James H. Leech 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-100 to MG17A-101
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0037
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208448
- People
- Magoffin, Beriah
- Glenn, David B.
- Black, David L.
- Mason, Foster M.
- Dodds, Francis Marion W.
- Dodds, Francis W.
- Machen, Frank B.
- Machen, Henry
- Waters, Hy
- Barnes, James C.
- Cantrell, James E.
- Leech, James H.
- Morse, James T.
- Tison, Joab
- Steele, John B.
- Trayler, John C.
- Kinsolving, John
- Moore, Joseph
- Oliver, Levi L.
- Cartwright, Milton A.
- Martin, Nathaniel
- Robertson, O. I.
- Laws, Spencer F.
- Wadlington, Thomas B.
- Laws, Thomas E.
- Morse, Thomas J.
- Kinsolving, William C.
- Mott, William R.
- Organizations
- Commonwealth of Kentucky
Citation
James H. Leech 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-0001-020-0037 (November 12, 2026).
To His Excellency Beriah Maggoffin Govenor of The Commonwealth of Kentucky —
We the citizens of Caldwell County Kentucky have long known Thomas 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 & give the poor man the benefit of every doubt or ^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 will & may 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 Yrs Respy
Jas H Leech J. P. C C
John B. Steele
D B Glenn
Henry Machen
F. Machen
Wm R Mott
F M W Dodds
Hy. Waters
J. C. Trayler
Foster Mayson
Wm C Kinsolving
F W Dodds
J Q Morse
T J Morse
O I Robertson
Joseph Moore
Jas Cantrell
D. L. Black
Nathaniel Martin
Jn Kinsolving
Joab Tison
L. L, Oliver
Thomas E Laws
Spenser F Laws
Kentucky Caldwell County.
F. W. Dodds says that the names of most of the subscribers to the written petition from the top to and including the name of James Cantrell are the genuine signatures they purport to be, the same being signed by them respectively or by their authority as few of them having been put to this purpose before it came to his hands, but he believes all of them are genuine.
F. W. Dodds
Sworn to & subscribed before me by F. W. Dodds This
J. C. BarnesD. C.