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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-0001-005-0020 BR7-29 to BR7-30

Breckinridge County, Kentucky Daniel Hardin Baysinger () N001020 1830? Categories: People

Breckinridge County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth J. Claycomb on May 15, 1856. Resident in Breckinridge County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge, District 1, p. 13. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Rolls #994027-994058, Breckinridge County Marriages, p. 1. John R. Basinger (Accused of the murder of Davis E. Crawford,) N00005845 Categories: People

Accused of the murder of Davis E. Crawford, along with Daniel H. Basinger and Lewis Baker.

Relationships Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court Legal: Daviss Earl Crawford (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, store clerk) Social: Daviss Earl Crawford (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, store clerk)

KYR-0001-005-0020. Lewis Baker (Stephensport, Kentucky, resident. ) N00005846 1839? Categories: People

Stephensport, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Resident in Stephensport in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court Legal: Daviss Earl Crawford (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, store clerk) Social: Daviss Earl Crawford (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, store clerk)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Breckinridge, Stephensport, p. 3. Daviss Earl Crawford (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, store clerk) N00005847 1806-12-06 1862-11-11 Categories: People

Breckinridge County, Kentucky, store clerk. Kentucky native. Store clerk in Breckinridge County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge, District 1, p. 25. Find A Grave, “Daviess Earl Crawford (December 6, 1806-November 11, 1862),” Memorial #173402202, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=173402202 (accessed June 4, 2017). Angeline Baker (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, resident.) N00005848 1843? Categories: People

Breckinridge County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Resident of Breckinridge County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge, Stephensport, p. 3. Ann Tate (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, resident) N00005849 1826? Categories: People

Breckinridge County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Married to Alfred Tate. Mother of Nancy Tate and Emeline Tate. Resident of Breckinridge County in 1850.

Relationships Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge, District 1. Thomas Nichols (Boyd County, Kentucky, shoemaker) N00005850 1827-10-30 1914-07-27 Categories: People

Boyd County, Kentucky, shoemaker. Native of Scotland. Married to Sarah Nichols.

Relationships Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd, Lower Catlettsburg, p. 24. Find A Grave, "Thomas Y Nichols (October 30, 1827-July 27, 1914)," Memorial #32401664, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32401664 (accessed [January 12, 2018). Sarah Nichols (Boyd County, Kentucky, resident.) N00005851 1832? Categories: People

Boyd County, Kentucky, resident. Married to Thomas Nichols.

Relationships Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court Familial: Thomas Nichols (Boyd County, Kentucky, shoemaker)

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd, Lower Catlettsburg, p. 24. John Thomas (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, tavern keeper) N00005852 1812? Categories: People

Breckinridge County, Kentucky, tavern keeper. Kentucky native. Tavern keeper in Breckinridge County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge, Stephensport, p. 1. Samuel C. Crawford (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, capitalist) N00005853 1813? Categories: People

Breckinridge County, Kentucky, capitalist. Kentucky native. Capitalist in Breckinridge County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge, District 1, p. 25. Amelia Ann Stuart (Breckinridge County) N00005854 Categories: People

Provided information in the indictment of Daniel H. Basinger, John R. Basinger, and Lewis Baker for the murder of Davis E. Crawford.

Relationships Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court

KYR-0001-005-0020. Zachariah T. Witt (Breckinridge County) N00005857 Categories: People

Cannot determine.

T Witt (Breckinridge County) N00005855 Categories: People

Cannot determine.

Lyttleberry Dowell (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer) N00005856 1829? Categories: People

Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Lay Dowell on December 12, 1855. Farmer in Breckinridge County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge, District 1, p. 10; Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994029, Breckinridge County Marriages, p. unknown. Felix Dowell (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer) N00005858 1824-07-25 1911-11-22 Categories: People

Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Farmer in Breckinridge County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge, District 1, p. 66. Find A Grave, “Felix Dowell (July 25,1824-November 22, 1911,” Memorial #38001513, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38001513 (accessed June 4, 2017). Eliza Dowell Roberts (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, resident) N00005859 1820? Categories: People

Breckinridge County, Kentucky, resident. Married to Alexander Roberts on May 5, 1852. Resident in Breckinridge County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court Familial: Alexander Roberts (farmer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge, District 1, p. 40; Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058, Breckinridge County Marriages, p. 1. Alexander Roberts (farmer) N00005860 1827? Categories: People

Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer. Married to Eliza Dowell on May 5, 1852. Farmer in Breckinridge County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge, District 1, p. 40; Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058, Breckinridge County Marriages, p. 1. Margaret Overton (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, resident) N00005861 1820? Categories: People

Breckinridge County, Kentucky, resident. Married to Thomas Overton. Mother of William Overton, Samuel Overton, Elizabeth Overton, Dean Overton, James M. Overton, Thomas Overton, and Margaret Overton. Resident in Breckinridge County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge, District 2, p. 57. Lycurgus French (farmer) N00005862 1834-04 1872-10-05 Categories: People

Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer. Married to Mahala Ann Bassinger on August 28, 1861. Farmer in Breckinridge County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge, District 1, p. 29; Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058, Breckinridge County Marriages, p. 1. Find A Grave, “Lycurgus French (April 1834-October 5, 1872,” Memorial 335989752, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35989752 (accessed June 4, 2017); Wilson T. Jarrett ( Breckinridge County, Kentucky, merchant) N00005863 1810-08-29 1891-08-29 Categories: People

Breckinridge County, Kentucky, merchant. Married to Catherine Murdock on November 28th, 1867. Merchant in Breckinridge County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge, Stephensport, p. 1. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #000422135, Breckinridge County Marriages, p. 1. Find A Grave, “Wilson T. Jarrett (August 29, 1810-August 29, 1891),” Memorial #87064265, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=87064265 (accessed June 4, 2017). Mary Ann Beard () N00005839 Categories: People

Provided information in the indictment of Daniel H. Basinger, John R. Basinger, and Lewis Baker for the murder of Davis E. Crawford.

Relationships Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court

KYR-0001-005-0020. Clark Baker (Stephensport, Kentucky, resident) N00005840 1836? Categories: People

Stephensport, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Resident in Stephensport in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge, Stephensport, p. 3. Benjamin. F. Allen (carpenter) N00005841 1825-12-06 1866-03-06 Categories: People

Stephensport, Kentucky, carpenter. Indiana native. Carpenter in Stephensport in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge, Stephensport, p. 2. Find A Grave, “Benjamin F. Allen (December 6, 1825-March 6, 1866),” Memorial #29020891, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29020891 (accessed June 4, 2017). James A. Turner (farmer) N00005842 1819? Categories: People

Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer. Married to Elizabeth Turner. Farmer in Breckinridge County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge, District 1, p. 13. Gideon Perry Jolly (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk and county court clerk) N00005843 1822-02-07 Categories: People

Breckinridge County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk and county court clerk. Kentucky native. Son of Nelson Jolly, Jr. and Barbara Jolly. Married to Eliza Beard Jolly in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, on September 25, 1856. Father of Bion Jolly, Nannie Jolly, Lula M Jolly, and Clara Jolly. Deputy sheriff of Breckinridge County from 1849 to 1851. Sheriff of Breckinridge County from 1851 to 1858. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Breckinridge County from 1855 to 1857. Clerk of the Breckinridge Circuit Court from 1856 to 1868. Clerk of the Breckinridge County Court from 1858 to 1866. Owned four enslaved persons in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court Legal: Samuel Bland (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John C. Wheatley (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William L. Blake (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, laborer) Legal: John H. Blake (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: George Washington Wheatley (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Cicero Maxwell (Ohio County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney and soldier)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge, District No. 1, p. 139A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge, District No. 1, p. 111. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge, District No. 1, p. 8-9. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge, Town of Hardinsburg, p. 5. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1874), 772. W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State (Louisville: F. A. Battey and Company, 1887), 1066. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll 994027-994058, Breckinridge County Marriages, p. 1. "Gideon Perry Jolly (1822-1894)," Find A Grave, Memorial 86712262, accessed June 4, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86712262. James Stuart (Meade County, Kentucky, attorney and circuit court judge) N00000963 1819-03-21 1891-10-17 Categories: People

