Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Alanson Trigg, Transcript
1864-04-05
- Date of Creation
- April 5, 1864
- Place of Creation
- Warren County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Legal/Financial
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867
- Box / Folder
- BR9-507
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-0637
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32203524
- People
- Trigg, Alanson
- Shirley, Benjamin
- Wand, Benjamin
- Trigg, Beverly
- Perkins, Harden
- Newton, Hiram
- Trigg, Jeremiah "Jerry"
- Barnett, John
- Ewing, John H.
- Petty, John
- Tygret, John
- Hagerman, Joseph B.
- Underwood, Joseph Rogers
- Cooke, Ludlow L.
- Sweeney, Noel
- Hendrick, Robert Walker
- Jones, Seth S.
- Cowles, Vincent
- Jones, William B.
- Valentine, William Crenshaw
- Crabb, William H.
- Taylor, William H.
- Hendrick, William Jackson
- Lothridge, William
- Miller, Woodford F.
- Places
- Warren County, Kentucky
Citation
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Alanson Trigg, Transcript, 1864-04-05, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-004-0637 (November 12, 2026).
[...]arren Equity & Criminal Court
[...]he Commonwealth of Kentucky
against
Alanson Trigg
The Grand Jury of Warren County in the name and by the authority of the Comwlth of Kentucky accuse Alanson Trigg of the Offense of suffering licensing and permitting his Slaves, to go at large and trade as free men, Committed as follows to wit — The said Trigg heretofore towit on the [...] day of [...] in the County aforesaid did unlawfully licinse & permit his negro man Slaves Jerry & Beverly to go at large and trade as freemen.
They further charge that said Trigg on the day aforesaid in said County did unlawfully permit said slaves to go at large and hire themselves out for their Own benefit against the peace and dignity of said commonwealth —
W B Jones atty for the Comwlth
Information of
Jno Pettey
Wm J Hendrick
R W Hendrick
John Ewing
Wm Lothridge
Benj Shirley
"Endorsed" FiledA True bill S S Jones foreman
Filed in Open Court
State of Kentucky
Warren Equity & Criminal Court
The Commonwealth of Kenty
against Indictment for Licensing his Slaves &c
Alanson Trigg
This day comes the Attorney for the Commonwealth and the defendant by his Attorney who plead not guilty and therefore came the following Jury towit John Barnett Benj Ward Harden Perkins J B Hagerman W H Crabb Hiram Newton Noel Sweeney Vincent Combs Wm H Tayler Woodford Miller W C Valentine & John Tygert who were elected tried and sworn and who having heard the evidence returned the following Verdict towit "We of the Jury find the defendant A Triff guilty of the Offense herein charged as to both the slaves Jerry & Beverly- Harden Perkins foreman — It is therefore adjudged by the court that the defendant Alanson Trigg make his fine to the Commonwealth by the payment of Eighty Dollars and the cost herein and may be taken &c.
State of Kentucky
Warren County Sct
The undersigned clerk of the Warren Circuit Court certify that the foregoing as a true copy of the Indictment [...]nd Judgment thereon as former in any office [...]in under my hand this
L L Cooke