Legal/Financial

T. T. Alexander, Affidavit

1865-06-05

Date of Creation
June 5, 1865
Place of Creation
Adair 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, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 1863-1867
Box / Folder
BR7-108
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-005-0066
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32206325
People
Johnson, Green
Miller, John S.
Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
Alexander, Thomas Tyler
Places
Adair County, Kentucky
Organizations
Adair Circuit Court
Adair County Court
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Dates
1865-05-05
1865-06-05
1865-06-09
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Citation

T. T. Alexander, Affidavit, 1865-06-05, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 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-0001-005-0066 (November 12, 2026).

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State of Kentucky
Adair County & Circuit} Sct.

Whereas on or about the 5th day of May 1865. One Green Johnson killed and murdered John Millerof Adair County Kentucky and immediately thereafter fled from the County aforesaid and is now running at large and whereas at the May term 1865 of the Adair Circuit Court Said Green Johnson was Indicted for the Murder aforesaid, It is an aggravated case of murder These are therefore to Petition & request your Excellency Tho E Bramlette Govner of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to offer a reward for the apprehension of Said Green Johnson and suggest that the highest amount authorized by the Statute be offered Witness my hand as Judge of the Adair circuit Court this 5th June 1865

T. T. Alexander

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Reward
Green Johnson

Adair Co
Murder John Miller
$300
offered 9th June/65