W. E. Waters to Beriah Magoffin
1860-11-01
- Date of Creation
- November 1, 1860
- Place of Creation
- Danville, Boyle 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
- MG18-216 to MG18-217
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0458
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208866
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Citation
W. E. Waters to Beriah Magoffin, 1860-11-01, 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-0001-020-0458 (November 14, 2026).
To His Excellency. Beriah Magoffin
Govenor of Kentucky.
The undersigned, would Respy represent to your Excellency. that he sometime since purchased of a Merchant in Danville a Pistol. put it in his pocket unloaded and carried it home, and for this he was prosecuted for wearing or Carrying a Concealed weapon. and was for an alledged violation of an Ordinance of the Town of Danville, fined a few days ago by Speed S Fry. County Judge the sum of Fifty dollars and costs
the pistol was not loaded and after purchasing it, put int h in his pockett and carried it home
that is all the violation he was guilty of. he had never carried the pistol before or Since. thought it was necessary to have a pistol about his home.
he respectfully Solicits and Petitions your Excellency to remit the fine and release him from the Judgement
Sworn to before me by William E Waters this
M T Chrisman Clk B C Court
we respectfully Petition, your Excellency to remit the fine against W E Waters and relsease him from the Judgement, prayed for in his Petition within.
J. H. Webb.
J, F, Cosby
John R. Simpson
G W Daneghy
U: V: Krauss..
G F Cornelius
T J Shindelbower
H Hamilton
W H Shears
Sam F Maguire
M Hope
Sam P. Barbee
Henry. B. Stanwood
Walter Roach
Geo. Sharp Jr
L. N. Zimmerman
Cyrus Trumbo
Geo. D. Boldrick
James R. Marrs
Thos W. Green
Jas F. Zimmerman
Geo, W Collins
Marcellus Chiles
S, Larimer
James Burton
Hesiker Manwarring
Geo. Muscroffe
Fon. T. Fox Jr
James M [Harlan]
Isaiah D Merritt
$50
W. E. Waters
Respite 6 mo
B. M
Issd