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Correspondence

William S. Watwood to Beriah Magoffin

1861-02-02

Document details

Date of Creation: February 2, 1861
Place of Creation: Roaring Spring, Trigg County, Kentucky
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: MG3-435
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0001-017-0074
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FTP Identifier: 32207343

Mentioned in this document

People: Magoffin, Beriah; Whitlock, John C.; Roach, John J.; Hite, Joseph; Landrum, Lewis W.; Campbell, Thomas S.; Malone, W. H.; Richards, William; Watwood, William S.
Places: Roaring Spring, Kentucky; Trigg County, Kentucky
Dates: 1861-02-02; 1861-02-13

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William S. Watwood to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-02-02, 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-0001-017-0074 (November 12, 2026).

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Roaring Spring Trigg County Ky
Febuary 2^nd 1861
To the

Hon Beriah Magoffin

Dear Sir Some months ago I resighned my commission as a Justice of the peace for this district with the intention of moving from the county Since circumstances have caused me to settle here again permanently and It seems to be the wish of the neighborhood that I shall again act as a Justice of the peace of this district to which arrangement I have consented provided you will reappointe me & send the commission

Yours Truly

William S Watwood

We the undersighned fully concur in the above representation of W S Watwood Esq & hope that he may be reappointed

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Trigg Co

J. P. Dist N^o 4
W^m S. Watwood

Iss^dFebry 13 1861

Issue commisson
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