A. B. Patrick et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1860-10-17
- Date of Creation
- October 17, 1860
- Place of Creation
- Perry 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
- MG19-452 to MG19-453
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0914
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209322
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- Dates
- 1860-10-17
Citation
A. B. Patrick et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1860-10-17, 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-0001-020-0914 (November 13, 2026).
B Perry County Kentucky
His Excellency Beriah Magoffin
Governor of Kentucky
Sir we the undersigned Citizens of Perry and Breathitt Counties petition your excellency to Pardon Jacob Niece who was Convicted of grand=larceny at the last term of the Perry Circuit Court.
In the first place we understand the evidence against said Niece was weak and in the 2nd he is a very poor man with a family who need his services. He was only Convicted for one year and if your excellency can feel that is Consistent with a sense of Public Justice we do earnestly ask you to Pardon said Niece
Respectfully your petitioners
A B Patrick
J M Elliott
Lewis Campbell
Geo C Haddix
Wm Moore