Richard J. Oglesby, Requisition
1865-10-17
- Date of Creation
- October 17, 1865
- Place of Creation
- Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
- 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
- BR6-116
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-006-0091
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32206494
Citation
Richard J. Oglesby, Requisition, 1865-10-17, 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-0001-006-0091 (November 12, 2026).
RICHARD J. OGLESBY,
{STATE
SOVEREIGNTY
NATIONAL UNION}
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
To any Sheriff, Coroner or Constable of any County in this State, — Greeting:
Whereas, It has been made known to me by the Executive authority of the State of Kentucky that Matthew Skifington stands charged in the state of Kentucky with the crime of Felony and that the said Matthew Skifington has fled from the justice of said State and taken refuge in the State of Illinois:
Now, therefore, I, RICHARD J. OGLESBY, Governor of the State of Illinois, pursuant to the Constitution and laws of the United States, and of this State, do hereby command you to arrest and apprehend the said Matthew Skifington if he be found within the limits of the State aforesaid, and cause him to be safely kept, and delivered to the custody of William Hipwell who has been duly constituted the agent of the said State of Kentucky to receive said fugitive from the justice of said State, he paying all fees and charges for the arrest and apprehension of said Matthew Skifington and make due return to the Executive Department of this State, the manner in which this writ may be executed.
{SEAL OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
[STATE
SOVEREIGNTY
NATIONAL UNION]
1818}
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Great Seal of State to be hereunto affixed. Done at the City of Springfield, this
Richard J. Oglesby
By the Governor:
Sharon Tyndale
Secretary of State.
State of Illinois
Peoria County ss.
I, D. A. Wheeler a constable in and for said county and the City of Peoria did arrest, by and in pursuance of the within warrant, the within named Mathew Skifington and delivered his body and person into the custody of the withinnamed Wm Hipwell, all of which was done at the city of Peoria on the
D. A. Wheeler P. C
