<title type="main">Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Alanson Trigg, Judgment

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November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867 KYR-0001-004-0029 BR8-42

Warren County, Kentucky Alanson Trigg (Barren County, Kentucky, farmer) N00004889 1795-01-08 1873-05-12 Categories: People

Barren County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Son of Haiden Trigg Sr. and Martha Gatewood Trigg. Married Mary Frances Martin Trigg. Father of Eliza Trigg, Haiden Trigg, Alanson C. Grigg, William F. Trigg, John M. Trigg, Turk Trigg, and Thomas H.Trigg. Resident of Barren County, Kentucky, in 1840. Owned twenty-four enslaved persons in Barren County, Kentucky, in 1840. Farmer in Barren County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned thirty-four enslaved persons in Barren County in 1850. Farmer in Barren County in 1860. Owned thirty-three enslaved persons in Barren County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Haden J. Neighbors (Warren County cooper) Legal: Vincent K. Hines (Warren County farmer) Legal: William Henry Kinnaird (Warren County farmer) Legal: William Davenport (Warren County farmer) Legal: H. B. Elrod (Warren County farmer) Legal: Henry M. Vance (Warren County farmer) Legal: Robert Graham (Warren County juror) Legal: S. S. Johnson (Stub, Warren County juror) Legal: Joseph Fallon (Stub, Warren County juror) Legal: Calvin Alexander Garrison (Warren County farmer) Legal: Gallatin A. Kirby (Warren County farmer) Legal: Ludlow L. Cooke (Clerk Warren Circuit/Eq & Crim) Legal: Col. 11th KY Inf) Legal: Joseph Rogers Underwood (Warren County, Kentucky, attorney, judge, and politician) Social: Col. 11th KY Inf) Social: Joseph Rogers Underwood (Warren County, Kentucky, attorney, judge, and politician) Economic: [Unknown] Hendricks (Warren County farmer) Economic: John Petty (Warren County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Warren Circuit Court Social: Benjamin Shirley (Warren County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: William Lothridge (Warren County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: John H. Ewing (Warren County, Kentucky, farmer and postmaster.) Social: William Jackson Hendrick (Warren County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: Robert Walker Hendrick (Warren County, Kentucky, county surveyor and farmer) Social: John Petty (Warren County, Kentucky, farmer) Slavery: Beverly Trigg (Barren County slave of Alanson Trigg) Slavery: Jeremiah "Jerry" Trigg (Barren County slave of Alanson Trigg) Legal: John Tygret (Warren County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Woodford F. Miller (Warren County, Kentucky, laborer and farmer.) Legal: William H. Taylor (Warren County, Kentucky, hatter and farmer.) Legal: Vincent Cowles (Warren County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Noel Sweeney (Warren County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: William Crenshaw Valentine (Warren County, Kentucky, carpenter) Legal: Hiram Newton (Warren County, Kentucky, Carpenter.) Legal: William H. Crabb (Warren County, Kentucky, merchant and farmer.) Legal: Joseph B. Hagerman (Warren County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Harden Perkins (Warren County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Benjamin Wand (Warren County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: John Barnett (Warren County, Kentucky, juror) Legal: Seth S. Jones (Warren County, Kentucky, famer.)

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, p. 172. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Glasgow, First Division, p. 399B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States_ (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Division 1, pp. 191, 202-203. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, District 2, p. 899. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, District 2, p. 58B. James Knox Trigg, Trigg History, (Knoxville, TN: Tennessee Valley Publishing, 1994), pp. 362-363. "Alanson Munson Trigg (1795-1873)," Find A Grave, Memorial 32110014, accessed May 1, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32110014. William B. Jones (Simpson Co, KY, Commonwealth's Attorney 4th District) N00005301 1816-02-04 Categories: People

Simpson County, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney. Barren County, Kentucky, native. Son of John Jones and Mary Young Jones. Married to Mary P. Lewis Jones on May 10, 1838. Father of Virgil A. Jones, Elenora I. Jones, Eugenia A. Jones, and John N. T. Jones. Married to Mary A. Mann Jones on April 14, 1846. Father of James S. Jones, Harriet B. Jones, Elizabeth Jones, and William O. Jones. Studied law under Franklin Gorin in Barren County, Kentucky. Attorney in Barren County in 1837. Attorney in Simpson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Simpson County in 1850. Commonwealth's attorney for the 4th Judicial District in Simpson County from 1858 to 1866.

