Legal/Financial

Meade County Court, Order

1862-02-03

Date of Creation
February 3, 1862
Place of Creation
Meade 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
MG4-416
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-017-0423
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32207692

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Dates
1862-02-03
1862-02-03
1862-04-24
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Meade County Court, Order, 1862-02-03, 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-0001-017-0423 (November 15, 2026).

[Page 1]

State of Kentucky
Meade county Sct
3rd February 1862.

"The resignation of John Chism Senr a Justice of this County was on this day produced in Court and ordered to be entered of record, reading as follows Towit,

I John Chism Sr do hereby resign my Office as Justice of the Peace of Meade County in District No 7. and desire that this resignation may be entered of record this 3rd February 1862

John Chism Sr
By Abraham Chism.

Witness
Wm Fairleigh

It is therefore Considered and so adjudged that the office of Justice as heretofore filled by said Chism has become vacant, by reason of said resignation; The Court therefore recommends to his Excellency B McGoffin Governor of this Commonwealth Abraham Chism as a suitable person to fill said vacancy from this time until the next and ensuing general August Election in District No 7. on Wolf Creek."

A Copy
Att Wm Fairleigh Clerk
Meade County Court

[Page 2]

Abraham Chism
Recommended as Justice of The Peace for Meade County


District No. 7.

Issue Commission
B. M

IssdApr. 24. 1862.