Legal/Financial

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. G. W. Stivers, Indictment

Place of Creation
Clay 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
BR43-128
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-3020
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32205874

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Dates
1863-11-19
1863-11
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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. G. W. Stivers, 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-0001-004-3020 (November 13, 2026).

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Clay Circuit Court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
against } Indictment
G W Stivers

The Grand Jury of Clay County in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse George W Stivers of the crime of Murder committed as follows viz

The said George W Stivers did on the 19th day of Nov 1863, in the county aforesaid with malice aforethought kill and murder Jerry Griffin by shooting him with a pistol against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky,

H J Finley
Comwlths atty

Witnesses
J H Pierce
John Lankesly
Isaac Holland
William Carroll
Mrs Cid Williams
Lieut Smith

(Endorsements)
A True bill AT White foreman
filed Nov Term 1863, Bail $200
a copy attest
S W Price Clerk Clay Circuit Court