John A. Brooks et al. to Beriah Magoffin
- Place of Creation
- Webster 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-164
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0084
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208494
- People
- Lynn, Andrew "Andy" J.
- Magoffin, Beriah
- Crowley, Charles
- Crowley, Edmund
- Price, Elonzo L.
- Rudy, George A.
- Early, Ira
- Barnett, James R
- Sisk, James
- Ray, James T.
- Brooks, John A.
- Brown, John
- Couch, John
- Short, Joshua
- Nall, Lawrence S.
- Melton, Littleton S.
- Massey, Nathan B.
- Johnson, Noah N.
- Womack, Oliver C.
- Clayton, Philip D.
- Timmons, Stephen
- Wadlington, Thomas B.
- Hall, Thornton M.
- Crowley, William Decator
- Crowley, William M.
Citation
John A. Brooks et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 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-0001-020-0084 (November 12, 2026).
To his Excellency Beriah Magoffin
Govenor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
We the undersigned citizens of Hopkins ^Webster^ County who have heretofore Known Thos B Wadlington who has been convicted by a jury of the country in the County of Caldwell of the crime of murder would represent to your Excellency that we have Known the unfortunate man and that his character as a gentleman a true hearted and loyal citizen of the commonwealth of Kentucky has never been questioned
It is true that we Know nothing of the circumstances of his case but we feel that we do not depart from the duty that we owe to humanity and to the previous character of the accused as a man of peace, industry and sobriety to ask your honor to review his case and to exercise the powers that are confered upon you to Suspend or modify the rules of Strict law & to either extend to the accused a full pardon or a commutation of his punishment as justice tempered with mercy in your opinion may require
Yours Respectfully