A. C. Ellis 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
- MG22-74 to MG22-75
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1486
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209894
- People
- Hellmann, A.
- Ellis, Alexander Campbell
- Herod, Andrew H.
- Lindenschmidt, Anton
- Heinen, Barney H.
- McGlasson, Benjamin L.
- Magoffin, Beriah
- Klaumper, Bernard "Barney"
- Schenck, Charles F.
- Knoll, Frank
- Koehler, Frank
- Gottschalk, Frederick Selmar
- Krueskamp, Frederick William
- McMinn, George
- Hartmann, Heinrich "Henry" William
- Hellmann, Henry H.
- Ortman, Herman
- Bowen, Hiram F.
- Lett, Jacob E.
- Blick, James C.
- Howard, James C.
- Arnold, James G.
- Ostendorf, Johann "John"
- Lendrum, John Buckner
- Mead, John C.
- Coulson, John
- O'Donnell, John
- Willhoit, Milton
- Mathews, Richard G.
- Cambron, Stephen Horace
- Hoene, Theodor Von
- Culbertson, William Constantine
- Arthur, William Evans
- Long, William
- Schild, William
- Rogers, William W.
- Wynne, William
Citation
A. C. Ellis 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-0001-020-1486 (November 12, 2026).
To his Excellency B. McGoffin
Governor of Kentucky,
The undersigned would respectfully represent to your Excellency, that at the
The prosecuting witness in the case (there being but one) was a young man eighteen or twenty years of age though to all appearances of full age, making it extremely liable for any one to be mistaken as to his age, The proof showed on the trial that Mr. Helman, himself did not Sell the liquor but the Same was Sold by a young man in his employ, a German who had only been in this country about Six weeks, and who speaks english very imperfectly and totally unacquainted with the laws of Ky.- The undersigned cheerfully unite in saying that Mr. Helman is a worthy law-abiding Citizen and has never before
Govenor of Kentucky at this time was Beriah Magoffin, 21st governor from 1859 to 1862.to our knowledge been charged with a Misdemeanor..
In view of the financial affairs of the Country and the character of Mr. Helman your petitioners would earnestly Solicit your Excellency to remit the Judgment except fees & costs. and your petitioners will ever pray &c.
A. C. Ellis Depty Clk.
S H Cambron
A. H, Harod, Mr Hellman is one of our best citizens
B. L. Meglasson (Juror)
Theodor Vanhorne
J B Landrum
J. E Lett.
J,, Mead
R, G, Mathews
F. Knoll
J C Howards J, P,
F, Kohler
Wm Lang
Henry Hörftmann
Anton Lindenschmidt
B Klampor
W. W. Rogers
Jas C Blicks
W. C Culbertson (Juror)
MG 22 - 75
Kenton Cir. Ct
Remitted
B. M
$50 } liquor to a minor
Henry Helman
Issd