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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-0001-005-0105 BR7-171

Linicoln County, Kentucky Augden Bridgewater (Lincoln County, Kentucky, miller) N00005396 1827-04-12 1893-10-20 Categories: People

Lincoln County, Kentucky, miller. Virginia native. Son of Henry Bridgewater and Mary Franklin Bridgewater. Married to Emeline Shackleford on August 15, 1851. Miller in Lincoln County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Lincoln Circuit Court Legal: Jennie Adams (Lincoln County )

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln, not stated, p. 168. Louisville Daily Express (Louisville, KY), September 13,1869. Find A Grave, “Augden Bridgewater (April 12, 1827-October 20, 1893),” Memorial #81139909, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=81139909 (accessed June 5, 2017). Jennie Adams (Lincoln County ) N00005397 Categories: People

Lincoln County, Kentucky, resident. Appeared in an indictment against Augden Bridgewater.

Relationships Legal: Lincoln Circuit Court

KYR-0001-005-0105. 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). W. H. Miller (Lincoln County, Kentucky, clerk) N00008414 Categories: People

Lincoln County, Kentucky, county clerk. Appeared in an indictment against Augden Bridgwater.

Relationships Legal: Lincoln Circuit Court Legal: Augden Bridgewater (Lincoln County, Kentucky, miller) Legal: Jennie Adams (Lincoln County )

KYR-0001-005-0105. Richard Wallace Givens (farmer and jury foreman) N00005398 1814-12-08 1869-04-13 Categories: People

Lincoln County, Kentucky, farmer. Married to Isabella Paxton Givens. Father of Ann C. Givens, Richard Givens, Bettie Givens, Mary Bell Givens, Rachel B. Givens, James Givens, Nora Givens, and William Givens. Farmer in Lincoln County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Lincoln Circuit Court Legal: Augden Bridgewater (Lincoln County, Kentucky, miller) Legal: Jennie Adams (Lincoln County )

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln, not stated, p. 49. Find A Grave, “Richard Wallace Givens (December 8, 1814-April 13, 1869),” Memorial #95696437, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=95696437 (accessed June 5, 2017). Lincoln County, Kentucky P00005395 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Stanford, Kentucky.

37.5312, -84.6619 Allan R. Leach, "Lincoln County," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2001), p. 557-58. "Stanford, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 2, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Lincoln Circuit Court O00000417 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 6th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Thomas E. Bramlette and Fontaine T. Fox. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Ephraim L. Vanwinkle and Michael H. Owsley. Clerk(s): George H. McKinney, James Huffman, and S. S. McRoberts.

Relationships Economic: Michael Henry Owsley (Cumberland County, Kentucky, attorney, capt & major in 1st & 5th Cav (USA)) Economic: Harrison P. Middleton (Lincoln County, KY, sheriff and farmer )

“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. Linicoln 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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Lincoln CIRCUIT COURT. THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, AGAINST

Augden Bridgwater

The Grand Jury of Lincoln County, in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse Augden Bridgwater of the Crime of horse-stealing commited as follows, viz: the said Augden Bridgwater did on the 5th day of September 1865, in the County aforesaid unlawfully and feloniously steal, take and carry away from the possession of Jennie Adams one horse of the value of one hundred dollars, the personal property of the said Jennie Adams, and converted the same to his own use and benefit. Against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

M. H. OWSLEY, Attorney for the Commonwealth

A true Copy Attest W H Miller C L C C

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COMMONWEALTH INDICTMENT FOR Horse Stealing VERSUS Augden Bridgwater A TRUE BILL. R. W. Givens Foreman. 186. Filed WITNESSES EXAMINED,