E. C. Spiceland et al. to Beriah Magoffin
- 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
- MG21-112 to MG21-113
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1248
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209656
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- Dates
- 1861-07-18
Citation
E. C. Spiceland et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 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-0001-020-1248 (November 12, 2026).
To his Excellency
Beriah Magoffin
Your petitioners will respectfully state to your Excellency will re that at the last term of the Trigg circuit Court James A Calhoun was fined fifty Dollars for carrying concealed Weapons, Calhoun had his witnesses summoned and they did not attend. Nor Neither did Calhoun appear at Court on account the sickness of his wife, When if Calhoun had of been at court and had his witness there he could have proved that he come under one of the exceptions of the statute, We further state to your Excellency that Calhoun is a very poor man and have a Large family, We therefore ask your Excellency to Interpose and release said fine
E, C. Spiceland
R M Rogers
C. C. Flora
G. S. Mimms
Thos E Blake
J. P. Gentry
J. McQuaid
N. C. Cheatham
Wm Duwitt
Isaac. Cooper,
T N Ingram
T J Yeats
John R. Blake
Jams P Green
John, V, Atwood
E A. Holland
W H Rector
John Theobald
J. R. Fugua
J. T. Gore
J. M. Gentry
D. J. Smith
J. D. Fair
Jesse Wallis
A, J, Cherry
S. M. Pollard
E. hodge
J, E, C Hodge
J. F. Dyer
Jno. L. Trice
E D New
J,, A,, Gibbs
J. D. Wood
N, J Ritch
H, C, Eidson
W K Wallis
William Holland
W, M, Noel
Rufus J Boyd
W, I, Fugua
A Cunningham Jr
John, C, Jones
J. B. Yeats
C H Andrew
W W Jackson
Henry Malone
J E Hodge
W C Whitney
J. P. Thompson.
Alger & Co
John Lewis
W. H. Wright
W J. Atwood
S S Tinley
Thos. H. Atwood
E. vinson
John J. Dyer S. J. C
Henry Lawrence
A. W. Edwards
W D Robertson
Jno R Grace P. J. L cc
S. M. Pollard
E. hodge
J, E, C Hodge
J. F. Dyer
Jno. L. Trice
E D New
J,, A,, Gibbs
J. D. Wood
N, J Ritch
H, C, Eidson
W K Wallis
William Holland
W, M, Noel
Rufus J Boyd
W, I, Fugua
A Cunningham Jr
John, C, Jones
J. B. Yeats
C H Andrew
W W Jackson
Henry Malone
J E Hodge
W C Whitney
J. P. Thompson.
Alger & Co
John Lewis
W. H. Wright
W J. Atwood
S S Tinley
Thos. H. Atwood
E. vinson
John J. Dyer S. J. C
Henry Lawrence
A. W. Edwards
W D Robertson
Jno R Grace P. J. L cc
His Excellency
Will please omit any communication he may have for petitioner to him (James A. Calhoun) Blandsville Ballard Co Ky. & Your petitioner as in duty bound will forever pray &c.
James A Calhoun
Remitted
B. M
Trigg Cir. Ct
$50. } Weapons
Jas A Calhoun
Issd