Alexander Milton Cockrill et al. to Beriah Magoffin
- 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-180 to MG17A-181
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0094
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208504
- People
- Cockrill, Alexander Milton
- Holland, Archibald E.
- Piercy, Asa D.
- Mitchell, Benjamin "Patton"
- Brown, Benjamin F.
- Burnam, Benjamin F.
- Magoffin, Beriah
- Howard, Calvin G.
- Martin, Edward M.
- Farris, F. M.
- Holland, Francis M.
- Gray, Garrett
- Blick, George D.
- Howe, Henry W.
- Early, Hezekiah G.
- Pearcy, Irvin C.
- Hollowell, Irwin, Sr.
- Hollowell, Irwin S., Jr.
- Gilkey, Isaac
- Hollowell, Isaac P.
- Hayes, James H.
- Hawkins, James
- Perry, James R.
- Satterfield, James W.
- Mitchusson, John "Jack" W.
- Colman, John C.
- Campbell, John H.
- Harris, John H.
- Brown, John M.
- Kilgore, John M.
- McGregor, John
- Early, John P.
- Ramey, John S.
- Rodgers, John W.
- Hollowell, Jonathan P.
- Pearcy, Lanberry C.
- Cartwright, Milton A.
- Gray, Nathan
- Conway, Pleasant
- Rodgers, Robert T.
- Rodgers, Stephen
- Wadlington, Thomas B.
- Prewett, Thomas M.
- Gore, Thomas S.
- Ransom, W. H.
- Ransom, W. J.
- Ransom, W. M.
- Hampton, W. W.
- Fowler, Wiley P.
- Hobson, William A.
- McCain, William A.
- Kilgore, William Elbert
- Gray, William G.
- Gray, William Henry Harrison
- Mitchell, William J.
- Hollowell, William T.
- Hopper, William T.
- Early, Winfrey B.
- Places
- Caldwell County, Kentucky
- Christian County, Kentucky
- Hopkins County, Kentucky
- Lyon County, Kentucky
- Trigg County, Kentucky
- Organizations
- Commonwealth of Kentucky
Citation
Alexander Milton Cockrill 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-0001-020-0094 (November 12, 2026).
To His Excellency The Hon' Beriah Magoffin Govenor of Kentucky
Whereas Petitions have been circulated in the counties of Caldwell Lyon, Trigg, Christian & Hopkins beseeching of your excellency the to pardon or commute the punishment of Thos B Wadlington convicted at the last term of our circuit court of the murder of Milton A Cartwright, We the undersigned citizens of CaldwellCounty believing the verdict of the Jury in the case of said Wadlington tobe correct and that he deserves the penalty due to crime. from our knowledge of the facts most earnestly beseech of your excellency not to pardon or commute the punishment of said Wadlington and hereby enter our solemn protest against granting the prayer of said Petitioners —
Names
A M Cockrill 1
W P Fowler 2
J C Colman3
J W mitchisson 4
James Hawkins 5
Isaac Gilkey 6
F M Holland 7
A E Holland 8
John H. Campbell 9
Pleasant Conway 10
Names
J P Hollowell 11
Irwin Hollowell12
J P Early 13
H. G. Early14
Irwin Hollowell Jr. 15
C. G. Howard 16
W. A. McCain17
W g gray 18
Stephen Rodgers 19
W B Earley 20
B F Burnam 21
Names
R T Rodgers 22
John W Rodgers23
John McGregor 24
I, P, Hollowell25
W,, H Ransom 26
W M Ransom 27
F M. Farris 28
Garrett Gray 29
W.. J.. Ransom 30
W H H Gray 31
Jas ,H, Hayes 32
H W Howe 33
Names
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Wm E,, Kilgore 454
John H Harris 455
John ,,M. Kilgore 456
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