Green Clay Smith et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-10-26
- Date of Creation
- October 26, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Petition
- 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
- MG4-147 to MG4-148
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-017-0228
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32207497
- People
- Magoffin, Beriah
- Wallace, Charles Green
- Stewart, Charles Welles
- Mooar, Daniel
- Miller, David Benton
- Collins, DeWitt Clinton
- Rust, Franklin Benjamin
- Marshall, George Boone
- Gibson, George
- Smith, Green Clay
- Myers, Harvey
- Cooper, Isaac
- Herndon, J. C.
- Ayars, James, Jr.
- O'Hara, James, Jr.
- Dak Jas K, Jr
- Hamilton, John E.
- Shrock, John G.
- Mackoy, John
- Nixon, John S.
- Levis, John T.
- Ranson, Joseph Morgan
- Dudley, Maurice J.
- Benton, Mortimer Murray
- Jones, Robert Alexander
- Athey, Robert Armstrong
- Sumerwell, Robert K.
- Patton, Robert
- Simmons, Robert
- Irwin, Rufus K.
- Peniston, Thomas B.
- W, W
- Wood, William Benjamin, Sr.
- Gedge, William Henry
- Dates
- 1861-10-26
Citation
Green Clay Smith et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-10-26, 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-0001-017-0228 (December 16, 2025).
To his Excellency Governor Beriah Magoffin, Your Petitioners respectfully shew that John G. Shrock, late a Justice of the Peace in and for the 1st Magisterial District in the city of Covington in the County of Kenton has resigned, We beg to say that Joseph M Ransom is a gentleman of legal information, unimpeachable integrity, and otherwise well qualified to fill the office. You will confer a favor upon this community by filling the vacancy immediately, as Sqr Shrock did nearly all the business of the District, and until his successor is appointed nothing will be done,
Covington Ky
H. Myers.
R A Jones
Chas, G. Wallace
M M Benton
Jas. Ayars, Jr.
I am well acquainted with J M Ransom and know him to be compitent for the place & [...] his petition I see that it is signed by the most prominent business men & attys of this city
J. E. Hamilton atty
Issue Commission
B. M.