Legal/Financial

William Gross, Affidavit

1861-11-22

Date of Creation
November 22, 1861
Place of Creation
Breckinridge County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Legal/Financial
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
MG22-99
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-1503
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FTP Identifier
32209911
People
Pate, Edward
Margolyes, Henry B.
Gross, William
Places
Breckinridge County, Kentucky
Cloverport, Kentucky
Kentucky
Organizations
Margolyes Tavern
Dates
1861-11-22
1861-11-22
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Citation

William Gross, Affidavit, 1861-11-22, 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-0001-020-1503 (November 12, 2026).

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Breckenridge County Kentucky

William Grossstates that he lives in Cloverport Kentucky and whilst Margolyes Kept his tavern, he was employed by the coal & oil company on there road and the said Tavern being on the immediate side of the road makes me well acquanited with said Margolyes and his tavern. I have staid with Margolyes only 2 nights, and eat there several times, I have seen corn fodder & other food for horses &c and I know he had a stable. I know also that the said Margolyes always tried to keep an orderly house and that always when I was there, I was as well entertained as I wished to be or as well as could be at any country tavern Given under my hand this 22nd day of November 1861

William ^his X mark^ Gross

Sworn to before me this 22nd November 1861

Edward PateJ, P, B, C

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