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  Hurst, Lewis

  b. 1824-08-17 d. 1910-12-27

  Kings County, New York, attorney and commissioner of deeds. New York native. Married to Mary E. Hurst. Father of Lewis Hurst, Mary Hurst, Josephine Hurst, Arthur Hurst, and Werner Hurst. Attorney in Brooklyn, New York, in 1860. Member of the Board of Directors of the Kings County Fire Insurance Company in 1860. Commissioner of deeds for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in New York in 1865.

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  Hawes, Richard

  b. 1797-02-06 d. 1877-05-25

  Second and last governor of the provisional Confederate government of the state of Kentucky. Virginia native. Son of Richard Hawes and Clara Walker Hawes. Married to Hetty Morrison Nicholas Hawes on November 13, 1818. Father of James Morrison Hawes, George N. Hawes, Samuel Hawes, Smith Nicholas Hawes, Cary Nicholas Hawes, Clara Hawes, Hettie Hawes, and Mariah J. Hawes. Educated at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. Read law with Charles Humphreys and Robert Wickliffe. Served in the Black Hawk War. Practiced law and farmed in Fayette County, Clark County, and Bourbon County, Kentucky. Owned a ropewalk in Winchester, Kentucky, in partnership with Benjamin Hawes Buckner in 1825. Member of the Whig Party. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Clark County in 1828, 1829, and 1836. Member of the House of Representatives of the United States from the 7th District of Kentucky from 1837 to 1841. Member of the Democratic Party. Attorney in Bourbon County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Bourbon County in 1850. Attorney in Bourbon County in 1860. Major in the Confederate Commissary Department in October 1861. Appointed auditor of the provisional government in absentia but declined the appointment in Russellville on November 25, 1861. Assumed office as provisional governor of the Kentucky on May 31, 1862, after the death of George W. Johnson. Spent the rest of the war in exile. Second and final governor of the provisional government from October 4, 1862 until the collapse of the Confederacy in 1865. Returned to his law practice and business interests in Bourbon County in 1865.

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  Smith, T. T.

  Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident and military aid. Appointed military aid to the provisional governor by Richard Hawes on March 7, 1864.

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  Butler, Martha E.

  b. 1816?

  Breckinridge County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Married to Joseph Tucker. Mother of Margaret Tucker, Hester Ann Tucker, Luisa J. Tucker, Laetitia Tucker, and Mary W. Tucker. Divorced from Joseph Tucker. Resident of Breckinridge County in 1850.

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  Tucker, Joseph

  b. 1812?

  Breckinridge County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Married to Martha E. Butler Tucker. Father of Margaret Tucker, Hester Ann Tucker, Luisa J. Tucker, Laetitia Tucker, and Mary W. Tucker. Divorced from Martha E. Butler. Farmer in Breckinridge County in 1850.

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  Eskridge, Morris

  b. 1844?

  Breckinridge County, Kentucky, student, apprentice, and deputy clerk. Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, native. Son of Elijah R. Eskridge and Elizabeth M. Eskridge. Resident in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned three enslaved persons in Breckinridge County in 1850. Apprentice cabinetmaker in Breckinridge County in 1860. Household owned five enslaved persons in Breckinridge County in 1860. Deputy clerk of the Breckinridge Circuit Court in1862. Student in Breckinridge County in 1863.

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  Robinson, Milton E.

  d. 1868

  Morgan County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Morgan County, Kentucky, native. Son of William Robinson and Nancy Robinson. Married to Diadamia Lewis Robinson in Morgan County on August 9, 1859. Father of Frank Robinson, Mary K. Robinson, and Emma Clarenton Robinson Harmon. Resident in Morgan County in 1850. Farmer in Morgan County in 1860. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from March 31, 1862 to April 16, 1862. Reported as deserted from Nashville, Tennessee, on April 16, 1862.

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  Blankenship, Elijah

  b. 1836-01-06 d. 1906-03-10

  Macon County, Tennessee, farmer and soldier. Macon County, Tennessee native. Son of Isham Blankenship and Sarah Blankenship. Married to Elizabeth Blankenship. Father of John J. Blankenship, Washington Wolford Blankenship, and Sarah F. Blankenship. Farmer in Macon County, Tennessee, in 1860. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A.) as a private from October 11, 1861 to February 19, 1862. Served in the 1st Tennessee Mounted Infantry (U.S.A.) as a private from December 10, 1863 to January 22, 1865.

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  Price, John

  Mentioned as a surety for Milton E. Robertson in a August 23, 1862 letter from Robertson to James F. Robinson.

