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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-0001-005-0127 BR7-199

Bath County, Kentucky Jesse Underwood (Carter County, Kentucky, farm hand) N00005541 1843? 1879-10 Categories: People

Carter County, Kentucky, farmhand. Kentucky native. Son of George H. Underwood. Farmhand in Carter County in 1860. With his brother, David Underwood, accused of fatally shooting George A. Trumbo in Bath County on September 21, 1865.

Relationships Legal: George A. Trumbo (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer & supply 2nd lieut 10th KY Cav USA) Legal: Bath County Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carter County, p. 68. Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880 – Microfilm (1852-1910)_, NARA, Archive T655, Roll #17, Kentucky, 1879, p. 1521. KYR-0001-005-0127. David Underwood (Carter County, Kentucky, farm hand) N00005542 1841? Categories: People

Carter County, Kentucky, farmhand. Kentucky native. Son of George H. Underwood. Farmhand in Carter County in 1860. With his brother, Jesse Underwood, accused of fatally shooting George A. Trumbo in Bath County on September 21, 1865.

Relationships Legal: George A. Trumbo (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer & supply 2nd lieut 10th KY Cav USA) Legal: Bath County Court Familial: Jesse Underwood (Carter County, Kentucky, farm hand) Legal: Jesse Underwood (Carter County, Kentucky, farm hand)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carter County, p. 68. KYR-0001-005-0127. George A. Trumbo (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer & supply 2nd lieut 10th KY Cav USA) N00005544 1806? 1865-09-21 Categories: People

Bath County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Charlotte Trumbo. Father of William Trumbo, Mary A. Trumbo, Oliver Trumbo, Benjamin Trumbo, Henriette Trumbo, and Jennette Trumbo. Farmer in Bath County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Bath County in 1850. Served in the 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as supply 2nd lieutenant from November 22, 1862, to September 14, 1863. Shot and killed in Bath County on September 21, 1865, allegedly by Jesse Underwood and David Underwood.

Relationships Legal: Bath County Court Legal: Bath Circuit Court Legal: David Underwood (Carter County, Kentucky, farm hand) Legal: Jesse Underwood (Carter County, Kentucky, farm hand) Military: James W. Gore (Bath County, Kentucky, farmhand and wagoner 10th KY Cav USA) Military: Isaac Ulery 10th cav (Bath County, Kentucky, farm hand and pvt 1oth KY Cav USA) Military: John S. Anderson (Bath County, Kentucky, private 10th KY Cav USA) Military: William W. Swetnam (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt 10th KY Cav USA) Military: Minor Ellis (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt 10th KY Cav USA) Social: John Stewart (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer and private, 10th KY Cav USA)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District 1, p. 62A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District 1, p. 252. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 253. KYR-0001-005-0126. John A. Trumbo (Bath County, Kentucky, farm laborer & jury foreman) N00005545 1842-05-05 1922-12-03 Categories: People

Bath County, Kentucky, farm laborer. Kentucky native. Farm laborer in Bath County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Bath County Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 95. Find A Grave, “John A. Trumbo (1842-1922),” Memorial #34874620, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34874620/john-a.-trumbo (accessed June 4, 2017). Van B. Young (Owingsville, Kentucky, circuit clerk, attorney, and politician) N00003130 1831? Categories: People

Owingsville, Kentucky, court clerk, attorney, U.S. marshal, police judge, and politician. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas I. Young and Elizabeth Young. Married to Mary R. Bell Young in Bath County, Kentucky, on June 26, 1856. Resident of Bath County in 1850. Studied law with Judge Thomas B. Monroe, Sr., in Frankfort, Kentucky. U.S. Marshal in Bath County. Attorney in Owingsville in 1860. Police judge of Owingsville in 1861. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Bath County from 1861 to 1863. Clerk of the Bath Circuit Court from 1862 to 1866.

Relationships Legal: Bath County Court Legal: Richard Apperson, Jr. (11th District Circuit Judge) Legal: Wilkins Warren (Bath County, Kentucky, grocery keeper, 2nd lieut 24th KY Inf & 7th KY Cav USA, accused murderer & fugitive) Legal: Bath Circuit Court Legal: James M. Nesbitt (Bath County, Kentucky, attorney & comm'th atty) Legal: James Andrew Jackson Lee (Owingsville, Kentucky, merchant) Legal: William Penrose Conner (Bath County, Kentucky, sheriff and soldier) Legal: George W. Conner (Bath County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Legal: John A. Turner, Jr. (Bath County, Kentucky, circuit clerk) Legal: Benjamin Daniel Lacy (Owingsville, Kentucky, attorney & county atty) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, 1st Division, p. 109B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath, Owingsville, p. 1. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058, Fayette County Marriages, p. 7 of 29 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). “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), 301-06. “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), 347-50. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky (Louisville, KY: Richard H. Collins, 1877), 47. H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 137. KYR-0001-017-0065. Bath County, Kentucky P00000478 Categories: Places

County in northeastern Kentucky. Seat at Owingsville.

38.1058, -83.7199 "Bath County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 60. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Bath County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 23, 2019). Bath Circuit Court O00000358 1811-05-06 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 11th Judicial District of Kentucky. Judge(s): William H. Burns and Richard A. Apperson, Jr. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): James M. Nesbitt and J. Saige Dury. Clerk(s): John A. Turner, Jr., and Van B. Young.

Relationships Legal: John A. Trumbo (Bath County, Kentucky, farm laborer & jury foreman) Legal: George A. Trumbo (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer & supply 2nd lieut 10th KY Cav USA) Legal: J. Saige Dury (Mount Sterling, Kentucky, attorney and editor) Legal: Van B. Young (Owingsville, Kentucky, circuit clerk, attorney, and politician) Legal: David Underwood (Carter County, Kentucky, farm hand) Legal: Jesse Underwood (Carter County, Kentucky, farm hand) Legal: Philip Williams (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Franklin Tincher (Bath County, Kentucky, farmhand and corp 1st Reg Capital Guards, Bath Co Rangers) Legal: George A. Bean (Montgomery County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William Rogers (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer, preacher) Legal: James M. Nesbitt (Bath County, Kentucky, attorney & comm'th atty) Legal: Reuben Gudgell (Bath County, Ky, attorney)

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. John A. Richards, A History of Bath County, Kentucky (Yuma, AZ: Southwest Printers, 1961), 567. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1877), 47. 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. Bath 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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Bath Circuit Court

The Commonwealth of Kentucky against } Indictment

Jessee Underwood

David Underwood

The Grand Jury of Bath County in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse Jessee Underwood and David Underwood of the offence of Murder, Committed as follows towit The said Jessee Underwood and David Underwood on the 21st day of September 1865 in the County and Circuit aforsaid did wilfully and felloneously and with malace aforethought, shoot, kill and Murder George A Trumbo with a pistol they then and there had loaded with powder and ball

Against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

J S Dury Comth atty

A Copy

Attest V. B. Young C B C C

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The Commonwealth vs } Indictment for Murder Jessee Underwood David Underwood

A True Bill

J. A. Trumbo Foreman

J. S. Dury Comth atty