Correspondence

John Donan to Beriah Magoffin

1860-12-16

Date of Creation
December 16, 1860
Place of Creation
Munfordville, Hart County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Correspondence
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
MG19-25
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0678
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FTP Identifier
32209086

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Dates
1860-12-16
1860-04
1861-02-15
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John Donan to Beriah Magoffin, 1860-12-16, 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-0001-020-0678 (November 13, 2026).

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Munfordville Hart Co Ky
Decr. 16th 1860
Dr. Sir

Enclosed I send you the petition of Mr. Henry M Tharp John L Tharp and Clayon C tharp praying the remission of a forfieted Bail bond Judgement rendered at the April Term 1860 of the Hart Equity & Criminal Court for $250.00 The petition is numerously signed by the neighbors of the petitioners They went bail for their brother who had a fight with another man his cousin — their brother left the Country and the bond was forfeited the petitioners are poor and unable to pay the bond — from all that I know of have heard of the case facts I have no doubt it is an extremely hard case

Yrs &c
Jno. Donan

Hon B. Magoffin

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Hart E & C. Ct
Henry M Tharp
John L Tharp &
Clayton C Tharp
$200 } For Recog.
Petition
Remitted
B. M
IssdFeby 15. 1861