Sophi Johnson et al. to Beriah Magoffin
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- Petition
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- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
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- Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862
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- MG17-223 to MG17-226
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0255
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- Dates
- 1860-12-21
Citation
Sophi Johnson 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-0001-020-0255 (November 14, 2026).
To his Excellency Governor Magoffin
The undersigned citizens of the County of Caldwell would respectfully represent that R. H. Johnson, who is now in confinement in the Penitentiary under a conviction for mayhem inflicted on his wife, is in their opinion entitled to the intervention of your Excellency We believe that the punishment he has suffered is fully equal to the demands of justice under the circumstances of his conviction. He is the head of a dependant and helpless family without whose aid want and suffering must subject to the cold charities of an unfriendly world. His offense against the laws of the land and the good order of society was the result, not of criminal purpose, so much as the unfortunate influence of inebriation, and the demands of justice for the crime are adequately satisfied by the punishment he has already received.
Wherefore in consideration of the premises we respectfully ask the interposition of that mercy confided to your Excellency by the constitution and laws of the land — in his behalf.
Mrs. Sophi Johnson
Will. H. Miller
Wm Y. Mitchusson
John Holland
Jesse Stevens
E, P, Campbell
Bryant Nichols
R H. Lander
J E Osborn
J. H. Roberts
S F Farrow
T. E Sigler
Thos Lacy
James.H. Francis
R. L. Wilson
R. A. Mansfield
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R, B, Ratliff
Foster, Mason
D. C. young
F D Wyatt
James. S. Wylie
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Jas A Cook
W. H. Pickots
William Williamson
Stallard Darnall
C. T Dabney
James M Morse
B, F, Cantrell
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J, P, McGoodwin
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John Lewis
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James C. Barns D. C.
W W Williams
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Henry Lewis
W. M Joyner
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William McCoy
David L. Hunter
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William Flood
Benjamin Quisenberry
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3 yrs Penty
Mayhem
Pardon Issd
Statement of of Johnsons Case Penty — Hon H. C Burnett & Welkerson —
