Isham G. Harris, Requisition
1861-03-19
- Date of Creation
- March 19, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
- Document Genre
- Legal/Financial
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Requisitions for the Return of Fugitives from Justice, 1859-1861
- Box / Folder
- MG7-159 to MG7-160A
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-022-0005
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210847
Citation
Isham G. Harris, Requisition, 1861-03-19, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Requisitions for the Return of Fugitives from Justice, 1859-1861, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-022-0005 (November 12, 2026).
State of Tennessee,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
TO HIS EXCELLENCY, THE GOVERNOROF Kentucky
Sir: It has been made known to me that a certain Littlebury.B. Andrews of our County of Maurystands charged with having in the month of — 560copy of Affidavit herewith transmitted: And whereas, it has been made known to [...] that the said Andrews has fled from justice and is now running at large in the State of Kentucky
Now Therefore, I. Isham G. Harris Governor of the State of Tennessee in pursuance of the Act of Congress, entitled "An Act respecting Fugitives from Justice," do hereby demand, that your Excellency will please cause the said Andrews to be arrested if to be found within the limits of the State over which you [pres]ide [...] have him safely delivered to I. M. Ament who is appo[inted][Agen]t on the part of this State to receive the said fugitive from the civil authorities of the State of Kentucky to the end that he may be brought to the State of Tennessee [...][...] with according to law.
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In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State to be affixed at NASHVILLE, on the 561
BY THE GOVERNOR:
Isham G Harris
J E R Ray Secretary of State.
State of Tennessee Maury County.
This day before me Stephen D Herndon an acting justice of the peace in and for said State & County personally came William Biffle and made oath in due form of the law that he was the owner in his own right and property of a slave named Friday in said State & County — that said slave Friday absconded, fled and ran away from his custody and premises and possession in said State & County — that while and during the time said slave Friday was a fugitive, and runaway slave, to wit from
S. D. Herndon J. P {Seal}
For Maury County,
Tennessee
Warrant Issd for Littlebury B. Andrews
"Harboring a Slave"
Governor of the State of Tennessee:
To all who shall see these Presents, — Greeting:
It is Hereby Certified, That Stephen D. Herndon — whose genuine signature appears to the above Certificate, is and was at the time of signing the same, and acting justice of the peace in and for said county and State duly elected and commissioned.
And that full faith and credit should be given to his official attestation as such.
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In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State to be affixed at NASHVILLE on this
BY THE GOVERNOR:
Isham G Harris
J E R Ray
SECRETARY OF STATE.
