<title type="main">Commonwealth of Kentucky v. B. Watson, N. B. Matthews, Joseph Corker, Enoch Dye, J. J. January, Paul Mars, Lee Cypert, James Jones, (Wicks son of Fuller Wicks), Lee Wingo, James Powell, W Brown, Aesop Timmons, Timothy Sisk son of Hezekiah Sisk, William... Edition created from new transcripts of this manuscript. Initial upload of this work's facsimile images and metadata to FromThePage for editing Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections Administrator of the CWGK Migration transcription project on FromThePage Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections made 4 edits between June 21, 2025 and June 21, 2025. Dynamic TEI export from FromThePage (version 22.10)

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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-0001-004-1881 BR13-453 to BR13-454

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Hopkins Circuit Court Commonwealth of Kentucky against B Watson N B Matthews Joseph Corker Enoch Dye J J January Paul Mars -- Lee Cypert James Jones (Wicks son of Fuller Wicks) Lee Wingo James Powell W Brown Aesop Timmons Timothy Sisk. son of Hezekiah Sisk William Taylor (Genl) Timothy Whitfield George Whitfield John Woolfork; Jr Page Son of J Page John Head John Campbell L D Hockersmith Robert Hall Wick Woolfolk David Bondurant W C Demmett C M Brown F F Brown Levi Fowler O B McCully Adolph Herron Sorrell Jones William Barton & H B Lyon

The Grandjurry of Hopkins County in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse B Watson A B Matthews -- Joseph Coker Enoch Dye J J January Paul Mars Lee Cypert James Jones -- Wicks whose given name to the Grandjurors are unknown son of Fuller Wicks Lee Wingo James Powell W Brown Amp Timmons Timothy Sisk

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(son of Hezekiah Sisk) William Taylor (Genl) Timothy Whitfield George Whitfield John Woolfolk (Jr) Page (Son of J Page) whose given name to the grandjurors is unknown John Head John campbell L D Hockersmith Robert Hall Hick Woolfold David Bondurrant W C Dinnitt C M Brown F F Brown Len Fowler O B. McCully Adolph Herrin Sorrell Jones and William Baston H B Lyon of the crime of invading the State to make war upon the State committed as follows -- (viz), The Said B Watson A B. Matthews Joseph Coker Enoch Dye J J January Paul Mars Lee Cypert James Jones Hicks (whose given name ^to^ the Grandjurrors is unknown) son of Fuller Hicks Lee Wingo James Powell W Brown Amp Timmons Timothy Sisk (son of Hezekiah Sisk) William Taylor (Genl) Tim Whitfield George Whitfield John Woolfolk, Jr Adolph Herrin Page Son of J P whose given name is unknown to the Grandjurors is unknown son of J Page John Head John Campbell L D Hockersmith Robert Hall Hick Woolfolk David Bondurrant W. C. Dinnet

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C M Brown F F Brown Len Fowler O B. McCully John Woolfolk Jr Adolph Herrin Sowell Jones -- H B Lyon and William Barton on this 1st day of October 1864 in the County aforesaid being citizens of the State of Kentucky who as Soldiers and officers of the army of the So called confederate States and as a part of an armed force did feloniously invade the State of Kentucky to make war upon it against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

John Barret Commonwealth attorney 14thJudicial district

Information by W M. Young A. Newberger S B. Nisbet James Nisbet Sr J S. Malone O Collins W O Hall James Krasier Emmet Randall O S Stivers W Rutherford C H Young E I Davis

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A K Bradley J J Prichitt Pendleton Sisk W B Smith S B Greenfield J S Rash J R. Clift J W Wilkins F Nisbet J G Bailey A Bassett Benjamin Berry George Utley (cross eyed) David Vincent

A copy Att John Compton Clk

Commonwealth v } Invading the State to make war upon it B Watson & others

A True Bill C D Woodruff foreman Grand Jury
1865 May 24th Petd by Grand Jury ordered to be filed & B W issued &c att J. M Compton clk
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