Union Provost Files

Union Provost Files – Activity by State Records maintained on Civilians during The Civil War

KANSAS

B. B. Taylor, July 10, 1862, Leavenworth City, Kansas. Oath of Allegiance. Harboring Confederates.

Hawkins Taylor, August 6, 1864, Lawrence, Kansas. Letter. States his son, mail agent in Keokuk Packet,
thinks he has the consumption (tuberculosis) and is determined to go to California. Desires he should winter at
Salt Lake for his health. Seeking permission to take son, to California by way of Salt Lake City. (Hawkins letter to Provost)

Joshua Taylor, December 12, 1862, White Cloud, Doniphan County, Kansas. No description.

R. B. Taylor, December 24, 1865, Wyandotte, Kansas. Receipt for ad published in Gazetter newspaper.

William Taylor, July 25, 1862, Gudan, Wyandotte, Kansas. Oath of Allegiance. Posts $1,000 bond.

Clinton M. Tyler, March 25, 1866, Fort Kearny, Kansas. Permission to take his wagon train to Denver City,

Colorado Territory.

KENTUCKY

Alfred Taylor, March 15, 1862, Hopkins County, Kentucky. Oath of Allegiance.

Doctor B. W. Taylor, January 28, 1863, Louisville, Clark Co., Kentucky. In Louisville jail for aiding Rebellion. Has two brothers
in Clark County, Kentucky. Graduated from college in Philadelphia.

F. G. Taylor, December 1862, Louisville, Kentucky. Requesting permission to establish a bakery at Gallatin to bake for Brigade.

Grayson Taylor, no date, Laurenceburg, Anderson County, Kentucky. Case of son, William Taylor, accused of whipping Celia Green,

colored, at the home of his father Grayson Taylor. Celia is wife of William Green, soldier in Company I, 11th U. S. Infantry.

Two children: Edward Green and Mary Green. Produced freedom papers.

Hiram Taylor, March 24, 1865, Lexington, Kentucky. Guerilla. Report of his death in jail. Confined in prison four days.

"Taylor was imposing on the sentinel by getting against the railing, backing to the isles of the prison." States, "he was ordered

to stand back as many as three times and positively refused to obey." Sentinel shot Hiram.

Joseph L. Taylor, Woodford County, Kentucky. Sam Nichols and other citizens requesting release of Joseph L. Taylor

held in Louisville, Kentucky jail.

Nicholas B. Taylor, no date, 4th Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Contract to feed U. S. animals. Financial statements.
Dealer in hay and corn.

T. Emma Taylor, August 10, 1863, Oldham County, Kentucky. Letter. Horse taken by Frank Barbour.

T. H. Taylor, December 11, 1862, Fort Henry, Kentucky. Oath of Allegiance.

Mrs. Thomas R. Taylor, May 27, 1865, Lexington, Kentucky. Letter. "I have received notice from Colonel Sigfield to

start travel to south. Request delay due to my mother-in-law, who is very ill. My daughter cannot handle the effects of the

climate. Please delay Colonel Sigfield's request until October."

Timothy Taylor, no date, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Case of Rufus Cash. Company R, 35th Georgia Infantry.

William Taylor, no date, Anderson County, Kentucky. Accused of whipping Celia Green, colored, at the home of his

father Grayson Taylor. Celia is the wife of William Green, soldier in Company I, 11th U. S. Infantry. Two children:

Edward Green and Mary Green. Produced freedom papers.

LOUISIANA

H. G. Taylor, November 24, 1864, New Orleans, Louisiana. Has a brother in prison. Willing to take Oath of Allegiance.

Henry R. Taylor, October 25, 1865, New Orleans, Louisiana. Debt case

Henry W. Taylor, May 3, 1865, New Orleans, Louisiana. Merchant of New Orleans - appoints Power of Attorney

to his attorney, James Carminack (Sp?).

John H. Taylor, February 1866, New Orleans, Louisiana. Memo.

Miles Taylor, December 30, 1865, New Sabina, Donaldsonville, Louisiana. Soldiers sent to to investigate a

report of a shooting of a woman at Miles Taylor's plantation. False Report. Miles Taylor requests payment for

sugar and molasses taken from his plantation by soldiers.

Richard Taylor, July 13, 1865, New Orleans, Louisiana. Request pass to travel from New Orleans to New York.

Stephen Taylor, colored, October 10, 1863, Brashear City, Louisiana. Charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct.

William Taylor, January 18, 1865, New Orleans, Louisiana. Master of the steamboat "Mittie Stephens" of

New Orleans. License and enrollment. Granted annual trip.