W. E. Hamilton et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-03-27
- Date of Creation
- March 27, 1861
- 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
- MG19-174
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0755
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209163
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- Dates
- 1861-03-27
Citation
W. E. Hamilton et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-03-27, 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-0001-020-0755 (November 13, 2026).
To his excellency Gov. B. Magoffin
Your Petitioner Jeremiah Proctor Most humbly Solicits your excellency to remit the fine imposed on him of $22.91 1/2 cents by a Justice of the peace of Carter County Kentucky, it being the same fine which he has heretofore Petitioned Your excellency to remit and your excellency respited the Same for Twelve months which time will now soon expire
The undersiged Joined in the prayer with your Humble Petition and now asks that said fine be remitted they Most respectfully represent that Said Proctor is a young man and like a Great Many is poor and he Seldom gets into difficulties and has not been in one Since he was tried & fined as Stated in his former Petition to Your excellency, he is an industrious young Man and is Striveing to Make an honorable liveing & no doubt will unless there is too many obstacles thrown in his path of fortune to prevent the same. hoping that this will sufficie they humbly submit the same to your Excellency Your Respectfully
W E Hamilton
Issac Pelfrey
Thomas Jones
[...] Jones
[...] pelfrey
Wesley Hill Jr
Samuel B Goodsn
John H Hill
John Bunyane
D. R. Hill
Wm Shumate
G W Shumate
James Pelfrey
John J Hamilton
William Hill
Reubin D Shumate
Wesley Hill Dr
James A Click
Wm Q Pelfray
L W Jones
L W Gordon
Eber Proctor
R N Jones
L D Gallaspey
Louis Gearheart
Wm H Garvin
Harrison Sumate
A. J. Nickell
Andrew Stephenes
William A Foush
Hesiah MC Danel
Cormine Royce
Robert Fletcher
W M C Day
Welsey Cornet
Joel D Crisp
John M C Danel
P W Day
William Slone
Daniel Litrel
Wiley Brown
J. W. Day
BenJamin Royse
Elise Bare
John A Black
Hezkiah Danel
Isac Jones
Damian Steagull
Elihah G Caudill
John Pelfrey
John R thomas
gorge M C Dill
George W White
D. R. Hamilton
Joseph Nickell
J. M. Nickell
Hiskins Jones Jr
John Nickell
Spencer Hill
R F Pelfrey
John.W. Ferguson
A H Kirkpatrick
Geo. W. Cassity
Jane A Kirk
Robert Kirk
Mathew W Kirk
Eli Sparks
John Dyer
W B Hill
Frances Preston
James Preston
E H Hamilton
Harsen Shumake
George W Cooper
Isaac Purvis
John Pengard