James M. Shackelford, Affidavit
1861-09-17
- Date of Creation
- September 17, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Madison 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
- MG21-394
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1429
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209837
Citation
James M. Shackelford, Affidavit, 1861-09-17, 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-0001-020-1429 (November 12, 2026).
State of Kentucky Madison Circuit Court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky Plantiff
against } On Indictment (Murder)
Francis M Searcy Defendant
The Judge of this Court having declined to sit in this case in consequence of his relationship to the deceased — and all the Members of the Bar not of Counsel having declined to sit — Ordered that these facts be certified to the Governoras the Statute requires —
A Copy
Att J M Shackelford C M C C
Commth of Ky
Vs } Copy Order
Searcy F M
Issue Commission for Judge J. M.W. H. Burns to try the the case —
B. M
Issd