Commonwealth of Kentucky v. James G. Gorsuch et. al, Bond
1861-09-07
- Date of Creation
- September 7, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Louisville, Jefferson 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, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862
- Box / Folder
- MG21-383 to MG21-384
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1422
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209830
Citation
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. James G. Gorsuch et. al, Bond, 1861-09-07, 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-0001-020-1422 (November 12, 2026).
Be it remembered that James G Gorsuch. L B Bates, Abm P Gorsuch, H F Simrall, John Joyes, & Jeff Brown, this day personally appeared before me, Geo W Johnston, Judge of the City Court of Louisville, and severally acknowledged themselves indebted to the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the sum of [...] dollars, that is to say, the said James Gorsuch in the sum of Eight Hundred Dollars, and the said [...] in the sum of Eight Hundred dollars, to be made and levied of their respective lands and tenements, goods and chattles, and to the use of the said Commonwealth rendered; but to be void on the said Jas Gorsuch personally appearing in the Circuit Court for the County aforesaid, on the first day of the next term thereof, and surrender himself into custody to answer to the Commonwealth for a felony. with the said Jas G Gorsuch stands charged before me.
J G Gorsuch. {Seal}
A P Gorsuch {Seal}
L B Bates {Seal}
John Joyes {Seal}
H F Simrall {Seal}
Jeff Brown {Seal}
Acknowledged before me in open Court this
Geo W Johnston J. C, C, L.
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
against
James Gorsuch
At a Court continued and for the Jefferson Circuit Court, at the Courthouse in the City of Louisville on the 21
The Defendant being Solemnly
called to appear in discharge of the recogniance entered into by him in the City Court of Louisville on the
A Copy
Att J P Chambers clk
Commonwealth
vs } Copy Bond & forfeit
Jas G Gorsuch
Jeff Brown
