B. F. Bowen and Willis D. Collins to Unknown
1861-03-12
- Date of Creation
- March 12, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Ruddells Mills, Bourbon County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Correspondence
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862
- Box / Folder
- MG19-153
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0740
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209148
Citation
B. F. Bowen and Willis D. Collins to Unknown, 1861-03-12, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 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-0001-020-0740 (November 12, 2026).
Ruddells Mills Bourbon CoKy
To the Judge of the Bourbon County Court
Dr Sir we the undersigned Justices of the peace having been the Examining Court in the Case of the Commonwealth of Ky against Alfred A Slave the property of J, Shawhan of Harrison County Ky for the murder of Andy a Slave the property of Daniel Shawhan of this county having heard the Evidence are of opinion that there ^are^ reasonable grounds to suppose that he Alfred acted in Self defence and it would give general Satisfaction to this community for the Boy Alfred to be Sold and Sent from this State if it can be done at this time, and Daniel Shawhan the owner of the Boy that was killed wishes him released and sent out of the State given under our hands this the
B. F. Bowen, J. P. B. C.
Willis.D. Collins