Legal/Financial

Nathan A. Williams, Affidavit

1862-05-09

Date of Creation
May 9, 1862
Place of Creation
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
MG23-389 to MG23-390
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-1944
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FTP Identifier
32210352

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1862-05-07
1862-05-09
1862-05-09
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Nathan A. Williams, Affidavit, 1862-05-09, 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-0001-020-1944 (November 13, 2026).

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The State of Kentucky
County of Jefferson

This day Nathan A. Williams made oath before me a Justice of the peace for said county that on the night of the 7th day of May 1862 he was Robbed at his room in the United States Hotel in the City of Louisville Kentucky of the sum of three or four hundred dollars in Bank notes (money) and one golvanised Revolving pistol of the value of $25.00. and that a man by the name of Henry D. Morgan who was in the room with this affiant, at that time, committed said Robbery, by the felonious stealing taking and carrying away said money & pistol

N. A. Williams

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of May 1862

Jos Clement. J P J C

The Commonwealth of Kentucky
to all Sheriffs constables or policemen of said Commonwealth

Wheras there is good

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grounds to believe that Henry D Morgan late of this County has been guilty of the crime of Robbing Nathan A. Williams of the sum of three of four hundred dollars in money, and a revolving pistal of the value of $25,00, the property of said Nathan A Williams.

You are therefore in the name of the Commonwealth of Kentucky commanded that with the you forthwith arrest the said Henry D Morgan if he be found in this Commonwealth and take him before some magistrate to be dealt with according to law

Given under my hand as Justice of the peace this 9th day of May 1862

Jos Clement
J P J C

The within named Henry D Morgan is no inhabitant of the County of Jefferson in state of Kentucky, but is beleived to be a fugitive from Justice, and in the State of Indiana

D. T. Bligh

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Policeman of the City of Louisville

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Make out requisition &c
B M

Jefferson Co
The Commonwealth
vs } [Warrant] for felony
Henry D Morgan
Indiana

Requested for H D Morgan
IssdMay 12. 1862
D. T. Bligh
Agent