Petition

Ben C. Trapnall et al. to Beriah Magoffin

1861-05

Date of Creation
May 1861
Place of Creation
Harrodsburg, Mercer 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
MG20-232 to MG20-233
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-1120
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32209528

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Dates
1861-05
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Ben C. Trapnall et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-05, 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-0001-020-1120 (November 13, 2026).

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To His Excellency, B McGoffin, Govenor of Kentucky.

The undersigned members of the bar of Mercer County, & others, respectfully petition your Excellency to pardon James Duddleston who was convicted at the last term of the Mercer Circuit Court, of stabbing L Gabhart, as we believe his case presents strong considerations for Execution interposition

May 1861
Harrodsburg

Very respectfully
Ben. C. Trapnall
O S. Posten
James D Hardin
Wm A. Hooe
Thos E Miller
Jno P Haggin
C, C, Smedley,

Duddleston never should have been convicted for felonious stabbing

William Davis

J F Bell
Fon T Fox
James, H, Moore
C, McAfee
Garret Terhune
William [...]
E. J. Polk


Josuha F Bell
M. J. Dunham
Ben C. Allin
C. Graham
L. A. Thompson
[...]
M B. Pulliams