28774 items

• 
  Person

  Murrett, H. C.

  Witness to the indictment of The Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Franklin Gorin.

• 
  Person

  Ormsby, Collis

  b. 1817 d. 1891

  Louisville, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Henrietta Ormsby. Owned the hardware and cutlery business of Collis Ormsby.

• 
  Person

  Tompkins, Joseph T.

  b. 1820 d. 1877-09-19

  Louisville, Kentucky, merchant and importer.

• 
  Person

  Sewall, Frederic Dummer

  b. 1826-01-23 d. 1907-12-16

  Sagadahoc County, Maine, attorney and soldier. Sagadahoc County, Maine, native. Son of Joseph S. Sewall and Emma Smith Sewall. Married to Eveline Hill Gove Sewall in Sagadahoc County in 1849. Father of Evelina Sewall and Joseph E. Sewall. Graduated from Bowdoin College in Cumberland County, Maine, in 1846. Attorney in Lincoln County, Maine, in 1850. Attorney in Sagadahoc County in 1860. Served as Assistant Adjutant General from 1861 to 1862. Served in the 19th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a colonel from 1862 to 1863. Served in the Veteran Reserve Corps (U.S.A.) as a major and colonel from 1863 to 1865. Commanding officer of Camp Parole in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, from February 1865 to May 1865. Brevetted brigadier general in July 1865.

• 
  Person

  Jacobs, Joshua West

  b. 1843-06-24 d. 1905-10-13

  Boyle County, Kentucky, soldier. Boyle County, Kentucky, native. Son of John Adamson Jacobs and Susan Walker Fry Powell Jacobs. Attended school in Boyle County in 1850. Household owned six enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1850. Instructor in 1860. Attended Centre College in Boyle County from 1860 to 1861. Household owned six enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1860. Served in the 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a private, sergeant major, first lieutenant, and captain from October 8, 1861, to August 17, 1865. Wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga in Walker County, Georgia, on September 19, 1863. Captured at the Battle of Atlanta in Atlanta on July 31, 1864. Prisoner of war from July 31, 1864 to March 10, 1865. Paroled at Camp Parole in Annapolis, Maryland, on March 10, 1865.

• 
  Person

  Scott, Reuben F.

  b. 1828-03-08 d. 1907-02-16

  Madison County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Susan Scott. Resident of Madison County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned six enslaved persons in Madison County in 1850. Farmer in Madison County in 1860. Household eight enslaved persons in Madison County in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a first lieutenant from September 22, 1862 to July 12, 1865. Captured in Monroe County, Tennessee, on October 20, 1863. Prisoner of war in Richmond, Virginia from November 1, 1863 to May 7, 1864. Prisoner of war in Macon, Georgia from May 7, 1864 to March 1, 1865.

• 
  Person

  Guinnip, Lyman

  b. 1828-08-31 d. 1892-08-04

  Danville, Illinois, soldier. Steuben County, New York native. Son of Lydia Guinnip. Married to Anna E. Palmer in 1857. Father of Horace D. Guinnip, Grace Guinnip. Served in the 1st Illinois Infantry Regiment as private during the Mexican-American War. Resident of Clark County in 1850. Resident of Danville in 1862. Served in the 79th Illinois Volunteer Infantry as colonel from August 28, 1862, to October 17, 1862, when he resigned.

• 
  Person

  Bradshaw, Cornelius G.

  b. 1839? d. 1906-09-20

  Douglas County, Illinois, chaplain (U.S.A.). Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Bradshaw. Father of Cornelia Bradshaw. Resident in Piatt County, Illinois, in 1860. Resident of Douglas County, Illinois in 1862. Served in the 79th Illinois Volunteer Infantry as Chaplain from August 28, 1862, to September 11, 1863.

• 
  Person

  Owsley, John S.

  b. 1840-10-03 d. 1914-01-24

  Lincoln County, Kentucky, resident. Lincoln County, Kentucky, native. Son of Samuel Owsley and Eliza W. Owsley. Married to Susan Malinda Miller Owsley in Madison County, Kentucky, on October 15, 1861. Father of Mary E. Owsley. Resident of Lincoln County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned twenty-nine enslaved persons in Lincoln County in 1850. Resident of Lincoln County in 1860. Household owned twenty-nine enslaved persons in Lincoln County in 1860.

• 
  Person

  Ovington, Charles

  b. 1831-10-04 d. 1895-02-26

  Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, moulder. Native of Canada. Son of Charles Ovington and Hanna Webb Ovington. Married to Francis R. Smith in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on April 24, 1856. Father of Francis “Fannie” Ovington, Margaret Ovington, Carrie Ovington and Harriet Ovington. Moulder in Louisville in 1850. Moulder in Louisville in 1860. Watchman in Louisville in 1861.

• 
  Person

  Reaugh, Thomas

  b. 1809? d. 1870?

  Louisville, Kentucky, policeman. Married Ann "Annie" Uptonia Beckwith Reaugh in Jefferson County, Kentucky on January 10, 1837. Father of Upton B. Reaugh and Fanny Reaugh. Constable in Louisville in 1850. Policeman in Louisville in 1860.

• 
  Person

  Carter, James Garland

  b. 1825 d. 1889

  Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant. Simpson County, Kentucky, native. Married to Melvilla Brown Carter in LaRue County, Kentucky, on June 5, 1855. Father of Edwin L. Carter, Allen R. Carter, and James G. Carter, Jr. Merchant in Louisville in 1860.

