George E. Billingsley et al. to Beriah Magoffin
- 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
- MG17-295
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0298
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208707
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- Dates
- 1860-09-01
Citation
George E. Billingsley et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 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-0001-020-0298 (November 14, 2026).
To His Excellency
The Hon. Beriah Magoffin
The undersigned respectfully represent that on the [...] day of John Parker was arrested on a charge of passing counterfeit money, and after being tried by an examining court and committed to jail in default of giving $50.00/100 bail and having been there some two or three months, and having no friends and having a distressed wife and several Children dependent upon him for the necessaries of life, through Sympathy for his family E. J. Broaddus entered as his Surety for bail. Parker came forward for trial at two terms of the circuit court succeeding his arrest. He failed however at the March term to appear and his bond was forfeited and his whereabouts are unknown
It is sufficient to say that his family were in extreme distress, and that Mr Broaddus entered on his bail for reasons aforesaid. We believe this to be a case deserving Executive Clemency
Geo.E. BillingSley
J.W_Caperton
W. H Caperton
Ed. W. Turner
Madison Cir. ct
E. J. Broaddus
Petition
Remitted
B. M
Isd