James C. Griffith to Beriah Magoffin

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KYR-0001-020-1910

Document Genre

Petition

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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

Item Location

MG23-337 to MG23-338

Place of Creation

Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

22 May 1862

Dates Mentioned

1861-11

1862-05

1862-05-22

1862-05-28

James C. Griffith to Beriah Magoffin, 22 May 1862, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862, MG23-337 to MG23-338, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-020-1910, (accessed December 26, 2024).

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To his excellency Beriah M^aGoffin Govenor of the Comonwealth of Kentucky.

Your petitioner James Griffith would Respectfully Represent that some year two since he became the surety of W^m Southworth as a witness to attend and testify in a penal action, in a penalty of one hundred dollars, said witness failing to attend at the term at which the attachment, and Bond [was] Returnable, the Bond was Forfeited, and although the witness attended and testified at the last November Term ^of^ the Court, at the May term 1862 your petitioner was Required to pay one hundred dollars, and the costs, of the proceeding, or Rather judgement is Rendered against him for said sum, Being a young man of limited means, it would be a great hardship, & he would be subjected to considerable loss if Required to pay said sum of Money, He therefore appeals to executive clemency for Relief

Respectfully

Georgetown Ky Ky May 22nd 1862

James C Griffith

We the undersigned neighbours and acquaintance of James Griffith Believing the
facts set fourth in the foregoing petition Respectfully write with said Griffith in asking executive clemency

Petitioners names
Milford Truitt
Buford Hall
E F Cantrill
Geo. E. Prewitt
Robert A White
Jno M Glinn
M Stevenson
Ed Evans
William. L. Neale
Alfred Mcdonal
Bat T Thompson
Junius. R. Ward
Geo W Offutt
P Rankins
P. Thomson

Petitioners names

James Griffith
To } Petition

Scott Cir. Ct
Remitted
B. M.

$100 } For Recog
Ja^s C. Griffith
Iss May 28 1862

Enclose to Georgetown
care of Stevenson

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