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Jefferson County, Kentucky William Shriver (Jefferson County, Kentucky, student, laborer, corporal, quartermaster sergeant, adjutant, second lieutenant, and first lieutenant (U.S.A.)) N00015132 1840? Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, student, laborer, and soldier. Virginia native. Son of William W. Shriver and Caroline Shriver. Student in Ohio County, Virginia, in 1850. Laborer in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1861. Served in the 4th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A.) as a corporal, quartermaster sergeant, adjutant, second lieutenant, and first lieutenant from December 1861 to July 1863.

Relationships Legal: Charles Newell Warren (Jefferson County, Kentucky, civil engineer and banker) Legal: Hamden Zane (Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer) Economic: Hugh Sobieski Brady (Ohio County, West Virginia, bank cashier) Legal: Curtis & Warren Legal: Seventh Judicial District of Kentucky Legal: Delos T. Bligh (Louisville, Kentucky, bricklayer and police officer, detective)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Virginia, Ohio County, District 44, p. 103 A. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 398. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 88, 100. U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application 1294919, Certificate #1059559. KYR-0001-021-0015 William Waggoner Shriver (Ohio County, West Virginia, pork packer and insurance agent) N00015153 1808-10-23 1880-01-26 Categories: People

Ohio County, West Virginia, pork packer and insurance agent. Maryland native. Married to Caroline Zane Shriver. Father of Hampden Z. Shriver, Marion Shriver, William Shriver, James Shriver, and Cornelia Shriver. Pork packer in Ohio County, Virginia, in 1850. Insurance agent in Ohio County in 1860. Employed Margaret Curry as a domestic servant in Ohio County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: William Shriver (Jefferson County, Kentucky, student, laborer, corporal, quartermaster sergeant, adjutant, second lieutenant, and first lieutenant (U.S.A.))

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Virginia, Ohio County, District 44, p. 103 A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Virginia, Ohio County, Wheeling, Ward 2, p. 154. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Virginia, Ohio County, Wheeling Ward 2, p. 173 B. _James Shriver (1840-1924), O’Brien County. Grave Registration Service, Cemetery Records for the State of Iowa, 1800-2000. Adjutant General’s Office, Des Moine, Iowa. "William Waggoner Shriver (1808-1880)," Find A Grave, Memorial #34882833, accessed July 22, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34882833. Hugh Sobieski Brady (Ohio County, West Virginia, bank cashier) N00015139 1816-11-28 1888-09-17 Categories: People

Ohio County, West Virginia, bank cashier. Carlisle, Pennsylvania, native. Married to Mary Louise Caldwell Brady. Father of Louisa Brady, Elizabeth C. Brady, Alfred F. Brady, Joanna G. Brady, Charles Neave Brady, Joseph Brady, William Brady, Albert Brady, Fanny Brady, and Jane Brady. Bank cashier in Ohio County, Virginia, in 1850. Cashier of the Merchants and Mechanics Bank in Wheeling, Virginia, in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Virginia, Ohio County, District 44, p. 133B-134A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, West Virginia, Ohio County, Wheeling, Ward 3, p. 200A-200B. Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1968, Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Certificate #66148 "Hugh Sobieski Brady (1816-1888)," Find A Grave, Memorial #137182178, accessed July 21, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137182178. KYR-0001-021-0015 Hamden Zane (Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer) N00004488 1821? Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Emily Zane. Father of Abba Zane, Mary Zane, and Thomas H. Zane. Farmer in Jefferson County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 17. Edwin S. Craig (Louisville, KY, Commonwealth’s attorney 7th district & attorney) N00000948 1821-08-23 1882-05-25 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney. Woodford County, Kentucky, native. Married to Eliza P. Mason Craig in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on December 10, 1857. Father of Mason Craig. Judge of the Louisville City Court in Louisville in 1850. Commonwealth’s attorney for the 7th Judicial District until 1861. Practiced law in the firm of Craig & Elliott in partnership with Robert J. Elliott in Louisville in 1861.

