Petition

William Walter et al. to Beriah Magoffin

1861-03-09

Date of Creation
March 9, 1861
Place of Creation
Lawrence 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
MG19-359 to MG19-360
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0864
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FTP Identifier
32209272

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Dates
1861-03-09
1861-03-27
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William Walter et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-03-09, 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-0001-020-0864 (January 25, 2026).

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Lawrence County Kentucky
March 9th 1861
To his Excellency Beriah Mcgoffin Governer of Kentucky your petitioner prayeth that you consider the following

your petitioner Lewis Riggsby being a poor man and not acquainted with the Laws of Kentucky Did violate the same by retailing distilled Spirits one time the Same having been made by your petioner and taken from his own premises and sold by the advise of the Sheriff of his Lewis Riggsbys own County the offence being brought against him the said Lewis Riggsby acknowledged the offence before the Jury and the fine was set at Ten dollars for the remittance of said fine he asketh and will Ever pray

Wm Walter
John griffith
Waller o griffith
John Willey
J. H. Holbrook
[...] Hobrook
John Matney
John Gordon
J R Wheete
James gasneel
Thaddeus Remy
John Boggs

Lewis Rigsby
R Waller
E L Waller
Elphus Boggs
E M Haseman
Philanders Holbrook
Sameul Sparks
Thomas Sparks
R Grifith
T. J. Williams
George V griffith
George Bishop

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L.. H.. Richardsen
James Hoy
Jacob Willson
James Boggs
James Hicks
Wm R McDowell
R Swan
W. J. Whitley
Meredith Edwards
B. E. Fugitt
John [...]
Martin skaggs
David G Lester
Nevis witnam
Levi G Sparks
W Woods
Isoom Hensly
John Hicks
Peter gilliam
miles T prence
Henry G Ferguson
Alfred Boggs
S. Short Judge J L C

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Lawrence Cir Ct.
Remitted
B. M
$10 } Selling liquor
Lewis Riggsby
Iss Mar 27 1861