Mark E. Huston et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1862-02-17
- Date of Creation
- February 17, 1862
- Place of Creation
- Spencer 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
- MG22-359 to MG22-360
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1681
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210089
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Citation
Mark E. Huston et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1862-02-17, 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-0001-020-1681 (November 13, 2026).
To his Excellency
B. Magoffin Gov of Ky
The Undersigned Citizens of Spencer County would respectfully ask your Executive Clemency in behalf of Vincent Shields now Confined in the penitentiary of this State under sentence of the Union Circuit Court.
Your Petitioners have for a long time been acquainted with the Said Vincent he having been a Citizen of the County from his birth up to a few years since. He is also a very old and infirm man the father of a large famely of small children who require the care and attention of some one. We have also heard of the Circumstances with which he was summonded upon his trial as well as a true representation of all the facts in relation to the said charge and all the premises considered as induced to believe that he is an object for Executive Clemency We therefore request that you grant him a pardon
Names
Mark ,E, Hustons
Tho. J. Barker
D W Blanton
J. T. Davis
James Davis
Names
Jonathan Davis
Wm Snider
Isaac G. Holsclaw
Harlson Matthews
G. N. Bellman
I. M. Boswell
J C Minor
J. Wakefield
Wm Taggart
John Hughes
Timothy F. Califfe
Richard Mason
U. W. Lee
Thos Kirk
James Mckinny
F S Roberts
G L Cheatham
A Mattingly
Geo Kurtz
James L Cox
J. B. Murphy
Enoch [Ceurr]
J. B. Hopewell
J. J. Wood.
Henry C Wood
J. M. Napir
John Black
John C. Mattingly
James C Wyatt
John, M, Lemmons
John, H, Grove
B H Cheatham
E. K. Holsclaw
Jas L. Davis
Blewford Cooper
Jos. B Cox
C. J. [Sandifer]
Geo. W Anderson
John [Foreman]
Geo, N, Shaw
Jacob Morris
Joseph Cooper
C, B, Stilwell
R C McKee
John Davis
R. P Mcallster
Wm M. Kincheloe
J S gough
W P Clark
John ,D, Haddox
Wm J [Fruax]
Wm Rogerson
Isaac S. Cox
[H W Kurtz ]
N B Thompson
Jas E. Mudd
James M Cissell
John R mudd
Alfred Swope
David Swope
Geo Swope
George Mason
Henry Holsclaw
Jacob Pittenger
Michel Flaherty
John K Holsclaw
Robbert M Holloway
Samuel Snider
Thos M Taylor
Arthur Burdell
John,, W,, Beckham
William W [Haddox]
John Haddox
Daniel Haddox
Riley Becker
Elijah Stone
William Haddox
A, J, Simpson
Thomas, Simpson
Benjamin Downs
Con. Murphy
Sidley Downs
George Gore
Jno. S Howard
L M Smiley
Colyer Eggers
James P Lindle
John S. Linderman
John R Pruett
W. H. Sutherland
George Elden
N. C. Beckham Jr
Samuel Watson
J. B. Wootton
J A Kendall
Cornelius Leary
H. C. Mathew
Jesse Jones
Ben Stilwell
William Foreman
Major Holloway
Jno H. Stidger
George B Mills
Spear Martin
William L Bennett
John R. Gregsby
S" B. Kerrick
William Watson
Jack, Van Dyke
J. H. Newman
B W Stone
James C. Wells
John Mede
Thomas Godfry
Daniel Stone
J R Elder
William G Cooks
Edmond Holloway
Edmond McKinley
Charles B Hay
Wm H, Cheatham
H A Polley
J W Withrow
Jno Kenny
M. G. Yocum
Sheild Case
Issue pardon
B. M.
10 Years=
Vincent Shields
Pardon Issd