Generously transcribed & submitted
by Nancy Bray.
The Dailey Commonwealth November 20, 1879 An old, infirm and almost entirely blind man by the name of William McMillian, slept last night at the station-house. His story as told by himself, is a very pitiable and touching one. He is clothed in tatters, and says he started from Knoxville, a little town between Williamstown and Falmouth, last Tuesday, and since then has walked to Covington, reaching here last night. He has a wife in this city, living near the corner of Sixth and Main streets, but he could not stay last night at her house, as she is now living with another man-whose name he says is Henry Tungate. Mr. McMillian's object in walking to Covington was to go to Cincinnati for the purpose of collecting his quarterly pension. His old captain and lawyer, Mr. James L. Daugherty, was to come down yesterday by train, and meet him at the Covington end of the Cincinnati suspension bridge this morning. He told his story to our kind-hearted Mayor this morning, who detailed big-hearted Mike Bolan to escort the poor old man to the bridge. Mr. McMillian evidently wandered around the city last night, blindly endeavoring to find a place where he could lay his weary frame down to rest till this morning. He says he was given a coat and some supper by an old colored woman last night, and his fare was paid on a Main street car to the station-house by a kind hearted gentleman. It is greatly to be hoped that he will not miss seeing Capt. Daugherty today; draw his pension, and return home, where he may have friends who can treat him more kindly than his wife can with her present encumbrance. Mr. McMillian is sitting in the Marshal's office, trying to keep warm. Daugherty has not yet turned
up.
Can't something practical be done for
the old man?
He says he lives with his brother's son
at Knoxville, and his greatest misfortune is his blindness.
He nearly lost his sight during the war. (The word pitiable means deserving or exciting
pity.) Covington Journal
August 23, 1862 Letter from prisioners at
Camp Chase to Governor Magoffin.
(Copy)
Camp Chase, O., August 6th, 1862, Prison No. 2 To His Excellancy, Governor of Kentucky, Hon.
Beriah Magoffin, The undersigned would most
respectfully represent to your Excellancy that we are citizens of
the State of Kentucky, and that we are now confined in prison at
Camp Chase in the State of Ohio, and that we were brought here by
the force of arms, against our will and consent, in violation of the
laws of Kentucky and the laws of the United States.___
That we have been arrested by force that
overpowered us without warrant or law, while in the peaceful pursuit
of our legitimate business, and placed in confinement in different
prisons in Kentucky, and then brought here, (where many of us have
been in confinement for a long time, with no hope of being released
or having any hearing before any tribunal,)
where we are now confined and restrained
of our rights and liberty that we are justly entitled to.
That we are law abiding citizens of
Kentucky, and the United States.
That we have not violated the laws of
either, and that our imprisonment is unjust, both in law and in the
eyes of God and man.
That we are entitled a trial by any
tribunal known in the laws of our common county, but are compelled
to remain here in this prison, away from our homes, our wives,
children, relations, and friends, who are not permitted to see us;
all verbal communications refused us.
That our confinement here is heart-
rending to us and our families, inasmuch that we are free and
innocent of any crime whatsoever. We all further declare that
we are law-abiding citizens, and have not done anything contrary to
the laws of Kentucky or the United States; that our confinement is
unjust and injurious to us, our wives, children, fathers, mothers,
sisters, brothers and friends, while also this confinement is
ruinous to our business and our health.
We pray that the Legislature may take
speedy action in our behalf, and not allow her sons to rot in
prison, without charge or crime of any kind, and we shall pray,
Robert Maddox, arrested July 1, 1862.
Campbell County.
A. D.
Daniel, arrested July 18, 1862.
Campbell County
Peter G. Arthur, arrested July 21, 1862.
Campbell County.
H. D. Helm, arrested July 10, 1862.
Campbell County
Jas. McKibbin, arrested July 22, 1862.
Campbell County
A. D. Furnish, arrested July 20, 1862.
Campbell County
Thomas P. Herndon, arrested June 9,
1862.
