These legal documents relate to the case against Thomas Bickerton and others for murder in September of 1856 in the Kansas Territory. The charge was issued by proslavery Associate Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court and Second District Judge S. G. Cato. Thomas Bickerton served as a free state commander during the Battle of Hickory Point on September 13 and 14, 1856 at the settlement of Hickory Point in Jefferson County. Bickerton later served as a captain for the Union in the Civil War.
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Kansas Territory versus Thomas Bickerton et al. for murder - 6