of George Norton, Clara Norton, Permellia Norton, Henrietta Norton, and Hewett Norton. Cotton merchant in New Orleans in 1850. Member of the executive committee of the New Orleans and Opelousas Railroad in 1852. Partner of Hewitt, Norton & Co., with James Hewitt and John M. Wisdom, in 1855. Member of the Louisiana Secession Convention and voted for secession. Director of the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railway in New Orleans in 1861.

  • Hunt, George
    Person
    Hunt, George
    b. 1831-06-09 d. 1893-08-28

    Scott County, Kentucky, and Chistian County, Kentucky, baptist minister and college president. Fayette County, Kentucky, native. Baptized at East Hickman Baptist Church in Fayette County in 1844. Graduated from Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky, in 1849. Ordained pastor of Maysville Baptist Church in Maysville, Kentucky, church in 1856. Pastor of Maysville Baptist Church from 1856 to 1858. Chair of the Theology Department at Georgetown College in Georgetown from 1858 to 1861. Pastor at Stamping Ground Baptist Church in Scott County from 1858 to 1862. President of Bethel College in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, from 1862 to 1864. Pastor of Bethel Baptist Church and Salem Baptist Church in Christian County.

  • Lewis, Cadwallader
    Person
    Lewis, Cadwallader
    b. 1811-11-06 d. 1882-04-20

    Franklin County, Kentucky, baptist minister. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth H. Lewis. Father of William J. Lewism John A. Lewis, Waller H. Lewis, Mary P. Lewis, and Charles C. Lewis. Baptist minister in Franklin County in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1860.

  • Johnston, Josiah Stoddard
    Person
    Johnston, Josiah Stoddard
    b. 1833-02-10 d. 1913-10-04

    Scott County, Kentucky, farmer, soldier, and attorney. New Orleans, Louisiana, native. Son of John Harris Johnston and Eliza Ellen Davidson Johnston. Married to Eliza W. Johnson Johnston on June 13, 1854. Father of George W. Johnston and Mary H. Johnston. Educated at the Latin school of S.V. Womack in Shelbyville, Kentucky. Educated at the Western Military Institute in Georgetown. Graduated from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1853. Graduated from the Law School of the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1854. Cotton planter in Arkansas from 1855 to 1859. Farmer in Scott County, Kentucky, from 1859 to 1862. Owned four enslaved persons in Scott County in 1860. Served on the personal staff of General Braxton Bragg as major and assistant adjutant-general from 1862 to June 1863. Served on the staff of General Simon B. Buckner. Served as chief of staff for General John C. Breckinridge with the ranks of major and lieutenant colonel from December 1863 to May 1865. Relocated to Helena, Arkansas, practicing law there from 1865 to 1867.

  • Rankins, Paul
    Person
    Rankins, Paul
    b. 1823-04-07 d. 1872-12-14

    Georgetown, Kentucky, physician. Kentucky native. Married to Malvina Burch Rankins. Father of Rhodes B. Rankins, William H. Rankins, Bettie Rankins, and Malvina Rankins. Physician in Scott County, Kentucky, in 1850. Physician in Georgetown in 1860.

  • McGinn, John Bolivar
    Person
    McGinn, John Bolivar
    b. 1826-02-27 d. 1902-11-25

    Versailles, Kentucky, minister. Minister of the Christian Church in Versailles in 1862.

  • Langley, Rebecca
    Person
    Langley, Rebecca
    b. 1841? d. 1863-09-14

    New Orleans, Louisiana, performer. Texas native. Ward of Mr. and Mrs. Carter. Performer for Carter & Wells curiosity show in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1857. Employed by Elizabeth Benoit and A. Benoit as a performer, known as the "Texas Dwarf" in New Orleans in 1860. Reported as a fugitive from New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1860.

  • Benoit, Elizabeth
    Person
    Benoit, Elizabeth

    New Orleans, Louisiana, museum owner. Married to A. Benoit. Owned a curiosity museum in New Orleans. Employed Rebecca Langley ("The Texas Dwarf") and "The Big Indian" as performers in her museum in 1860. Reported as a fugitive from New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1860. Her husband, A. Benoit, was listed in the New Orleans Directory in 1861.

  • Lattin, Isaac A.
    Person
    Lattin, Isaac A.

    New Orleans, Louisiana, agent. Agent for Mr. and Mrs. Carter of the Carter & Wells curiosity show in 1860. Agent for the State of Louisiana in 1860. Charged by the governor of Louisiana to retrieve two fugitives from the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1860.

  • Gilmore, Alexander
    Person
    Gilmore, Alexander
    b. 1806 d. 1870-06-25

    Louisville, Kentucky, police chief. Native of Ireland. Married to Esther Smith Gilmore. Father of William Gilmore, Alexander Gilmore, Jr., Anna Gilmore, and Sarah Gilmore. Policeman in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1860. Chief of the Louisville City Police Department in 1865.

  • Cartwright, Milton A.
    Person
    Cartwright, Milton A.
    b. 1837? d. 1860-01-17

    Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of James Allen Cartwright. Farmer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Killed by Thomas B. Wadlington in Caldwell County on January 17, 1860.

  • Prince, John W.
    Person
    Prince, John W.
    b. 1843?

    Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. Alabama native. Son of Hiram Prince and Nancy E. Prince. Married to Virginia Prince. Resident in Walker County, Georgia, in 1850. Farm laborer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1860.

