Petition

A. Williams et al. to Beriah Magoffin

1861-01-17

Date of Creation
January 17, 1861
Place of Creation
Bath 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
MG18-371
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0561
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FTP Identifier
32208969

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Dates
1861-01-17
1861-02-15
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A. Williams et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-01-17, 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-0001-020-0561 (November 13, 2026).

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To his eclency the Govnor of the Commonwealth of Ky

We your undersigned petitioners must ^Respectfully^ Represent to your Honor that on the Election day for President and vice President of the United States in the Town of Wyoming Bath County Ky Came Jas Goodpaster and others fell upon One J L Jones fo Sd County And [unnessecarily] Beat and Brused him and the James Not being in the fault and made no defece until attacked By Goodpaster and others and James was taken up by the ^^officer^ of Said Town and brought before A Jury of his country and the Jury without Knowing the facts in the case fined sd James 9.00 With cost of Suit now We your petitioners pray your honor that you may Remit the same

Jany 17 1861

A Williams
J W Foudray
James Johnson
John M roberts
A Lither
Akin Williams
Bford Goodpaster
William Jones
William Evanmattan
R. A. Caldwell

S. C. Atchison
John Estill
Isac Atchison
Joseph Arnel
A. Bowlings

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Bath J. P.
$9 } Breach
D L Jones
Remission Issd
Feby 15. 1861


Hon L W Andrews
Frankfort
Ky