Kentucky Circuit Court (Pike County) records
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Kentucky Circuit Court (Pike County) records
- Date
- 1860-1867 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 5 Reels
- Subjects
- Summons.
- Petitions.
- Court records -- Kentucky -- Pike County.
- Hatfield-McCoy Feud.
- Arrangement
- Organized: Reel 1 (1860-1865); Reel 2 (1865-1866); Reel 3 (1866-1867); Reel 4 (1867); Reel 5 (1865). Arranged numerically by case number.
- Preferred Citation
- M-29 : [identification of item], Kentucky Circuit Court (Pike County) records, 1860-1867, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Scope and Content
- The Kentucky Circuit Court (Pike County) records (dated 1860-1867; 5 reels; 735 cases) contains microfilmed copies of records filed in Pike County Circuit Court from August 22, 1860 to November 25, 1867. The materials, generally petitions, summonses, and other court documents, include papers concerning disputes between the Hatfields and McCoys in the 1860s which some historians believe may have contributed to the outbreak of their famous feud more than a decade later. Other cases represented in the records include several tied to the divided feelings brought about by the Civil War, such as questioning the confiscation of property by one side or the other. Contains numbers 1889 through 2625, though the file is not complete.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- Property rights reside with the University of Kentucky. The University of Kentucky holds the copyright for materials created in the course of business by University of Kentucky employees. Copyright for all other materials has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky. For information about permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Special Collections.
Contents of the Collection
Number 1889-2106, 1860 August 22-1865 November 7
Number 2111-2306, 1865 November 8-1866 June 5
Numbers 2456-2625 and 2018, 1865 April 18, 1867 January 7-November 25
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