John P. Cook et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-09-09
- Date of Creation
- September 9, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Dixon, Webster 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
- MG20-141 to MG20-142
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1053
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209461
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Citation
John P. Cook et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-09-09, 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-0001-020-1053 (November 13, 2026).
Dixon Webster Co. Ky
The undersigned petitioners respectfully represent to your Excellency that on the [...] day of
They state that said Head is a poor man & has a large family to support; & tho the fine is small, it would be a hardship for him to be compelled to pay it. They further state that he is ordinarily a peacable & quiet citizen, & they think the fine in this instance exceeds the enormity of the offence committed, to such an extent as fully to justify the interposition of the Executive clemency. They therefore pray your Excellency to remit the same.
To His Excellency
B. Magoffin
John. P. Cook
Hiram McElroy
G. W. Crew
Wm price
J. M Tompkins
I S Coffman
John W Kedrick
John F. Galbraith
B. D. Winstead
S. H. Woolfolk
E L Price
H. L. Bell
T. C. Clayton
James Glen
D. D. Trice
T. J. Trice
J. C. Hoskins
J. M. Coldwell
W. P Edward
Wm. J. Ruark
G. B. Toley
J. W Neuman
B, Morgan
R. J. Givens
Thos. Brame
Robt. M. Brame
Wm White
Wm Tapp
M Herrin
W, R, White
Alfred Williams
S W Farmer
G. L. Price
W S Gardner
petter abney
Alexander Cates
Bernard Gaines
doris woods
walter woods
John Eidens
M H Baker
J, K, Thompson
E R Walker
James Moorhead
William B. Edmondson
Wmson Vaughn
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george A Daniell
Joel Blackwell
D, C, Yarbrough
Eldrige Dorsy
A B Harilson
Edmon Jones
G W Morgan
W Woodward
W Y Gill
J J Grayson
Benton Hopkins
G. W. McCormick
S C Moore
Stephen Timmons
James W Evans
John Vaughn
John Marks
John D White
James White
W. R Melton
S P Shirly
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Benjamin [Doressett]
T. K. Newman
Danel Baker
J B eddemson
James U Pritchett
John Dills
Joseph Dye
G W Price
Isaac Baker
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Samuel Williams
J Co Baker
John E Curry
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James T Hughes
Martin, M, Farmer
B, G, Curry
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J M Morgan
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Haywood Short
Isaac Holman
Wm B Chandler
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Wm Harris
B Hinney
William E Jones Jr
Eligy Duncan
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William P. Duncan
Henery Hickes
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Wm A Weaver
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