Petition

William W. Brownfield et al. to Beriah Magoffin

1860-12-17

Date of Creation
December 17, 1860
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
MG17-201
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0236
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Dates
1860-09
1860-12-17
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William W. Brownfield et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1860-12-17, 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-0001-020-0236 (November 14, 2026).

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To the honourable B Magoffin Governor of Kentucky The undersigned petitioners would respectfully represent unto your honour that at the September Term of the Taylor Circuit Court a fine of $200. was assessed against James Jones on a presentment for gaming, The undersigned would most respectfully represent unto your honour that said Jones is quite a poor man with a family & that it will take all his property to pay said fine, we would further represent, that he took the Case to the Court of Appeals but for want of the clrk in the court below getting the record ready in time the Case was dismissed in the Court of Appeals. A copy of the Instructions in the court below, the bill of Exception the affidavits for a new trial, &c in the Case, are all made a part of this petition & in view of the whole premises we most respectfully petition your honour to remit said fine, as it will seriously injure said Jones & his family as it will take their entire means to pay the fine

December 17t 1860

Wm W. Brownfield
John Risler
William Rodgers
T. T. Shipp
Robert Friend
G W Dobson
Thos. J. Brownfield
Jas A Atherton

Richard H Atherton
Harrissen Atherton
James Brown
A G Howell
Daniel Ferrill
John B Ford
John D Scott
Wm S Peace

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Petitioners names
James Calhoun
Isaac Hartfield
George Elmore Seign
Benjamin Whitlow
William E Taylor
John H Elmore
A. S. Risen
Wesley Lee
F vaughn
John Raffety
Joseph Swigley
Charles E Fults
Edmund T Lee
C Carum
F P Hudgin
William Jewell
Pleasant Perkins
John D Vance
William Close
J R Calvin Lewis
James Acton
J, H Perkins
R M Town
Wallace Victor
James Nelson
Barnett Marcum
John P Lee
John Ray
A Bradshaw

John Bradshaw
John l Walker
Wm Whitlow
E J vaughn
A Ron Jemel
[...] Bell
Robert N Ball.
Fn Vaughn sr

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Petitioners names
Elijah Dezarn
David Etherton
Henry, R Sheldress
David U Moss
J W Lewis
James S Skaggs
J. P. Brewer
Gabriel Warren
Joseph Peace
Gabriel Close
Joseph H Graham
David T. Towles
James A Friar
Jas Elkins
J. C. Skaggs
George Irwin
Chas M Buckner
Wm L Thompson
H C Field
J. B. Warren
L. W. Elmore
Wm Lee
Josiah Skaggs
E davis
B Etherten
Edmond Dezarn
Willis underwood
fideller Warren.
Jos Edwards
Elijah Beara
M E Thompson
Stephen Skaggs

Petitioners names
John Light
William S Warren
Wm T, D, ried
Thomas S Skaggs
William, C. Thompson
John. D. Spain
Mathew Skaggs
A, H, Dewitt
William Etherton
Ebzay Warren
Whitman Laramore
Abel Elkin
Charles Blevins
Jos Richardson
Joseph Elmore
W. F. Etherton
Elijah Skaggs
Daniel Hinrecht
B Reed
Nathan Warren
Elijah Warren
John F Warren
Elija Johnson
D. Terrill
Mitchel Warren
Dotson Warren
James Childers
Thos C Edwards
William Chelf
Harden Warren
J W Whitlow