Owen County
R. H. Smith, arrested June 11, 1862.
Owen County
James Fitzgerald, arrested June 11,
1862.
Owen County
(Had the date of 1852, but knew that had
to be wrong)
George P. Trusdell, arrested July 20,
1862.
Campbell County
Andrew C. Sphar, arrested July 20, 1862.
Campbell County
James W. Shanks, arrested July 20, 1862.
Campbell County
Wilson Wiscer, arrested July 20, 1862.
Campbell County
Joseph Sphar, arrested July 20, 1862.
Campbell County
Lewis Stearns, arrested July 25, 1862.
Campbell County
Geo. D. Allen, arrested July 19, 1862.
Campbell County
Rev. Thomas J. Fisher, arrested July 20,
1862.
Campbell County
Solomon McDade, arrested July 19, 1862.
Campbell County
Francis M. Royse, arrested July 20,
1862.
Campbell County
Patrick Walsh, arrested July 20, 1862.
Campbell County
G. S. Skilbeck, arrested July 25, 1862.
Campbell County
John Lightfoot, arrested July 19, 1862.
Campbell County
George W. Lightfoot, arrested July 10,
1862.
Campbell County
S. S. Farris, arrested May 23, 1862.
Barren County
Joseph M. Dickey, arrested May 26, 1862.
Barren County
Charles Armstrong, arrested June 7,
1862.
Todd County
James Harvey Armstrong, arrested June 7,
1862.
Todd County
Charles Wilson Armstrong, arrested June
7, 1862.
Todd County
Geo. M. Means, arrested July 13, 1862.
Montgomery County
George L. Abernathy, arrested July 15,
1862.
Pendleton County
James Wilson, arrested July 15, 1862.
Harrison County
Joel Beagle, arrested July 15, 1862.
Harrison County
Samuel F. January, arrested July 26,
1862.
Harrison County
Jacob Isaack, arrested July 14, 1862.
Grant County
James Evans, arrested July 14, 1862.
Grant County
James C. Woodyard, arrested July 14,
1862.
Grant County
John J. Hensley, arrested July 14, 1862.
Grant County
Perry Wherritt, arrested July 26, 1862.
Harrison County
S. Webster, arrested July 27, 1862.
Kenton County
Esau Bayers, arrested July 14, 1862.
Grant County
G. W. Merrill, arrested July 14, 1862.
Grant County
S. S. Slater, arrested July 14, 1862.
Pendleton County
James A. Blackburn, arrested July 16,
1862.
Pendleton County
Asa Tomlin, arrested July 14, 1862.
Pendleton County
Jerome P. Frazer, arrested August 4,
1862.
Fayette County
Henry Zell, arrested July 12, 1862.
Kenton County
O. P. Billiter, arrested July 16, 1862.
Grant County
Marma Slade, arrested July 18, 1862.
Bracken County
Richard Taylor, arrested July 9, 1862.
Bracken County
David Wood, arrested July 19, 1862.
Bracken County
J. Cross Diltz, arrested July 18, 1862.
Bracken County
Jas. McDonald, arrested July 16, 1862.
Bracken County
W. P Payne, arrested July 14, 1862.
Bourbon County
A. J. Galbreath, arrested July 20, 1862.
Campbell County
William Tang, arrested July 14, 1862.
Kenton County
J. J. Childress, arrested July 14, 1862.
Kenton County
Gideon Kinman, arrested July 15, 1862.
Grant County
John DeHart, arrested July 15, 1862.
Grant County
Wyatt Morgan, arrested July 16, 1862.
Kenton County
William Smith, arrested July 16, 1862.
Kenton County
Silas Sparrow, arrested July 16, 1862.
Kenton County J.
W. Pelly, arrested July 16, 1862.
Kenton County
W. H. H. Plummer, arrested July 15,
1862.
Kenton County
R. G. Harrington, M. D. ; arrested July
17, 1862.
Grant County
Larken Garnett, arrested July 17, 1862.
Harrison County
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