Wiley Cunnagim to Beriah Magoffin

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KYR-0001-020-0253

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, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862

Item Location

MG17-221

Place of Creation

Jackson County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

20 December 1860

Dates Mentioned

1860-12-20

1860-12-21

Wiley Cunnagim to Beriah Magoffin, 20 December 1860, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862, MG17-221, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-020-0253, (accessed December 21, 2024).

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To his Excellency Beriah Magoffon

your petitioner Wiley Cunnagim would respectfully state that a few days sense his children Saraheles Cunnagim Lucuis Cunnagim Jane cunnagim and Clark Cunnagim was find $20. before Mark Suttle a Justice of the peace for Jackson County for an alledged Breach of the peace he States that his children are under age and have nothing to pay with and unless your Exelency remitts said fine he will have the same to pay He firther States that the difficulty came up between his children and the children of one of his neighbors about some geese his neighbors children under took to drive of the geese of your petitaner away from the premises and poseson of the petitioner and his under ^under^ took to prevente it and the difficulty came up between them he states that on the trial the persons who brought up the dificulty war the witnesses and he and his children dos not believe that they stated the case as it was he says the cost he will have to pay will amount to about $10 the payment of which will be an oppression on him that he is a pore man with a Large family and had the misfortune a yeare or or two ago to have his house burnt together with nearly all his furnitur beding & his Smoke house and bacon he thearfore asks your Excelency to release him from the payment of said fine

Wiley Cunnagim

Sworn to before me by Wiley Cunnagim this dec the 20 day 1860

Isaac J Farley ~~J, P, J C~~
P. J. J C

We ar neighbors to Wiley Cunnagim and believe your Excelency ought to remitt the fine of $20. asest against his Children Dec 21^st 1860

Ellis Fovber
M t Parker
Isaac Fauber

Mr Beriah Magoffin governor of Ky
I do think ~~that~~ that you will do Right to Remit this Fine as the prosecutor ar not Malicious people & I do hope that your will Remit the Fine yours in hast

Isaac J Farley
P J J, C

Henry Faubus

John Morley
Alexander Pearl
J M Bullock J. P. L. C
Edward Parker = jun
Wesley J swaner
William f McDowell
J. A. Robbins
Edward parker sen
george Brownning
moses corneleous
stockly helton
green parker
john parker
zion corneilous
B. F. Jackson. (Vet
Ephraigm Helton
RENichols
John Cornelius
J, L, H. Lowry
Charles Price
Alex Parker
H. young
Jeremiah Young
thomas cain
Hiram metcalf

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