R. A. Athey et al. to Beriah Magoffin
- Place of Creation
- Covington, Kenton 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
- MG19-188 to MG19-189
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0763
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209171
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- Dates
- 1861-03-16
Citation
R. A. Athey 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-0001-020-0763 (November 13, 2026).
To His Excellency, Gov. Magoffin:
The undersigned, citizens of Covington and Kenton County, would respectfully represent to your Excellency that in their opinion the case of Joseph Temple, lately convicted in the Kenton Circuit Court for false swearing and sentenced to two years confinement in the Penitentiary, is a proper one for the exercise of executive clemency. Mr. Temple is now more than sixty years old and has lived in this and the adjoining county of Campbell for a great number of years, and has heretofore borne an irreproachable character for honesty and integrity in every community where he has resided — He has a large, interesting and highly respectable family upon whom this unexpected and terrible blow has fallen with peculiar and crushing force. Mr. Temple has been quite extensively engaged in business and during his long residence among the people of the two counties, has had many transactions with them, in all of which he has sustained his reputation as an honest and upright man.
We respectfully and earnestly request your Excellency to pardon Mr Temple, and as in duty bound we will ever pray &c &c
G R Buckley
R A Athey
V T Chambers
J P L Woodward
G B Dudley
A. H. Jameson
J R Dodge
J. W. Johnson
J H Blair Sr
E B Lewis
Hiram Bond
W M Hedilson
John M. Ferguson
Henry Tanner
Obed Meek
Q A. Keith } Grand Jurors present time
A. H. Herod Jailor
C W Hull
S. S Newman
J. H. Perkins
John W. Farrell
H Stacey
J. W Campbell
T. L. Avard
C. A. Whitcomb
J W Buckerdyke
E S. Moore
G W Marshall
James Robinson J P K C
Wash Clevelan
Elisha Simmons
F. W. Wise
Jas. Pryor
Jno. M. Casey
W. S. Ellis
G. W. Williams
A. Madeira
A H Phelps
J M Ranson
S H Camben
R Simmons
O. A. Patton
R Patton
James B Gray
Jno E Hamilton
H. Myers } Members of Kenton Bar
G. A. Flanagan
S. F Roberts S. K. C
Wm W Wood D S
W. H. [...] D S
C A. Withers
G. C. Taroin
H T Buckner
Kenton Cir. Ct
Issue pardon
B. Magoffin
Isd
Jos. Temple
False Swearing
2 yrs. Penty