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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-0001-006-0040 BR6-43

Morgan County, Illinois Robert R. Smith (Morgan County, Illinois, farmer.) N00019718 1811? 1868 Categories: People

Morgan County, Illinois, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Ellen Smith. Father of Sarah J. Smith, Amy Smith, Samuel W. Smith, Meredith L. Smith, Dewitt G. Smith, and Elmer Smith. Farmer in Morgan County, Illinois, in 1850. Farmer in Morgan County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Jeremiah Pierson (Morgan County, Illinois, marble merchant and justice of the peace.) Legal: James L. Burns (Morgan County, Illinois, farmer.) Legal: Robert Pulliam (Morgan County, Illinois, resident. ) Legal: State of Illinois

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Illinois, Morgan County, p. 245B.. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Morgan County, Sulphur Springs Precinct, p. 654. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, Sulphur Springs, p. 614B. "Robert R. Smith (1811-1868)," Find A Grave, Memorial 69213780, accessed April 10, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69213780. Robert Pulliam (Morgan County, Illinois, resident. ) N00019710 1843? Categories: People

Morgan County, Illinois, resident. Kentucky native. Son of James Pulliam and Jenetta Pulliam. Attended school in Anderson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident of Morgan County, Illinois, in 1860. Charged with the murder of James Burns in Morgan County in 1864. Fugitive from justice in Kentucky from 1864 to 1865. Arrested in Kentucky in 1865. Extradited to Illinois in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Dewitt Clinton Fry (Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, constable.) Legal: Ozias Mather Hatch (Springfield, IL, secretary of state of IL (1856-1864)) Legal: State of Illinois Legal: Richard Yates (Morgan County, Illinois, governor, attorney, representative, and senator) Legal: James L. Burns (Morgan County, Illinois, farmer.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Anderson County, p. 222A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Morgan County, Sulphur Springs, p. 664. "Jacksonville Correspondence," The Illinois State Journal (Springfield, Illinois) July 25, 1865, p. 2. KYR-0001-006-0040. KYR-0001-006-0041. James L. Burns (Morgan County, Illinois, farmer.) N00019713 1844? 1864-07-24 Categories: People

Morgan County, Illinois, farmer. Tennessee native. Son of Harvey Burns and Jane Burns. Resident of Carter County, Tennessee, in 1850. Farmer in Morgan County, Illinois, in 1860. Attended school in Morgan County in 1860. Killed by Robert Pulliam in Morgan County on July 24, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Carter County, District 7, p. 196B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Morgan County, Franklin Precinct, p. 646. KYR-0001-006-0040. Jeremiah Pierson (Morgan County, Illinois, marble merchant and justice of the peace.) N00019714 1821-08-16 1897-04-03 Categories: People

Morgan County, Illinois, marble merchant and justice of the peace. New Jersey native. Married to Sarah E. Catlin Pierson in Hancock County, Illinois, on February 23, 1847. Father of Addie Pierson, Emma Pierson, Maria Pierson, Daniel Pierson, Azel Pierson, Mary Pierson, and James Pierson. Blacksmith in Morgan County, Illinois, in 1850. Marble merchant in Morgan County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Morgan County in 1864.

Relationships Legal: State of Illinois

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville, p. 186A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville, p. 365. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville Ward 2, pp. 484B-485A. Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940, Genealogical Society of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT, Hancock County Marriages, Film 001532146. "Jeremiah Pierson (1821-1897)," Find A Grave, Memorial 156041539, accessed April 7, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156041539. KYR-0001-006-0040. Springfield, Illinois P00015391 Categories: Places

Capital of Illinois. County seat of Sangamon County, Illinois.

39.8017, -89.6437 "Springfield, Illinois," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 18, 2021, 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/. Morgan County, Illinois P00019711 Categories: Places

County in west central Illinois. Seat at Jacksonville, Illinois. Established January 31, 1823. Population of 22,112 (21,937 white residents and 175 free African American residents) in 1860.

39.7156, -90.2015 "Morgan County," Office of the Illinois Secretary of State, accessed April 7, 2023, https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/IRAD/morgan.html. "Morgan County, Illinois," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed April 7, 2023, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. "Classified Population of the States and Territories, by Counties, on the First Day of June, 1860: State of Illinois," Population of the United States in 1860; Compiled from the Original Returns of the Eight Census, Under the Direction of the Secretary of the Interior, (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1864), 80-3. Johnson & Bradford O00019719 1841 1869 Categories: Organizations

Publishing house and bookstore in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois. Formerly Burchell & Johnson. Operated from 1841 to 1869. Partners: John H. Johnson and John S. Bradford.

John Carroll Power, History of Springfield, Illinois: Its Attractions as a Home and Advantages for Business, Manufacturing, Etc. (Springfield, IL: Illinois State Journal Print, 1871), pp. 74-5. John Carroll Power and S. A. Power, History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois (Springfield, IL: Edwin A. Wilson & Co., 1876), pp. 130-1. State of Illinois O00014696 1818-12-03 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Illinois. Capital at Springfield, Illinois. Governor(s): William Henry Bissell (January 12, 1857 - March 18, 1860), John Wood (March 18, 1860 - January 14, 1861), Richard Yates (January 14, 1861 - January 16, 1865), and Richard James Oglesby (January 16, 1865 - January 11, 1869).

Relationships Political: Richard Yates (Morgan County, Illinois, governor, attorney, representative, and senator) Political: Ozias Mather Hatch (Springfield, IL, secretary of state of IL (1856-1864))

Janet Cartwright, Richard T. Lockhart, and Paul Simon, “Illinois,” Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed June 5, 2021, https://www.britannica.com/place/Illinois-state. “Former Illinois Governors," National Governors Association, accessed June 5, 2021, https://www.nga.org/former-governors/illinois. Morgan County, Illinois 1864-07-29 Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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PEOPLE'S WARRANT. Sold by JOHNSON & BRADFORD. Springfield, Ill.

STATE OF ILLINOIS, Morgan COUNTY. } SS.

Robert Smith Comes and on his oath complains against one Robert Pullum and says that he, the said Robert Pullum did, at the County of Morgan, in the State of Illinois, on the 24th day of July A. D. 1864, commit a criminal offence, to-wit: Did with malice aforethought with a loaded Revolver shoot, kill, and murder one James Burns, then being in the peace of the People Contrary to the Statute in such case made and provided and that he, the said Robert Smith has just and reasonable grounds to suspect, and does verily believe, that Robert Pullum has committed the same; and therefore he, the said Robert Smith, prays that a Warrant may issue against the said Robert Pullum

R R Smith

Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 259 day of July A. D. 1864

Jeremiah Pierson J. P.

State of Illinois, Morgan COUNTY.

The People of the State of Illinois, To all Coroners, Sheriffs and Constables of said State---GREETING:

WHEREAS, Robert Smith has made complaint before me, Jeremiah Pierson, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, against Robert Pullum, in the words and figures set forth in the foregoing complaint by the said Robert Smith subscribed and sworn to on this day:

You are therefore hereby commanded in the name and by the authority of the said People, to arrest the said Robert Pullum, and bring him forthwith before me, or some other Justice of said County, to answer said complaint, and to be dealt with according to law.

Given under my hand and seal this 259th day of July 1864

Jeremiah Pierson J. P.