Roger T. Searcy, Affidavit
1863-06-06
- Date of Creation
- June 6, 1863
- Place of Creation
- Carroll 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
- R3-78
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-033-0046
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- FTP Identifier
- 32212209
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Citation
Roger T. Searcy, Affidavit, 1863-06-06, 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-0001-033-0046 (November 13, 2026).
State of Kentucky
Carroll County
Roger ^T^ Searcy states that ^that he knows of his own personal knowledge^ on or about the toof the value of $10, and afterward escaped to the state of Indiana and was arested charged with said offence and lodged in the jail of Switzerland County in said state where he still remains
Roger, T, Searcy
Subscribed and Sworn to before me by Roger T. Searcy this
R. W. Masterson J. C, C, C,
John Searcy states that he knows of his own personal knowledge that the clotheing mentioned in the above affidavit of Roger T. Searcy were stolen at the time mentioned therein and that the said Charles Brigham was at the house of R W Searcy at the
time said Clotheing was stolen and that the said Briingham left the residence of said R W Searcy immediately after said theft was committed,, That said clothing were stolen at the residence of of said R W Searcy in Carroll County Kentucky
John. T. Searcy
Sworn to before me by John J Searcy this
The above affidavits are made for the purpose of procuring a requisition from the Govenor of Kentucky on the Govenor of Indiana to obtain the body of said Brigham to be delivered to the proper authorities of Carroll County where the offense was committed for trial: he now being confined in the Switzerland County Ind jail at Vevey the county seat charged with said offense and held a prisoner awaiting such requisition & I recommend that Roger T. Searcy be appointed agent of the State of Kentucky to bring said prisoner to Carrollton
Given under my hand this