W. W. Hammonds, Deposition
1864-11-25
- Date of Creation
- November 25, 1864
- Place of Creation
- Fleming 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
- BR12-18
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-1306
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32204193
Citation
W. W. Hammonds, Deposition, 1864-11-25, 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-0001-004-1306 (November 12, 2026).
County of Fleming State of Kentucky
W. W. Hammonds being first duly sworn deposeth and says that on or about the first day of altercation loud talking but could not hear what was said but Rickets and Mitchel seamed to be quarling when I hurried up when near them I saw Mitchel draw a pistol out of his left pocket of his coat with his left hand and elevated it in the air keeping the Muzzle up and imediately returned it into his pocket and heard no threats to shoot or any thing of the kind, by this time I came up with them when Mitchel said ^to Rickets^ now I have shown you my pistol show me yours as you say you have one. Mr Rickets was riding on the right hand side of Mitchel all the time and so far as I saw or heard said Mitchel made no threat or attempt to heardt said Rickets on that or any other occasion
W W. Hammonds
Subscribed and sworn to by W. W. Hammonds before a Justice of the peace in and for Fleming County this
O. H Dewey J. P. F. C