Henry Russell, Affidavit
1864-10-24
- Date of Creation
- October 24, 1864
- Place of Creation
- Louisville, Jefferson 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, Requisitions for the Return of Fugitives from Justice, 1863-1867
- Box / Folder
- BR6-52
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-006-0046
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32206451
Citation
Henry Russell, Affidavit, 1864-10-24, 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-0001-006-0046 (November 12, 2026).
State of Kentucky
County of Jefferson Sct.
The affiant Henry Russell, Says that he is deputy Marshal for the city court of Louisville; and that on the Jenni Emma Morris; and on the next day She was presented in the city court charged with a felony Stealing Some $42 from one Jennie Summers; On this charge She was held to bail in to answer in the Jefferson Circuit Court; She gave bail to answer on the third Monday in this month; but She failed to answer and made default She has absconded from the State of Kentucky and as affiant is in formed She is now in the State of Tennessee a fugitive from Justice
H C Russell
Subscribed & Sworn to before me by Henry Russell this
Geo W. Johnston Judge city court Louisville Kenty