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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-0001-004-3050 BR43-164

Graves County, Kentucky Graves County, Kentucky 1861-08-08 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 } Sct

Graves Equity and Criminal Court The Commonwealth of Kentucky Against Jones Gregory and James Bowrin

The Grand Jury of Graves County in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse Jones Gregory & James Bowrin of the crime of Murder, committed as follows, viz said Jones Gregory and James Bowrin on the 5th day of August 1861 in the county aforesaid did feloniously and with malice aforethought conspire with Frank Gregory to kill and murder John Womac, by then and there aiding and abetting, advising and persuading the said Frank Gregory to kill and murder the said John Womac, by shooting him with a gun loaded with powder with leaden shot or bullets, or other hard substance. Against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Information by Thomas Bailey, Wm Sherfield, T. J. Scofield, Halcomb Jackson. Thos H. Corbett Commonwealth attorney first Judicial District

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Bail is fixed in this indictment at Five Hundred dollars for each defendant J. M. Bigger Judge A Copy Attest W A Turner C G C C

The Comlth of Ky vs } Shooting Murder Jones Gregory and James Bowrin

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A true bill S. W. Gray Foreman

Filed Aug 8th 1861 process issued Oct 1st 1861 Ervin Anderson C G C C By S. F. Andersen D C