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J. P. Gracey et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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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-186 to MG17A-187
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0001-020-0097
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FTP Identifier: 32208507

Mentioned in this document

People: Barnett, A. M.; Jacob, Albertus E.; Mayes, Alexander C.; Longley, Alfred A.; Rich, Alfred; Martin, Andrew J.; Moran, Ansel Jackson; Thompson, Asa C.; Black, Augustus C.; Byard, Benjamin F.; Magoffin, Beriah; Nichols, Bryant; Boyd, Charles C.; Vinson, Coleman C.; Ladd, David B.; Wilkerson, David; Mitchusson, Drury C., Jr.; Farrow, Edmund R.; Faughn, Enos C.; Teear, Farrow A.; Boyd, Fineas R.; Tickerson, Francis M.; Martin, Francis S.; Howard, Groves; Tandy, Gustavus H.; Markham, Harrison H.; Marlow, Henry Clay; Tandy, Henry; Pool, I. M.; Baker, Isaac E.; Hibbs, J. R.; Holmes, James C.; Hopper, James H.; Ausenbaugh, James W.; Wheeler, James; Chambers, Jefferson J.; Jones, Jefferson; Hayle, John B.; Bingham, John; Finn, John; Keys, John H.; Hayden, John J.; Dorr, John N., Sr.; Boyd, John P.; Dever, John P.; Gracey, John P.; Dillingham, John V.; Gillis, John W.; Haden, John W.; Prince, John W.; Simpson, John W.; Nichols, Levin; Martin Lewis, Jr.; Pickering, Malachi A.; Boyd, Meredith; Cartwright, Milton A.; Cartwright, Milton C.; Crow, Moses; Estes, Newman; Martin, Rezin D.; Tandy, Roger; Woodruff, Samuel Nathaniel; Wadlington, Thomas B.; McHane, Thomas; Johnson, Thomas S.; Murphey, W. J.; Brelsford, William B.; Perryman, William C.; Cash, William; Marlow, William D.; Harrald, William E.; Oliver, William H.; Perry, William H.; Tickerson, William; Williams, William W.
Places: Caldwell County, Kentucky; Christian County, Kentucky; Hopkins County, Kentucky; Lyon County, Kentucky; Trigg County, Kentucky
Organizations: Caldwell Circuit Court; Commonwealth of Kentucky
Dates: --11

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J. P. Gracey 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-0001-020-0097 (November 12, 2026).

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To His Excellency the Hon^'Beriah Magoffin Governor of Kentucky

Whereas Petitions have been circulated in the Counties of Caldwell Lyon, Trigg, Christian & Hopkins beseeching of your Excellency to pardon or commute the punishment of Thos B. Wadlington convicted at the last November term of the Caldwell Circuit Court of the murder of Milton ,A, Cartwright We the undersigned Citizens of Caldwell County believing the verdict of the Jury in the Case of said Wadlington to be 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 petition^s

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1 J. P. Gracey —
2 Moses Craw
3E R Farrow
4 A C Black
5 Newman Estes
6 A. G. Martin

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7 A. A. Longley
8 A C Thomson
9 D C Mitchesson Jr
10 A C Mayes
11 Wm Cash Comn
12 Jno W. Simpson

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13J J Hayden
14J B Hayle
15 J Ausenboy
16J. H. Hopper
17 J W Haden
18 James C Hornes
19 WC Perryman
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21Lewis Martin
22 J, E, Baker
23 J. S Wheeler
24 W. L. Marlow
25 M Clay Marlow,
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27 P P Chambers

28 H H Markham

29 John.P. Boyd
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30 G Howard

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41 John H Keys
42F A Teear
43 L. Nicholes
44 Bryand Nicholes
45 M. A. Pickering
46 W W Williams
47 W. B. Brelsford
48 W. E Harrald
49Jno Bingham
50 B F Byard
51 J W Prince
52 M C Cartwright
53 John W Gillis
54I. M. Pooll
55 J F. Gilles
56W Tickerson
57 F. M Tickerson
58 D B Ladd
59 A. E. Jacob
60 A. M. Barnett
61 G H Tandy
62C C Boyd
63 Henry Tandy
64 W H Perry
65 Roger Tandy
66 M, P, Boyd
67 Coleman C Vinson
68 Alfred Rich
69 John P. Dever
70 Fineas R. Boyd

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71 Wm H Oliver
72 Enos C Faughn
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