Subscribed and sworn to before me by Samuel PIERCY, well known to me to be a reputable citizen of Barren County, and entitled to credit as a witness, and I certify that I am not interested in this matter. Given under my hand and seal of office this 28th day of Mar., 18989. /s/ J T WOOTEN, C.B..C. {seal} State of Kentucky, County of Barren: On this 22nd day of March, 1888, personally came before me, a justice of the peace in and for the county and State aforesaid, Isaac N. CHINOWTH, who, being by me duly sworn according to law, says that he is a resident of Barren County, Ky., and that his age is 48 years; that he was late a 1st Lieut. in Co. E, 9th Ky. Vols., and is well acquainted with Henry ISENBERGE; that in the fall of 1861 affiant's father, A. S. CHINOWTH, established a recruiting camp in Barren County , known as Camp Joe UNDERWOOD [note this would be named for Judge Joseph Rogers Underwood, skg]; that in about Sept. the said Henry ISENBERGE enlisted (repeat of story)... that sometime in June, 1862, the said A. S. CHINOWTH, Capt. Co. E, 9th Ky. Vols., received a communication from the said ISENBERGE accompanied by a physician's certificate of disability, setting forth the facts that the said ISENBERGE was unfit for military service; in consequence of which the said Capt. A. S. CHINOWTH notified the said ISENBERGE to remain at home until called for. His health continued bad and he was never ordered to report for duty. Affiant further states that he knows these facts by being a member of Company E, 9th Regt. Ky. Vols, from its organization until April, 1863, and being in camp when claimant was captured, and serving as orderly sergeant at the time claimant was notified to remain at home until called for; and further that affiant did the correspondence by order of the said Capt. A. S. CHINOWTH, and that I have no pecuniary interest in this claim; that my P. O address is Eighty-Eight, Barren County, Ky. /s/ I. N. CHINOWTH, Late 1st Lieut. Co. E, 9th Ky. Vols & Capt Co. A. 37th Ky. Vols. Subscribed and sworn to before me by I. N. CHINOWTH, to me well known to be reputable and entitled to credit as a witness; and I certify that I have no interest in this claim. Given under my hand this 22d day of March, 1884. /s/ J. M. SIMMONS, J.P.B.C. I, J. T. WOOTEN, clerk of the county court of Barren County, certify that J. M. SIMMONS, the officer before whom this statement was made, is an acting justice of the peace, duly authorized to administer oaths, and that his signature above is genuine. Given under my hand and seal of office this 23rd day of March, 1888. /s/ J. T. WOOTEN, C.B.C. Co. {seal}. This ended the file - hopefully we received relief! Tomorrow, if I have time, I'll send out another email on the relief of Martha SPENCER in reference to the service of her late husband, Daniel Spencer, presented to the US House of Representatives. I hope you enjoy these. Sandi SCKY Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html