M. Williamson, Affidavit
1865-10-18
- Date of Creation
- October 18, 1865
- Place of Creation
- Peoria 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
- BR6-119
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-006-0094
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32206497
Citation
M. Williamson, Affidavit, 1865-10-18, 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-0001-006-0094 (November 12, 2026).
The People of the state of Illinois
[To]
State of Illinois
Peoria County } ss
Whereas it has been represented to me by Matthew Skiffington that he is arre unlawfully and unjustly held in custody ^and detained^ by you the said persons now having him in custody, names unknown These are therefore in the name and by the authority of the people of the state of Illinois that you have the body of the said Matthew Skiffington forthwith before me at the Court house in the city of Peoria Illinois together with the cause of his caption & detention
Witness my hand & seal this
{seal}
M. Williamson
Judge 16 circuit
Peoria Co.
In response to the within writ I present the Body of Mathew Skiffington in Court — held in custody by me by virtue of a requisition from the Governor of Kentucky on the Governor of JefIllinois, and the warrant of the Governor of Illinois copies of which are hereto attached
Wm Hipwell
agent of the State of Kentucky
By the Habeas corpus act
M Williamson
Judge