<title type="main">Commonwealth of Kentucky v. James Pell, James H Husbands, Aaron Clard, Samuel Clancy, Preston Joy, Spencer Millikin, Lewis Pell, Benjamin Enochs, Calvin Freese, Alexander McCuan, Indictment 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 2 edits between June 21, 2025 and June 21, 2025. Dynamic TEI export from FromThePage (version 22.10)

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 November 12, 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-0001-004-3026 BR43-135

Graves County, Kentucky Graves County, Kentucky 1863-01-19 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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State of Kentucky County of Graves } SS. Graves Circuit Court The Commonwealth of Kentucky Against James Pell James H Husbands Aaron Clard Samuel Clancy Preston Joy Spencer Millikin Lewis Pell Benjamin Enochs Calvin Freese Alexander McCuan.

The grand Jury of Graves County in the name & by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse James Pell Jas H Husbands Aaron Clard Samuel Clancy Preston Joy Spencer Millikin Lewis Pell Benjamin Enochs Calvin Freese & Alexander McCuan of the crime of murder; Committed as follows: the said Pell, Husbands, Clard, Clancy, Joy, Millikin Pell Enoch Freese & McCuan, on the first day of November 1862 in the County aforesaid did feloniously and with Malice aforethught Kill & Murder James Connor by then & there shooting him with guns & Pistols loaded with a leaden bullett or other hard substance and by stabbing him with a bayonet or other sharp instrument, by reason of which said Shooting & stabbing said Conner lingered and died. Against the peace & dignity of the Comwealth of Kentucky.

P. D Yeiser Commonwealth attorney 1st J. D

Information by C H Green C. J. Whittemore Myers Neil Calvin Thomas, E Anderson S E Sander J H Richards, Newton Prence Jas Beadles W G

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Blount Wm Galloway & J. W. Stiverson

Endorsed "A true bill. John Eaker foreman

Filed Decr. 4th 1862. & process issued Janury 19th 1863. WA Turner cgcc A Copy attest W A Turner c g c c

Comlth vs } murder Pell et al (Copy)