John W. Woodward et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1862-01-31
- Date of Creation
- January 31, 1862
- Place of Creation
- Metcalfe 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
- MG22- [no leaf #]
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1672
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210080
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Citation
John W. Woodward et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1862-01-31, 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-0001-020-1672 (November 13, 2026).
To Your Excellency
Govener Beriah Mcgoffin
your petioner Wm B Terry haveing Bin Indbted & Judgment Rendered against him in the Barren Equity & criminal Court on the Testimony of only one witness sd Terry your Petitoner was accused of Being guilty of keeping a Tipling house for a Least Three months in succession,, your petioner Is a farmer and a crippled man he has a small farm and a wife & Four children he is a pore But honest hard working Inoffenceive man of Civil habits and a good Neighbor and we the undersigned do Believe that he deserves Yourthe clemency vested in You by the Laws of Ky your petitioner sends this petition to you Greeting & praying you to Release his fine also pleading to be not Guilty of the charges made against him and the undersigned do here by set our Names as Testimony & are of the Belief that your petitioner Is Innocent of those charges made against him an Richly Deserves Your clemency —
Names
Jno W Woodward
Julius Woodward
I. D. Baird
A Sirey
C,, W,, Clark
A. B. Clark
Reuben S Edwards
T I Edwards
John R Edwards
James D Clark
Edmond H Clark
Jonathan Clark
Burid Hensley
Names
Thos E Young
Samuel R Young
John W. Hensley
Robert Shirley
Samuel Hensley
Wm P Estes
Wm S. Smith
Henry. Clark
Joseph. Henry
James. R. Henry
Thomas. Henry
James. L. Strong
Samuel W Scott
Names
Anderson Farrell
Milton Willis
John. P. Withrow
John M Yates
W D Counts
Names
[Ru] T. T. Alexander
Barren E & C. Ct
Remitted
B. M.
$60 } Tipiling
Wm R. Terry
Issd