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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-0001-006-0084 BR6-107

Jefferson County, Kentucky Thomas Forman (Louisville, KY, police officer) N00019998 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, police officer. Police officer in Louisville in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Samuel Matlack (Louisville, Kentucky, magistrate and soldier.) Legal: Matthew Skiffington (Peoria County, Illinois, laborer and barkeeper. )

"$250 Reward," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), July 10, 1865, p. 4. William Reader (Name on a pocket watch belonging to Thomas Forman in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1865.) N00019997 Categories: People

Name on a pocket watch belonging to Thomas Forman in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1865.

KYR-0001-006-0084. Matthew Skiffington (Peoria County, Illinois, laborer and barkeeper. ) N00019873 1830 1889 Categories: People

Peoria County, Illinois, laborer and barkeeper. New York native. Married to Janett Skiffington. Laborer in Dutchess County, New York in 1850. Barkeeper in Peoria County, Illinois, in 1860. Charged with stealing from Thomas Forman in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1865. Fugitive from justice in Illinois in 1865.

Relationships Legal: William Hipwell (Louisville soldier and police) Legal: William K. Thomas (Jefferson County, Kentucky, jailer) Legal: David A. Wheeler (Peoria County, Illinois, constable and laborer.) Legal: State of Illinois Political: Sharon Tyndale (Illinois, engineer, County surveyor, Postmaster and Secretary of State. ) Legal: Peoria Circuit Court Legal: William W. O'Brien (Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, attorney. ) Legal: Thomas Cratty (Peoria County, Illinois, attorney.) Legal: George C. McFadden (Peoria County, Illinois, merchant, hotelkeeper, and sheriff.) Legal: Thomas Mooney, Jr. (Peoria County, Illinois, farmer and court clerk.) Legal: Marion Williamson (Peoria, Peoria County Illinois, lawyer and judge.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, New York, Dutchess County, North East, p. 318A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Peoria County, Peoria Ward 4, p. 268. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Mortality Schedules, Illinois, Peoria County, Peoria, p. 307C. "Matthew Skiffington (1830-1889)," Find A Grave, Memorial 93245262, accessed May 2, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93245262. KYR-0001-006-0086. KYR-0001-006-0093. Samuel Matlack (Louisville, Kentucky, magistrate) N00010650 1815-04-26 1881-12-10 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, magistrate. Kentucky native. Married to Mildred Ann Gregory Matlack in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on April 17, 1844. Father of Elizabeth J. Matlack, William Matleck. Magistrate in Louisville in 1860. Resident of Louisville in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Alexander Willey (Louisville, KY, deputy court clerk) Legal: Matthew Skiffington (Peoria County, Illinois, laborer and barkeeper. )

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482707. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson, Louisville Ward 5, p. 115. Find A Grave, "Samuel Matlack (1815-1881)," Memorial #134790923, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134790923 (accessed May 14, 2019). KYR-0001-004-2416 T. Jack Conn (Louisville, Kentucky, deputy court clerk) N002025 1834? 1872-04-06 Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, deputy court clerk. Deputy clerk of the Jefferson County Court in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1860. Deputy clerk of the Jefferson County Court in 1861.

Relationships Familial: William F. Bowen (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer) Familial: Hezekiah Bowen (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Powell Circuit Court Legal: J. Saige Dury (Mount Sterling, Kentucky, attorney and editor) Legal: William Henry Holt (Montgomery County, Kentucky, attorney.)

"T. Jack Conn (unknown-1872)," Find A Grave, Memorial 135514413, accessed June 14, 2016, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135514413. Tanner’s Louisville Directory, and Business Advertiser for 1861, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 60. Alexander Willey (Louisville, KY, deputy court clerk) N00019999 1847? 1879-09-04 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, deputy court clerk. Kentucky native. Son of Joseph Willey and Cecelia Willey. Resident of Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Attended school in Louisville in 1860. Deputy clerk of the Jefferson County Court in October 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 1, p. 35A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 2, p. 598. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Louisville Ward 4, p. 368A. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 7007126, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 579. KYR-0001-006-0084. 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). Jefferson County, Kentucky P001005 Categories: Places

County in north central Kentucky. Seat at Louisville. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2542, -85.7594 George H. Yater, "Jefferson County," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 464-67. "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 23, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Louisville, Kentucky P00000337 Categories: Places

Seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2527, -85.7585 "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 12, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 179. Peoria, Illinois P00019884 Categories: Places

County seat of Peoria County, Illinois.

40.6936, -89.589 C. Ballance, The History of Peoria, Illinois (Peoria, IL: N. C. Nason, 1870). Francis M. Shonkwiler, et al., eds., Encyclopedia of Illinois, vol. 1 (Chicago: Munsell Publishing Company, 1917), 418-19. USGS: Earth Explorer, Peoria, Illinois," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on May 3, 2023). 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/. Jefferson County Court O001839 Categories: Organizations

Located in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Andrew Monroe. Clerk(s): Charles M. Thruston and T. Jackson Conn.

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. Edwards’ Annual Directory...in the City of Louisville for 1865-6, ed. Edwards, Greenough, & Deved (Louisville: Maxwell & Co., 1866), 155. J. D. Campbell’s Louisville Business Directory for 1864, ed. J. D. Campbell (Louisville: L. A. Civill, Publisher, Bookseller, Printer and Bookbinder, 1864), 70. Tanner’s Louisville Directory, and Business Advertiser for 1861, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 323-24. Jefferson County, Kentucky 1865-10-12 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 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 Jefferson County } ss

This day Thomas Forman, personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for said County, and made oath, That on the first day of July last, That He was robbed, in the city of Louisville in said County & State, of a watch and chain of the value of Five Hundred dollars, and of the following description viz, a Gold watch with Magic case, with the name of William Reader engraved on the back of inside case, also thea square and compas, and three links engraved upon the back of said case, The chain was a heavy gold one usually called a Vest chain. affiant further states that he has good grounds to believe, and does believe, That the said watch and chain, was stolen taken and carried off from his person, and out of his possession by one Mathew Skifington, and that from reliable information received by this affiant he has good reason to believe, and does believe, that said Skifington is now residing in the Town of Peoria, in the County of C and State of Illinois, and He prays that a writ be issued for his arrest and return to said State, that he may be made to answer the charge of Felony --

Thomas ^his X mark^ Forman

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The within affidavit was sworn to and subscribed by Thomas Forman before me this 12th day of October 1865

Saml Matlack J. P. J. C

State of Kentucky Jefferson County } SS.

I, T. Jack Conn clerk of the county Court of Jefferson County in the state of Kentucky do certify that on this Saml Matlack whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing certificate is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county duly elected and qualified and that all of his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.

JEFFERSON COUNTY KENTUCKY

Witness my hand this 12th day of October 1865

T. Jack Conn Clerk By Alex Willey D.C