Logan County Equity and Criminal Court, Order
1862-07
- Date of Creation
- July 1862
- Place of Creation
- Logan County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Order
- 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
- MG24-180
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-2118
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210525
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Citation
Logan County Equity and Criminal Court, Order, 1862-07, 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-0001-020-2118 (November 13, 2026).
State of Kentucky
Logan Equity and Criminal Court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky Plaintiff
against } On Indictment for Murder.
Nelson (a negro, slave the property of Emund Ayres Defendant
In this prosecution the defendant was tried for and convicted of the Crime of Murder at the directed sentenced by the Court by the Court to be executed by the Sheriff of Logan County on the r was, by a portion of the Military force of the so called Confederate States, and was subsequently lodged in the jail of Warren County, from which he has been remanded by order of this Court to the jail of Logan County. Said Nelson being now before this Court. His Identity being clearly shown to the Court, and the time fixed for the execution of said sentence haveing elapsed, it is therefore ordered that these facts be certifed to the Governor, that the execution of said sentence may be ordered as the law directs. And the Clerk of this Court is directed to transmit a Certified Copy of this order to the Governor of this state for his action in the premises.
A Copy Attest. Danl Morton Clerk of said Court.
By M. B. Morton Jr D, C,
Logan Co
Nelson (a Slave)
Fixing time for execution setting
Issd