Petition

Thomas Bunnel et al. to Beriah Magoffin

1861-01

Date of Creation
January 1861
Place of Creation
Green 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
MG18-337 to MG18-338
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0542
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FTP Identifier
32208950

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Dates
1860-08
1861-01
1861-01-22
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Thomas Bunnel et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-01, 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-0001-020-0542 (November 14, 2026).

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To His Excellency Beriah MaGoffin —

The Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky — Your Petitioner, John D Williams, would most respectfully state that at at the JuneAugst Term of the Green Circuit Court ^1860^, he was charged with and found guilty of keeping a "TipplingHouse" (by some malicious persons) which he most positively states is not true and had it not been that he was disabled from attending Court On account of a broken Leg (which has to a great extent rendered him a cripple for life) the charge would not have been sustained — He most solemnly states that although he is poor and verypoor he never did permit disorderly conduct at or about his house — Being unable to pay the fine he most earnestly prays his Excellency the Governor to remit the fine or so much of it as in his wisdom he may deem right and proper — We the undersigned petitioners join in requisting His Excellency to grant the prayer of the Petitioner

Jan 1861 —

Names
Thomas Bunnel
John L walton
Thomas L athall

Names
Thomas A. D. Sydnor
R. T. Dunagon

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Thos. young
James W Lain
Alx. N. Lile
N. B. Lain
F T Hawks
John A Williams
Joseph Cunningham
James Ball
John Tide
T Cunningham
W O Jentry
T.. S.. Gooch
J.. T.. Overfelt
D. A. Phillips
M M Bss
Zalentine Garrien
B R Pelago
H S [...]
H S Edgars
R H Fuchs
Mars gorge Merser
Joseph [...]
N. Gooch
P P Steader
P J Artnet

George Houser hardy
Thos. G. Donan
[...]John [Mapeler]
Jackson Slinker
Samuel Slinker
J H Grimes
Liberty Slinker
William Slinker
Green Slinker

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Green
Cir Ct
Respite 12 mo
B. M
$60 } Tipling
J D Williams
Jan 22. 1861
address ^Beriah^ Monroe
Hart Co