George W. Simpson, Affidavit
1865-07-24
- Date of Creation
- July 24, 1865
- Place of Creation
- Kenton 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
- BR14-270 to BR14-271
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-2075
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- FTP Identifier
- 32204960
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Citation
George W. Simpson, Affidavit, 1865-07-24, 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-0001-004-2075 (November 14, 2026).
Kentucky
Kenton County } Sct.
George W. Simpson of the County of Grant in the state aforesaid states on oath that he has been acquainted with James Webb, now of said county of Grant, since his child-hood, that he is now about twenty three years of age, that he lived in Grant — at the Commencement of the war he was of secession sentiments & sympathized with the Rebellion —, and during the Kirby Smith raid
in Ky. said Webb went off with the rebel army, was a Lieut in the Rebel service, as he has told me himself — that he remained with the rebels from the fall of
G. W. Simpson
Subscribed & sworn to by G. W. Simpson before me this
C. A. Preston Mayor C. C.