Petition

Richard Durrett et al. to Beriah Magoffin

1861-04

Date of Creation
April 1861
Place of Creation
Christian 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
MG19-497 to MG19-498
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0945
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FTP Identifier
32209353

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Dates
1861-04
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Richard Durrett et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-04, 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-0001-020-0945 (February 9, 2026).

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To His Excellency Gov Magoffin

Your petitioners members of the late Jury upon the trial of Jonathan Greer indicted and tried at the present term of the Christian Circuit Court respectfully request your excellency to interpose in his behalf believing his case presents fair claims for the exercise of executive clemency —

Christian County Ky April 1861

Richd. Durrett 1
G. W. Foster 2
B. F. Woodward 3
Jas Brame 4
Peter, T, Fox 5
Clark Willis 6
R C Garnett 7
James Willis 8
Wm Bronaugh 9
John Adams 10
george wolf 11
James T Garnett 12

The persons whose names appear above marked from 1 to Eleven ^Twelve^ inclusive were Jurors in the Case above mentioned

Att John C Latham Clk
Christian Circuit Court