Beriah Magoffin, Executive Journal, December 27, 1860
1860-12-27
- Date of Creation
- December 27, 1860
- Place of Creation
- Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Journal
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Executive Journal, 1859-1862
- Box / Folder
- 154
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-025-0039
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32211050
- People
- Magoffin, Beriah
- Johnson, I. M.
- McKee, James
- Pastell, James
- Price, Jonathan L.
- Casteel, Lemuel
- Tilghman, Lloyd
- Bryant, Pascal G.
- Bayless, Samuel
- Bristow, Thomas
- Acree, William B.
- Miller, William H.
- Places
- Caldwell County, Kentucky
- Clark County, Kentucky
- Estill County, Kentucky
- Laurel County, Kentucky
- Lyon County, Kentucky
- Montgomery County, Kentucky
- Powell County, Kentucky
- United States of America
- Organizations
- Commonwealth of Kentucky
- General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
- Kentucky State Militia
- Dates
- 1860-12-27
Citation
Beriah Magoffin, Executive Journal, December 27, 1860, 1860-12-27, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Executive Journal, 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-0001-025-0039 (November 12, 2026).
The Governor appointed and commissioned the following Justices in Laurel county to wit: James Pastell and Saml Bayless in place of, Lemuel Casteel and Jonathan Price also P. G. Bryant in Distric No 6 in place of I. M. Johnson.
He issued a Proclamation calling for an extra session of the General Assembly to convene at the Capitol on the 17th day of January 1861, to take into consideration the interests of the Commonwealth as the same may be involved in or connected with the present distracted condition of the county at large
He issues a Proclamation ordering an election in the 33d Senatorial Distrcit composed of the counties of Montgomery, Clarke, Estill and Powell to supply the vacancy occasioned by the death of James McKee, late Senator.
Also a Proclamation ordering an election for Representative in the counties of Caldwell and Lyon made vacant by the resignation of W. B. Acree
He commissioned the following Major of Enrolled Militia, to wit: Lloyd Tilghman, Thomas Bristow and Wm H Miller.