Johnson Parkhurst et al. to Beriah Magoffin
- Place of Creation
- Trimble 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
- MG18-313
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0524
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208932
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Citation
Johnson Parkhurst 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-0001-020-0524 (November 13, 2026).
To his Excellency Beriah McGoffin
Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky,
We the undersigned your petitioners citizens of Trimble county Kentucky would respectfully ^represent^ to your Honor that Barney Wells has been fined Ten Dollars for a Breach of the peace in a fight with one Sam Jackson at Milton Kentucky, The said Barney Wells alleges that the said Jackson gave him sufficient provocation to first strike him, the said Jackson with whom he had a fight is a very stoutoverbearing man and frequently engaged in disturbances of this kind, therefore we pray your honor to remit said fine and as in duty bound will every pray &c
Johnson Parkhurst
J. Y. Newkirk
S. Gatewood
F. E. Skidmore
R. D. Mullikin
G. W. Miller (S. T. C.)
M. W. [Wilson]
R Bell
S: Medd
J F Butler
Jeph Tingle
Benton Gatewood
Robert Frost
F Crafton
John Skidmore
w Samuel
George Wright
W T Adcock
J H Lane
W W Pierce
Thomas Jones
Thos Langhery