Meade County Court, Order
1862-04-07
- Date of Creation
- April 7, 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
- MG4-427
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-017-0427
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32207696
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Citation
Meade County Court, Order, 1862-04-07, 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-0001-017-0427 (November 14, 2026).
State of Kentucky
Meade Circuit Sct
"It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that James F Overton a Justice of the Peace of this County who formerally resided in the Garnettsville District being District No 5. has vacated his office, by raising an armed force of Calvery and joining the Army of the Southern Confederacy some months since, and where he remained until taken prisoner at the Battle and Surrender of Fort Donoldson,
Therefore the Court recommends to his Excillency B McGoffin Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Dr Henry C Crist as a suitable person to be Commissioned to fill said vacancy"
A Copy
Att Wm Fairleigh Clk
Meade County Court
Dr. Henry C. Crist
Recommended as Justice of The Peace for Meade County
District No. 5.
Issd.