James F. Robinson, First Lieutenant, Asa Beldon

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KYR-0002-033-0007

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Commission/Appointment

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Kentucky Department of Military Affairs

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1st - 2nd Regiments Kentucky Cavalry Muster Rolls

Item Location

Box 45, Bundle 1

Place of Creation

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

10 May 1863

Dates Mentioned

1863-05-10

1863-05-14

1863-06-06

James F. Robinson, First Lieutenant, Asa Beldon, 10 May 1863, 1st - 2nd Regiments Kentucky Cavalry Muster Rolls, Box 45, Bundle 1, Kentucky Department of Military Affairs, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0002-033-0007, (accessed April 24, 2024).

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IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF
The Commonwealth of Kentucky,
{KENTUCKY
UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL}
JAMES F. ROBINSON,
GOVERNOR OF SAID COMMONWEALTH,

To all whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:

Know Ye, That Asa Beldon having been duly appointed to the office of Commissary, with rank of 1st: Lieutenant In the 1 Cavalry Regiment of Kentucky Volunteer Militia, organized under the Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth, and to be mustered into the service of the United States:

NOW KNOW YOU, That, by the powers vested in me by the Constitiution and Laws of said State, and reposing special trust and confidence in your patriotism, valor, fidelity, and ability, I do, by these presents Commission you as 1st Lieutenant as aforesaid, for the term of three years unless sooner discharged, upon condition that you take the oath indorsed hereon, within ten days from receipt hereof, sending a certificate thereof to General Headquarters; and I do hereby authorize and require you to discharge, all and signular, the duties and services appertaining to your said office, agreeably to law and general regulations, and to obey such orders and instructions as you shall, from time to time, receive from your superior officers.
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{SEAL OF KENTUCKY
UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL}

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and caused the seal of the State of Kentucky to be affixed, at Frankfort, the Tenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty=three and in the eighty=Seventh year of the Indpendence of the United States of America.

J. F. Robinson

BY THE GOVERNOR:
D. C. Wickliffe, Secretary of State.

Commonwealth Office -- WM. E. HUGHES, State Printer.

OATH.

I [ ] do solemnly swear, that I will faithfully support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Kentucky, and will discharge, all and singular, the duties and services appertaining to the office of [ ] in the Kentucky Volunteer Militia, agreeably to law and general regulations, and will obey such orders and instructions as I shall from time to time receive from the proper officers,

[ ]

Before me, personally appeared the above [ ] and made the oath above written, and signed the same in my presence.

[ ]
[ ]A. D. 186[ ]

{UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL.
KENTUCKY}
Head-Quarters Ky. Volunteers,
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Frankfort, May 14, 1863

This is an Original appointment

[ ] is entitled to act and receive pay under this Commission from the date of its actual receipt and acceptance by him, or of his actual entry on duty under the same after its receipt, provided [ ] has at the time been actually relieved from duty with his command. The Commanding Officer of the Regiment will endorse hereon a certificate of the date of actual relief from duty of said [ ] and of the receipt of said [ ] of this Commission, his acceptance of the same, or his entry upon duty hereunder. These facts should also be stated upon the muster for pay rolls of the next ensueing periodical muster.

John W. Finnell
Adjutant General Kentucky Volunteers

1 Cavy

Lt. Beldon

Com cancelled June 6. 1863

Cancel and Send to Elijah Cox --

J W F

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