Relationships Legal: Joseph Clement (Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney and justice of the peace) Social: Joseph Bryson Kinkead (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and US Navy midshipman) Social: Richard Cunningham (Jefferson County, KY, cook/criminal) Social: Jane Cunningham (Jefferson County, KY, seamstress) Legal: Seventh Judicial District of Kentucky Legal: Robert Ellis (Louisville, Kentucky, steward) Legal: Charles Newell Warren (Jefferson County, Kentucky, civil engineer and banker) Legal: William Shriver (Jefferson County, Kentucky, student, laborer, corporal, quartermaster sergeant, adjutant, second lieutenant, and first lieutenant (U.S.A.)) Legal: Hamden Zane (Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Isaac D. Stone (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney.) Political: Oscar F. Sturman (Jefferson County, Kentucky, lawyer.) Political: Martin Witmer Barr (Jefferson County, Kentucky, telegraph operator and newspaper editor) Political: Jefferson Brown (AKA Jeff. Brown, Louisville/New Albany attorney) Political: Junius Lynch Clemmons (Jefferson County, Kentucky, lawyer. ) Legal: William K. Thomas (Jefferson County, Kentucky, jailer) Legal: Casper August Kromer (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident, tavern owner, and Freemason) Legal: George Ridgeway (Jefferson County, Kentucky, soldier and petty criminal.) Legal: Lowdy Howard (Jefferson County, Kentucky, apprentice ship carpenter, tobacconist and soldier) Legal: Jefferson Rogers (Alleged murderer and criminal in Jefferson County, Kentucky) Political: John L. Scott (Frankfort, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.) Political: James H. Montgomery (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tailor. )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 3, p. 282B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 12, p. 596A. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Film #994040, Jefferson County Marriages. “Death of Judge E.S. Craig,” Courier-Journal, (Louisville, Ky.), May 27, 1882, p. 4. _Tanner’s Louisville Directory, and Business Advertiser for 1861, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 64. "Edwin S. Craig (1821-1882)," Find A Grave, Memorial 198259257, accessed June 22, 2020, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198259257. Charles Newell Warren (Jefferson County, Kentucky, civil engineer and banker) N00015157 1818-07-21 1889-03-25 Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, civil engineer and banker. Massachusetts native. Son of Jonas Warren and Dolly Warren. Married to Myra Aldridge Warren in Garrard County, Kentucky, on May 30, 1843. Father of Frank Warren, Mary Warren, Emily Warren, Charles Warren, Anna Warren, Myra Warren, and William Warren. Graduated from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1834. Civil engineer in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Jefferson County in 1850. Banker in Jefferson County in 1860. Employed Ellen McCormick as a domestic servant in Jefferson County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Jefferson County in 1860. Partner with J.P. Curtis and Henry P. Rutter in the banking firm Curtis & Warren in Louisville in 1860 and in 1861. Founder of the firm C.N. Warren & Company Bankers in Louisville from 1861 to 1865. President of the Louisville City National Bank in Louisville in 1865.

Relationships Economic: Curtis & Warren Economic: C. N. Warren & Company Political: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 2, p. 178A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 2, p. 76. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 4, p. 53-54. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 4, p. 267A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 5, p. 562B. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records, Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Holbrook Research Institute, Oxford, Massachusetts. Stowe Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Intentions, 1714-1823, vol. 4 Fiche #136, p. 147. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Garrard County Marriages, Film #000183256, p. 27-28. Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Harvard University, 1639-1839, (Cambridge, MA: Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, University Printers, 1839), 64. “Harvard Commencement.”The Evening Post (New York, NY). Sept. 1, 1834. Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 67, 96, 274. The Bankers’ Magazine and Statistical Register, ed., J. Smith Homans, vol. XV. (New York: J. Smith Homans,1861): 76. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. I (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 461-462. "Charles Newell Warren (1818-1889)," Find A Grave, Memorial #101073756, accessed July 22, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101073756. KYR-0001-031-0053 KYR-0001-007-0407 James P. Chambers (Jefferson Co, Ky, court clerk and attorney) N002041 1830? 1898 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and court clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza Chambers. Father of Samuel Chambers and Henry Chambers. Graduate of University of Louisville law school in 1847. Confirmed as a notary public in Jefferson County on February 5, 1861. Clerk of the Jefferson Circuit Court from 1861 to 1866.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 71. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 7007129: Jefferson County, Books 9-11, p. 445. Catalogue of the Officers and Students in the Law Department of the University of Louisville, Session of 1859-’60 (Louisville: Hull & Brother, 1860), 9. Edwards’ Annual Directory to the Inhabitants, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business Firms, Etc., in the City of Louisville, for 1865-6, eds. Edward, Greenough, and DeVed (Louisville: Edward, Greenough, & DeVed, 1866), 243. Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 54. 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), 303-308. 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), 301-306. 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), 347-350. KYR-0001-017-0062. Delos T. Bligh (Louisville, Kentucky, bricklayer and police officer, detective) N00005178 1823-03-19 1890-03-01 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, bricklayer, soldier, police officer and detective. Delaware County, New York, native. Married to Cassandra "Kate" Davis Bligh. Father of Mary Bligh and Emma Bligh. Married Kate Ovington Bligh in 1859. Father of Anna Bligh, Amy Bligh, and Lois Bligh. Served in the Louisville Legion (U.S.A.) as a private from May 1846 to November 1846. Deputy city marshal in Louisville in 1847. Bricklayer in Louisville in 1850. Police officer and detective in Louisville from 1856 to 1890.

Relationships Legal: John McClure () Legal: William Banks (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: William K. Thomas (Jefferson County, Kentucky, jailer) Legal: Christian Hafner (Fugitive in Indiana.) Legal: Joseph Clement (Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney and justice of the peace) Legal: David Owen (Carroll County, Kentucky, jailer..) Legal: William Shriver (Jefferson County, Kentucky, student, laborer, corporal, quartermaster sergeant, adjutant, second lieutenant, and first lieutenant (U.S.A.))

