Duncan Harding et al. to Beriah Magoffin
- Place of Creation
- Harrison County, Kentucky
- 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
- MG17-299 to MG17-300
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0301
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208710
- People
- Clark, Abram
- Jackson, Alonzo
- Camron, Andrew M.
- Hitch, Archibald
- Devane, B. B.
- Magoffin, Beriah
- Bryant, Charles
- Chapin, D. B.
- Harding, Duncan
- Jackson, Edwin R.
- Hitch, Henry
- Hickman, Hugh S.
- Beckett, J. B.
- Duncan, Jacob
- Watson, James G.
- Clark, James M.
- Harding, John Hamby
- Watson, John P.
- Duncan, John S.
- Boyd, John Strother
- Duncan, Joseph
- Whitley, Joseph
- Ellis, Mason Duncan
- Asbury, Morton L.
- Ashcraft, Nimrod
- Camron, Orville G.
- Watson, Patrick
- Buckner, Peter
- Clark, Samuel C.
- Vanhook, Samuel H.
- Lee, Samuel Vanhook
- Curran, Stephen B.
- Asbury, Wade M.
- Burns, William, Jr.
- Clark, William C.
- White, William M.
- Asbury, William Thomas
- Thorp, Younger J.
- Lee, Z. M.
- Places
- Harrison County, Kentucky
Citation
Duncan Harding 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-0001-020-0301 (November 12, 2026).
The undersigned Petitioners citizens of Harrison County would most Respectfully, Represent to your Excellency that that two fines have been assessed against Mason D Ellis and Nimrod Ashcroft one of $10 — and the other a fine of $25 — ^Each^ in the Harrison circuit court, that from all your Petitions have been able to Learn we think the fines unreasonable that the fine of $10 — and the costs in both Suits is an ample punishment for the offence they committed if any, that they are both poor men and civil well disposed men and your Petitioners would most Respectfully pray your Excellency to Remit the fine of $25 — Each against them, we would further Represent to your Excellency that the remission of the above fines would meet the approbation of 4/5 of the people who have any Knowledge of the parties and circumstances and in duty bound will Ever pray &c
To his Excellency the Govenor of Kentucky
Duncan Harding
Patrick. Watson
James. G. Watson
John. P. Watson
E. M. Taylor
Z, M, Lee
Abram Clark
Wm Burns Jr
Wm, C, Clark
S, C, Clark
Chas Brand
W. M. Asbury
Joseph, Whitley
S B Curran
H. S Hickman
E R Jackson
Alonzo Jackson
John. S.. Duncan
Henry Hitch
S V Lee
Wm M Whit
Jas M, Clark
Peter Beckner
B B Devane
W. T Asbury
J, B, Beckett
D B Chapin
M L Asbury
y L Thorp
Jacob, Duncan
John H Harding
Samuel Vanhook
A M Camron
Joseph Duncan
A, Hitch
J. S Boyd
John H Harding
Saml H Vanhook
Remitted
B. M,