William F. Hanks et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-07-30
- Date of Creation
- July 30, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Campton, Wolfe 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
- MG21-44
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1205
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209613
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Citation
William F. Hanks et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-07-30, 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-0001-020-1205 (November 14, 2026).
Campton
Wolfe County Ky
To his excelancy B. Magoffin Govenor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Your Petitionrs would respectfully represent to Your excelancy that Two year young men. or Boys from This Wolfe County was sentenced to the penitentiary For some lenght of time from Campbell County Kentucky for attempting to pass counterfeit Money and your Petitioners will represent that Nicholass Fulks & Harrison Brown are Boys well Respected at home and all ways was untill They ware decoyd off by a notorious man who has been suspected of counterfeiting for years and your Petitioners would futhr represent that The said Fulks & Brown are the sons of Two Widow women who are poore and allmost unable to support themSelves Since, their sons left home and your petitions would and do petition your Excencly to Parden the Two Boys that they may Come Home and support there old widowed mothrs ^Little^ brothrs & Sisters and your petitins will forever petition Your Excencly to represent the said boys and untill they are repreived you Petitins will petition your excencly B. Magoffin Govenor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Given under our hands this
Petitions
Wm F. Hanks M, W, C, C
Isam King
W. T. Cox
Joseph Talson Eqr
G M Hampton
G W Cox
Petitions
Samul Sternberg
D. F Swango
John Baird
J. N. Horton
Samul Frizer
Petitioners
George. W. Contery
James, Rose
Samuel Swango
R. M. Wells
C, M, Hanks
Peter little
Marshal M Wright
David Spencer
G. F. Bailey
John T Faulkner
E B Robberds
Brantley Spencer
Winfield S. Spencer
Washington Swango
Aaron Siphes
George W haudsen
Isaiah Spencer
Wm T Sparks
Willen Obire
Jas Williams
[ Lamon C. Mintin]
Petitionrs
Kenton Cir Ct
Issue pardon
B. M
J. H. Brown
Counterfeiting
2 yrs Penty
Campbell Cir. Ct
N. Foulks
Felony
Issd