Kahy Renfrew Bratcher family, g-grandpa
John Tommy Deweese

~~JOHN THOMAS DEWEESE B.1874 BUTLER D. UNKNOWN~~

ELVIS DEWEESE DAUGHTER, LINDA DEWEESE BECK GAVE ME THIS. 9-8-2012
JOHN THOMAS DEWEESE, WAS IN EDDYVILLE KY. PRISON FOR 2 YEARS. HE WAS SENT TO EDDYVILLE ON FEB 15, 1897. HE KILLED A SNODGRASS MAN. THEY FOUND HIM GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER AND SENT TO EDDYVILLE FOR 2 YEARS. HE WAS IN AND OUT OF JALL MOSTLY FOR SELLING LIGUOR. .--PRISON-RECORDS--
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NO. 4131, COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, OCT 14 1908 ARRESTRD FOR SHOOTING UPON A PUBLIC ROAD, JOHN THOMAS DEWEESE & BILL GARRISON & GEORGE OLLER, THEY WERE FINES 50 DOLLORS EACH. WITNESSES, JIM JOHNSON & BUTLER PHELPS & LIBBURN PHELPS & ULYSSESS GRANT PHELPS & GEORGE DOUGLASS. COMMONWEAITH OF KY. RECORDS.
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NO.6276,COMMONWEALTH ,KY.VS.J NO TOM DEWEESE, WITNESS-FINIS PHELPS-
S.L.
BOUGHT A QUART FROM DEWEESE NEAR BROOKLYN.THINKS IT WAS LAST OF AUG.LUTHER & LEWIS
? FIRST ONE LAST DEWEESE PAID HIM FUR(FOR) IT.BUT DON'T KNOW ABOUT AMOUNT,WITHER .75 CENTS OR $ 1.00 FOR A QUART.
LOVE BILL'' THIS WAS ON DOCTUMENT DON'T KNOW IF LOVE ,KY. OR WHAT IT MEANS.''

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COMMONWEALTH,KY.ALTHOUGH THE JURY MAY BELIEVE FROM THE EVIDENCE BEYOND A RESONABLE DOUBT THAT THE DEFT. DID NOT KILL SAID SNODGRASS, IF THEY BELIEVE DEWEESE THE EVIDENCE THAT WHEN HE SAID SO,

HE HAD RESONABLE GROUNDS TO BELIEVE & DID BELIEVE THAT HE WAS IN IMMEDATE DANGER OF LOSING HIS LIFE OR OF RECIEVING GREAT BODILY HARM AT THE HANDS OF SAID, LEONARD SNODGRASS & THAT HE HAD NO OTHER SAFE,OR APPARENTLY SAFE MEANS OF ESCAPE. JOHN THOMAS DEWEESE SAID DANGER IS APPARENT DANGER IF ANY OF EITHER, THERE & IN THAT EVENT HE HAD THE RIGHT TO USE FORCE IS WERE NECESSARY,OR TO HIM APPARENTLY NECESSARY TO PROTECT HIS LIFE OR PERSON JOHN THOMAS DEWEESE THOUGHT DANGER OR APPARENT DANGER,IF ANY OF EITHER,WERE TO EXCUTE OF SHOOTING,TAKING THE LIFE OF SAID SNODGRASS----GIVENS --------

