Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Detention facility in Nelson County, Kentucky. Located in Bardstown, Kentucky. Jailor(s): Martin Coyle (1862-1863).

Bibliography

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series, No. 24 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), p. 304.

Citation

Nelson County Jail. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198369 (November 12, 2026).

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The people, organizations, and places listed below appear in the same documents as Nelson County Jail. They are sorted by the number of documents they share.

Documents (2)

Correspondence
Charles J. Vander Espt to Beriah Magoffin
1862-07-29
Legal/Financial
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. John B. Wilkerson, Judgment

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