Beriah Magoffin, Third Lieutenant, Noah. S. Ferguson
1861-06-25
- Date of Creation
- June 25, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Commission/Appointment
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Appointments, 1859-1862
- Box / Folder
- MG6-95
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-018-0017
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32207831
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- Dates
- 1861-06-25
Citation
Beriah Magoffin, Third Lieutenant, Noah. S. Ferguson, 1861-06-25, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military 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-0001-018-0017 (November 14, 2026).
IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF
The Commonwealth of Kentucky,
{KENTUCKY
UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL}
BERIAH MAGOFFIN,
GOVERNOR OF SAID COMMONWEALTH,
To all who shall see these Presents, Greeting:
Know Ye, That Noah. S. Ferguson having been duly elected to the office of Third Lieutenant of the Enrolled Militia, of Fayette County, I do hereby commission him as THIRD LIEUTENANT of the Enrolled Militia of said County, investing him with full power and authority to execute and fulfill the duties of the said office according to law: And to have and to hold the same with all the rights and emoluments thereunto legally appertaining, for the term prescribed by law.
{SEAL OF KENTUCKY
UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL}
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed. Done at Frankfort,
B. Magoffin
BY THE GOVERNOR:
Tho B Monroe Jr, Secretary of State.
"Yeoman" Office — J. B. MAJOR, State Printer.
Resignation accepted
B. Magoffin