Kenton County Court, order
1863-08-17
- Date of Creation
- August 17, 1863
- Place of Creation
- Independence, Kenton County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Legal/Financial
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Appointments by the Governor, Civil Appointments, 1862-1863
- Box / Folder
- R1-404
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-031-0299
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32212128
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Citation
Kenton County Court, order, 1863-08-17, Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Appointments by the Governor, Civil Appointments, 1862-1863, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-031-0299 (November 13, 2026).
State of Kentucky
Kenton County Court at Independence
August Term
It appearing to the Satisfaction of the Court from the evidence of the Sheriff of this County that John F. Stephens, who was elected to the office of Justice of the Peace for District No 4, (Country) refuses to accepthis receive from the Sheriff his Certificate of Election and Commission, and declines acting in that capacity, It is ordered that this fact be certified to his Excellency the Governor and that Biven Hemingway be recommended to him as a suitable person to fill the vacancy occasioned thereby —
A copy Att James Ayars Jr Clerk
By Wm H. Taylor D C
Kenton Co
J. P.
Dist No 4.
App