Josua M. Daniel et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-12-28
- Date of Creation
- December 28, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Letcher 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
- MG19-26
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0679
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209087
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Citation
Josua M. Daniel et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-12-28, 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-0001-020-0679 (November 13, 2026).
Lether county Ky
To your excelency Beriah Magoffin gov, of Ky Jane Cornitt wife of Hiram Cornitte being fine $5.00 at the office of Elihall Hall J. P. for said county for a veary frivolous thing under the [calebar] of a breach of the peace by a combine ation of enemies as witness wherein we believe there was but little and probably no offene comitted and said Cornitte is veary poor and entirely peacible never comitting a breach of the peace in his life there fore it is hard he should pay said fine as it would do no body much good and him in his condition considerable harm there fore we pray your exelency to remit said $5.00 fine cessed on the
Josua M. Daniel
Samuel Cornitte
Wm Cornitt
Samuel Cornite jnr
Joseph Cornitte
Clak Cornitte
Henair Son Chatwine
H Smith
A B Wilson
H Cornitte
J Cornitte
Samuel P Smith
Clabourn Polly
Clark Cornitt Jnr
Henderson Halcom Snr
Danil Halcom
Clark Cornith
Wm Smith
John Halcom
Isaac Day
if hit Should pleas your honor to answer my petition direct your answer to Ambrose Sewell poor harlan county Ky
Letcher J. P.
Jane Cornitte
$5. } breach
Remitted
B. M
Issd