Correspondence

John C. Monfort to James F. Robinson

1862-12-10

Date of Creation
December 10, 1862
Place of Creation
New Castle, Henry 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
R3-47
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-033-0023
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FTP Identifier
32212186

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Dates
1862-12-10
1862-12-02
1862-12-11
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John C. Monfort to James F. Robinson, 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-0001-033-0023 (November 13, 2026).

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New Castle, Henry County Kentucky
December 10th 1862
To his Excellency, the Governor of Kentucky,

The undersigned, county Judge of Henry County would respectfully represent:

That on the 2nd day of Decr 1862 one Wm. D. Mitchell and one James Deering were arrested on a warrant for unlawfully shooting one Fleet Goodridge and brought before the undersigned for examination on the charge — That the accused were regularly examined by me, and the sd Wm. D. Mitchell was fully committed for murder in the first degree, and the sd. Jas. Deering discharged.

That the sd Wm D. Mitchell has been forcibly rescued from the jail of this county and is now going at large — (see certificate and affidavit accompanying)

In view of the foregoing facts, and on the application of as is made my special duty by statute, I request your exExcellency to offer a suitable reward for the apprehension of the sd Wm D Mitchell — and yr petitioner as in duty bound &c

Jno C Monfort P J H C C

De

Said Mitchell is about twenty years of age, fiveabout five feet ten inches high, da black hair, blue eyes, oblong visage, rather sparlely made rather downcast look —

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Henry Co

$250 Reward
for Wm D. Mitchell
Murder
Fleet Goodridge Jr
OffdDecr 11. 1862