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Fayette County, Kentucky John H. Taylor (Fayette County, Kentucky, hack driver and livery stable keeper) N00014633 1819? Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, hack driver and livery stable keeper. Kentucky native. Son of Charlotte Taylor. Married to Emily Taylor. Father of George Taylor, Mary Taylor, Charlotte Taylor, Cathrin Taylor, Mariah Taylor, Julia Taylor, and John H. Taylor. Hack driver in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1850. Livery stable keeper in Lexington in 1860. Accused of receiving stolen corn in February 1864. Fugitive in 1864.

Relationships Familial: [Unknown] Taylor (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, resident.) Familial: Charlotte Taylor (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, resident) Familial: William L. Taylor (Fayette County, Kentucky, hack driver and livery stable keeper) Social: William Wesley Dowden (Lexington, Kentucky, student and merchant) Social: William Allen Lindsay (Scott County, Kentucky, hotel keeper and tavern keeper) Social: John B. Norton (Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk) Social: William S. Downey (Bourbon County, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney) Legal: Fayette Circuit Court Social: Caleb Tarlton (Johnson County, Indiana, farmer. Slaveholder in Fayette County, Kentucky.) Legal: James Keizer (Fayette County, Kentucky, tailor. ) Legal: Buford C Gorham (Fayette County, Kentucky, resident. ) Legal: Andrew Jackson Gorham (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Marcus Hall Cromwell (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: John Thomas Stevenson (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.) Legal: William S. Downey (Bourbon County, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, District 2, p. 198A-B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, p. 581. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 3, p. 254B-255A. KYR-0001-004-0986. Caleb Tarlton (Johnson County, Indiana, farmer. Slaveholder in Fayette County, Kentucky.) N00017446 1804-07-27 1884-09-02 Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Father of Charles Tarlton, William H. Tarlton, Margaret Tarlton, and Nancy Tarlton. Married to Mary A Crenshaw Tarlton in Scott County, Kentucky, on October 2, 1842. Father of Joel Tarlton, May E. Tarlton, Ellen Tarlton and Martha Tarlton. Farmer in Fayette County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1850. Farmer and justice of the peace in Fayette County in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Fayette Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 182A-B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 356. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 447B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film #000183225. "Caleb Tarlton (1804-1884)," Find A Grave, Memorial #61478726, accessed May 17, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61478726. William S. Downey (Bourbon County, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney) N00006117 1824? Categories: People

