Legal/Financial

James M. Jones, Affidavit

1862-12-10

Date of Creation
December 10, 1862
Place of Creation
New Castle, Henry County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Legal/Financial
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
R3-46
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-033-0022
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FTP Identifier
32212185

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1862-12-09
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James M. Jones, Affidavit, 1862-12-10, 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-0001-033-0022 (November 13, 2026).

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New Castle, Henry County Ky
Decr 10th 1862

I, James M. Jones, jailor of the county of Henry do certify that on the night of the 9th inst., about the hour of midnight six or eight men came to the jail door of sd county and demanded of me if I had Mitchell confined in jail. On my answering in the affirmative, two of them advanced into my room and with pistols in hand, demanded the key of the jail, took it and unlocked the jail door and took out the prisoner Wm. D. Mitchell and took him off with them.

J M Jones Jailor