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S. P. Burton et al., Affidavit

1861-10-23

Document details

Date of Creation: October 23, 1861
Place of Creation: Boyle County, Kentucky
Document Genre: Legal/Financial
Repository: Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection: Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Civil Appointments, 1859-1862
Box / Folder: MG4-157
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0001-017-0234
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FTP Identifier: 32207503

Mentioned in this document

People: Worthington, Charles Thomas; Rodes, Clifton; Bruce, Henry; Bottom, Henry P.; Zimmerman, James F.; Mitchell, James Payne; Fife, James. H.; Hamner, John W.; Burton, Sherwood P.; Fry, Speed Smith; Prewitt, William H.
Places: Kentucky
Organizations: Boyle County Court
Dates: 1861-10-23; 1861-10-23; 1861-10-30

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S. P. Burton et al., Affidavit, 1861-10-23, 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-0001-017-0234 (November 12, 2026).

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State of Kentucky —
Boyle County Court — October 23^d 1861

At a County Court held by us this day, under summons of the ^County^ Clerk to fill the vacancy in the office of Presiding Judge, occasioned by the resignation of Hon. Speed S. Fry, we certify that James P. Mitchell, Esq. was duly elected to fill said vacancy until the next regular election.

Given under our hands, this 23^d day of October, 1861.

S. P. Burton
J. H. Fife
W. H. Prewitt
Clifton Rodes
Henry Bruce
J. W. Hamner
C. T. Worthington
H. P. Bottom
Justices of the Peace.

Att: Jas F. Zimmerman C. B. C. C.
A Copy:
Att: Ja^s F. Zimmerman, Clerk

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Boyle Co
Pres: Judge
J. P. Mitchell
vice
S. S. Fry
resigned

Com Iss^dOcto 30. 1861