Mark R. Boyd and Nathaniel Wilmot to Beriah Magoffin
1861-01-01
- Date of Creation
- January 1, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Rockcastle 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
- MG18-250 to MG18-251
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0483
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208891
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Citation
Mark R. Boyd and Nathaniel Wilmot to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-01-01, 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-0001-020-0483 (November 13, 2026).
To his Excellency
B. Magoffin } Sir, your petitioners Mark R. Boyd and Nathaniel Wilmot respectfully state to your Excellency that on the [...] day of [...] 18 [...]. one Reobert Altum of this county was arrested by Robert Capps constable of Rockcastle county for an assault and, that they Signed a bond for said Altums appearance before Milton Hunt a Justice of the peace and that on the day specified in said Bond, they appeared with said Altum at the office of said Hunt — but the said Capps as constable afsd returned — the case before one Tolbert Bowman, a justice of the peace — and in consequence of said Altum not appearing at the said Bowmans, the Bond was returned to the Circuit Court &[...]forfeited and judgement rendered agst them for the sum of $100 — & costs at the
Now they state that they have paid off the Commonwealths entire costs and there is nothing remain unpaid but the Commonwealths pat of said fine — which they ask
your Excellency to remit — they state that they are poor men; and not able to pay the full amt, besides they think that they were unjustly dealt with by the court — from the facts that they took the man to the place stipulated in their bond — Mt Vernon Ky
M R Boyd
N. Wilmot
Sworn to before me by M R Boyd this
E T Fisk c R c c
We the undersigned believe the statements made in the foregoing petition are true & hope relief will be granted
W H Rictly
E T Fisk
J. G. Hazlewood
I, think the fine ought to be remitted by all means
J, Newcum
I heard the trial upon which the forgoing Judgment was rendered & honestly believe the Judgment was an error of the court & therefore [& because] of hard times & the petitioners being poore hope & believe that Your exelency will remit the fine
E. T. Fisk. C. R. C. C
Rockcastle Cir. ct
Remitted
$100 } Forfeited Recognizance
M. R. Boyd
&
Nathl Wilmot
Issd