<title type="main">Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Spiller H. Dickinson, G. R. Thompson, and William Glass, Indictment

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Todd County, Kentucky Spiller Harris Dickinson (Todd County, KY, farmer) N00009306 1838-12-02 1914-01-26 Categories: People

Todd County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Roscoe and Emily Harris Dickinson. Married to Sarah Dickinson. Student in Todd County in 1850. Farmer in Todd County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Todd Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, District no. 1, p. 233A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, p. 755. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, Trenton Precinct, p. 448. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7016161, All County Deaths, Todd County, File #2902. Find A Grave, "Spiller Harris Dickinson (1838-1914)," Memorial #94366727, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94366727 (accessed September 13, 2018). George R. Thompson (Todd County, KY, clerk and private) N00009307 1838? 1864-03-03 Categories: People

Todd County, Kentucky, clerk and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Matthew and Jane Thompson. Student in Todd County in 1850. Clerk in Todd County in 1860. Served in 2nd Kentucky Cavalry (C.S.A.) as private from 1861 to 1864. Captured near Cleveland, Tennessee on November 24, 1863. Appeared on a register of prisoners of war leaving the Military Prison, Louisville, Kentucky, for Rock Island Barracks, Illinois, on December 11, 1863. Died of smallpox on March 3, 1864.

Relationships Legal: Todd Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, District 1, p. 196B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, p. 697. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0066. William Glass (Todd County, KY, ) N00009311 1826-03-15 1879-04-24 Categories: People

Christian County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Merchant in Christian County in 1850. Merchant in Christian County in 1860. Indicted for gaming in Todd County, Kentucky, in 1861.

Relationships Legal: Todd Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1, p. 486A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 670. Find A Grave, "William A. Glass (1826-1879)," Memorial 88713906, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88713906 (accessed February 13, 2020). KYR-0001-020-1448. Urban Ewing Kennedy (Todd County, KY, farmer and postmaster) N00009364 1799-04-01 1879-04-21 Categories: People

Todd County, Kentucky, farmer and postmaster. Kentucky native. Married to Levina Bryan Kennedy in Todd County on March 17, 1823. Father of Urban Kennedy, David Kennedy, Henry Kennedy, Mary Kennedy, and Michael R. Kennedy. Married to Achsah H. Knight Kennedy in Todd County on May 3, 1845. Father of Theodore C. Kennedy, William A. Kennedy, Lavinia C. Kennedy, J.D. Kennedy, and Ben B. Kennedy. Resident in Todd County in 1830. Owned two enslaved persons in Todd County in 1830. Farmer in Todd County in 1850. Owned 14 enslaved persons in 1850. Postmaster of Fairview from January 15, 1853, to June 27,1854. Farmer in Todd County in 1860. Owned 16 enslaved persons in 1860. Grand jury foreman in 1861.

Relationships Legal: Todd Circuit Court

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, District 1, p. 376. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, District 1, p. 241A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, District 1, p. 15. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, p. 764. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, p. 56. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, Fairview precinct, p. 370. Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Todd County, 1820-1886, Film no. 000367186. Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Todd County, 1820-1886, Film no. 000367186. Find A Grave, "Urban Ewing Kennedy (1799-1879," Memorial #168730154, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168730154 (accessed September 20, 2018). KYR-0001-020-1448. Lycurgus T. Leavell (Todd County, KY, farmer, private, teamster) N00009368 1841? Categories: People

Todd County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Leonidas Leavell and Harriett Leavell. Married to Melissie Leavell. Resident in Montgomery County, Tennessee, in 1850. Farmer in Todd County in 1860. Served in the 3rd Arkansas Infantry (C.S.A.) as private from July 2, 1861, to 1863. Served as division teamster in 1863. Reported as deserted on April 2, 1864.

Relationships Legal: William Glass (Todd County, KY, ) Legal: George R. Thompson (Todd County, KY, clerk and private) Legal: Spiller Harris Dickinson (Todd County, KY, farmer) Legal: Edward P. Campbell (Caldwell County, Ky, 1865 Hopkinsville, Ky, attorney Comwlth Atty in late 1860)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Montgomery County, p. 237A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, p. 755. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, Trenton, p. 465A. Charles F. Billingsly (Todd County, KY, clerk) N00009370 1840? Categories: People

