Legal/Financial

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Thomas Rigdon, Micajah Rigdon, and Roderick Hamilton, Indictment

Place of Creation
Washington 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
BR10-243
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-0805
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FTP Identifier
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Dates
1863-12-01
1864-05-14
1866-05-22
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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Thomas Rigdon, Micajah Rigdon, and Roderick Hamilton, Indictment, 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-0001-004-0805 (November 12, 2026).

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The Commonwealth of Kentucky
against } Washington Circuit Court
Thomas Rigdon, Micajah Rigdon and Roderick Hamilton

The Grand Jury of — — County in the name, and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse Thomas Rigdon, Micajah Rigdon and Roderick Hamilton of the crime of "Grand Larceny" committed as follows: The said Thomas Rigdon, Micajah Rigdon. Roderick Hamilton on the 1st day of December 1863 in the County aforesaid, did feloniously steal take and carry away from the presence of John Ro^d^gers one Horse beast the property of said Ro^d^gers by force and putting him the said Rodgers in fear of some immediate injury of his person against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky —

Witnesses before the Jury
John Rodgers
E. D. Askins
Barton W. Rodgers
L. H. Noble Attorney for Commonwealth

A Copy Attest
James P. Barbour
Clk

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Washington Cir [Ct]

Indictment

Commonwealth
vs } Robbery
Thomas Rigdon
Micajah Rigdon
Roderick Hamilton

A true Bill
D McIlvoy
foreman Grand Jury

filed May 14 1864
$500.00 e^a^ch
Copy Att
J P Barbour Clk

Pardon
22 May/66