Legal/Financial

M. B. Griffith, Joseph Hendrickson and Elias Byley, Affidavit

1862-02-03

Date of Creation
February 3, 1862
Place of Creation
Marshall County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Legal/Financial
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Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
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Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Civil Appointments, 1859-1862
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MG4-273 to MG4-274
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-017-0321
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M. B. Griffith, Joseph Hendrickson and Elias Byley, Affidavit, 1862-02-03, 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-0001-017-0321 (November 14, 2026).

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Voters Names W. Waller
Thomas Hodges 1
L. K. Park 2
John Minter 3
Wesley Minter 4
L.D. Hendrickson 5
M. J. Free 6
R. P. Finney 7
J. B. Free 8
John Brewer 9
H. C. Waggenner 10
Nelson Washam 11
D. S. Mcgrigor 12
Adam Smith 13
R. Woodall 14
W. C. Dawes 15
T. J. Green 16
W. Liles 17
Jonathan Byley 18
Phillip [Stivers] 19
William Byley 20
D. H. Byley 21
Joseph Griffith 22
Levi McGrigor 23
Henry Smith 24
Henry Minter 25
Joseph Hendrickson 26
Elias Byley 27

M. B. Griffith Clerk

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W. Waller
J. M. Hendrickson 28
M. B. Griffith 29
E. Treas 30
H. S. Sutherland 31
J. W. Liles 32

M. B. Griffith Clerk

at an Election held in Marshall Conty K.Y. in the fourth District on the first mond in Feby 1862. at the house of Joseph Hendrickson for a member to the Legislator of Kentucky the vote stands thus ^for^ W. Waller 32

Judges
Joseph Hendrickson
Elias Byerly
M. B. Griffith C C

We M B Griffith Joseph Hendrickson and Elias Byley loyal citizens of Marshall County and residents in district No 4 meet at the house of Joseph Hendrickson on the 3rd day of February 1862 and the hour of 9 Oclock having arrived and the County Judge & Sheriff failing to appoint officers to Hold an election as required by law for representative for Marshall County

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did proceed and hold said election and the Vote stood for W Waller 32 he being the only candidate Given under our hands this 3rd day of February 1862

Joseph Hendrickson
Elias Byerly
M B Griffith

I do certify that the above named officers are loyal citizens and that they personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace ^for Marshall County Ky^ and ware sworn and subscribed their names to the above certificate Given under my hand this 3rd Feby 1862

A. Johnson J. P. M. C.

We M. B. Griffith, Joseph Hendrickson and Elias Birely do certify that the officers to whome this return should have been made are disloyal we therefore return the same to the Govenor Secretary of State and Attorney General Given under our hands this Feby 3rd 1862

Joseph Hendrickson
Elias Byerly
M. B Griffith

Sworn to and subscribed to before me this 3rd day of February 1862

A, Johnson J, P, M, C