<title type="main">Commonwealth of Kentucky v. William Middleton, James Blevins, Ransom Blevins, E. D. Bailey, Benjamin Middleton, William Eldridge, David Middleton, Carr Eldridge, & James Eldridge, 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 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-0001-004-3235 BR42-23

Harlan County, Kentucky Harlan County, Kentucky Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Harlan Circuit Court The Commonwealth of Kentucky Agst } Indictment William Middleton James Blevins Ransom Blevins E D Bailey Benjamin Middleton William Eldridge David Middleton Carr Eldridge & James Eldridge. The grand Jury of Harlan County in the name & by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse William Middleton James Blevins Ransom Blevins E D Bailey Benjamin Middleton Wm Eldridge David Middleton Carr Eldridge & James Eldridge of the Crime of Robbery Committed as follows viz

The said aforesaid persons did in the county aforesaid on the 26th day of Sept 1865 Feloniously forceably & by puting Wright Kelly & others in fear of some immediate Injury to his person take from said Kelly one Beaver coat 12 tin cups one pistol one web of cloth & other items to tedious to mention all of the value of fifty Dollars against the peace & dignity of the commonwealth of Kentucky

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wit Mary Sergent Aubry Gilbert Sarah Smith Thomas S R Gilbert Polly Thomas Elizabeth Kelly A copy attest J K Bailey C H C C

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Pardon