Legal/Financial

Meade County Court, Order

1862-04-07

Date of Creation
April 7, 1862
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
MG4-426
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-017-0433
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FTP Identifier
32207702

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Dates
1862-04-07
1862-04-24
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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-0001-017-0433 (November 15, 2026).

[Page 1]

State of Kentucky
Meade County Sct
7th April 1862

"This day the resignation of Herod C Reid a Justice of the Peace of this County was produced in Court and ordered to be entered of record, reading as follows viz.

"To the Honorable Judge Meade County Court I hereby tender to you my resignation as Justice of the Peace in District No 4. Meade County, yours Respectfully

H. C. Read

The Court therefore declared the Office of Justice as held by said Read in District No 4. vacated, and recommends to his Excellency B McGoffin Governor of this Commonwealth Richard J Patterson, as a fit person to fill said vacancy."

A Copy
Att. Wm Fairleigh Clk
Meade County Court

[Page 2]

Richd. J. Patterson
Recommended as Justice of The Peace for Meade County.


District No. 4.

Issue Commission
B. M.

IssdApr 24. 1862