Petition

John Dalton 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
MG18-54
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0359
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FTP Identifier
32208767

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John Dalton 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-0001-020-0359 (November 13, 2026).

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To his excelency Governer Mcgoffin

Your petitioners would respectfuly represent to your excelency that at the Barren Equity and Crimnal court that our gilmore P Hay was Convicted of felony for man slaughter for the Killing of thos Barret in an affray and sentanced To serve in the penetintuary of Kentucky two years G P Hay was very young not twenty one When it happend and at a time when the Deceased had a drawn gunn in his hand we Believe that under these circumstances that G P Hay the unfortunate youth ought to Be pardoned we would further represent to your Excelency that G P Hay is the only child of an Afflicted father Peter a Hay who is poor very Poor and has Been confined to his Bed nearly NAll his time for five or six years and such is his distrest and afflicted condition that he Needs the serveses and comforts and security of His only child we therefore most earnestly Entreat your excelency to enterpose the power of or pardoning power and restore said Boy to the Bosom and security of his afflicted father

John Dalton
Moses Madley
AAron Madley
John Madley
John W Glass
Peter Hoss
John Hoss
John Bowman
Franklin Seals

Phebe Dalton
Sarah Jane parker
Sarah Madley
Analiza Madley
Elizabeth hoss
Marryann Grigery
Molly Bowman
Mar Bowman
Martha Ann Jolly

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Reubin Daleger
Ric D Boman
Eligah k bomon
A L gosy
A O willbro
Wright goodin
H C Jones
Wam L Poinneer
John T martin
James p mitchel
william phips
John martin
A h dudly
S Simpson
william Stevenson
V hudson
william Hudson
William man
ah vandamon man
John Jones
matt misor
c S miler
W Mongomery
James Mongomery
vily anderson
will mcdanel
porter steward
mason s waver
J Lauterwaarter
Cosyer floyd
vany floyd
Henry noflet
john voberds
john noflet

C W C Sark
John pointer
James M Martin
pleasant Coston
O[...][mitthas]
Allen Smith
Robert carson
Samuel Carrs
will Carrs
Reubin Thomas
Stephen fletcher
Joll gossett
Henry Duntan
Jabel souder
Liberty slinker
John pointer
J C mathis
James pointer
russel crag
Jesy Douglass
W S vingones
Calvin cooper
David cooper
James m cooper
preston jones
Eligah Huffman
Jeremiah huffman
goll Swinney
Spencer hudson
tillmon gossett
william spears
james spears
William Sick