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Correspondence

W. T. Davis et al. to Beriah Magoffin

1861-01-28

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Date of Creation: January 28, 1861
Document Genre: Correspondence
Repository: Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection: Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Civil Appointments, 1859-1862
Box / Folder: MG3-412
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0001-017-0058
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FTP Identifier: 32207329

Mentioned in this document

People: Taylor, Alford P.; Taylor, Allen; Reaves, Benjamin; Magoffin, Beriah; Dixon, D. D.; Birchfield, James A.; Heard, James; Jones, James; Young, James; White, Lawson; Morgan, Levy B.; Reaves, Peter M.; Cole, Philip; Davis, Robert Trimble, Sr.; Martin, T. B.; Rank, T. T.; Stuart, Thomas; Miller, William C.; Davis, William T.
Places: Kentucky; Warren County, Kentucky
Dates: 1861-01-21; 1861-01-28; 1861-01-30

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W. T. Davis et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-01-28, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Civil Appointments, 1859-1862, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-017-0058 (November 12, 2026).

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To his Excellency Gov Beriah McGoffin of Ky

We the undersigned would respectfully represent to you that James A Birchfield late acting Justice of the Peace for Sterritts Mill Precinct Warren County Ky departed this life the 21^st of the present month by whose death a vacancy has occurred in said office of Justice of the Peace we citizens of said Precinct would respectfully Suggest the name of Peter M Reaves as a suitable person to fill said vacancy until the next May Election. the said Reaves has been acting heretofore as a Justice of the Peace for said Precinct & gave general satisfaction as such

Respectfully yours & —
Jan 28^th 1861

W. T. Davis
Wm C Miller
L B Morgan
Benjamin Reaves
Alford Taylor
Jas Young
T B Martin
James Jones
D, D, Dixen
T. T. Rank
Robt Davis
Jss Heard
Alen Taylor
Thos Stuart
Lawson White
Philip Cole

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Warren Co
J. P. Dist N^o 6.
P. M. Reaves
vice
J A Burchfield
Iss^dJany 30 1861

Issue Commission
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