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Circuit Court Indictments
during the Civil War
Lawrence County Circuit Court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
Against
William Rite
The Grand Jury of Lawrence County, in the name and by the
authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse William Rite
of the offense of Assault
committed as follows, to wit: The said William Rite on the 1st
day of January 1861 [[1862?], in the County and Circuit
aforesaid malicously [?] assaulted John Remy [?] by Hand [?] and
then shooting at him with a Gun loaded with Powder and Ball at
said Remy being in shooting distance of said Rite at the time
and shot at him.
Against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of
Kentucky.
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Witnesses for the Commonwealth:
Julius Browny [?]
Louann Browny [?]
Caroline Lawson
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Lawrence County Circuit Court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
Against
William Wright
William Sawyers
Johnson Griffith
The Grand Jury of Lawrence County, in the name and by the
authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse William
Wright, William Sawyers + Johnson Griffith of the offense of
Robbery committed as follows, to wit: The said William Wright,
William Sawyers + Johnson Griffith on the 1st day of January,
1862, in the County and Circuit aforesaid felloneously took one
rifle gun the property of Andrew Cooksey from his possession and
against his will by putting him in fear of some immediate injury
to his person.
Against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of
Kentucky
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Lawrence County Circuit Court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
Against
Frank Young
James Rose
William Wright
William Brown
William Large
The Grand Jury of Lawrence County, in the name and by the
authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse Frank Young,
James Rose, William Wright, William Brown + William Large of the
offense of Robbery
committed as follows, to wit: The said Frank Young, James Rose,
William Wright, William Brown + Wm. Large on the 1st day of
January, 1862, in the County and Circuit aforesaid felloneously
took two muskets the property of Andrew Cooksey out of his
possession and against his will by putting him in fear of some
immediate injury to his person.
Against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of
Kentucky
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Witnesses for the Commonwealth:
Andrew Cooksey
Sarah Wright
Frank Cooksey
Mary Cooksey
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Henry H. Young and Kenas F. Lacy took a yellow mare from Calvin
Rite on June 13, 1862
State of Kentucky
Lawrence Circuit Court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
against
Henry H. Young and
K. F. Lacy
The Grand Jury of Lawrence in the same and by the authority of
the Commonwealth, accuse Henry H. Young and K. F. Lacy of the
offence of Horse stealing committed as follows to wit:
The said Henry H. Young and K. F. Lacy on the 13th of June 1862
in the County and Circuit aforesaid did wilfully and feloniously
take steal and carry away one yellow mare the property of Calvin
Right of the value of more than four dollars, contrary to the
form of the state in such cases made and provided and against
the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
P.S. Drury
atty Comm th
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The Commonwealth of Kentucky Lawrence Circuit Court
VS
K.F. Lacey
Elhun Wright + John Thompson jr. of Lawrence County Kentucky
hereby acknowledge themselves jointly indebted to the
Commonwealth of Kentucky in the Sum of One hundred and fifty
Dollars to be void however of Kenus Lacey shall appear in the
Lawrence Circuit Court on the first day of its next April term
to answer the indictment for Larceny found in said Court against
him and Shall not depart without leave of the Court.
Witness our hands this 7th day of December 1863
Keenis F. Lacey
John Thompson Jr.
Elhanan Wright
Taken and subscribed before me as jailor of Lawrence
County
att John Bogg Jailor
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John Kissee, Jr., John Sparks, George Garvey, Dewey Sparks, Dan
Combs and Matthew Combs, stole 1 black mare of Edmund Osburn
[didn't note the date, but probably 1862!]
[John Sparks, George Garvey and Mathew Combs were members of
Fields' Rangers; MP]
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Hugh Sparks steals a horse from Wm. Rife and Jarwith [?] Short,
on Jan. 1, 1862
[Sparks later in Fields' Rangers]
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Lawrence Circuit Court
The Commonwealth of Ky
VS. Indict.
Wm. Write
The Grand Jury of Lawrence County in the name of the authority
of the Commonwealth of Ky. accuses Wm. Write of the crime of
invading the State of Ky. committed as follows to wit: The said
W. Write being a citizen of the state of...on the ...day of
October 1862 in the county & circuit aforesaid did willfully +
feloniously + as a part of an armed force of the so-called
Confederate States, invade the State of Kentucky, to make war
upon her, against the peace + dignity of the Com"' of
Kentucky.
P [J.?]. S. Drury
Com"' atty
Similar indictments were issued for:
John Livingston [John H. Livingston? Co. A, 2nd Batt. KY Mtd.
Rifles]
William Sawyers [? Co. F, 13th KY Cav]
Jeremiah Riffe*
Isaac Ratcliff *
Alex Smith * [Alia?]
Lewis Scaggs
Reason Lyon +
Wesley Carter
Larkin Holbrook*
Henry Jones
John Pennington*
Ralph Booten
Wiley McCoy*
Bennet Burton*
Andy Pennington* [Andrew]
John Chafin +
Wm. Brown [Edward William Brown?]+
Wm. Murphy [indicted twice for the same crime]*
Wm. J. Flanary
David Jordan +
John Rose*
Frank Holebrook
Isaac Sparks +
Collard [?] Fraley
Henry Young*
William Meek
Jeptha Meek
James C. Frazure
General Frazure
Micajah Frazure
Charles Hamilton [Charles Hamlin?]*
Harvey Dyer*
Granville Frazier
John Walker*
Alex Vinson [Ali Vinson, 34th Battalion, VA Cavalry, Witcher's
Battalion?]
Wake Thompson
F. M. Vinson
William S. Smith [Rebel Bill Smith?]*
Preston Smith*
William Marcum
James Buskirk
* = Co. D. 2nd Battalion KY Mounted Rifles [CS]
+ = Fields' Company of Partisan Rangers
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Nehemiah Kitchen, for stealing two horses from Asbury Harold,
April 1, 1864;
Pardoned by the Governor of KY, July 3, 1866
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