J. W. Moore et al. to Beriah Magoffin
- Place of Creation
- Mount Sterling, Montgomery 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
- MG17-318 to MG17-319
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0317
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208726
- People
- Daniel, Achilles C.
- [Unknown], Andrew
- Peters, Belvard January
- Magoffin, Beriah
- Seaver, Beverly A.
- Dury, J. Saige
- Clarke, James E.
- Anderson, James H.
- Crawford, James M.
- Moore, James William
- Farrow, Kenaz
- McKee, Samuel
- Metcalfe, Thomas
- Turner, Thomas
- Places
- Mount Sterling, Kentucky
- Organizations
- Montgomery County Court
Citation
J. W. Moore 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-0001-020-0317 (November 12, 2026).
To his Excellency
Gov Megoffin
The undersigned members of the bar at Mount Sterling and officers of the Court would respectfully ask the Govern to pardon James Anderson who has been Convicted during the present term of this Court of Manslaughter — for the Killing of a negro man Andrew —
J W Moore
K Farrow
A. C. Daniel
Thos Turner
J. M Crawford clk. M. C. C.
Saml McKee
B. A. Seaver
J. E. Clarke
J. S. Dury.
B J Peters
Thomas Metcalfe