Legal/Financial

S. W. Abbott, Affidavit

1861-04-08

Date of Creation
April 8, 1861
Place of Creation
Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Legal/Financial
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
MG19-495 to MG19-496
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0944
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FTP Identifier
32209352

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Dates
1858
1861-04-08
1861-04-16
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S. W. Abbott, Affidavit, 1861-04-08, 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-0001-020-0944 (November 13, 2026).

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State of Kentucky
Hopkinsville Christian County

Personally appeared S W Abbott before me D S Hays Police Judge of Hopkinsville and made oath that he was well acquainted with Stephen Shelton & Addison Ferrill who were Killed in a general meelee at Bainbridge in Christain County on the [...] day of [...]1858. That he first became acquainted with the old man D A Ferrell — his son Addison Ferrell & Peter F Clark son in Law to D A Ferrell and Stephen Shelton was when on their way removing from Virginia to Christian County that they had encamped about one mile east of Hopkinsville the men comming into Town for something to drink it was not long before the old man D A Ferrell — Addison Ferrell Peter F Clark & Shelton were all engaged in a general fight with Some of our peacable Citizens. — that they settled in the neighborhood of Jonathan Greers about Six or seven miles west of Hopkinsville — they Seldom came to Town after this without having a difficulty with some of our Citizens — and were fined for there misconduct — that they were regarded in the neighborhood when they lived as Very quarrelsome men going armed — and Charged with shooting at others — and Peter F Clark was indicted for shooting at with intent to Kill [...] Greer one of the Sons of Jonathan Greer

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and has fled leaving & his Bail in the Case responsible —

I regarded these two men that were killed as very quarrelsome and dangerous men —

S. W. Abbott

Sworn to before me by S W Abbott this 8th day of Apl 1861

D S Hays Police Judge

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Christian Cir. Ct
Issue pardon
B. Magoffin
Jonathan Greer
Manslaughter
5 yrs. Penty
IssdApr 16. 1861