Granville Pearl to Beriah Magoffin
1860-10-18
- Date of Creation
- October 18, 1860
- Place of Creation
- Jackson, Breathitt County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Correspondence
- 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
- MG19-455
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0916
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209324
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- Dates
- 1860-10-18
Citation
Granville Pearl to Beriah Magoffin, 1860-10-18, 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-0001-020-0916 (November 14, 2026).
Jackson
Gov Magoffin
Dear Sir Jacob Neace who was convicted last week in Perry now on his way to the Penitentiary asks me to write to you in regard to his case he was found guilty upon circumstantial evidence of stealing more than four dollars worth of Bacon from Wm Eversole the circumstances were very strong against Mr Nice and fully justified the finding by the Jury but Jake has a large family and if he would not steal any more which he says he will not he ought to be with his family for they need his services very badly Jake is a good hand to work and takes care of his family I am told very well and they are poore and may suffer in Jakes absense Jake says he did not steal this bacon and perhaps he did not but the evidence would convince any one that he did I have no ill feeling towards Jake not a particle I am going sorry to se him in the condition he is in and have no objections to his being pardoned
yours respectfully
Granville Pearl
Neace's case Perry
Granville Pearl —