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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Benjamin Houser, James Taylor, William Harrison, Jr., Terry Brown, William Clark, Lycurges Hudson, and Jessee Hill, Indictment

Place of Creation
Anderson 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
BR42-197
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-3349
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Dates
1864-07-05
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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Benjamin Houser, James Taylor, William Harrison, Jr., Terry Brown, William Clark, Lycurges Hudson, and Jessee Hill, 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-0001-004-3349 (November 13, 2026).

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The Commonwealth of Kentucky
Against } Anderson ^County^ Circt Court
Benjamin Houser James Taylor William Harrison jr Terry Brown William Clark Lycurges Hudson, and Jessee Hill

The Grand Jury of Anderson in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse Benjamin Houser James Taylor William Harrison jr Terry Brown William Clark Lycurges Hudson and Jessee Hill of the crime of Murder and committed as follows The said Benjamin Houser James Taylor Wm Harrison Jr Terry Brown William Clark Lycurges Hudson and Jessee Hill on the 5th day of July 1864 in the county aforesaid did feloniously and of malice aforethought kill and murder John Ash by shooting him with a gun or pistol against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Witness before the Jury
James Green
Benj Ash
Mary.E. Spoonerman
S H Noble Atty for Comth