Samuel McRoberts Reward, Broadside
1861-02-13
- Date of Creation
- February 13, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Clarksburg, Lewis County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Broadside
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 1859-1862
- Box / Folder
- MG8-100
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-021-0019
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210811
- People
- McRoberts, Samuel
- Organizations
- Lewis County Jail
Citation
Samuel McRoberts Reward, Broadside, 1861-02-13, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 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-0001-021-0019 (November 12, 2026).
Fifty Dollars Reward!!
I will give the above Reward for the apprehension and lodgement in any jail, where I can get him, within Five months of this date, of
Who escaped from the Lewis County Jail, on the night of the
Said McRoberts is about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, quick spoken, indistinct utterance, slender built, black eyes and dark hair.
A. G. RICE, J. L. C.
Clarksburg, Ky.,
Reward of $200 in addition