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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-0001-033-0033 R3-60

Jefferson County, Kentucky Charles S. Glass (Jefferson County, Kentucky, steamboat mate and day policeman) N00014607 1809-07-30 1879-02-07 Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, steamboat mate and policeman. Native of Ireland. Married to Elizabeth McLean Glass. Father of Mary C. Glass, Margaret Glass, Alexander Glass, Jane Glass, and Charles W. Glass. Steamboat mate in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Day policeman in Louisville in 1860.

Relationships Economic: City of Louisville Police Department Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 10, p. 424B-425A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 769. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 373A. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #1232. Find A Grave, "Charles S. Glass (1809-1879)," Memorial #126262681, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126262681 (accessed May 27, 2021). Elliot [Unknown] (Daviess County, Kentucky, enslaved person and fugitive) N00014609 Categories: People

Daviess County, Kentucky, enslaved person and fugitive. Enslaved by Willis Field in 1862. Accused of murdering Willis Field in 1862. Fugitive in Indiana in 1863.

Relationships Slavery: Willis Field (Daviess County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Charles S. Glass (Jefferson County, Kentucky, steamboat mate and day policeman) Legal: Robert Gilchriest (Louisville, Kentucky, iron molder, firefighter, agent, and police detective)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, District 2, p. 388A. History of Daviess County, Kentucky Indexed by Thomas Humphrey (Utica, KY: McDowell Publications, 1980), 301. "Brutal Murder," The Evansville Daily Journal, (Evansville, Indiana), December 3, 1862, p. 2. KYR-0001-029-0307. KYR-0001-033-0033. Willis Field (Daviess County, Kentucky, farmer) N00014608 1814? 1862-11-29 Categories: People

Daviess County, Kentucky, farmer. Daviess County, Kentucky, native. Married to Louisa B. McFarland Field. Father of Albert Field, Darius Field, Virgil Field, Beatrice M. Field, Jane I. Field, Walker Field, Robert Field, Ben Field, Weng Field, Ida Field, and Phoebe Field. Farmer in Daviess County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in Daviess County in 1850. Farmer in Daviess County in 1860. Owned twenty enslaved persons (including Elliot) in Daviess County in 1860. Killed by Elliot in 1862.

Relationships Slavery: Elliot [Unknown] (Daviess County, Kentucky, enslaved person and fugitive)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Daviess County, District 2, p. 453B-454A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, District 2, p. 423. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, District 2, p. 840. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, District 2, p. 388A. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Roll #994033, Daviess County Birth, p. 6 of 9 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). "Brutal Murder," The Evansville Daily Journal, (Evansville, Indiana), December 3, 1862, p. 2. Joseph Clement (Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney and justice of the peace) N00002909 1819? 1882-01-26 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and justice of the peace. New Hampshire native. Married to Sarah Adams Clement in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on December 15, 1840. Father of Charles Clement, Josephine Clement, Mary Clement, Corinna Clement, James Clement, George A. Clement, William B. Clement, Henry C. Clement, and John S. Clement. Attorney in Louisville in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Louisville in 1850. Justice of the peace in Louisville in 1861. Justice of the peace in Louisville in 1862. Justice of the peace in Louisville in 1863.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Andrew Braden (Soldier in 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry) Legal: James Harris (Mattoon, Illinois, and Louisville, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Traugott Krachrugge (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Political: Calvin Fairbank (United States abolitionist) Legal: Oliver P. Morton (Fourteenth governor of Indiana, attorney, judge, and politician.) Legal: T. E. Dennis (Louisville, Kentucky) Legal: Anna Schmitt (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Mary Schmitt Yanner (Maria Jannar) (Louisville, Kentucky, seamstress) Legal: Charles Harper (Louisville, Kentucky, carriage trimmer) Legal: Charles S. Glass (Jefferson County, Kentucky, steamboat mate and day policeman) 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. 291A-B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 3. p. 814. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson, Louisville Ward 8, p. 94B. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994041, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 199. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000817881. KYR-0001-031-0009. KYR-0001-033-0033. Robert Gilchriest (Louisville, Kentucky, iron molder, firefighter, agent, and police detective) N00005532 1825 1903-03-25 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, iron molder, firefighter, agent, and police detective. New York native. Married to Mary Dwyer Gilchriest in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on August 17, 1848. Father of James Gilchriest, Catherine Gilchriest, Cynthia Gilchriest, Thomas Gilchriest, and Minnie Gilchriest. Gold prospector in California in 1849. Volunteer firefighter in Louisville, Kentucky, from 1849. Molder in Louisville in 1850. Molder in Louisville in 1860. Molder in Louisville in 1861. Agent of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the requisition of Elliot [Unknown] in February 1863. Agent of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the requisition of John H. Cannon in December 1864. Detective in Louisville in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Andrew Monroe (Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Legal: Elliot [Unknown] (Daviess County, Kentucky, enslaved person and fugitive) Legal: Charles S. Glass (Jefferson County, Kentucky, steamboat mate and day policeman) Economic: City of Louisville Police Department Social: Charles S. Glass (Jefferson County, Kentucky, steamboat mate and day policeman) Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) Legal: Robert Jackson Elliott (Louisville, Kentucky, city attorney and councilman) Legal: Charles Gillespie Jones (Louisville, Kentucky, clothing merchant )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 3, p. 234A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 798-99. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 10, p. 365B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482707, p. 208. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994042, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 31. "Robert Gilchriest Dead," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 25 March 1903, p. 8. Find A Grave, “Robert Gilchriest (1825-1903)," Memorial #125826257, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125826257/robert-gilchriest (accessed June 2, 2021). KYR-0001-005-0041. KYR-0001-033-0033. 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/. 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). Indiana P001818 Categories: Places

State in the midwestern United States. Capital at Indianapolis. Located on the Ohio River and Lake Michigan.

39.7684, -86.158 Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, ed. David J. Bodenhamer and Robert G. Barrows (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1994), 52. William Vincent D'Antonio and Robert L. Beck, "Indiana," Encyclopædia Britannica, accessed September 11, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/Indiana-state. "Indianapolis, Indiana," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 4, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Daviess County, Kentucky P001811 Categories: Places

County in northwestern Kentucky. Seat at Owensboro. Located on the Ohio River.

37.7742, -87.1133 Lee A. Dew, "Daviess County," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 254-55. “Owensboro, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed November 23, 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. Jefferson County, Kentucky 1863-02-09 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 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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The state of Kentucky County of Jefferson

This day Charles Glass made oath before me a Justice of the peace for said county that one "Elliot" a slave (the property of Willis Field late of (Davis County Kentucky) has been guilty, of the crime of Murder in the Killing and Murdering of his master and owner the said Willis Field in the fall of 1862 and that the said "Elliot" is now a fugitive from Justice running at large in the state of Indiana That said Crime of Murder was committed by said slave "Elliot" in the County of Davis in the state of Kentucky,

Charles Glass

Subscribed and sworn to before one a Justice of the peace this 9th day of February 1863

Jos. Clement J. P. J. C

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Indiana

Requisition for Elliot (a Slave) Murder
Requisition Iss Feby 12. 1863
R. Gilchrist