Petition

J. B. Beeler et al. to Beriah Magoffin

1861-05-04

Date of Creation
May 4, 1861
Place of Creation
New Haven, Nelson County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Petition
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Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
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Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, 1859-1862
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MG1-346 to MG1-346B
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KYR-0001-023-0111
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J. B. Beeler et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-05-04, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, 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-0001-023-0111 (November 14, 2026).

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To B Magoffin
Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

It is asserted and believed that a body of armed men have it in contemplation to March through a portion of the state. to make an attack upon troops encamped by authority of the United States at Cairo, in the State of Illinois. Whether this be absolutely certain or not. we are not able to say. Cosidering passing events, and the feeling between the North and the South, this seems likely to occur. Thearrefore, in view of of this probabilitity, and the terrible consequences that Might flow from such an act, we earnestly request your. Excellency to issue a proclamation forbidding the passage of such armed bodies of citizens over the soil of Kentucky.

New Haven Ky May 4, 1861

J B. Beeler
Jno. N. Gano
H Beeler
C. S. Miller
Thos. H, Miller
A Chambers
T W Gaslin
B F Wilson
John A Humphrey
B. T. Atherton
William Elliott
Joseph Brown
Merideth Prewitt
M. Wilkinson
R L Wilkinson
John Whitehead Senr
C Calhoun

James M Samson
Major C. C. Clusker
Charles Gipe
A. H. Chambers
John P. Atherton
Loyd W Slidelle
P, S, Keep
Jas Whitehead,
Edmond Fowler
Nat [...]
W. S. Ford
F. A. Burch
William Norriss
John Dawson
John W Dawson
H P Howsley
John A Burch
Julius Hays

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Thomas J,, Manning
William Knot
Henry Watson
Richard McNutt
Lloyd N. Price
John Wimsett
John Elliott
Samuel G. Vittitow
S Humphrey
G, Whitehead
William Carter
John Norris senr
Thomas Dawson
James Vittetow
G. B. Patterson
Geo. W. Pottinger
J B Atherton
Felix Fogle
John Carlisle
Thos O Bevin
Isaac Hughes jun
Charles Beeler —
Starret Withlow
Archie Showalters
John Atherton
J S Samuels
Thomas H Cissell
John Cravens
Samuel L Withlow
H. P. Cambron
J D Mahoney
Sa Samuel Miller
Wm Davison
James Whalin
Frank Thornsbury

Lynus Winsett
Wm Cash
G W masterson
Nicholas Miller
Geo, W, Rider
Wm Redman
A H. Beeler
Robert Ice
J. R. Burch
Bart Brady
H. Dawson
Stephen Greenwell
J. B. Miller
Sharp Spencer
R, P, Whalen
B C Sympson
W. T. Spalding
B. J. clark
Wm Lewis
Jefferson Price
Jackson Tabbs
Philip Norris
James Baer
Robert Masterson
Wm Heed
Allen Mclarin
Henry Howard
Jacob Culver
Wm Knott Jr
R A Busch
David Cole
Isaac Gilkey
Basil Smith
Joseph howard

[Page 3] New Haven. May 4 1861
109. VotesCast at 12 oclock —

Union feeling Strong