<title type="main">Commonwealth of Kentucky v. E. D. Bailey, David Lankford, William Lankford, James Fields, James Eldridge, Carr Eldridge, Lieutenant James Smith, William Kirk, Nelson Woodard, William Middleton, David Middleton, Benjamin Middleton, James Blevins, Ransom... 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-0001-004-3234 BR42-22

Harlan County, Kentucky Harlan 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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Harlan Circuit Court The Commonwealth of Kentucky Against E. D. Bailey ^1^David Lankford ^2^ William Lankford ^3^ James Fields James Eldridge ^4^ Carr Eldridge ^5^ Lieut James Smith William Kirk Nelson Woodard William Middleton ^6^ David Middleton ^7^ Benjamin Middleton ^8^ James Blevins ^9^ Ransom Blevins ^10^ Capt George Tylor Daniel Thompson Hiram Bolin George Bowman & John Redwine. The Grand Jury of Harlan County in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse E. D. Bailey David Lankford William Lankford James Fields James Eldridge Carr Eldridge Lieut James Smith Wm Kirk Nelson Woodard Wm Midleton David Middleton Benjamin Middleton James Blevins Ransom Blevins Capt George Tylor Daniel Thompson Hiram Bolin George Bowman & John Redwine of the crime of Robbery committed as follows Viz The said aforesaid persons did in the county aforesaid on the 28th day of Sept 1865 Feloniously forceably & by puting James Hall Hezekiah Hall Wm Farmer Nathaniel Noe & others in fear take from said Halls Farmer & Noe Twenty five head of cattle the property of the said Halls Farmer & Noe & of the value of over four dollars against the peace & dignity of the commonwealth of Kentucky

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Pardon