Legal/Financial

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. E. D. Bailey, David Lankford, William Lankford, James Fields, James Eldridge, Carr Eldridge, Lieutenant James Smith, William Kirk, Nelson Woodard, William Middleton, David Middleton, Benjamin Middleton, James Blevins, Ransom...

Place of Creation
Harlan 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
BR42-22
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-3234
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FTP Identifier
32206016

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Dates
1865-09-28
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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. E. D. Bailey, David Lankford, William Lankford, James Fields, James Eldridge, Carr Eldridge, Lieutenant James Smith, William Kirk, Nelson Woodard, William Middleton, David Middleton, Benjamin Middleton, James Blevins, Ransom..., 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-0001-004-3234 (November 13, 2026).

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Harlan Circuit Court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
Against
E. D. Bailey ^1^David Lankford ^2^ William Lankford ^3^ James Fields James Eldridge ^4^ Carr Eldridge ^5^ Lieut James Smith William Kirk Nelson Woodard William Middleton ^6^ David Middleton ^7^ Benjamin Middleton ^8^ James Blevins ^9^ Ransom Blevins ^10^ Capt George Tylor Daniel Thompson Hiram Bolin George Bowman & John Redwine. The Grand Jury of Harlan County in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse E. D. Bailey David Lankford William Lankford James Fields James Eldridge Carr Eldridge Lieut James Smith Wm Kirk Nelson Woodard Wm Midleton David Middleton Benjamin Middleton James Blevins Ransom Blevins Capt George Tylor Daniel Thompson Hiram Bolin George Bowman & John Redwine of the crime of Robbery committed as follows Viz The said aforesaid persons did in the county aforesaid on the 28th day of Sept 1865 Feloniously forceably & by puting James Hall Hezekiah Hall Wm Farmer Nathaniel Noe & others in fear take from said Halls Farmer & Noe Twenty five head of cattle the property of the said Halls Farmer & Noe & of the value of over four dollars against the peace & dignity of the commonwealth of Kentucky

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David Middleton
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Catharine Farmer
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Pardon