Bourbon County, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney. Indiana native. Married to Lucy Ann Embry Downey in Madison County, Kentucky on May 18, 1845. Father of Mary E. Downey. Married to Emily Jane Robinson Burbridge Downey in Scott County on January 28, 1858. Father of Willie H. Downey and Minna "Minnie" Shreve Downey. Attorney in Clark County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Clark County in 1850. Attorney in Bourbon County in 1860. Commonwealth's attorney for the Thirteenth Judicial District from 1860 to 1866. Owned nineteen enslaved persons in Clark County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: William Emmett Simms (Kentucky Confederate soldier and politician) Legal: General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Legal: Bourbon Circuit Court Legal: Madison Circuit Court Legal: Fayette Circuit Court Legal: William L. Taylor (Fayette County, Kentucky, hack driver and livery stable keeper) Social: David Ingles (Lexington, Kentucky, hack driver and dray man) Legal: Clark Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark, Winchester, p. 41B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark, Winchester, p. 307. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark, Winchester, p. 871. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark, Winchester, p. 346A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Madison County Marriages, Film 000183302. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film 000183225. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 355-59. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08. 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), 298-306. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. James Keizer (Fayette County, Kentucky, tailor. ) N00017451 1825? Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, tailor. Native of Ireland. Married to Elizabeth Keizer. Tailor in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Fayette Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, Ward 2, p. 134. John Thomas Stevenson (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.) N00017447 1818-04-10 1882-01-06 Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder. Kentucky, native. Married to Emily Margeline Cromwell Stevenson in Fayette County, Kentucky in June 1844. Father of Vincent Thomas Stevenson, John W. Stevenson, James B. Stevenson, Tony Stevenson, Mary Stevenson, Richard Higgins Stevenson, and Elizabeth Stevenson Craig. Farmer in Fayette County in 1850. Farmer in Fayette County in 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Fayette Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 133B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 329. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 438A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 3, p. 63A. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Dog Fennel Precinct, p. 145C. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Fayette County Marriages, Film #007897101. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #10480. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #24235. "Judge JT Stevenson (1818-1882)," Find A Grave, Memorial #98417417, accessed April 19, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98417417. Marcus Hall Cromwell (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer. ) N00017448 1830? Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer. Fayette County, Kentucky, native. Son of Benjamin Cromwell and Jane Cromwell. Married to Emily Jane McMeekin Cromwell in Fayette County, Kentucky, in September 1850. Father of Archie Cromwell, Mary Cromwell, John A. Cromwell, James H. Cromwell, and Charles E. Cromwell. Farmer in Fayette County in 1850. Household owned nine enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1850. Farmer in Fayette County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Fayette County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Fayette Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 155B, 168B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 547. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County,District 2, p. 322. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 436A. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 209B. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994033, Fayette County Births. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Fayette County Marriages, Film #007897102, p. 39. "Marcus Hall Cromwell (1830-1922)," Find A Grave, Memorial #199505815, accessed April 19, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199505815/marcus-hall-cromwell Andrew Jackson Gorham (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer. ) N00017449 1832-12-17 1914-05-09 Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer. Fayette County, Kentucky, native. Son of George Gorham and Nancy Graves Gorham. Married to Sarah E. Wallace Gorham in Fayette County, Kentucky, in February 1860. Father of John Breckenridge Gorham. Farmer in Fayette County in 1850. Farmer in Fayette County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Fayette County in 1860. Household owned seventeen other enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: Buford C Gorham (Fayette County, Kentucky, resident. ) Legal: Fayette Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 155A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 332. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 440A. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #12015. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Fayette County Marriages, Film #007897103, p. 819. "Mr. A.J. Gorham Dies After Long Illness," The Lexington Herald (Lexington, KY), May 10, 1914, p. 1. Buford C Gorham (Fayette County, Kentucky, resident. ) N00017450 1825-08-07 1901-05-27 Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer and manager. Kentucky native. Son of George Gorham and Nancy Graves Gorham. Farmer in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1850. Manager in Fayette County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Fayette Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 155A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 324. "Buford C Gorham (1825-1901)," Find A Grave, Memorial #99341263, accessed April 19, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99341263. William L. Taylor (Fayette County, Kentucky, hack driver and livery stable keeper) N00014634 1831? Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, hack driver and livery stable keeper. Kentucky native. Son of Charlotte Taylor. Married to Ellen Taylor. Father of Catherine "Kate" Taylor, James William Taylor, Arabella Taylor, and Ellena Taylor. Hack driver in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1850. Livery stable keeper in Lexington in 1860.

Relationships Legal: John H. Taylor (Fayette County, Kentucky, hack driver and livery stable keeper) Legal: Charles F. Lowry (Fayette County, Kentucky merchant and deputy clerk) Legal: John B. Norton (Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: Fayette Circuit Court Familial: John H. Taylor (Fayette County, Kentucky, hack driver and livery stable keeper)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, District 2, p. 198A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, p. 581. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 3, p. 254A. KYR-0001-004-0986. John B. Norton (Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk) N00004824 1825? Categories: People

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk. Kentucky native. Clerk of the Fayette Circuit Court in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, from 1859 to 1867. Owned two enslaved persons and hired two additional enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1860.

