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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 1862-1863 KYR-0001-033-0022 R3-46

New Castle, Henry County, Kentucky New Castle, Henry County, Kentucky 1862-12-10 Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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New Castle, Henry County Ky Decr 10th 1862

I, James M. Jones, jailor of the county of Henry do certify that on the night of the 9th inst., about the hour of midnight six or eight men came to the jail door of sd county and demanded of me if I had Mitchell confined in jail. On my answering in the affirmative, two of them advanced into my room and with pistols in hand, demanded the key of the jail, took it and unlocked the jail door and took out the prisoner Wm. D. Mitchell and took him off with them.

J M Jones Jailor