Petition

B. S. Newton et al. 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
MG25-11
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-2268
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FTP Identifier
32210668

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B. S. Newton et al. 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-0001-020-2268 (November 13, 2026).

[Page 1]

To his Exellency Beriah Magoffin Govenor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your Petitioners Some time ago signed a Remonstrance against a Petition for the Pardon of Charles H. Tomlinson [from] the prison for killing Thomas Ests wherefore we Joine in a Petition with the orignal Petitioenrs praying for his release and pardon having been convinced that we were mislead. — We all live in the Neighbourhood where the fatal occurance happened. —

Signers Names
B S Newton
Lewis Burton
Thomas Wigginton
John.R. Green
A Morris
P. Johnson
Jesse Butler
A A Robinson
S. Johnson
G. W. six
Joseph R Sorrel
Wm E Barber
Joseph Dewsey
Nathaniel Razor
James R Barker
John W. Carter
B. F. Williams
Joseph Sames
Franklin Don
Moses Lucas [...]
A. P. Hill

Signers Names

The reason that I signed the remonstrance they told me my name was forged to the petition. I have since found the assertion to be false J James

George Newton
Wm Dougherty
O. C. Bradley
Philip Mefford
John Waist

[Page 2]

We the undersigned petitioners would not sign said remonstrance and believing the killing Thomas Estes by C H Tomlinson to be a case of self defence, and also believing the report to be false that said Tomlinson intended killing all the Estes as was extensively reported to be false we therefore pray your excellency to pardon and release him

Wm Wise
Jno Wise
Joseph Carlier
Robert Steel
W. R. Demprey
A G Morris
Jasper Clayton
Thomas Newton
Andy Carter
R S L Carter
Chas Park
Franklin Perry
[Sam] Simons
J Green
W Parker

Chas Park.