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Petition

J. D. Landrum et al. to Beriah Magoffin

1861-03-16

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Date of Creation: March 16, 1861
Place of Creation: Graves 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: MG19-297 to MG19-298
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0001-020-0825
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Dates: 1861-02; 1861-03-16; 1861-04-17

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J. D. Landrum et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-03-16, 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-0001-020-0825 (November 14, 2026).

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To the Governor of Kentucky,

We the undersigned Citizens of Graves County, would respectfully, say to Your Excellency that at the Feby Term 1861 of the Graves Equity and Criminal Court our fellow Citizen, John A Cannon, was tried and fined Seventy five dollars for a Breach of the Peace. We would say to you Sir, that he was drunk at the time the offense was committed, and no doubt did wrong, but under all [...] circumstances as of the transaction, we [...] think the fine was excessive and ought to be remitted as far as [...] Excellency can under the law. [...] fines of that character Mr Cannon is a [...] man has a wife and children to [...] by his own industry, and it is as [...] he can well do to provide for [...] and the times being or hard [...][...] branch of business and [...][...] so paralise at this time, it would [...] irreparable injury to Mr Cannon [...] his family for them to have said fine to pay, indeed he can not well do it without sacrifice

We would therefore earnestly urge your Excellency to interpose in his behalf and releive him. March 16^h 1861

Very Respectfully

Names
J D Landrum
G C White
E Hubbard
R. S. Ringgold

Names
David Ven[...]
P H R[...]
I F C[...]
C, C, Bayn[...]

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Names
I,, V,, Eaker
Jno L. Hudgens
W^m W Boaz
James Gardner
Wiley Morris
S A Hay
A Dowdy
W, L, Robbins
Alexander Tucker
Joseph Dowdy
J F Dowdy
I A Hambiton
John Morris
A, B, Carlin
A Mangan
Wm, Melvin
J B mcneill
Charey Gilen
W, Critton
F M Carter
T. H. Mays
L~~Ovenby~~
Ludwell Overbey
W, D, Dunlan
S D Johnsn [...]
D, T, Cargill
A Bryant
J H Monroe
Abraham Halem
W. J. Thomas
W P Arnett
J, H, Wilford
J. A. Gee
[...][...]

Henry Morris
Tho^s. J. M^cCandless
G C Baynham
Henry Wyatt
T G Husk
F, I, Dallam
Saml. Carter
Richard Reynolds
John, Boyd
E. B Carter
A B Merchant
W, C, Cannan
J, S, Crutchfield
A. Orr
J A [...]
W. H Smith
S, t Walker

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George Corn
N Gardner
R Rowland
John Wilfred
Jones Elliott
W M Cargill
John Ellott
R F Wallce
A S Wilkinson
A,, J Dill
W. A. Rodger
Brantlett, Honeycutt
Smithe Thomas
S, W, Bailey
Wm,, Howers
T, S, Myres
T D Reynolds
J. A. Wandell
R L Walker
C P Dowdy
David Carty
J Shelton
J, D, Scaff
S Courter
A Hannfilett
Cornel W,, Carter
M. L. Cochran
[...][...]
W. H. Jackson
D. Orr
[...][...]
F. M Wilfordd

F F Bruin
James L. Adams
V. E. Rodger
T. M. Tucker
Deriaus West
Thos Dodson
J H, Wilford
B. S. Williams
A E Tucker
W. S. Meyers
Richard Clarke
S, D, Brown
C. Goad
R T Chandler
J. H. Cox
John M^cCartney
Isaac D Patterson
S. Watts
W. M. Galloway
E L Browning
G M Elliott
Cha^s M^cDonald
Tho^s J, Jones
P,, O,, M^cDonald
S B Wright

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C. H. greer
Casper Kovacs

Graves Equity Ct
$.70. } Breach
Jno. A. Cannon
Iss^dApr. 17. 1861

Respite 12 mo
B. M