Sam Massey et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-02-09
- Date of Creation
- February 9, 1861
- 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- 129 to MG17A-130
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0057
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208467
- People
- Cole, Abraham B.
- McLane, Alexander H.
- Bassett, Amos
- Ruby, B. Sanford
- Crowley, Benjamin
- Wallace, Benjamin P.
- Magoffin, Beriah
- Winstead, Bushrod D.
- Hazel, Caleb
- Christian, Daniel J.
- Hawes, Ed.
- Clark, G. H.
- Langston, George W.
- Tolley, Green B.
- Baker, Isaac
- Watson, Isaac
- Newman, J. A.
- Thomasson, J. C.
- Headley, James D.
- Daniel, James
- Fuquay, James
- Clark, James M.
- [Unknown], James R.
- Wadkins, James
- Blackwell, Joel
- Edmunson, John B.
- Wallace, John B.
- Childers, John
- Croley, John E.
- Cavanah, John F.
- Bumpass, John H.
- Parker, John H.
- Harris, John
- Jenkins, John
- Buchanan, John P.
- Webster, John
- Jenkins, Joseph
- Brands, Lewis
- Chandler, Lewis L.
- Doris, Marion C.
- Cartwright, Milton A.
- [Unknown], P. M.
- Mooney, Peter
- Newman, Posey H.
- Carneal, Richard M.
- Finley, Richard N.
- [Pruitt], S. E.
- Delany, Samuel Daviess
- Massey, Samuel
- Cavanah, Samuel W.
- Lively, Standhope A.
- Wadlington, Thomas B.
- Clayton, Thomas C.
- Hutcherson, Thomas
- Jackson, Thomas J.
- Newman, Thomas K.
- [Unknown], W. R.
- [Unknown], W.
- Oakley, Walter
- Carneal, Washington
- Cole, Wesley
- Jones, Wiley
- Morrow, William A.
- Crowley, William D.
- Hoggard, William
- Chandler, William M.
- Townsend, Wilson
- Dates
- 1861-02-09
Citation
Sam Massey et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-02-09, 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-0001-020-0057 (November 12, 2026).
To his Excellency
Beriah McGoffin
Governor of Kentucky
We the undersigned citizens of Hopkins Countyand State of Kentuckyhave many of us heard a detail of all of the testimony and circumstances connected with the trial of Thos B Wadlington for the Killing ofM A Cartwright which occured in the County of Caldwell Some time past would respectfully State that it is our candid opinion upon a fair and impartial investigation of all the facts connected with the unfortunate affair that said T B Wadlington has been unjustly dealt with — while we Say this we would not wish to be understood in the Slightest degree to cast any censure or reflection upon the court or the officers of the court whose province it was to adjudicate in the case. but we feel authorized to Say so from Several circumstances that have presented themselves previous to as well as during the pendency of the Trial. We feel satisfied in our own minds that the difficulty was not Sought for by Wadlington and that the Killing was wholly and entirely in self defence We therefore under these circumstances appeal to your Excellency in good faith and under our honest convictions of right and Justice to extend to him that mercy which his case demands And when you shall weigh the testimony in his case investigate thoroughly all the varied circumstances connected therewith we feel conscious that your high regard for a practical ^conformity^ to the laws and principles of rectitude will not conflict with that high Sense of Justice and propriety which you hold and cherish so dearly and we therefore hope that you (as we do) will come to the conclusion that this unfortunate man may not only be judged in mercy but that he may secure at the hands of your Excellency full and freepardon and we your Petitioners will feel as ever Your friends truly
B, S, Ruby
Sworn to before me by me B S Ruby this
B D Winstead clk
Webster Circuit court —
File on Wadlington case —