The County Courts in Antebellum Kentucky by Ireland Robert M.;

Author:Ireland, Robert M.; [Ireland, Robert M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2021-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

1 Copy of Breckinridge County Court Order, November term, 1821, Adair Papers, jacket 219 (G.P., reel 25). Z. Cushing to Governor William Owsley, 31 December 1846; James Richard and Isaac Botts to James M. Rice, 31 December 1846; James M. Rice to Owsley, 7 January 1847; and George F. Hatcher to Owsley, 22 February 1847, all in Owsley Papers, jacket 651 (G.P., reel 94).

2 John M. Austin to Governor William Owsley, 25 December 1847, Owsley Papers, jacket 704 (G.P., reel 98). Austin’s commission is noted on the front of the letter. Copy of Caldwell County Court Order, June term, 1846, Owsley Papers, jacket 568 (G.P., reel 84).

3 Z. Wheat to Governor Robert Letcher, 7 December 1840, Letcher Papers, jacket 390 (G.P., reel 56). C. Sakin, A. Wilson, and Linah Minz to Governor John Breathitt, 12 July 1833, Breathitt Papers, jacket 325 (G.P., reel 37).

4 Henry Bartlett to Governor James Garrard, 15 April 1803, Garrard Papers, jacket 29 (G.P., reel 5); Franklin County Court Order Book, 1801–1805, pp. 175, 219 (U.K. microfilm, reel M:430: 1486–87); S.J., 1829–1830, pp. 13234. Soon after the second Constitution went into effect, John Snoddy complained to Joseph Hamilton Daveiss that the Madison County Court had failed to appoint him sheriff even though he was the senior justice of the peace and requested Daveiss “to take such steps and measures as your good Judgment may direct agreeable to the laws of our County” to force the magistrates to live up to their duties. Snoddy to Daveiss, 30 October 1800. Daveiss Papers, AD 2551 (Filson Club, Louisville, Ky.).

5 Acts, 1801, chap. 56, sec. 3.

6 William Anderson’s petition to Governor John Breathitt, n.d.; copy of Campbell County Court order respecting the sheriffalty, 25 November 1833; William Wright Southgate to Breathitt, 5 December 1833, Breathitt Papers, jacket 338 (G.P., reel 37); Owsley Papers, jacket 610 (G.P., reel 89).

7 O.G. Cates to James Harlan, 17 October 1840, Letcher Letter Book, pp. 2–5 (G.P., reel 54). Harlan, secretary of state, had asked Cates for his opinion on the validity of a recommendation of the Jefferson County Court which did not pay “just regard to seniority.”

8 Owsley Papers, jackets 612, 651 (G.P., reels 84, 94); Charles Scott Journal, 17 December 1808 (G.P., reel 8).

9 Because of the lack of evidence it is impossible to determine the party affiliations of all the constables of Fayette County from 1833 to 1851. Each party claimed the other had a majority. See, for example, the Democratic claim in the Gazette, 7 December 1844, and the Whig claim in the Observer and Reporter, 2 December 1844. From the available evidence it is estimated that each party “bought” its fair share, approximately one-half.

10 Convention, 20 February 1847; Thomas B. Posey to Governor Robert Letcher, 15 March 1843, Letcher Papers, jacket 469 (G.P., reel 70); John Brown to Orlando Brown, 17 March 1829, folder 4, Orlando Brown Papers (Filson Club, Louisville, Ky.).

11 Remarks of Beverly L. Clarke, delegate from Simpson County, at the Constitutional Convention of 1849, Proceedings, p. 387; Convention, 30 January 1847.

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