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 3, p. 321B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 3, p. 702. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 5, p. 507A. "His Life Ended," The Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), March 2, 1890, p. 9. Morton O. Childress, Louisville Division of Police: History and Personnel (Louisville, KY: Turner Publishing Co., 2005), 11, 76. "Delos Thurman Bligh (1823-1890)," Find A Grave, Memorial 6942591, accessed May,18, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6942591. 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/. Wheeling, West Virginia P00015137 Categories: Places

Seat of Ohio County, West Virginia. Located on the Ohio River.

40.064, -80.7209 Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. “Wheeling” in Encyclopedia Britannica. (https://www.britannica.com/place/Wheeling-West-Virginia) (accessed July 21, 2021). _USGS: Earth Explorer, "Wheeling, West Virginia" https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on July 21, 2021). Tennessee P001001 Categories: Places

State in the southeastern United States. Capital at Nashville. Located on the Cumberland River.

35.5175, -86.5804 Paul H. Bergeron, Stephen V. Ash, and Jeanette Keith, Tennesseans and Their History (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1999), 69. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Tennessee," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 14, 2019). 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. Jefferson Circuit Court O001000 1850 Categories: Organizations

Part of the 7th Judicial District of Kentucky. Serves Jefferson County, Kentucky, with courthouse at Louisville. Judge(s): Peter B. Muir, George W. Johnston. Commonwealth's Attorney(s): Edwin S. Craig, James R. Dupuy. Clerk(s): James P. Chambers

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 to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business Firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville for 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough, & Deved, pub., 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), 324. Merchants and Mechanics Bank O00015136 1834 Categories: Organizations

Principal bank in Wheeling, West Virginia. Chartered by the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1834. President(s): R. Crangle. Cashier(s): Sobieski Brady. Branch office located at Clarksburg, West Virginia. President(s): Nathan Goff. Cashier(s): Luther Haymond. Branch office located at Morgantown, West Virginia. President(s): George M. Hagans. Cashier(s): William Wagner. Branch office located at Point Pleasant, West Virginia. President(s): Charles C. Miller. Cashier(s): Taliaferro Stribling.

Relationships Economic: William Waggoner Shriver (Ohio County, West Virginia, pork packer and insurance agent) Economic: Hugh Sobieski Brady (Ohio County, West Virginia, bank cashier) Economic: William Shriver (Jefferson County, Kentucky, student, laborer, corporal, quartermaster sergeant, adjutant, second lieutenant, and first lieutenant (U.S.A.))

Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia (Richmond: VA, Thomas Ritchie, Printer to the Commonwealth, 1835), 216, Doc. 36, p. 2. ”Merchants’ and Mechanics’ Bank of Wheeling,” _The Pittsburgh Gazette(Pittsburgh, PA.), Nov. 10, 1834. ”Condition of the Virginia Banks,” _Richmond Enquirer(Richmond, VA.), Feb 21, 1860. ”Condition of the Virginia Banks,” _Richmond Dispatch (Richmond, VA.), Aug. 31, 1860. ”Merchants’ & Mechanics’ Bank,” _The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer(Wheeling, WV.), Jan. 17, 1861. The Bankers' Magazine, and Statistical Register, ed., J. Smith Homans, vol. XX (New York: J. Smith Homans, 1865): 260. Seventh Judicial District of Kentucky O00000317 Categories: Organizations

This Commonwealth of Kentucky judicial district included Bullitt, Spencer, Jefferson, Shelby, and Oldham Counties. Judge(s): Peter B. Muir (1860-1863) and George W. Johnston (1864-1865). Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Edwin S. Craig (1860-1861) and James R. Dupuy (1862-1865).

Relationships Legal: William L. Gray, Jr (Louisville)

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. Jefferson County, Kentucky 1861-12-03 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 AND COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, JEFFERSON COUNTY AND CIRCUIT, SCT.

January Term of the Jefferson Circuit Court, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one

The Jurors of the Grand Jury, impannelled and sworn to inquire in and for the body of the County of Jefferson, in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, on their oath, present that William Shriver late of said County, Laborer on the Third day of December in the year eighteen hundred and sixty- in the said County of Jefferson, and State of Kentucky, with force and arms having in his possession a certain Bill of Exchange, which Bill of Exchange is as follows, that is to say $600.00 Wheeling Va Decr 3d 1860 -- At sight pay to the order of Wm Shriver, Six hundred dollars. Merchants & Mechanic's Bank Value received & charge account, yours truly.

W W Shriver S. Brady Cash Wheeling Va.

He the said William Shriver, afterwards towit on the day & year last aforesaid, at the Circuit aforesaid, in the County aforesaid, feloniously did forge on the back of the said last mentioned Bill of Exchange a certain endorsement of the said Bill of Exchange which said forge endorsement is as follows, that is to say "Hampden Zane" with intent to defraud Curtis & Warren. of the goods and chattels of then and there being and found, feloniously did steal, take, and carry away, contrary to the form of the Statute, in that case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

E S Craig Atto for Comth 7th Ju Dis

Witnesses for the Commonwealth: C W Warren Hampden Zane

A copy Attest James P Chambers Clk J. C. C.

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Jefferson Cir. Ct. Wm Shriver Forgery Requisition Issd Jany 26 1861 D.T. Bligh Agent

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