Relationships Legal: Ellis Harper (Captain, Harper's Partisan Rangers) Legal: George W. Dalton (Simpson County, farmer and sheriff) Legal: William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow (Seventeenth governor of the State of Tennessee, newspaper editor, and politician.) Legal: Simpson Circuit Court Social: Samuel F. Johnson (Leavenworth Count, Kansas, druggist and soldier) Social: Arden Richard McClanahan (Simpson County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Fourth Judicial District of Kentucky Legal: Warren Circuit Court Political: Allen Circuit Court Political: George W. Dalton (Simpson County, farmer and sheriff) Legal: James M. Vance (Hart County, Kentucky, farmer. Fugitive from justice.) Legal: Alexander McHatton (Hart County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Legal: Richard James Oglesby (Fourteenth governor of the State of Illinois, soldier, attorney, and politician.) Legal: Hart Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 7B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 4. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 133. The Biographical Record of Logan County, Illinois (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1901), 227-28. Gallatin A. Kirby (Warren County farmer) N00004891 1832-01-22 1911-03-30 Categories: People

Warren County, Kentucky, farmer. Warren County native. Son of Jesse R. Kirby and Prudence Dishman Kirby. Farmer in Warren County in 1864.

Find A Grave, Entry for Gallatin Albert Kirby (1832-1911), Memorial #49062539, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=49062539&ref=acom (accessed May 1, 2017). National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War); Collection Name: Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records); NAI: 4213514; Archive Volume Number: 3, Warren County, Kentucky, p. 195. James Finis Ewing (Warren County farmer) N00004892 1818 Categories: People

Warren County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married Virginia Ewing. Father of Sarah J. Ewing, James L. Ewing, Charles S. Ewing, and William A. Ewing. Farmer in Warren County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, District No. 1, p. 137. Calvin Alexander Garrison (Warren County farmer) N00004928 1800 Categories: People

Warren County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married Mariah Garrison. Farmer in Warren County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District No. 1, p. 103. Joseph Fallon (Stub, Warren County juror) N00004929 Categories: People

Juror in the case of Alanson Trigg in the Warren Equity and Criminal Court in Warren County, Kentucky, in 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0029. S. S. Johnson (Stub, Warren County juror) N00004930 Categories: People

Juror in the case of Alanson Trigg in the Warren Equity and Criminal Court in Warren County, Kentucky, in 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0029. Robert Graham (Warren County juror) N00004931 Categories: People

Juror in the case of Alanson Trigg in the Warren Equity and Criminal Court in Warren County, Kentucky, in 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0029. Henry M. Vance (Warren County farmer) N00004932 1799? Categories: People

Warren County, Kentucky farmer. Kentucky native. Married Elizabeth L. Vance. Veteran of the War of 1812. Farmer in Warren County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District No. 2, p. 53. Henry M Vance, War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, Pension # SO 21685, War of 1812 Pension Applications. Washington D.C.: National Archives. NARA Microfilm Publication M313, Microfilm Roll 94, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group Number 15. H. B. Elrod (Warren County farmer) N00004933 1792? Categories: People

Warren County, Kentucky, farmer. Pennsylvania native. Married Jane Elrod. Farmer in Warren County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District No. 2, p. 2. William Davenport (Warren County farmer) N00004934 1835-11-15 1917-01-24 Categories: People

Warren County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married Georgian Davenport. Father of Millard Davenport. Farmer in Warren County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District No. 2, p. 112. Find A Grave, "William Davenport (1835-1917)," Memorial #11438615, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11438615&ref=acom (accessed May 3, 2017). William Henry Kinnaird (Warren County farmer) N00004936 1803 1878-09-26 Categories: People

Warren County, Kentucky farmer. Virginia native. Married Dicy Kinnaird. Father of Eliza Kinnaird, Thomas Kinnaird, Samuel Kinnaird, and Sarah Kinnaird. Farmer in Warren County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District No. 2, p. 10. Find A Grave, "William Henry Kinnaird (1803-1878)," Memorial #43229668, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43229668&ref=acom (accessed May 3, 2017). Vincent K. Hines (Warren County farmer) N00004937 1815? Categories: People

