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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, Requisitions for the Return of Fugitives from Justice, 1863-1867 KYR-0001-006-0039 BR6-42

Livingston County, Kentucky David W. Owen (Livingston County, Kentucky, farmer) N00019724 1833-03-26 1882-03-19 Categories: People

Livingston County, Kentucky, farmer. Crittenden County, Kentucky, native. Son of Anne M. Owen. Married to Nancy Threlkeld Owen in Crittenden County, Kentucky, on September 14, 1853. Father of William Owen, Webb Owen, and Paton Owen. Laborer in Crittenden County, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident of Crittenden County, Kentucky, in 1856. Farmer in Livingston County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Isaac Trimble Handlin (Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge.) Legal: State of Illinois

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 1, p. 244B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, District 2, p. 232. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Hamilton County, District 7, p. 601A. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994045, Crittenden County Births. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Grant County Marriages, Film 000558428. "David W. Owen (1833-1882)," Find A Grave, Memorial 5585013, accessed April 11, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5585013. Ferdinand Fife (Crittenden County, Kentucky, fisherman) N00019726 1835? Categories: People

Crittenden County, Kentucky, fisherman. Ohio native. Married to Christiana M. Fife. Fisherman in Crittenden County, Kentucky, in 1860. Fisherman in Jefferson County, Illinois, in 1863. Charged with murder in Livingston County, Kentucky, in 1864. Charged with selling liquor without a license in Pope County, Illinois, in 1864. Arrested in Massoc County, Illinois, in 1864.

Relationships Legal: Ruben J. Newman (Livingston County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: David W. Owen (Livingston County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Isaac Trimble Handlin (Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge.) Legal: State of Illinois

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 1, p. 416. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Jefferson County, IL, June 1863, p. 207. KYR-0001-006-0039. Ruben J. Newman (Livingston County, Kentucky, resident) N00019725 1844-10-30 1864-07-25 Categories: People

Livingston County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Son of Orville Newman. Resident of Livingston County, Kentucky, in 1850. Attended school in Livingston County in 1860. Killed by Ferdinand Fife in Livingston County, Kentucky, on July 25, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, p. 368B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, District 2, p. 233. "R. J. Newman (1844-1864)," Find A Grave, Memorial 43366426, accessed April 11, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43366426. [Unknown] [Unknown] (Pope County, Illinois, sheriff.) N00019735 Categories: People

Pope County, Illinois, sheriff. Sheriff of Pope County, Illinois, in 1864.

KYR-0001-006-0039. Isaac Trimble Handlin (Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge.) N00006008 1832-02-14 1882-05-09 Categories: People

Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Livingston County, Kentucky, native. Son of Joseph Handlin and Catherine C. Trimble Handlin. Married to Rosa B. Clark Handlin in Marshall County, Kentucky, on February 16, 1859. Father of William R. Handlin, Clara Handlin, and Margaret Handlin. Attended school in Crittenden County, Kentucky, in 1850. Attorney in Livingston County, Kentucky, in 1860. Presiding judge of the Livingston Circuit Court in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Livingston Circuit Court Social: Albert Elmore (Livingston County, KY, carpenter) Legal: State of Illinois

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 1, p. 213B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Smithland, p. 249B. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994048, Marshall County Marriages. Eugene Earl Trimble, Trimble Families: A Partial Listing of the Descendants of Some Colonial Families (Kensington, MD: 1958), 154-5, 170-1. "I T Handlin (1832-1882)," Find A Grave, Memorial 74612574, accessed March 3, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74612574. KYR-0001-025-0012. Livingston County, Kentucky P00002063 Categories: Places

County in far western Kentucky. Seat at Smithland. Located on the Ohio River and Cumberland River.

37.2431, -88.3628 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 176. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Livingston County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on April 7, 2020). Kentucky P001800 Categories: Places

State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992). Pope County, Illinois P00019722 Categories: Places

County in southern Illinois. Seat at Golconda, Illinois. Located on the Ohio River.

37.4128, -88.5616 "Pope County, Illinois," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed April 11, 2023, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Illinois P00004765 Categories: Places

State in the midwestern region of the United States. Capital at Springfield. Located on the Ohio River and Mississippi River.

39.8017, -89.6437 Newton Bateman and Paul Selby, ed., Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois (Chicago: Munsell Publishing Company, 1918), p. 241, 258. Roger D. Bridges and Rodney O. Davis, Illinois: Its History and Legacy (St. Louis: River City Publishers, 1984). “Springfield, Illinois," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed February 26, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Massac County, Illinois P00019723 Categories: Places

County in southeastern Illinois. Seat at Metropolis. Located on the Ohio River.

37.219, -88.7077 "Massac County, Illinois," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed April 11, 2023, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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. Massac County Jail O00019733 1843? Categories: Organizations

County jail located in Metropolis, Massac County, Illinois.

O.J. Page, History of Massac County, Illinois, with Life Sketches and Portraits: In Two Parts, vol. I (Metropolis, IL: 1900), 55. Livingston County, Kentucky 1864-07-26 Legal/Financial English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. 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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State of Kentucky Livingston County } Sct

D W Owen States that on the 25th day of July 1864 Furtnan Fife wilfully and maliciously Shot at and killed R Newman, in Livingston County State of Kentucky, That said Furtnan Fife is now under an arrest by the Sheriff of Pope County State of Illinois under charge of selling liquor with out licenses and is being conveyed to The jail of Massack County State of Illinois for safe keeping

D. W. Owen

State of Kentucky Livingston County } Sct

Subscribed and sworn to before me by D W Owen This 26th day of July 1864

I T Handlin P J L C

J T H July 26 1864

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Livingston Co Illinois Requisition issued & D W Owen appt. Agent 1st August /64