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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-0001-006-0086 BR6-109 to BR6-110

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. 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. 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. 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 Richard James Oglesby (Fourteenth governor of the State of Illinois, soldier, attorney, and politician.) N00006923 1824-07-25 1899-04-24 Categories: People

Fourteenth governor of the State of Illinois, soldier, attorney, and politician. Oldham County, Kentucky, native. Son of Jacob Oglesby and Isabella Watson Oglesby. Married to Anna E. White Oglesby. Father of Richard Oglesby, Anna Oglesby, Olive Oglesby, and Robert Oglesby. Read law with Silas W. Robinson in Springfield, Illinois, in 1844. Served in the 4th Illinois Regiment (U.S.A.) as a first lieutenant in the U.S.-Mexican War. Attorney in Macon County, Illinois, in 1847. Attended law school in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1848. Trader in Yuba County, California, in 1850. Attorney in Macon County, Illinois, in 1860. Member of the Senate of the United States from the State of Illinois in 1860. Served in the 8th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a colonel. Served in the United States Army as a brigadier general and major general. Wounded at the Siege of Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, in 1862. Commanded the 16th Army Corps (U.S.A.) in 1863. Governor of the State of Illinois from January 16, 1865, to January 11, 1869.

Relationships Political: Executive Department, Illinois Political: Sharon Tyndale (Illinois, engineer, County surveyor, Postmaster and Secretary of State. ) Political: William Hipwell (Louisville soldier and police) Legal: Matthew Skiffington (Peoria County, Illinois, laborer and barkeeper. ) Legal: William Hipwell (Louisville soldier and police)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, California, Yuba County, Nevada City, p. 313B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Macon County, Decatur Ward 2, pp. 606-7. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Macon County, Decatur, p. 334B. "Oglesby Dead," The Daily Republican (Decatur, IL), April 24, 1899, p. 1. John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001), 9, 408-409, 725. John Moses, ed., Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of the Representative Men of the United States: Illinois Edition, vol. II (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1896), 537-44. Mark A. Plummer, Lincoln's Rail-Splitter: Governor Richard J. Oglesby (Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2001). Franc B. Wilkie, A Sketch of Richard J. Oglesby (1884). "Anna 'Little Sissie' Oglesby (1861-1862)," Find A Grave, Memorial 41042166, accessed September 15, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41042166. William Hipwell (Louisville soldier and police) N00005313 1822? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, soldier and police officer. Native of Ireland. Married to Alecia Hipwell. Father to Thomas H. Hipwell, Mary Hipwell, Katie Hipwell, Lucy A. Hipwell, Marie C. Hipwell, Willie Hipwell and Jennie Hipwell. Boot maker in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1850. Shoemaker in La Porte County, Indiana, in 1860. Served in the 35th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain from December 11, 1861 to November 26, 1862. Police officer in Louisville in 1865.

Relationships Legal: William Whalen (Louisville, Kentucky) Legal: Louis Kiner (Louisville, Kentucky) Legal: Christian Quinot (Louisville, Kentucky, blacksmith) Legal: Joseph Clement (Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney and justice of the peace) Legal: James P. Harbeson (lawyer) Social: James P. Harbeson (lawyer) Legal: William K. Thomas (Jefferson County, Kentucky, jailer) Legal: Matthew Skiffington (Peoria County, Illinois, laborer and barkeeper. ) Legal: Richard James Oglesby (Fourteenth governor of the State of Illinois, soldier, attorney, and politician.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Rhode Island, Providence County, Providence, Ward Six, p. 402B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Indiana, La Porte County, Center Township, p. 134. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson, Louisville Ward 11, p. 446B. Indiana Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Indiana State Department of Health and Vital Records, Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, IN, Certificate 463. Chas. C Chapman, History of La Porte County, Indiana, (Chicago: Chas. Chapman & Co., 1880), 530. 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/. 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). Peoria County, Illinois P00019883 Categories: Places

County in North Central Illinois. Seat at Peoria.

40.7881, -89.76 Francis M. Shonkwiler, et al., eds., Encyclopedia of Illinois, Vol. 1 (Chicago: Munsell Publishing Company, 1917), 419-20. The History of Peoria County Illinois (Chicago: Johnson & Company, 1880). USGS: Earth Explorer, Peoria County, 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/. 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. 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. Jefferson County, Kentucky 1865-10-12 Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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The Commonwealth of Kentucky, To Any Sheriff Constable, Marshall or Police officer of said Commonwealth,

From information ^on^ oath, given to me by Thos Forman of Jefferson County, There are reasonable grounds for believing, That one Mathew Skifington, now Residing at Peoria in the County of Illinois, did on the 1st day of July last, Steal, take, and carry off from the person of Said Thos Forman, of Jefferson County, a Gold Watch, and chain, the property of said Thos Forman, Said watch is a heavy ^magic^ double cased watch, with the name of Wm Reader engraved upon the inside case, and with a square & compas, also three links engraved on the back of the inside case, and a very heavy Gold chain usually known a a vest chain, and worth in the Sum of Five Hundred dollars, -- These are therefore to command you in the name of the Commonwealth to forthwith arrest the said Mathew Skifington if he befound within said state, and to take him before some Police Judge

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or Justice of the Peace having jurisdiction in cases of Felony, that he may be tried according to law, and have there then this writ.

Given under my hand as Justice of the Peace for Jefferson County this 12th day of October 1865

Saml Matlack J. P J. C

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Requisition on Gov Illoinois & The Commonwealth of Kentucky vs } order for arrest Mathew Skiffington Wm Hipwell apptd Agent 13 Oct/65