Legal/Financial

John Wall, Affidavit

1865-01-21

Date of Creation
January 21, 1865
Place of Creation
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
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
BR6-57 to BR6-58
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-006-0050
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32206455
People
Johnson, Andrew
Groomes, Benjamin
East, Edward H.
Southgate, George M.
Wall, John
Meyer, Patrick
Places
Davidson County, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Tennessee
Organizations
State of Tennessee
Dates
1864-06-12
1864-06-12
1865-01-21
1865-01-21
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Citation

John Wall, Affidavit, 1865-01-21, 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-0001-006-0050 (November 12, 2026).

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State of Tennessee
Davidson County

This day John Wall appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace, for said county and state, and made oath that on the 12th day of June 1864, that on Patrick Mezher did commit the offence of Grand Larceny, in stealing two horses the property of Benjamin Groomis and on the 12 — day of June 1864 did sell said horses so stolen to affiant

John Wall

Sworn to and Subscribed fore me This the 21st of January 1865

G M Southgate J P for said county

I Edward H East Secretary of the State of Tennessee, do hereby certify that G. M. Southgate whose official signature is attached to the orginal affidavit, now on file in my office and of which the foregoing is a full time and perfect copy, was at the time, the same was, subscribed and sworn to, before, a duly elected commissi[...]oned, and acting Justice of the peace, for Davidson county

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State of Tennessee, and as such, was empowed to administer oaths, and that the same is entitled to full faith and credit

In Testimony whereof and by order of the Govenor I hereunto Subscribe my official signature and affix the Great seal of the State of Tennessee Done at Nashville, January 21st 1865

{THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE
AGRICULTURE
COMMERCE
1796}

Edward H. East
Secretary of State