• 
  Person

  Fisher, Theoderick

  b. 1803?

  Carroll County, Kentucky, merchant, clergyman, and justice of the peace. New Hampshire native. Merchant in Carroll County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in 1850. Baptist clergyman in Ghent, Kentucky, in 1860. Justice of the peace in Carroll County in 1864.

• 
  Person

  Elston, Bland Ballard

  b. 1831 d. 1915-10-14

  Carroll County, Kentucky, postmaster, farmer, and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Marries to Lydia A. Elston. Father of Lena A. Elston, Ella Elston, Elizabeth Elston, and Frances H. Elston. Postmaster of Prestonville, Kentucky, from 1858 to 1859. Farmer in Carroll County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Carroll County in 1864.

• 
  Person

  Masterson, Richard William

  b. 1817-03-14 d. 1904-12-30

  Carroll County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married Margaret "Maggie" J. Wright Masterson on November 16, 1858. Father of Kate J. Masterson. Surveyor for Carroll County in 1848. Census taker for Carroll County in 1850. Attorney in Carrollton, Kentucky in 1860.

• 
  Person

  Cashman, John H.

  b. 1812?

  Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer. Married Elizabeth Cashman. Father of Leonard Cashman, Benjamin Cashman, John Cashman, Sarah Cashman, Elizabeth Cashman, Henry Cashman, Martin Cashman, and Charles Cashman. Farmer and tobacco buyer in Breckinridge County in 1860.

• 
  Person

  Pointer, Henry

  b. 1830?

  Henderson County, Kentucky, blacksmith. Kentucky native. Blacksmith in Henderson County, Kentucky, in 1860.

• 
  Person

  Hopkins, John Taylor

  b. 1808-11-23 d. 1872-11-20

  Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Martha P. Cowen Hopkins in Henderson County, Kentucky, on February 10, 1831. Father of Charles Hopkins, Mary A. Hopkins, and Juliette H. Hopkins. Married to Esther Lynda Hawkins Hopkins in Henderson County on December 21, 1848. Father of Annah Hopkins, John Taylor Hopkins, Strother Banks Hopkins, Esther Hopkins, Edmund Hopkins, and Ella Hopkins. Resident of Henderson County in 1840. Owned seven enslaved persons in 1840. Farmer in Henderson County in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1850. Farmer in Henderson County in 1860. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1860.

• 
  Person

  Hopkins, Francis Jones

  b. 1801?

  Henderson County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth H. Smith Hopkins in Henderson County on April 12, 1831. Resident of Henderson County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in 1850. Household owned an additional ten enslaved persons in 1850. Resident of Henderson County in 1860. Household owned twelve enslaved people in 1860.

• 
  Person

  Rankin, William

  b. 1795? d. 1871?

  Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Frances Gwatkin Rankin. Father of Adam Rankin, Gwatkin Rankin, and Juliet S. Rankin. Farmer in Henderson County in 1850. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1850, including five listed as fugitive slaves. Farmer in Henderson County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1860.

• 
  Person

  Rouse, Paschal

  b. 1810-09-20 d. 1872-01-17

  Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer. Henderson County, Kentucky, native. Son of Lewis Ludwig Rouse and Elizabeth Garrett Rouse. Married to Jane Elizabeth McClanahan Rouse in Henderson County, Kentucky, on December 14, 1834. Father of James W. Rouse and Susan Alice Rouse. Married to Eliza Jane Nelson Rouse in Henderson County on April 3, 1852. Father of Mary Ella Rouse, Richard Rouse, William D. Rouse, and Berry Rouse. Farmer in Henderson County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person (listed as a fugitive) in Henderson County in 1850. Farmer in Henderson County in 1860. Employed Daniel McMullen, Thomas Swainey, Thomas Talbott, Arthur Talbott, George Guodquinn, Frank Painter, Nathaniel Painter, Joseph Painter, Charles Painter, and James Dugle as laborers in Henderson County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1860.

• 
  Person

  Rouse, James

  b. 1834 d. 1904

  Union County, Kentucky, merchant. Henderson County, Kentucky, native. Son of James Rouse and Sarah K. Rouse. Married to Adeline Hatfield Rouse in Union County, Kentucky, on September 5, 1854. Father of Edward Douglas Rouse. Farm laborer in Henderson County in 1850. Household owned eleven enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1850. Merchant in Union County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Union County in 1860.

• 
  Person

  George, Jesse

  b. 1817? d. 1877?

  Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of James George and Elizabeth George. Married to Sarah Perkins George in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on April 15, 1841. Father of Semiramis George. Married to Mary George. Father of George Ann George, Giles George, Mary George, Sarah George, Sophronia George, Fredonia George, and J. L. George. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860.

• 
  Person

  Baker, Peter P.

  b. 1824-04-30 d. 1909-11-04

  Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Nancy E. Mansfield Baker in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on March 23, 1846. Father of Mildred A. Baker, John J. Crittenden Baker, Robert B. Baker, and Orlander Baker. Married to Louisa Baker. Father of Edward Baker and Martha L. Baker. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Employed Charles Newsome as a farmhand in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860.

• 
  Person

  Harper, James M.

  b. 1812?

  Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff. Missouri native. Married to Elizabeth Prescott Harper in Trigg County, Kentucky, on June 29, 1841. Father of Ella Harper, William Harper, Mildred Harper, and Bettie Harper. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Sheriff of Caldwell County in 1862.