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Petition

Joab Clark et al. to Beriah Magoffin

1861-03-25

Document details

Date of Creation: March 25, 1861
Place of Creation: Christian 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: MG19-149 to MG19-150
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0001-020-0738
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FTP Identifier: 32209146

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Joab Clark et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-03-25, 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-0001-020-0738 (November 13, 2026).

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To his Excellency Beriah Magoffin
Governor of Kentucky

The undersigned would represent that William A. Hord has been fined $20. at the present term of the Christian Circuit Court on a charge of selling spirits by retail without license. They further state that said Hord is quite a poor man, that he has a family who are dependant upon him for their support and that it ^will^ operate very oppressively upon him and his family to compel him to pay this fine tho. the amount may seem small, they state also that he has been in feeble health for several years and is frequently unable to labor for a support for himself and family; ~~[...]~~ Therefore the undersigned believe the fine should be remitted and respectfully request that it may be done.

Joab Clark
W^m Barnett
Seth H Myers
John W Campbell
George Horal

John N Baranett
Robert Whadburn
B. F. Hord
E A Brown
John W Brown

[Page 2]

G. W. Foster
R. T. M^cDaniel
Jno. P Ritter
Jo M^cCarroll
R Cannon
J T Buckner
John S. Carr
Janus M Armstrong
D. L. Barnes
Mo W Hays
Bery ann [...]
[...] Riggins
F A M^cKinger
W^m G Whitefield
J R Steel
Tho^s P Clark
Edmond Meachum
John Davis
Martin Penslaw
Louis Elb.
Jacob Einsheiner
J W A M^cGarvey
John Morris
R H Willts
E. P. Wilkerson
W. H. Boyd
J. C. Parker
Jno M Lambdin

Joseph Clark
P Gilson
Langley Bell
Daniel Gray
J S Fisher
A Zonglove
Thomas Wiley
R. T. Petree
A H Rodgers
T S Bryan
G. W. Basbone
John Stites

[Page 3]

Christian Cir Ct
Remitted
B. M
$20. } Liquor
W^m A Hord
Iss Apr 1 1861

[Page 4]

Christian County (Sct.)

The undersigned affiant State that the statements made in the foregoing & within Petition are true-

Wm. A. Hord
March 25^th 1861

This day personally appeared before me & subscribed to the above avidavid are true & subscribed the same in my presence before taking the oath.

J. Clark JP
March 25^th 1861.