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Cumberland County Court, Order, 1861-09, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Civil Appointments, 1859-1862, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-017-0206 (November 12, 2026).

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Kentucky Cumberland County Court at
September Term 1861
The following order was made to wit

It appearing to the court that Wm H Speer who was elected at the august Election 1861 to fill the office of justice in this county in District N^o 4 in the term and stead of C C Hughs deceased since said Election, Said Speer has departed this life, It is ordered that Charles Smith be recomended to the Govenor as a suitable person to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of W^m H Speer, It is further ordered that this order be copied and certified

A copy
att N, B, Cheatham clk

Speer was Elected in the place of C C Hughs
N, B, C

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Cumberland
J. P.

Issue Commission
B. M.

Iss^dSept 23^d1861