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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-0001-004-1524 BR12-362

Adair County, Kentucky Adair County, Kentucky Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "2": 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.
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Adair Circuit Court The Commonwealth of Kentucky against John W Barbee

The grand Jury of Adair County in the name & by the authority of the commonwealth of Ky, accuse John W Barbee of the offence of Bigamy committed as follows (viz) The said John W Barbee on the day of in the year 1862 in the county aforesaid being then & there a married man and his first wife being still alive and not having been absent from the state of Ky as much as five years, nor divorced from the said Barbee as much as twelve months did then and there marry Miss Burrass unlawfully and feloniously and against the peace & dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Joseph E Hays atto for the Comth pro tem

A Copy Attest James T. Page C, A, C, C

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The Comth of Ky vs } Indictment for Bigamy John W Barbee

A True Bill J C A Strange foreman

writ Excd Z Wheat T. T. Alexander

A Copy Test J. T. Page clk

Pardon the offense and remit the penalty T. E B

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