Correspondence

Squire Turner and James B. McCreary to Beriah Magoffin

1862-04-05

Date of Creation
April 5, 1862
Place of Creation
Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Correspondence
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
MG24-202 to MG24-203
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-2130
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FTP Identifier
32210537

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Dates
1862-08-05
1862-04-09
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Squire Turner and James B. McCreary to Beriah Magoffin, 1862-04-05, 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-0001-020-2130 (November 14, 2026).

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Richmond Ky
April 5th 1862
Gov B — MaGoffin

Sir: Last fall we Sent you a copy of an order of Court Stating, that the Judge of the Madison Circuit Court refused to preside on the trial of Francis Searcy under an indictment for Murdur — Whereupon you designated Judge Burns to presede on the trial of the case. Burns has gone out of office & the case has not been tryed. The residence of the Hon. Milton Durham is nearer to this place than that of any other Judge & no party will object to Judge Durham presiding on the trial — Col Searcy desires a trial as early as possible & we hope you will immediately designate Judge Durham to preside

Respectfully
Yours
Squire Turner
Jas B McCreary

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Madison Cir Court
M. J. Durham
Appd to hold Special term in the Case of F, M Searcey
AppdApr 9. 1862

Commission him
B. M