Caldwell County Court, Order
1861-10-21
- Date of Creation
- October 21, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Caldwell County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Order
- 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
- MG4-165
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-017-0240
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32207509
Citation
Caldwell County Court, Order, 1861-10-21, 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-0001-017-0240 (November 12, 2026).
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Caldwell County Court
Monday October
On motion, it is ordered that James M. Harper be and he is hereby appointed as sheriff of this county (for the unexpired time of Jesse stevens who has resigned), whereupon the said Harper took the oath as required by the constitution and laws of the state of Kentucky, and together with James B. Sasseen John F. Morse, William Nichols and Bryant Nichols his sureties, entered into and acknowledged bond payable to the Commonwealth of Kentucky for the faithful discharge of his duty, conditioned according to law.
A copy
Attest
James C. Weller clk
Per J. Charles Barnes D. C.
Caldwell Co
Jas M Harper
Sheriff
vice
Jesse Stevens
resigned
Comd