Meade County, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Hardin County, Kentucky, native. Son of Alexander L. Stuart and Jane Allen McLure Stuart. Married to Mary C. Farleigh Stuart. Father of Ellen Stuart, William A. Stuart, Charles C. Stuart, Alfred Allen Stuart, and Lettie L. Stuart. Studied law under John Allen. Admitted to the bar in Meade County, Kentucky, in 1838. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Meade County in 1848 and 1849. Attorney in Meade County in 1850. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Meade County in 1850. Judge of the 3rd Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1856 to 1867. Owned nine enslaved persons in Meade County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Andrew J. Bickerstaff (Brandenburg, Kentucky, engineer and merchant) Political: Stephen Hicks (Hardin County, Kentucky, farmer) Economic: Hardin Circuit Court Social: John Cauffield (Subject of petition from Hancock County in August 1862.) Legal: Meade Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Meade County, Kentucky District, p. 84. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Meade County, Kentucky District. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Meade County, Brandenburg, p. 380. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Meade County, p. 82A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, Owensboro, Lower Town Precinct, p. 173B. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1859 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 289. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 355-59. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. History of Daviess County, Kentucky (Chicago, IL: Inter-state Publishing Company, 1883), p. 141-42. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky, Volume II (Covington, KY: Collins and Company, 1878), 599. "Judge James Stuart (1819-1891)," Find A Grave, Memorial 76265733, accessed September 9, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76265733. Thomas Elliott Bramlette (KY governor 1863-67, atty, D.A., col 3rd KY Inf) N001000 1817-01-03 1875-01-12 Categories: People

Twenty-third governor of Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Cumberland County, Kentucky, native. Married to Sallie Travis Bramlette in September 1837. Father of James T. Bramlette, William L. Bramlette, Eugene Bramlette, and Corrina Bell Bramlette. Practiced law in Clinton County, Kentucky, and Columbia, Kentucky. Represented Cumberland and Clinton counties in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1841 to 1843. Commonwealth's attorney of the 8th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1848 to 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in 1850. Circuit judge of the 6th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1856 to 1861. Owned nine enslaved persons in 1860. Served as colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from 1861 to 1862. District attorney of the United States District Court for Kentucky in 1863. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to September 3, 1867. Owned law firm of Bramlette & Van Winkle in partnership with Ephraim L. Van Winkle.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 181A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 335 (p. 2 of 2 on microfilm). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, The Town of Columbia 1st Division, p. 13 (p. 2 of 3 on microfilm). Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 83B. Ross A. Webb, “Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867)” in Lowell H. Harrison, ed., Kentucky’s Governors (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 93-97 Lowell H. Harrison, "Bramlette, Thomas Elliott" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 112-13. Breckinridge County, Kentucky P001810 Categories: Places

Seat at Hardinsburg, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

37.7982, -86.4592 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 35. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Breckinridge County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on April 20, 2020). Breckinridge Circuit Court O00000353 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 3rd Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): James Stewart. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Cicero Maxwell and John Chapeze. Clerk(s): Gideon P. Jolly.

“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. 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. Breckinridge County, Kentucky Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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Breckenridge Circuit Court

Commonwealth of. Kentucky against Daniel. H ^B^asinger John. R. Baysinger and Lewis Baker } Indictment

the grand Jury of Breckenridge County in the name & by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse Daniel. H. Basinger John. R. Basinger & Lewis. Baker of the crime of murder committed as follows viz --

the Said Daniel. H. Basinger John. R. Baysinger & Lewis Baker on the day of December & Year 1862 in the county afrd did feloniously and with mallas aforethought Kill and Murder Davis E Crawford by striking him with axes Hammers & clubs aganst the peace & digninty of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Information by Miss Angeline Baker Mrs Ann Tate Thomas Nichols & Sarah his wife John Thomas Samuel C. Crawford Amelia Ann Stuart Zachariah

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T Witt Littleberry Dowell Felix Dowell Elizab Roberts Alexander Roberts Mrs Margaret Overton Lycurgus French & Wilson Jarrett Summons for the comlth -- Mrs Mary Ann Beard Clark Baker Benjamin. F. Allen & James A Turner

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The within named Lewis Baker escaped from custody and is now at large I think a reward should be offored for his apprehension as the Murder charged in the Indictment was an atrocious assassination January 8th. 1864

James Stuart Circuit Judge

Breckenridge Co The Commonwealth. of. Ky vs } Murder Dan. H. Basinger Jno R. Basinger Lewis. Baker

A true Bill
Reward of $250.00 for Lewis Baker

Tho E Bramlette

11th Jany 1864