Correspondence

George W. Jones to J. M. Warring

1862-12-29

Date of Creation
December 29, 1862
Place of Creation
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Correspondence
Repository
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection
Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 1862-1863
Box / Folder
R3-38
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-033-0014
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FTP Identifier
32212177

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Dates
1862-12-29
1862-12-20
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George W. Jones to J. M. Warring, 1862-12-29, Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 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-0001-033-0014 (November 13, 2026).

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Shelbyville Dec 29 1862
J. M. Warring,

Sir your Letter of the 20 is at Hand and I now hasten to reply Wm H. Mefford is here but your order is not sufficient so says our state Prosecutor for me to make the arrest he is not aprised of our nollege about him I sent you a message to George Town but it was returned on acount of no operator in your place you can come on you had better get a requision for him to our Govenor any thing I can do for you will be promptly attended to

Very Respectfully yours
Geo. W. Jones
City Marshal

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I sent a certificate of Jim Lemon that he was indited in our court & all about him & Still he wont arrest tell me how to proceed if I had better get a requision for him