Warren County, Kentucky, farmer. Married Maria Hines. Father of James Hines, Mary Hines, Jane Hines, William Hines, Woodford Hines, Virgil Hines, Julia Hines, and Arda Hines. Farmer in Warren County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District No. 2, p. 109. Haden J. Neighbors (Warren County cooper) N00004938 1809? Categories: People

Warren County, Kentucky, cooper. Virginia native. Married Elizabeth Neighbors. Father of Fredonia Neighbors, Octavia Neighbors, Martha Neighbors, Vestula Neighbors, Adeline Neighbors, and Margaret Neighbors. Cooper in Warren County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District No. 2, p. 105. Jeremiah "Jerry" Trigg (Barren County slave of Alanson Trigg) N00004940 1824? Categories: People

Warren County, Kentucky, farmer. Barren County, Kentucky, native. Married to Syntha A. Trigg. Father of Sarilda B. Trigg, Samuel Trigg, Georgia Trigg, Mariah J. Trigg, Julia Trigg, and Adnie J. Trigg. Enslaved by Alanson Trigg in Barren County and Warren County in 1862 and 1863.

Relationships Slavery: Alanson Trigg (Barren County, Kentucky, farmer) Slavery: [Unknown] Hendricks (Warren County farmer) Slavery: John Petty (Warren County, Kentucky, farmer) Economic: [Unknown] Hendricks (Warren County farmer) Economic: John Petty (Warren County, Kentucky, farmer)

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Lucus, p. 215B. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Bristow, p. 9A. Wright, Julia Francis Trigg Death Certificate, Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky, 5 June 1933, State File # 15193, Film # 7019178. Kentucky. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964). Microfilm rolls #7016130-7041803. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky. "G A Trigg (1859-1881)," Find A Grave, Memorial 178055909, accessed July 6, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178055909. Beverly Trigg (Barren County slave of Alanson Trigg) N00004941 1800? Categories: People

Warren County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Patsey Trigg. Enslaved by Alanson Trigg in Barren County and Warren County in 1862.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Bristow, Lucus Precinct, p. 4. KYR-0001-004-0030. Ludlow L. Cooke (Clerk Warren Circuit/Eq & Crim) N00004890 1813? Categories: People

Warren County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Mary C. Cooke. Assistant Marshall in Warren County in 1850. Owned eight persons in Warren County in 1850. Clerk of the Warren Circuit Court in 1860. Household owned ten enslaved persons in Warren County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: John D. Mannen (Warren County, Kentucky, farmer, justice of the peace, and post master) Political: Warren Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Second District, p. 130B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Second District, p. 382. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, District No. 1, p. 153. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 440A. Kentucky P001800 Categories: Places

State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992). Warren Circuit Court O00000585 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 4th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Asher W. Graham. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): W. B. Jones. Clerk(s): Ludlow L. Cooke.

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-308; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 24. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-306; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-350. Commonwealth of Kentucky O001025 1792 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Kentucky. Capital at Frankfort, Kentucky. Governor(s): Beriah Magoffin (1859-1862), James F. Robinson (1862-1863), and Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867).

Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380. Malcolm E. Jewell, "General Assembly" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 366. Paul J. Weber, "Court System" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 233. Warren County, Kentucky 1863-10-05 Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.

State of Kentucky Warren Equity & Criminal Court August Term 1863 The Commonwealth of Kenty

Against Alanson Trigg

Indictment for a Misdemeanor

This day came the attorney for the Commonwealth and the defendant by this attorney who plead not guilty and thereupon came the following Jury to wit. G A Kirby James F Ewing, Calvin A Garrison Joseph Fallon S S Johnson Robert Graham Henry VanceH B Elrod Wm Davenport Wm H Kinnard V K Hines and H J Neighbors who were elected tried and sworn and having heard the evidence returned the following verdict to wit -- We of the Jury find the defendant A Trigg guilty of permitting each of his Slaves Jerry and Beverly to go at large and hire themselves out for their own benefit as charged in this Indictment -- C A Garrison Foreman -- It is therefore adjudged by the Court that the defendant make his fine to the Commonwealth by the payment of Eighty Dollars and the cost herein and may be taken &c.

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