John Thompson 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
- MG22-215 to MG22-216
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1577
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209985
- People
- Churchill, A. L.
- Hanger, Adam
- Cullen, Alfred
- Delany, B. F.
- Cissell, Benjamin P.
- Magoffin, Beriah
- [unknown], Charles F.
- Mattingly, Charles Gibson
- Buckman, Charles N.
- Barnett, Charles W.
- Buckman, Clement M.
- Cowgill, E. Y.
- Waller, Elijah Lyle
- Becker, Fer
- Allison, Franklin
- Johnson, Fred
- Fahrni, G.
- Taylor, G.
- Abell, Gabriel W.
- Payne, George
- Riddle, George W.
- Sellers, George W.
- Waller, Gibson T.
- Riggs, Gillis P.
- [unknown], H. F.
- Dyer, Harvy
- McElroy, Hiram
- Hues, I. W.
- Dodge, J. R.
- Houston, J. W. C.
- Alvey, James
- Drury, James B.
- Burris, James
- Benson, James D.
- Wallace, James
- Wickett, James
- Alvy, John
- Buckman, John B.
- Raley, John B.
- Compton, John C.
- Kerney, John M.
- Taylor, John R.
- Thompson, John
- French, Joseph
- Brown, Joseph O.
- French, Leo
- Mitchell, Leroy S.
- Feishenger, Louis
- Waller, Matthew R.
- Griggs, Miner J.
- Green, Nathaniel P.
- Griggs, Nick
- Briscoe, Philip
- Blandfort, Richard
- Burnes, Richard
- Hardester, Richard
- Spalding, Robert D.
- Davidson, Robert L.
- Griggs, Roland
- Hughes, S. G.
- Houston, Samuel B.
- Hughes, Samuel B.
- Burch, Samuel
- Delany, Samuel Daviess
- Spalding, Samuel P.
- Springer, Samuel R.
- Goff, Simon
- Neel, Solomon K.
- Hardy, Strother P.
- Buckman, Thomas C.
- Hammack, Thomas
- Barker, Thomas Hardin
- McMurray, Thomas
- Campbell, Thomas W.
- Wight, Thomas
- Kerney, William A.
- Duvall, William B.
- Pentecost, William B.
- David, William
- G., William
- Berry, William H.
- Kibbe, William H.
- Mattingly, William
- Teer, William T.
- Drury, William Thomas
- Waller, William
- Hughes, Willis G.
- Places
- Union County, Kentucky
- Organizations
- Confederate States Army
Citation
John Thompson 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-0001-020-1577 (November 12, 2026).
To His excelleny
The Governor of Ky
Your PetitionerJohn Thompson states that on the day of
He says the difficulty, took place late in the evening of the election day, after most of the Crowd had got pretty merry, over the result of the election, and your Petitioner being a Southern Rights man, was insulted by some of the Crowd happen to strickke one of them and & for that was fined —
He will state that he is an old man the lawful father of twenty four children from three wives, thirteen of whom are living and two of them in the Southern army, That he is poor having only a small farm to support his wife & younger children He therefore asks your Excellency to remit said fine & promises to be herafter as he was before
except this one occasion, a peaceable, & good citizen
John ^his X mark^ Thompson
The undersigned citizn of Union County ask the Governor to Release Mr Thompson from the foregoing fine, and though small to him it would be hard to pay
I know Mr, Thompson has had more children than any man in the Country & is a good citizen W G Hughes
H F [...]
E. S. Cowgill
W, T. Teer
S. P. Hardy
James Alvy
G. P. Riggs
Geo,, W,, Sellers
Fer Becker
Dear Sir
This case is precisely similar with one you pardoned for me last session of the Legislature. I have no hesitation in saying it is a case that calls for executive clemency I am not [...] for petitioner
M R Waller
Thomas Hammack
John R Taylor
J, B, Drury
S. B. Hughes
C, N, Buckman
Joseph, O, Brown
Hiram McElroy
Th. C. Buckman
R: Davidson
W T Drury
Jas D Benson
C G mattingly
Samuel Burch
Leo French
S D. Delany
G T Waller
S K Neel
James Wallace
W A, Kerney
Gillis. P. Riggs
Chas Barnett
A S Churchill
Thomas Wight
Saml R Springer
F, Allisen
Lyle Waller
T W Campbell
Saml P, Spalding
G{Unclear} Taylor
Minor J Griggs
Roland Griggs
Richard Burnes
Philip Briscoe
Wm Waller
Joh Alvy
Thos H Barker
Fred Johnson
N P, Green
W B Pentecost
J R Dodge
Solimon K Neel
John M Kerney
A, Hanger
B F Delaney
Robert Spalding
Union J P
Remitted
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John Thompson
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