James B. Hardwick et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-02-05
- Date of Creation
- February 5, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Stanton, Powell 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
- MG18-442
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0613
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209021
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Citation
James B. Hardwick et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-02-05, 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-0001-020-0613 (November 13, 2026).
Stanton Ky
To His Excilency Beriah Magoffin governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
The Undersigned would most Respetifuly Represent to youre Excilency that A J Topp has been fined in the Powell there has been A Judgement Renderd in the Powell Circuit Court in favor of the Commonwealth against A J Tapp for the sum of five dollars for a Breach of the Peace we would Represent to youre Excilency that Mr Tapp is a verry Poore man and is a quiet and Peacible Citizen, and ^that he^ was drawn into the fight on account of a yonger Brother of his.. and we would most Respectfly aske youre Excilency to Remit the fine against the said Tapp as it will Beare verry Hard on him to pay it in his Present condition
Jas B Hardwick J P C C
J. H. Scholl c p c c
J H Bradshaw S. P. C
Q T Clark M D
W M Combs J. P. C
A. C. Daniel Ex P. J. P. C
George. M. Pettit.
Romulous Swope
J H Wood
A. T. Hughes
C D Creed
J F Halley
A B Dishong
J M Hardwick
Solomon Tracy
Thomas B. Abell
A T Pettit
Powell Cir Ct
$5 } breach
A J. app
Remitted
B. M
Issd