Petition

Jackson Campbell to Beriah Magoffin

1861-01-23

Date of Creation
January 23, 1861
Place of Creation
Williamsburg, Whitley 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
MG18-231
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0469
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32208877

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Dates
1861-01-23
1857-03
1857-08
1861-01-30
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Jackson Campbell to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-01-23, 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-0001-020-0469 (November 13, 2026).

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Whitley C. H. Ky.
Jan. 23rd 1861

To His Excellency Beriah Magoffin Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky your Petitioner Jackson Campbell would respectfully represent to your Excellency that at the [...]March Term of the Whitley Circuit Court 1857 one Peter Perkins was Indicted for Illegal gaming and afterward at the August Term 1857 Judgment went against him for $20 — your Petitioner would further represent that the game for which the said Perkins was Indicted was played before it was known here that gaming was an offence that they played for a mere triffle say ten or fifteen cents per game he would further represent that one Joseph Campbell replevied said fine for said Perkins and became responsible for the same and that since that time the Said Perkins has departed this Comlth. leaving no property and said Joseph Campbell and wife are both dead leaving a family of small children and but

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but little property and if said Judgment of $20. is not remitted it will have to be made out of the Scanty prt Estate left said Children by their father Joseph Joseph Campbell The premises considered the prayer of your Petitioner is that you remit said fine for which he will ever feel greatful

Jackson Campbell

We the undersigned know the Statements in the forgoing Petition are true and Cincerely hope your Excellency will remit said fine

R. Boyd Clk. w. c. c.
J, E, Tye
Martin Caddell
H L Tye
J, D, Gilliss
W, C, Murphy
John Smith
S P Brawner
J. Q. Barton
Lee Leforce

Whitley Cir. Ct.

Remitted
B. M

$20. } Gaming
J. Campbell
IssdJany 30. 1861