Beriah Magoffin, Captain, T. L. Burnett
1861
- Date of Creation
- 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
- MG6-144
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-018-0050
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32207864
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Citation
Beriah Magoffin, Captain, T. L. Burnett, 1861, 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-0001-018-0050 (November 13, 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 T. L. Burnett having been duly elected to the office of Captain, and that reposing special trust and confidence in the patriotism, valor, fidelity, and abilities of said Burnett, I do hereby commission him as CAPTAIN, with the rank of Captain, in the Kentucky State Guard, to rank as such from the
And I do strictly charge and require all officers and soldiers under his command to be obedient to his orders as Captain; and he is to observe and follow such orders and directions, from time to time, as he shall receive from me or the future Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, or the General or other superior officers set over him, according to the rules and discipline presecribed in the Military Laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. This commission to continue in force during the term of six years, or until a successor is elected.
{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, the
B. Magoffin
BY THE GOVERNOR:
Thos B Monroe Jr, Secretary of State.
OATH.
I do solemnly swear, that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of this State, and be faithful and true to the Commonwealth of Kentucky, so long as I continue a citizen thereof, and that I will faithfully execute, to the best of my abilities, the office of Captain according to law; and I do further solemnly swear, that since the adoption of the present Constitution, I, being a citizen of this State, have not fought a duel with deadly weapons, within this State nor out of it, with a citizen of this State; nor have I sent or accepted a challenge to fight a duel with deadly weapons, with a citizen of this State; nor have I acted as second in carrying a challenge, or aided or assisted any person thus offending — so help me God.
T. L. Burnett
Subscribed and sworn before me, a Justice of the Peace for Spencer County, Kentucky, this
J. J. Wood J. P. S. C
Justice of the Peace.
I hereby resign the within commission
T. L. Burnett
accepted
B. Magoffin
Comr in Chief