Petition

John Donan et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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
MG19-34
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0686
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FTP Identifier
32209094

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Dates
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1861-02-15
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John Donan et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 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-0001-020-0686 (November 13, 2026).

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To his excellency the Governor of Kentucky your petitioners would respectfully request that you remit a Judgment rendered at the last april Octo. Term of the Hart Equity and Criminal ^court^ for $200 against Thomas Hodge A. C. Murray and Alfred Murray in favour of the Commonwealth upon a forfeited Bail Bond for the appearance of Richard Murray on a charge of having committed a breach of the peace and also to remit a Judgement against Coleby Shipp ^$100^ rendered at the same term in favour of the Commonwealth upon a forfeited bail bond for the appearance of Richard Shipp in said Court on a charge of for an assault and balling

In the opinion of your petitioners these cases present claims upon the executive clemency

Jno. Donan
Jno. S. Bohannon
William Landrum
Wm Knight Jr.
W. B. Thompson
Alxder Williams
John W Tharp
R A Dawson
J. W. Edwards
Jas. A Dawson
J E Lafferty
J A Thomas
W N Jett
Jesse Fuqua
David Profit
John Constant

H. S. Shoudy
James Resinger [Jfsn C]
W. B. Craddock
William Tharp
George J. Goodman
John W Rigg
Wm. T. Bathan
E. Hawkins
R S Thomas
J. L. Morris
A. Higganbottham
W. A. Whitman
R. Jameson
A M. Logsdon
Allen Butler
E. F. Burks
A J J Lee

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M. Rowe
James Rowe
J B Carter
Thomas Hodgs
Henderson Hodges
R. B Doran
[...] Wisen
Dabriell Bosteck
Wardin Smith
William Carr
Solomon Coals
James Hodges
S B N Wilson
William Wriggs
John Taylor
Stephen Robertson
[...] P. Lowely
James E Logsdon
Robert Weste
Ezekiel Jones
Ambrose Marrion
F M [...]
John Hodges
T. J Wells
H E [...]
James Simpson
Robert Moore
John Johnson
Edwawrd Aggan
Robert Welshire
Thos Hodges
A Rader
B F Robertson

William Herron
George W Robinson
W. H. Wells
John W Carr
John Rowe
Sydnor Hodges
James Ballen
Frank Smith
F. C. Blisoit
[...] Cave
[...] Grave
J C Ashbaugh
W C Doran
W. T. Wright
J. P. Wilson
J H [...]
S [...]
E K Robinson
R W [...]
J [...]
[...] D Wright

Hart
E & C Ct
$200 } For Recog
Tho. Hodges
A. C. Murray
A. Murray
Respd 12 mos
Iss Feb 15. 1861

Respite 12 mo
B. M