Petition

George C. Drane to Thomas E. Bramlette

1864-03-16

Date of Creation
March 16, 1864
Place of Creation
Franklin County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Petition
Repository
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection
Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Requisitions for the Return of Fugitives from Justice, 1863-1867
Box / Folder
BR6-26
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-006-0024
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32206429
People
Drane, George Canning
Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
Kelly, William H.
Ross, William
Places
Gallatin County, Kentucky
Kentucky
Missouri
Warsaw, Kentucky
Organizations
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Eighth Judicial District of Kentucky
Gallatin Circuit Court
Gallatin County Jail
Dates
1859-07-06
1864-03-16
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Citation

George C. Drane to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1864-03-16, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Requisitions for the Return of Fugitives from Justice, 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-0001-006-0024 (November 12, 2026).

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State of Kentucky,
Gallatin Circuit Court:

Whereas it has been made known to me that William Ross, who stands indicted in the Gallatin Circuit Court for the murder of Wm. H. Kelly on the 6th of July, 1859, has twice been arrested on said charge and confined in the Jail of Gallatin County, and has twice broken and escaped from said Jail, and is now at large and unpunished in the State of Missouri, in open defiance of justice and the laws of this Commonwealth: and whereas it is represented to me that said murder was committed by the said Ross shooting said Kelly while Kelly was plowing in the field, from ambush, I therefore request the Governor of Kentucky to offer a suitable reward for the apprehension of said fugitive.

Given under my hand, as Judge of the Gallatin Circuit Court, at Warsaw, Gallatin County, Ky., this 16th of March, 1864.

Geo. C. Drane
Ct Judge 8th Jud Dis