Relationships Political: James Donahoe (Lexington, Kentucky, grocer) Economic: Fayette Circuit Court Legal: George Washington Dupee (Lexington, Kentucky, free black Baptist pastor) Legal: General Douglas (Lexington, Kentucky) Legal: Nathan Bibb (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, livery man) Social: George Payne (Fayette County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Fayette Circuit Court Legal: Charles F. Lowry (Fayette County, Kentucky merchant and deputy clerk) Legal: William C. Goodloe (Fayette and Madison co , KY, circuit court judge)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette, Lexington, Ward 3, p. 570. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, Ward 4, p. 460B. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1859 (Frankfort, KY: John B. Major, 1860), 290. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 355-59. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 305. 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), 298-306. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 11. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1867, (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, 1867), 355. "John B. Norton (1825-1901)," Find A Grave, Memorial 14804316, accessed September 5, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14804316/john-b-norton. Charles F. Lowry (Fayette County, Kentucky merchant and deputy clerk) N00005269 1819? Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, merchant and deputy court clerk. Kentucky native. Father of Eliza Jane Lowry. Married to Miranda H. Payne Lowry. Father of Susan H. Lowry, Mary F. Lowry, J. H. Lowry, William F. Lowry, Melvin T. Lowry, and John B. Lowry, Julia B. Lowery, Miranda P. Lowry. Farmer in Jessamine County in 1840. Owned fifteen enslaved persons in Jessamine County in 1840. Merchant in Jessamine County in 1850. Employed George M. Neal and Meredith Masters as merchants in Jessamine County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Jessamine County in 1850. Merchant in Lexington in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Lexington in 1860. Deputy clerk in the Fayette Circuit Court in March 1864.

Relationships Social: George Payne (Fayette County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Fayette Circuit Court

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, p. 222. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, District 2, p. 74B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, District 2, p. 708. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, Ward 3, p. 597. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, Ward 3, p. 458B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, Ward 2, p. 236B. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Film #994042: Jessamine County Births, p. 3. KYR-0001-004-0931. Fayette County, Kentucky P001031 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Lexington.

38.0406, -84.5037 "Lexington, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 99. Fayette Circuit Court O00000377 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 13th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): William C. Goodloe. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): William S. Downey. Clerk(s): John B. Norton.

Relationships Legal: John C. Cable (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James Donahoe (Lexington, Kentucky, grocer) Economic: Charles Scott Todd Bodley (Fayette County, Kentucky, bookseller and sheriff) Legal: B. F. Barnes (Fayette Co, KY, mule stealer) Legal: George Washington Brand (Lexington, Kentucky, grocer and bank director) Economic: John B. Norton (Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: William S. Downey (Bourbon County, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney) Legal: John B. Norton (Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: William Harrison Keith (Plymouth, Massachussetts, salesman and soldier (U.S.A.)) Legal: William C. Goodloe (Fayette and Madison co , KY, circuit court judge)

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08. 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), 298-306. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. 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. Fayette County, Kentucky Legal/Financial English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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1 Fayette Circuit Court, The Commonwealth of Kentucky against John H Taylor f M C

The Grand Jury of Fayette County, in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse John H Taylor, free man of color of the crime of Grand Larceny committed as follows, viz; The said John H Taylor on the 1st day of February 1864, in the County aforesaid, feloniously took and carried away Four Barrels of Corn the personal property ofCaleb Tarlton of the value of more than Four dollars against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky --

And the Grand Jurors of the County aforesaid, in the name and by the authority aforesaid, further accuse the said John H Taylor of the crime of Receiving stolen property, knowing that the same was stolen, committed as follows, towit: The said John H Taylor on the 1st day of February 1864, in the County aforesaid, did receive Four Barrels of Corn the personal property of Caleb Tarlton, knowing at the time that he received Corn that it was stolen, said Corn so received was worth over Four dollars, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

W S Downey, Commonwealths Attorney.

Witnesses: Caleb Tarleton James Keizer John Stevenson M H Cromwell A J Gorham E C Gorham

Returned into Court February 10th 1864. Amount of Bail Bond $800.

(And afterwards, towit: at a Court continued and held in and for the Circuit aforesaid, on the 22nd day of Feby 1864.)

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2 The Commonwealth came by her Attorney and the Defendant was called and failed to appear in discharge of his Bail Bond herein.

W L Taylor surety of said Defendant was likewise called who failed to produce the body of his prinicpal.

Wherefore it is ordered that the Bail Bond herein be and the same is hereby forfeited and that a Summons issue thereon in the name of the Commonwealth returnable to the next term.

(And afterwards, towit: at a Court continued and held in and for the Circuit aforesaid, on the 6th day of February 1865.)

On motion of the Attorney for the Plaintiff, it is ordered that this case be filed away with leave to reinstate the same on the Docket at anytime hereafter.

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