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  Carter, John L.

  b. 1838 d. 1923

  Russell County, Kentucky, resident and captain. Kentucky native. Son of Flemmon S. Carter and Polly Haynes Carter. Married to Martha A. Rigney Carter. Father of Nora C. Carter Sinnett. Student in Russell, Kentucky, County in 1850. Artist in Russell County in 1860. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a captain from March 31, 1862 to December 22, 1862.

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  Haggard, David Rice

  b. 1817? d. 1887-04-29

  Cumberland County, Kentucky, physician, farmer, businessman, and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Jane M. Haggard. Father of Ben Rice Haggard, Thomas P. Haggard, Henry B. Haggard, Mary B. Haggard, Clarence R. Haggard, and Irene S. Haggard. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Cumberland County, Kentucky, from 1844 to 1847. Physician in Cumberland County in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in 1850. Assistant marshal of the slave census of the Cumberland Division in 1850. Farmer and physician in Cumberland County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Cumberland County in 1860. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a colonel from January 1862 to February 1863. President of the Indian Creek and Jack's Knob, Iron, Coal, Salt, Lead, Lumber, Oil, and Manufacturing Company in 1865.

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  Robertson, Diadamia "Damie" Lewis

  b. 1837? d. 1922-05-13

  Morgan County, Kentucky, student and resident. Morgan County, Kentucky, native. Daughter of Gardner Hopkins Lewis and Mary Lewis. Married to John Milton Robertson in Morgantown County, Kentucky, on August 9, 1859. Mother of Frank Robertson and Mary Katherine Robertson Phelps. Student in Morgan County in 1850. Resident in Morgan County in 1860.

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  Stanton, John G.

  b. 1819?

  Russell County, Kentucky, farmer, constable, and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of William Stanton and Phebe Stanton. Married to Mary L. Holt Stanton in Russell County, Kentucky, on November 7, 1862. Farmer in Russell County in 1850. Farmer in Russell County in 1860. Constable of Russell County in 1862. Farmer in Russell County in 1864.

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  Green William Markham, Jr.

  b. 1807-12-09 d. 1881-07-10

  Russell County, Kentucky, farmer and county judge. Kentucky native. Father of Eliza Susan Green Spencer. Farmer in Russell County, Kentucky in 1850. Owned nine enslaved persons in Russell County, Kentucky in 1850. County judge in Russell County, Kentucky in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Russell County, Kentucky in 1860.

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  Throckmorton, Collin Shelton

  b. 1818-03-02 d. 1880-11-11

  Daviess County, Kentucky, midshipman and farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Malvina L. Ward Throckmorton on May 5, 1846. Father of Emily Throckmorton, Aris Throckmorton, and Matt Throckmorton. Served in the U.S. Navy as a midshipman from December 8, 1837, to 1843. Farmer in Daviess County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned fifteen enslaved persons in Daviess County in 1860.

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  Bostick, Hardin Perkins

  b. 1804-12-30 d. 1861-02

  Nashville, Tennessee, attorney. North Carolina native. Married Margaret Litton Bostick. Father of John Litton Bostick, Mary Bostick, Joseph Bostick, Thomas Hardin Bostick, Eliza Jane Bostick, Abram Bostick, Margaret Bostick, and Susan Bostick. Assignee in Nashville in 1850. Owned twenty-three enslaved people in Davidson County in 1850. Attorney in Nashville in 1860. Owned seven enslaved people in Davidson County in 1860.

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  Brown, Neill Smith

  b. 1810-04-18 d. 1886-01-30

  Tennessee attorney and politician. Giles County, Tennessee, native. Married to Mary Ann Trimble in 1839. Taught school in Giles County. Attended Manual Labor Academy in 1831. Studied law at Pulaski. Admitted to the bar in 1834. Served in the 1st Tennessee Mounted Volunteer Regiment in the Seminole Wars in 1836. Member of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee from Giles County from 1837 to 1839. Governor of the State of Tennessee from 1847 to 1849. United States Minister to Russia from 1850 to 1853. Member of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee from Davidson County from 1855 to 1857. Member of the Military and Financial Board of the State of Tennessee in 1861.

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  Dunlap, James Trimble

  b. 1814? d. 1879-11

  Davidson County, Tennessee, comptroller. Tennessee native. Married to Martha S. Spense Dunlap in Davidson County on August 15, 1855. Comptroller of the Treasury of Tennessee in 1860.

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  Bostick, John Litton

  b. 1826-05-26 d. 1864-07-29

  Nashville, Tennesee, attorney and soldier. Tennessee native. Married to Elizabeth C. Bostick. Father of William T. Bostick, Harden P. Bostick, and Joseph Bostick. Attorney in Nashville in 1860.

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  Malcolm, G.

