Legal/Financial

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Henry Pointer, Indictment

1865-05-24

Date of Creation
May 24, 1865
Place of Creation
Henderson 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
BR14-15
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-1904
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32204791
People
Rankin, Adam
Hopkins, Francis Jones
Pointer, Henry
Rouse, James
Hopkins, John Taylor
Rouse, Paschal
Vance, Samuel B., Sr.
Rankin, William
Places
Henderson County, Kentucky
Kentucky
Organizations
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Henderson Circuit Court
Dates
1859
1850-06
1865-05-24
1862-06
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Citation

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Henry Pointer, Indictment, 1865-05-24, 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-0001-004-1904 (November 12, 2026).

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Henderson Circuit Court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
vs
Henry Pointer

The Grand Jury of Henderson County in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse Henry Pointer of the offense of unlawfully migrating to this State, committed as follows: the said Henry Pointer on the [...] day of [...]1859 in the County aforesaid, and since the eleventh day of June 1850 he then and there being a free negro, did migrate to this State with the intention of remaining therein against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

S. B. Vanceatty for the Comth pro tem.

Witnesses: John T. Hopkins
F J. Hopkins.
Wm Rankin
Paschal Rouse
James Rouse

I certify that the above is a true and correct copy of the indictment filed in my office. May 24th 1865

attest: Adam Rankin Clerk H. C. C.

At the June Term 1862 of said Court, a Jury was empanneled in the above case, heard the evidence &, but were unable to agree & were discharged, as appears of record

attest: Adam rankin C H C C

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Commonth of Kentucky
vs } Copy Indictment
Henry Pointer