  • Blalock, James W.
    Person
    Blalock, James W.
    b. 1839? d. 1903?

    Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Jared Blalock and Mary A. Blalock. Married to Sarah A. Blalock. Father of H. P. Blalock. Student in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farm laborer in Caldwell County in 1860. Household owned nineteen enslaved persons in Princeton in 1860. Served in the 8th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from September 6, 1862, to September 23, 1863. Served in the 12th Kentucky Volunteer Calvary Regiment (U.S.A.) as a sergeant from March 17, 1864, to August 23, 1865.

  • Harnard, [unknown]
    Person
    Harnard, [unknown]

    Physician in Bourbon County. Mentioned in a letter from A. S. Thomson to Thomas E. Bramlette from Paris, Kentucky, on December 19, 1864.

  • Tate, Columbus
    Person
    Tate, Columbus
    b. 1831?

    Bourbon County, Kentucky, postmaster and cooper. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Frances Robinson Tate in Bourbon County on October 17, 1852. Father of Charles Tate, Francis Tate, John Tate, Mattie Tate, William Tate, Mary Tate, and Julia Tate. Postmaster of Shawhan, Bourbon County from 1857 to 1859. Cooper in Bourbon County in 1863.

  • Thomson, Addison S.
    Person
    Thomson, Addison S.
    b. 1820?

    Bourbon County, Kentucky, auctioneer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Thomson. Father of William Thomson, Elizabeth Thomson, Charles F Thomson, and Wyatt Thomson. Auctioneer in Bourbon County in 1860. Sheriff elect of Bourbon County in 1864.

  • Brent, John Chambers
    Person
    Brent, John Chambers
    b. 1836? d. 1892-05-28

    Bourbon County, Kentucky, bank teller, soldier, and sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Nicole Ford Brent. Bank teller in Paris, Kentucky, in 1860. First lieutenant in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from August 1862 to February 1863. Major in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from February 1863 to August 1863. Sheriff of Boubon County, Kentucky, in 1864.

  • Butler, Jonathan
    Person
    Butler, Jonathan
    b. 1830-03-16 d. 1865-05-04

    Butler County, Kentucky, tavern keeper and justice of the peace. Indiana native. Son of Abel Butler and Mildren Butler. Married to Erinda A. Rone Butler in Warren County, Kentucky, on September 24, 1855. Father to James Leonidas Butler. Farmer in Perry County, Indiana, in 1850. Tavern keeper in Morgantown, Kentucky, in 1860. Appointed justice of the peace in District 1 in Butler County in 1862. Distiller in Butler County in 1863. Died in Butler County in 1865.

  • Adkins, Isaac O.
    Person
    Adkins, Isaac O.
    b. 1813?

    Butler County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Mary R. Moore Adkins. Father of William Adkins, Nancy Adkins, Sarah J. Adkins, James W. Adkins, Robert A. Adkins, Almeda C. Adkins, John W. Adkins, Joseph H. Adkins, Virgil C. Adkins, Francis C. Adkins, and Agnes Adkins. Farmer in Butler County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Butler County in 1860. Justice of the peace for District 3 in Butler County in 1860.

  • Wamack, Abraham
    Person
    Wamack, Abraham
    b. 1806? d. 1873?

    Butler County, Kentucky, farmer and Justice of the Peace. Kentucky native. Married to Octavia Amanda Pierson Wamack in Butler County, Kentucky, on May 30, 1850. Father of Alexander Wamack, William M. Wamack, Elizabeth A. Wamack, James L. Wamack, and Mary T. Wamack. Farmer in Butler County in 1850. Farmer in Butler County in 1860. Appointed justice of the peace for District 3 in Butler County in 1862.

  • Guffy, Baylus L. D.
    Person
    Guffy, Baylus L. D.
    b. 1832-12-24 d. 1910-02-27

    Butler County, Kentucky, judge. Kentucky native. Son of James Guffy and Malinda Guffy. Married to Mahalie A. Monroe Guffy in Ohio County, Kentucky, on May 25, 1854. Father of Luella F. Guffy, Estill Guffy, and Olive Guffy. Resident in Logan County in 1850. Attorney in Butler County from 1860 to 1910. Assistant marshal in Butler County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Butler County in 1860. County Judge in Butler County in 1862. Alternate delegate to the Union Democratic National Convention from Butler County in 1864.

  • Washington, James
    Person
    Washington, James

    Kenton County, Kentucky, resident. Charged with burglary in Kenton County, Kentucky, in 1865. Fled to Ohio. Arrested in Ohio in December 1865 and returned to Kentucky on a requisition from Governor Bramlette.

  • Herod, Andrew H.
    Person
    Herod, Andrew H.
    b. 1816?

    Kenton County, Kentucky, jailer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary A. Herod. Father of George W. Herod, Aladelphia Herod, Susan Herod, and Andrew H. Herod. Jailer of Kenton County from 1856 to 1864.

  • Foley, R. W.
    Person
    Foley, R. W.

    Kenton County, Kentucky, soldier. With Mr. Smith and Mr. Samuels, organized a company of home guards in Kenton County, Kentucky, in June 1861. Served in the Police Guard Kentucky Central Railroad as colonel from September 17, 1861, to December 10, 1861.