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Petition

James Perry et al. to Beriah Magoffin

1861-01-22

Document details

Date of Creation: January 22, 1861
Place of Creation: Caldwell County, Kentucky
Document Genre: Petition
Repository: Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection: Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862
Box / Folder: MG17A-81 to MG17A-82
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0001-020-0026
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FTP Identifier: 32208437

Mentioned in this document

People: Magoffin, Beriah; Urvin, Boyle; Wadlington, Charles W.; Mason, Foster M.; Young, Isaac; Cook, James B.; Pemberton, James M.; Irvin, James Madison "Mat"; Perry, James; Ausenbaugh, James W.; Stull, John "Jack" W.; French, John; Littlefield, John; Perry, John; Nichols, John R.; Wylie, John; Stevens, Joseph C.; Stallins, Joshua B.; Wylie, Josiah W.; Irvin, Marcus Lafayette; Cartwright, Milton A.; French, Milton D.; Varner, Noble W.; Mifflin, Preston A.; Pemberton, Richard, Jr.; Pemberton, Richard, Sr.; Wadlington, Thomas B.; Pemberton, Walter W.; Stallins, Whit Mill J.; Mitchusson, William E.; Scott, William Henry; Howton, William J.; Lamb, William; French, William R.; Smiley, William; Varner, William; Boyd, William W.; Nichols, Wright, Jr.; Perry, Wylie
Places: Caldwell County, Kentucky; Kentucky
Organizations: Commonwealth of Kentucky
Dates: 1861-01-22; 1861-01-28

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James Perry et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-01-22, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 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-0001-020-0026 (November 12, 2026).

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To
His Excellency Beriah Magoffin
Govenor of the State of Kentucky

Dear Sir — We the undersigned, citizens of Caldwell County Ky. have long known Thomas. B. Wadlington, and he has ever been considered a good & true hearted citizen, Known & noted, for his industry & his orderly conduct — The difficulty in which he was engaged with M. A. Cartwright did not appear to us to be of his own seeking, nor are we satisfied, nor do we believe that — the case was fairly presented to the Jury as it actually occurred. We hope your Excellency will review the case, and give the poor man the benefit of every doubt & we desire that his case may be judged of with mercy & regarded with favor. And that your Excellency will take into consideration every circumstance that ought to operate in his behalf — And we desire that your Excellency may & will be persuaded that it is consistent with your duty to extend to him Executive Clemency & that his life may be spared either by a full pardon or a commutation of his punishment —

Jan'y 22 1861 —

Yours respectfully —

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James Perry
Wylie Perry
Foster Mason
Richard, Pemberton, Jr
Richard Pemberton
W W Pemberton
J W Wylie

J C Stevens

State of Kentucky Caldwell County
Charles W Wadlington

Says he was personally present when each of the above named persons Signed the foregoing Petition

C W Wadlington

Sworn to before me by Charles W Wadlington this Jany 28^th 1861

W E Mitchusson D C

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