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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, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 1863-1867 KYR-0001-005-0010 BR7-13

Russell County, Kentucky Budd Jones () N00005196 Categories: People

Indicted for murder in Russell County.

Relationships Legal: Asa P. Simpson (clerk of Russell Circuit Court) Familial: Wilson Jones () Legal: George Bryan (clerk of Russell County Court) Legal: Michael Henry Owsley (Cumberland County, Kentucky, attorney, capt & major in 1st & 5th Cav (USA)) Legal: Lewis Higgenbotton () Legal: Green Berry Selby (Russell County farmer) Legal: Russell Circuit Court

KYR-0001-005-0010 Lewis Higgenbotton () N00005197 1863-02-10 Categories: People

Murdered in Russell County, Kentucky

Relationships Legal: Budd Jones () Legal: Wilson Jones ()

KYR-0001-005-0010 Michael Henry Owsley (Cumberland County, Kentucky, attorney, capt & major in 1st & 5th Cav (USA)) N00002811 1834-12-10 1891 Categories: People

Cumberland County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Cumberland County native. Son of Joel Owsley and Mary Owsley. Married to Ellen Letcher Owsley in 1865. Graduate of Centre College in 1854. Graduate of the University of Louisville in 1856. Student in Cumberland County in 1850. Household owned twenty-three enslaved persons in Cumberland County in 1850. Attorney in Cumberland County in 1860. Served in the 1st Regiment Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.) as captain in 1861. Served in the 5th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry as major from March 31, 1862, to September 5, 1862. Commonwealth's attorney for the Sixth Judicial District from 1864 to 1868.

Relationships Legal: Budd Jones () Legal: Russell Circuit Court Legal: Lincoln Circuit Court Legal: William Dollins, Sr. (Garrard County, Kentucky, overseer and farmer) Legal: Garrard Circuit Court Legal: John H. Kennedy (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant) Political: John H. Kennedy (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant) Legal: Augden Bridgewater (Lincoln County, Kentucky, miller) Legal: Jennie Adams (Lincoln County ) Political: Edward Mitchell (Boyle County, Kentucky, clerk and agent for Liverpool and London) Social: Thomas Peyton Hill (Lincoln County, Kentucky, attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Burkesville, p. 279B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Cumberland Division, p. 371 (p. 2 of microfilm). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Burkesville, District 1, p. 659. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, Lancaster, District 3, p. 432B. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 34-35 and 108-09. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 940. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0009. John J. McAfee, Kentucky Politicians. Sketches of Representative Corncrackers and other Miscellany (Louisville, KY: The Courier Journal Job Printing Company, 1886), 128-30. Francis B. Heitman, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, vol. 2, (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1903), 134. Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans who served between 1861 and 1900, Civil War Pensions Index, roll no. 171. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 10. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. Find A Grave, "Judge Michael Henry Owsley (1834-1891)," Memorial #91718641, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91718641 (accessed May 25, 2017). Asa P. Simpson (clerk of Russell Circuit Court) N00005198 1834-09-18 1906-05-06 Categories: People

Russell County Circuit Court clerk. Adair County, Kentucky native. Married to Sophia Lou Jones Simpson. Merchant in Russell County. Master Mason in Marrowbone Lodge. Served one term as Russell County Judge.

Relationships Legal: Michael Henry Owsley (Cumberland County, Kentucky, attorney, capt & major in 1st & 5th Cav (USA)) Legal: Russell Circuit Court

Eight Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland, District 1, p. 69; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Russell, District 1, p. 14; Kentucky, County Marriages, 1783-1965, Ancestry, Russell County, 1862; The Adair County News, May 30, 1906, 3; Find A Grave, "Asa P. Simpson (1834-1906)," Memorial #83144920, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=83144920 (accessed May 25, 2017). Green Berry Selby (Russell County farmer) N00005199 1829-05-18 1902-12-09 Categories: People

Russell County, Kentucky farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Louisa C. Collins Selby. Father of James M. Selby, Samuel C. Selby, Theresa Selby, and Eliza Selby.

Relationships Legal: Budd Jones () Legal: Asa P. Simpson (clerk of Russell Circuit Court) Legal: Michael Henry Owsley (Cumberland County, Kentucky, attorney, capt & major in 1st & 5th Cav (USA)) Legal: George Bryan (clerk of Russell County Court) Legal: Russell Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Russell County, Russell District, p. 10; Kentucky, County Marriages, 1783-1965, Ancestry, Russell County, 1850; Find A Grave, "Green Berry Selby 1829-1902)," Memorial #85128060, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=85128060] (accessed May 25, 2017). George Bryan (clerk of Russell County Court) N00005200 1819? Categories: People

Russell County Court Clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Jane H. Barger Bryan. Father of William H. Bryan, Martha S. Bryan, and Bickerton W. Bryan. Owned four slaves.

Relationships Legal: Budd Jones () Legal: Green Berry Selby (Russell County farmer) Legal: Asa P. Simpson (clerk of Russell Circuit Court) Legal: Michael Henry Owsley (Cumberland County, Kentucky, attorney, capt & major in 1st & 5th Cav (USA)) Legal: Russell Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Russell County, District 1, p. 225A;Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Russell County, District 1, p. 526. Russell County, Kentucky P00004351 Categories: Places

Seat at Jamestown, Kentucky. Located on the Cumberland River.

36.9848, -85.063 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1987), 259. Commonwealth of Kentucky O001025 1792 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Kentucky. Capital at Frankfort, Kentucky. Governor(s): Beriah Magoffin (1859-1862), James F. Robinson (1862-1863), and Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867).

Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380. Malcolm E. Jewell, "General Assembly" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 366. Paul J. Weber, "Court System" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 233. Russell County Court O00000712 Categories: Organizations

Located in Jamestown, Russell County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Stanton P. Collins. Clerk(s): George Bryan.

Relationships Legal: George Bryan (clerk of Russell County Court) Legal: Green Berry Selby (Russell County farmer) Legal: Asa P. Simpson (clerk of Russell Circuit Court) Legal: Budd Jones () Legal: Michael Henry Owsley (Cumberland County, Kentucky, attorney, capt & major in 1st & 5th Cav (USA))

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-308; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 24. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-306; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-350. Russell County, Kentucky Legal/Financial English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 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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(Copy of Indictment.) TheCommonwealth of Kentucky Against Budd Jones

The Grand Jury of Russell County impanneled charged and sworn in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Ky accuse Budd Jones of the crime of murder

Committed as follows. viz the said Wilson Budd Jones did on the 10th day of February 1863 in the County of Russell aforesaid unlawfully, willfully, wickedly, feloniously and with Malice aforethought Kill and Murder one Lewis Higgenbotten with a pistol loaded with a Leaden Ball

Against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Ky

M H Ousley Atty for the Comwlth

A Copy Attest A. P. Simpson CR C C

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Commonwealth vs } Indictment Murder Budd Jones

A True Bill Green B Selby Foreman

Filed Nov 5th 1863 Attest George Bryan Clerk