Benjamin G. Talbot to Beriah Magoffin
1861-01-04
- Date of Creation
- January 4, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Bourbon 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
- MG18-256 to MG18-257
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0486
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208894
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Citation
Benjamin G. Talbot to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-01-04, 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-0001-020-0486 (November 13, 2026).
To his Excellency Beriah Magoffin
Governor of Kentucky:
The petition of B. F. Talbott of Bourbon County, respectfully represents, that he was indicted in the Bourbon circuit court for an assault on John Sullivan, and at the
He states that the said fine was inflicted upon the evidence of John sullivan who is his enemy, and upon statements made by him which are untrue. He states that said sullivan at the time of said pretended assault, commenced by abusing him, and made an assault on him with a Knife drawn in his hand, and he struck him with a chair in self defence and so as to prevent the use of the knife — He states that he has paid the share of the said fine to the which belongs to the attorney for the commonwealth, & he prays for the remission of the residue —
Benj F Talbot
Bourbon County Sct:
The above petition was this day signed and sworn to by B. F. Talbott, before me presiding Judge of said County of Bourbon this
Wm M. Samuel P. J. B. C
We the undersigned Citizens of Bourbon County, do petition the Governor of Kentucky to remit the fine imposed on B. F. Talbott as described in the foregoing petition,. and we believe the statements of said petition are Correct —
R. Hawes
Wm M Samuel
B. E. Varnon
John Fox
Chs Talbutt
W. S. Rogers
Jer. Duncan
Geo M Bedford
Saml Clay Jr
Saml James
Samuel Jackson
B. F, Holmes
R, H, Hanson
B f Pullen
J T McClure
S G, Hawkins
J S Elkinton
C. Walton Jr
John G Young —
A. C. Trigg
A S Miller
John C Miller
Joseph. W, Miller
Robert, A. Miller
R W Taliaferro
A, R, Trigg
A J. Hitt
B F Longnecker
H,, A,, Trigg
Thos.. T. Vimont
Jas H Watson
Isaac R Purnell
W. Covington
J A Bassett
Thomas H, Jones
J, H, Seeley
J. G. Smedley,
Joseph D Ware
D, Smith
J. M Hughes
G W. Henry
J, D, Crabb
B. F Johnson
W S Trotter
Thos B Dullen
F. M. Harris
Thos L [Hony]
W A Campbell —
Nicholas Davis
W H Thompson
H Thompson
L. B. Vimont
J D Ardery
H, Wadell
W T. Boulden
Geo Kelley
John M Miller
H R Conway
A. T. Evans
J. B. Smith
A H Trotter
John W, Brown
Robt M McClelland
W. H. Parker
Thos J Ratliffe
John. W. Mountjoy
John [Saw]
James L Northcutt
Ben Baskins
R S McClintock
Wm McClilland
James Mclelland
John A Miller
John Kelly
R B Boulden
Lewis C, Vimont
John M Leer
James H. Miller
Fantleroy Ball
John Cook
James Bassett
Mason Talbutt
Jesse Lovely
J. N. Lovely
Bourbon Cir ct
$75. } Assault
B. F. Talbott
Remitted
B. M
Issd