Legal/Financial

James R. Duval, Affidavit

1865-03-18

Date of Creation
March 18, 1865
Place of Creation
Barren 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
BR12-406
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-1556
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32204443

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1865-03-18
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James R. Duval, Affidavit, 1865-03-18, 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-0001-004-1556 (November 12, 2026).

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State of Kentucky
Barren county

James R. Duval states that he is a citizen of said county, and well acquainted with James James also a citizen of said county, and recently a member of the 37th Ky. mounted infantry, That on the day before said James is charged with attempting to burn Wade's house, and for which he was convicted he had a conversation with said James, who told him he could not remain safely in this county oweing to gurillas that he intended to join the army again, and would start the next morning to Glasgow and if he could see Maj. Martin an officer of the late regiment of said 37th and could join him, he would do so. if not he would go to Louisville and then join said army, he is informed that the house of Wade is in a direction from Glasgow to the Nashville & Louisville rail road, affiant stats from James' character, he is satisfied he would never have committed said offence had he not been drunk

James. R. Duval

Sworn to before me by James R. Duval March 18th 1865

W. F. Evans J. B. C. C.

{Revenue Stamp}W F E
March 18 1865

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J. R. Duval
affidavit
James James