Joel Beckner et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-01-21
- Date of Creation
- January 21, 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-87 to MG17A-88
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0029
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208440
- People
- Magoffin, Beriah
- Beckner, Callahill
- Kennaday, Champ T.
- Carney, Daniel
- Lowry, David
- Strong, Eli
- Miller, Ephraim
- Lowry, Finis E.
- Crider, Finis Ewing
- Jones, George W.
- McDowell, George W.
- Roberts, Henry B.
- James, Jacob
- Hamock, Jason
- Stevens, Jesse
- Beckner, Joel
- Kennaday, John B.
- McConnell, John C.
- Morse, John F.
- Boyd, John J. Crittenden
- Boyd, John R.
- Morse, John R.
- Towery, John W.
- Carney, Joshua
- Cook, Josiah
- Wilson, Lorenzo D.
- Jones, Loton W.
- Wadlington, Mahlon
- Cartwright, Milton A.
- Cook, Milton Burnett
- Cook, Orestes
- Cook, Reuben
- Towery, Robert H., Jr.
- Wadlington, Thomas B.
- White, Thomas C.
- Morse, Thomas F.
- Burchfield, Thomas R.
- Mitchusson, William E.
- Butler, William G.
- Williamson, William H.
- Jones, William
- Williamson, Zachariah R.
- Organizations
- Commonwealth of Kentucky
Citation
Joel Beckner et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-01-21, 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-0001-020-0029 (November 12, 2026).
To His Excellency Beriah Magoffin Gov of Kentucky
We the undersigned citizens of Caldwell County Ky,, have long Known Thos B Wadlington & he has Ever been considered a good & True hearted citizen Known & noted for his industry & orderly conduct. The Difficulty in which he was engaged with Milton A Cartwright did not appear to us to be of his seeking nor are we satisfied that the case was presented to the Jurry as it really occurred. We hope yr excellency will review the case and give the poor man the benefit of Every Doubt and we desire. That his case may be judged in Mercy & regarded with favor & that yr Excellency will take into consideration Every circumstance that ought to opperate in his behalf and we desire that Yr Excellency may be& will be persuaded that it is consistent with Yr duty to extend to him executive clemency
& that his life may be sparred, either by a full pardon or by a commutation of his punishment —
Yours respectfully
Jessy Stevens [Ogalene] 80 yer ^is old^
Robert Toury junier
Thomas C white
Wm. G. Butler
William jones
David Lowry
John mc'Cnell
Finis E. Lowry
J. C. Boyd
Oretres Cook
Josiah Cook
Z R Williamson
L W Jones
H jason Hamock
E Strong
Mahlon Wadlington
C. Beckner says of Caldwell Co Ky says that the Names above signd was by the consent of the above Namd Subscribers To the said Petition —
C. Beckner
Sworn to before Me this
W E Mitchusson D C