James C. Wood to Beriah Magoffin
1861-09-16
- Date of Creation
- September 16, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Taylor 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
- MG21-390 to MG21-391
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1426
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209834
- People
- Wright, Abel
- Bright, Andy
- Mann, B. F.
- Magoffin, Beriah
- Taylor, Charles
- Hoskins, Corydon
- Hogan, David
- Rice, E. L.
- Rice, Edward
- Yates, Edward
- Eads, George L.
- Gabheart, George L.
- Montague, George W.
- Marr, Gideon
- Smith, Hamilton B.
- Spurling, Henson
- Campbell, J. P.
- Blandford, James
- Wood, James C.
- Herren, John G.
- Venecore, John G.
- Town, John N.
- Overstreet, John
- Davis, John P.
- Duncan, John P.
- Rollings, John
- Wooley, John
- McClelland, L.
- Grinstead, Leonard
- Morris Luther, Jr.
- Martin, M. A.
- Sprowls, Moses
- Phillips, Nathan
- Speer, Newton
- Hill, Samuel
- Morris, Simon
- Harding, Stephen
- Crouch, Thomas A.
- Cox, Thomas
- Blakey, Thomas H.
- Johnson, Thomas M
- Burch, Thomas S.
- Wright, Thomas
- Newcome, W. H.
- Hoskins, W.
- Mattis, W.
- Scroggy, William B.
- Bright, William
- Mann William, Jr
- Shively, William T.
Citation
James C. Wood to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-09-16, 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-0001-020-1426 (November 12, 2026).
State of Kentucky
Taylor county
Y To His Excellency
Beriah Magoffin
Governor of Kentucky
Your petitioner James C Wood begs leave to state to your Excellency that at the
present as fore as is known who saw Cox have the knife drawn, that Ed Yates is the name of the witness who made the statement on oath as above recited before the court of inquiry and was recognised as a witness for the comlth but failed to attend, that Petitioners lawyear was under the belief that a different witness made the statement above, and did not have yates Summoned for Petitioner, and did not learn better until after the trail had progressed for some time he says it is true that Cox had the knife drawn when petitioner stabed him, that severeal witnesses stated on the trial that Cox made an effort to kick petitoner just before the stab or did actually kick him,
He states that he had no mallice towards Cox that the stabbing occured in a sudden passion that it was done with an ordinary pocket knife and that Cox was not dangerously injured, that his wound did
not confine him.
He states that his conviction was mainly produced by an undue excitement in the community against him, and produced by false rumors as to threats pretended to have been made by him, that one witness swore to some threats pretended by him to have been made after the Stabbing which statements was entirely untrue-
He prays that your Excellency pardon him and release him from said judgment and sentence,
James C, Wood
Sworn to before me by Jas C Wood this
Geo. W. Montague clk
Taylor Circuit Court
We citizens of Taylor county join in the above prayr for a pardon for Mr Wood and would state that the case is one which they believe ought to be favored with Executive clemency —
Chas Taylor
Able Wright
James H Howard
Benjamin Coyle
A. H. Buchanan
W T Martin
E L Barbee
Geo. W. Montague
John G. Herren
William. Marrs
Joseph L Bragg
Geo. W. Redman
A. Willson
John Williams
Edm Penn
Lewis Grinstead
S W Crandell
R, F, Fargusson
Jas H Christerson
Lewis Spurling
F. R. Wright
Stephen Harding
S W,, gabhert
Geo L Gabheart
Leonard Grinstead
J P Duncan
B F Mann
Josiah Mann
Mathew Taylor
Robt T Hodgen
D R Moore
Geo. W. Jones
Jas B McWhorter
R D Overstreet
Joel M Avery
S Boon
W B Scraggy
John Rollings
E L Rice
Moses Sprowls
W, C, Webster
W G Davis
G W Asper
D M Mourning
John N, Town
W White
John G Venecore Esq
Martin Cure
D. I. Hotchkiss
Richd P Rice
James Durham
Gustavus Smith
G. L. Eads
J B Allen
A. [...]
W. F, Chandler
I.. C,, Sanders Jr
Thomas Robinson Jr
S. O. White
W A Bottom
John H Chandler
B. H Davis
H J Colvin
Hol. Jones
Wm Dearen
Wayne Coyle
J. R. Avery
Thos A Crouch
W H Newcome
M A Martin
David Hogan
Gid. Marr
John Overstreet
L McClelland
Wm Mann Jr
Thos S Burch
Ed Rice
Thos Wright
W N Marshall
Thos. G. Bosley
F A Allen
W J Anderson
David Miller
Beverly Boon
John Shreeve one of the jury
Robt D Cave
Crom Hoskins
B R Pendleton
r E Colvin
J W Blandford
Thomas C young
H. E. Parrott
J[...] B, D[...]
Charles Wright
Matthew Taylor
Samuel Hill
John Wooley
Wm. S. Matthews
Asa. Mann
Wiliam Dabney
James Mann
Walker Rodes
Wm Sharp
J P Davis
J, T. Hughes
Thos. H. [Blakey]
Thos M Johnson
Bennet Cave
John L Rice
B F Wayne
W. G. Dearen
Leo. W. Newton
Brother land
John Spurling
Clay Wright
W A Colvin
Geo McKinney
Oscar F horton
B, R, Lewis
W Hoskins
A Bright
Wm Bright
Wm Shively
Sam,l R. Bass
Simon Morris
W T Cabell
Luther Morris Jr
Henson Spurling
Lewis Thompson
Thos, H Parrott
Ben Hellem
Saml Wright
Saml Wright jr
R D Hasklyey
R, H, Cook
John Gaddis
J, M, Cabble
W. [Mattis]
F, I, Hiestar
N L Price
W P Roach
H Puryear
James Wilson
H R Shafner
S R Faris
Nathan Phillips
Patrick Wade
P, L, Netherland
Wm M. Edrington
Thos S Cooke
J. M. Shreve
A.. H.. Shully
Wm Cloyd
A. N. Green
H D Wilson
Z W Cloyd
Richard... Maney..
Rufus Jenkins
J. P. Campbell
Nathan Phillips
E, F, Mcwhorter
C, A, Douglass,
Corydon Hoskins
Hamilton B Smith
James Blandford
Newton Speer
Thomas Jarboe
D. Wellok
J. W. Richeson
A, Matthews
Woods case
Peny. Taylor Co