Petition

John Cusack et al. to Beriah Magoffin

Place of Creation
Fulton 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
MG18-351
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0548
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32208956

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John Cusack 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-0001-020-0548 (November 13, 2026).

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To his Excellency B. Magoffin
Governor of Kentucky

We the undersigned citizens of Fulton County Respectfully represent that at the present Term of the Equity & Criminal Court of this county Mike Sherran was tried convicted and sentenced to the Pententiary for 3 years under an indictment for aiding and assisting in the murder of one John Sherran Harrington

We further represent to your Excellency that we beleive Mike Sherrans case presents strong reasons for the propriety of the Exorcise of your Excellency's clemency

"The unfortunate man who was killed was a northern man the associate of a freenegro. And the cause of the difficulty was the refusal of Mike Sherran to drink with the negro. when the deceased become offended and told Mike Sherran and others that the negro was as good as they were

We know Mike Sherran to be a peaceable quient industrious Irishman. And we respectfully beg your Excellency to pardon him.

John Cusack
Patrick Green
Walter Cusick

Luke Dillon
Patruk Judge
J P Cusick
John Ringwood

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William Meara
Edward Kavanagh
John Glin
Daniel Steel
Philip Carroll
Patrick Kennelly
Patrick Cunningham
D. Mc Gaughran
James Sullivan
Hugh MnNeleas
John Barry
Thomas Dillon
William Ward
A. C. young
Machel Murrey