NEXT PAGE-----DEWEESE A RESONABLE DOUBT AS TO WITHER IF EITHER,OF THE SAID OFFENCES HE IS GULITY OF,THEY SHOULD IN THAT EVENT FIND HIM GUILTY OF THE LOWEST OR LEAST OFFENCE----GIVENS-----
NEXT PAGE-----IF HOWEVER THE JURY BELIEVE FROM THE EVIDENSE BEYOND A RESONABLE DOUBT THAT THE DEFT. DEWEESE FIND'' CAN'T READ REST OF THIS PAGE''.-------
-NEXT PAGE--------HAS THE JURY FIND THE DEFINDANT.NOT GUILTY AS CHARGED IN THE INDICTMENT,BUT DO FIND HIM GUILTY OF VOLENTARY MAN SLAUGHTER AND FIX HIS PUNISHMENT AT 2 TWO YEARS CONFINEMENT IN THE PENITENTIARY.--------D.Y. FOSTER-----FOREMAN------
THIS MAY HAVE COME FROM MICOFILM WAS SENT TO CLYDE J. DEWEESE BY LINDA DEWEESE BECK.BONNIE PARRISH DEWEESE TRANSLATED IT FROM COPIED PAPER.9-10-/9-11-2
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY:TO THE SHERIFF OF BUTLER COUNTY,GREETING:
YOU ARE COMMANDED TO SUMMON'' DET.FLENERS '' J.H. WARTHAM,MONT FLENER ,J.H.INGRAM,GILLMAN FLENER ,P.W. RAYMER,SILAS JOHNSON,WARNIS T. DOCKREY,A.J. BOOTH,JAMES W. BURDEN,J.BURDEN,ELIAS BURDEN,ELVIS FLENER,DR.SAM ANNES,U.D. POUELLT,SID SWIFT,JASYS HOUENTORN,SCOTT HARRARD,CALLY GOFF,ELLIS EMBRY,JACK SMITH, BUD SHEPPARD,SHERMAN COOTS ,LEWIS EMBRY,STEN LACEFIELD,VAL LACEFIELD,LEE HENDERSON,JOHN EMBRY,MRS.JULIAN BOOTH,JULIAN BOOTH,LEE PHELPS,JIM JONES,H.G. PHELPS,JOHN EVANS,EDGES BROKEN?
TO APPEAR BEFORE THE'' BUTLER ''CIRCUIT COURT,ON'' 4 ''DAY OF ITS NEXT ''FEBUARY ''TERM,TO TESTIFY IN BEHALF OF ''PLAINTIFF'' IN AN ACTION IN SAID COURT BETWEEN THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY,PLAINTIFF,AND'' JOHN TOMMY DEWEESE'' ,DEFENDANT.
WITNESS,''MY HAND AS'' CLERK OF THE SAID COURT,THIS''5th''DAY OF ''JANNARY'' 1897.
J.D.TANNER,CLERK.
BY''CLYDE WARD'' ,D.C.
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DUPLICATE. OFFCE OF BRANCH PENITENTIARY,
EDDYVILLE,KENTUCKY ' FEB 16 1897'
RECEIVED OF.'COLUMBUS NEEL',SHERIFF OF 'BUTLER' COUNTY BY THE HANDS A.H.TANNER,
THE BODY OF 'JOHN TOMMY DEWEESE',CONVICTED OF'MURDER' AT THE 'FEBURARY'TERM,1897,OF 'BUTLER' CIRCUIT COURT,AND SENTENCE TO CONFINEMENT AND HARD LABOR IN THE JAIL AND PENITENTIARY HOUSE OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY FOR THE TERM OF'TWO(2) YEARS'.
J. H. HAFFY
WARDEN BRANCH PENITENTIARY.
BY C.J.CANFIELD
CLERK BRANCH PENITENTIARY.
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4 ~CLYDE JERIL DEWEESE,** B-1950-KY.
~my dad~
5 WOODROW DEWEESE,B- 1927-KY.
~his dad~
6 CLYDE E. DEWEESE, B-1890-KY.
~his dad~
7 JOHN THOMAS DEWEESE, B-1874-KY.
~his dad~
8 JACOB P. DEWEESE, B-1841-KY.
~his dad~
9 JESSE G. DEWEESE, JR. B-1818-KY.
~his dad~
10 JESSE G. DEWEESE,SR. B-1770-PA.
~his dad~
11 WILLIAM DEWEESE, B-1730-VA.
~his dad~
12 GARRETT DEWEESE, B-1708-PA.
~his dad~
13 CORNELIUS DEWEESE,B-1682-NEW Y0RK.
~his dad~
13 GARRETT HENDRICKS DEWEESE, B-1641-NETHERLAND.
~his dad~
14 HENDRICKS DEWEESE, B-1615-BEVRWIJK,NETHERLAND.
~his dad~
15 ADRIAEN HENDRICKS DEWEESE, B-1595- IN NETHERLAND,
AMSTERDAM, OLD DUTCH. LINE UN-BROKEN FOR 418 YEARS.
DEWEESE FAMILY
CAME TO USA ABOUT 355 YEARS A-GO.
(Compiled By C J Deweese)
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****The first family by the name of DeWeese to come to this country was,Garrett Hendricks deWees and his wife, Zytian,who sailed from Freesland, Holland, about the year 1689, landed in NewYork, and a few months later settled in Germantown, Pa.His ancestor is believed to have been Jan Pietre deWees, born 1563 inDortracht, Holland, the only son of French Huguenotparents who died when he was very young. Jan Pietre was adopted by afamily who gave him the name of de wees, which means "orphan",thus originating the name of de Wees or later Dewees and Deweese.