Todd County, Kentucky, clerk. Kentucky native. Son of John Billingsly and Judith Billingsly. Student in Todd County in 1850. Clerk in Todd County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, District no. 1, p. 220B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, p. 746. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, part of Ward 8, p. 109A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Kentucky, 3rd Congressional District, Todd County, Vol. 1 of 3, February 1864, p. 25, (Accessed via ancestry.com on February 13, 2020). Edward P. Campbell (Caldwell County, Ky, 1865 Hopkinsville, Ky, attorney Comwlth Atty in late 1860) N00002633 1832-10-21 1896-06-30 Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, attorney and commonwealth's attorney. Kentucky native. Son of Samuel Campbell and Lucy Wilcox Campbell. Married to Caroline E. Taylor Campbell in 1858. Father of Richard T. Campbell, Edward Thurlo Campbell, Walter Campbell, Charles Campbell, Hugh Campbell, and Flavius Campbell. Graduate of Cumberland College in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1854. Attorney in Caldwell County in 1856. Attorney in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860. Commonwealth's attorney for the Second Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1860 to 1868. Resident of Christian County, Kentucky, in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Matthew McCallister (Trimble County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William T. Kennedy (Todd County, Kentucky, wool carder) Legal: William H. Norman (Todd County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Elijah Jones (Todd County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Todd Circuit Court Political: Mortimer D. Hay (Muhlenburg County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: Thomas E. Henderson (Trigg County, KY, farmer) Social: William Wells (Caldwell County, Kentucky, blacksmith) Social: John Lewis (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Newman Estes (Caldwell County, Kentucky, grocery merchant) Legal: Caldwell Circuit Court Legal: James S. Lowey (Caldwell County, Kentucky, wagonmaker & county jailor) Legal: John D. Edwards (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: Robert Wilford (Trigg County, Kentucky, overseer, farmer, and juror) Legal: James Henry Lawrence (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: Nathan R. Wallace (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: Clayton Gilliam (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: William H. Stewart (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: Francis W. Dodds (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and deputy sheriff.) Legal: Thomas Wynn (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: James Richardson (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: Crofford Adair (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: Thomas Jones (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: Moses Malone (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: William M. Gladish (Christian County, Kentucky, farmer, Juror) Social: John R. Boyd (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt 17th KY Cav USA) Social: John J. Crittenden Boyd (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer, corp & musician 48th Ill Inf and corporal 17th KY Cav USA) Familial: Richard T. Campbell (Caldwell County, Kentucky)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 116. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 218B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 389A. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994029, Caldwell County Births. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 360. Memorial Records of Western Kentucky, vol. 1 (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1904), 321-23. Todd County, Kentucky P00002675 Categories: Places

County in western Kentucky. Seat at Elkton, Kentucky.

36.81, -87.1542 "Elkton, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed March 2, 2022, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. "Todd County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 888-89. Todd Circuit Court O00000578 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 2nd Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Thomas C. Dabney and R. T. Petree. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): E. P. Campbell. Clerk(s): Benjamin T. Perkins.

Relationships Legal: William H. Norman (Todd County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Elijah Jones (Todd County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William T. Kennedy (Todd County, Kentucky, wool carder) Legal: Joseph W. Bartlett (Todd County, Kentucky, physician) Legal: Neander Stinnett (Todd County, KY, resident) Legal: Leander N. Stennett (Todd County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Margaret J. Winders Stinnett (Todd County, Kentucky, resident) Economic: Benjamin T. Perkins, Sr. (Todd County, Kentucky, attorney, circuit court clerk, and county court clerk) Legal: Henry Mitchell (Todd County, Kentucky, tavern keeper and farmer) Legal: Benjamin T. Perkins, Sr. (Todd County, Kentucky, attorney, circuit court clerk, and county court clerk)

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-308. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-306. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-350. 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. Todd County, Kentucky 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.

Todd Circuit Court The Commonwealth of Kentucky against } Indictment Spiller H Dickinson G R Thompson and William Glass

The Grand Jury of Todd County, in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky; accused Spiller H Dickinson G R Thompson and William Glass of the Offense of gaming Committed as follows, viz; The said Spiller. H Dickinson G R Thompson and William Glass did on the 30" day of September 1860 in the County aforesaid bet wager win and loose money property and other things of value at a game of chance played with cards by and between Said Spiller H Dickinson G R Thompson and William Glass in the County aforsaid agnst the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

U E Kennedy foreman of the Grand Jury

Information given by Lycurgus Leavell Chas F Billingsly

E P Campbellatty for the Commonwealth

Commonwealth V } Indictment for Gaming S H Dickinson G R Thompson

a Ttrue Bill U E Kennedy Foreman of the Grand Jury

Filed October 19th 1861