  Reported as member of the convention of the provisional government from Jefferson County, Kentucky, held at Russellville, Kentucky, in November 1861. Author of a petition sent to the council to request construction of a battery, declined on December 11, 1861.

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  Crockett, John Watkins, Jr.

  b. 1818-05-17 d. 1874-06-20

  McCracken County, Kentucky, and Henderson County, Kentucky, attorney and politician (C.S.A.). Jessamine County, Kentucky, native. Married to America Smedley Crockett. Father of John W. Crockett, III, Lucy Crockett, and Americus Crockett. Married to Louisa M. Ingram Crockett in Henderson County on February 27, 1855. Father of Wyatt Ingram Crockett. Educated in Jessamine County, Kentucky, and Hancock County, Illinois. Admitted to the bar and practiced in Paducah, Kentucky, and Henderson, Kentucky, from 1839. Represented the Second Congressional District of Kentucky at the Southern Rights Convention in 1861. Represented Kentucky at the Border Slave State Conference in 1861. Delegate to the provisional government convention in Russellville in November 1861. Member of the Council of Ten in the provisional government of Kentucky. Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary for the provisional government of Kentucky. Member of the House of Representatives of the First Confederate Congress from Kentucky's Second Congressional District from 1862 to 1864. Returned to Henderson, Kentucky, to practice law after the war.

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  Bruce, Horatio Washington

  b. 1830-02-22 d. 1903-01-22

  Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney, educator, and politician. Lewis County, Kentucky, native. Son of Alexander Bruce and Amanda Bragg Bruce. Married to Elizabeth “Lizzie” Barbour Helm Bruce in Hardin County on June 12, 1856. Father of Lucinda Hardin Bruce, John Helm Bruce, and Elizabeth “Lizzie” Barbour Bruce. Educated in Manchester, Ohio. Taught two terms of school in Lewis County in 1849 and 1850. Studied law and admitted to the bar in 1851. Practiced law in Flemingsburg, Kentucky. Member of the Whig Party, American “Know-Nothing” Party, and Southern Rights Party. Elected as an American “Know-Nothing” Party member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1855. Commonwealth’s attorney for the Tenth District from 1856 to 1859. Removed to Louisville, Kentucky in 1858. Formed the law partnership of Helm and Bruce with Ben Hardin Helm. Judge in Louisville in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860. Member of the convention of the provisional government held at Russellville in November 1861. Member of the Council of Ten, chair of the Committee on Foreign Relations, and member of the Committee on the Judiciary for the provisional government of Kentucky. Member of the House of Representatives of the First and Second Confederate Congress from the Seventh Congressional District of Kentucky from 1862 to 1865.

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  Thompson, John Burton, Jr.

  b. 1845?

  Harrodsburg, Kentucky, provisional government page. Kentucky native. Son of Philip B. Thompson and Martha Thompson. Resident of Mercer County, Kentucky in 1850. Resident of Harrodsburg in 1860. Elected sergeant at arms, door keeper, and page of the Provisional Government of Kentucky in November 1861.

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  Burnett, Theodore Legrand

  b. 1829-11-14 d. 1917-10-30

  Spencer County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Shelby Gilbert Burnett. Father of Mary Burnett, John C. Burnett, Gilbert Burnett, Theodore L. Burnett, and Marie Burnett. Graduated from Transylvania University in 1844 and again from the law department in 1846. Admitted to the bar and practiced law in Taylorsville, Kentucky. Elected Spencer County attorney in 1847. Served in the Mexican War. Owned four enslaved persons in Spencer County in 1860. Member of the convention of the provisional government held at Russellville in November 1861. Served in the Army of the Tennessee under General Albert S. Johnston in 1861. Assistant secretary of the provisional government convention in Russellville in November 1861. Member of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862. Sixth Congressional District member in the House of Representatives of the First and Second Confederate Congress from 1862 to 1865.

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  McKee, Robert

  b. 1831? d. 1909-06-11

  Louisville, Kentucky, journalist and secretary of state. Fleming County, Kentucky, native. Son of William McKee and Abigail McKee. Married to Emily F. Reed McKee in Mason County, Kentucky, on August 16, 1855. Father of Charles McKee and Belle McKee. Clerk in a country store in Fleming County from 1848 to 1852. Laborer in Fleming County in 1850. Bookkeeper in Fleming County from 1852. Writer in 1856. Editor and owner of the Maysville Express from 1857 to 1859. Editor of the Louisville Daily Courier from 1859 to October 1861. Secretary at the convention of the provisional government in Russellville, Kentucky, in November 1861. Elected secretary of state of the provisional government of Kentucky in 1861. Writer and editor in Dallas County, Alabama, from October 1865.