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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-0001-005-0136 BR7-209 to BR7-210

Christian County, Kentucky Pinkney A. Yancey (Christian County, Kentucky, resident) N00005449 1837? Categories: People

Christian County, Kentucky, resident. Virginia native. Resident in Christian County in 1850.

Relationships Legal: Robert Coleman (Christian County, Kentucky, murdered) Legal: Christian Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian, District 2, p. unknown. Robert Coleman (Christian County, Kentucky, murdered) N00005450 1865-11 Categories: People

Mentioned in a letter from H. R. Littell to Thomas E. Bramlette on December 13, 1865. Shot on November 9, 1865, with Pinkney Yancey as the accused.

Relationships Legal: Pinkney A. Yancey (Christian County, Kentucky, resident)

KYR-0001-005-0135. William Harrelson (justice of the peace) N00005461 1805? Categories: People

Christian County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Virginia A. P. Watson on August 13, 1857. Farmer in Christian County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Christian Circuit Court Legal: Pinkney A. Yancey (Christian County, Kentucky, resident)

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058, Christian County Marriages, p. 15. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Christian, not stated, p. 651. William W. Sargent (Christian County, Kentucky, justice of the peace) N00005456 Categories: People

Christian County, Kentucky, justice of the peace. Justice of the peace in Christian County in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Pinkney A. Yancey (Christian County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Christian Circuit Court

KYR-0001-005-0136. Daniel T. Brown (Christian County, Kentucky, farmer) N00005490 1816? Categories: People

Christian County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Hopson Brown on January 28, 1845. Farmer in Christian County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Christian Circuit Court Legal: Pinkney A. Yancey (Christian County, Kentucky, resident)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Christian, Not Stated, p. 19. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #000465562, Christian County Marriages, p. 82. William Bartlett Yancey, Sr. (Christian County, Kentucky, farmer) N00005458 1823 1893-11-05 Categories: People

Christian County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native.

Relationships Legal: William Harrelson (justice of the peace) Legal: William W. Sargent (Christian County, Kentucky, justice of the peace) Legal: Pinkney A. Yancey (Christian County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Christian Circuit Court

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian, Caskys, p. 360A. Find A Grave, “William Bartlett Yancey, Sr. (1823-November 5, 1893),” Memorial #102317309, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=102317309 (accessed June 3, 2017). Joseph I. Laudes (county attorney) N00005459 Categories: People

Christian County, kentucky, attorney. Attorney in Christian County in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Pinkney A. Yancey (Christian County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Christian Circuit Court

KYR-0001-005-0136. Joab Clark (Christian Co, KY, Clerk of Circuit Court) N00005491 1807-07-23 1882-01-23 Categories: People

Christian County, Kentucky, farmer and court clerk. Christian County, Kentucky, native. Married to Mary "Polly" A. Clark. Father of Harriett C. Clark, Volney C. Clark, Hosea B. Clark, Aurelia C. Clark, Sebastian S. Clark, Albert Hawes Clark, Elizabeth Clark, Victoria Clark, Ellen N. Clark, and Josephine Clark. Married to Nancy Brasher Clark in Christian County, Kentucky, on December 18, 1853. Father of Joab Clark and Mary Clark. Farmer in Christian County in 1850. Farmer in Christian County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Christian County in 1862. Clerk of the Christian Circuit Court in Christian County from 1862 to 1866.

Relationships Legal: Joseph I. Laudes (county attorney) Legal: Pinkney A. Yancey (Christian County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Christian Circuit Court Legal: Harrison R. Littell (Christian County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Political: Christian Circuit Court Political: William Brown (Christian County, Kentucky, schoolteacher, farmer, and justice of the peace)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1, p. 471B-472A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 537-38. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Fruit Hill, p. 329A. 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), 300. 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. “Joab Clark (1807-1882),” Find A Grave, Memorial 11165520, accessed June 3, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11165520. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll 994031, Christian County Marriages, p. 2-3. Albert Hawes Clark (Christian County, Kentucky, attorney.) N00005492 1839-11-03 1899-05-10 Categories: People

Christian County, Kentucky, attorney. Son of Joab Clark. Farm laborer in Christian County in 1860. Deputy clerk of Christian County Court in 1865. Attorney in Christian County in 1870.

Relationships Legal: Joab Clark (Christian Co, KY, Clerk of Circuit Court) Familial: Joab Clark (Christian Co, KY, Clerk of Circuit Court)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Christian, not stated, p. 316. Find A Grave, “Col Albert Hawes 'Al' Clark (November 3, 1839-May 10, 1899),” Memorial #88551098, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=88551098, (accessed June 3, 2017). KYR-0001-005-0136. Christian County, Kentucky P00001918 Categories: Places

County in southwestern Kentucky. Seat at Hopkinsville.

36.8656, -87.4886 "Hopkinsville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. William T. Turner, "Christian County," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 2002), 187-88. Pembroke, Kentucky P00001919 Categories: Places

Located in Christian County, Kentucky.

36.7759, -87.3556 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 229. 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. Christian Circuit Court O00000362 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 2nd Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Thomas C. Dabney (1859-1862) and Richard T. Petree (1862-1868). Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Edward P. Campbell (1860-1868). Clerk(s): John C. Latham (1861-1862) and Joab Clark (1862-1865).

Relationships Legal: Sarah Ann Hord Myers (Christian County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: George Long (Christian County, Kentucky, lime burner.)

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. Christian County, Kentucky Legal/Financial English Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "3": 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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1 The Commonwealth of Kentucky To Any Sheriff or Constable of Christian Co--

It appearing that there are reasonable grounds for believing that Pinknery Yancy has committed the offense of shooting Robert T Coleman with a pistol with intent to kill, in the County of Christian -- You are therefore Commanded forth with to arrest Pinkney Yancy and bring him before me, and some other Justice of the peace for said County to be dealt with according to Law --

Given under my hand as Justice of the peace of Christian County this 9' day of December 1865

William Harrelson J. P,

EexcutdDecer 9 -- 1865 on the within named Pinkney Yancey by apprehending him and bringing him before Wm Harrelson & Wm W Sargent two Justices of the peace for Christian County for trial

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Pinkney A Yancy, having been brought before Wm Harrelson & W W Sargent two Justices of the peace for Christian

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2 County for an examination of the charge of having unlawfully shot Robert S Coleman with intent to kill, and being allowed to give Bail for his appearance during the examination of the Charge, Now I William Yancy of the County of Christian and State of Kentucky do undertake that Said Pinkney A Yancy will appear in Said Examining Court at Pembroke Christian County Ky, on Tuesday 12' day of Decer 1865 and will render himself amenable to all the order of said Court in the examination of the Charge, and if he fail to perform either of these conditions I will pay to the Commonwealth of Ky One Thousand Dollars

Witness Our hands & Seals this 9' day Decr 1865

P A ^his X Mark^ Yancey W B Yancey

Witness W W Sargent William Harrelson --

Christian County Sct December 12 -- 1865

Joseph I Laudes Esqr the county attorney appeared before us this day as prosecutor in behalf of the Commonwealth of the within named Pinkney A Yancey

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3 and the said Yancey was called but faild to appear and this Bond is forfeitd-, This at Pembroke in Said County

William Harrelson J P Wm W Sergeant J P --

State of Kentucky Christian County,

I Joab Clark Clerk of the Circuit Court for Said County Certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the warrant & Bail Bond returned into my office by the above named Justices on the 16' December 1865

Joab Clark Clk By A H Clark D C