W. H. Dyer to Beriah Magoffin
1861-05-10
- Date of Creation
- May 10, 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
- MG20-87 to MG20-88
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1017
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209425
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Citation
W. H. Dyer to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-05-10, 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-0001-020-1017 (November 14, 2026).
The undersigned would respectfully represent to the Gov of Ky the Hon Beriah McGoffin that he is a poor man with a family to support and at the last term of the Trigg circuit court He was fined Twenty Dollars and cost for Selling Liquor without Licence the undersigned would respectfuly say he is clear of the charge and if his family had been in Health he would have proven the fact to the court but my family was sick So that I could not be present & my Lawyer failed to attend to the case
Under the circumstances I would respectfully pray you to remit the fine as it will under present circumstances go hard with me to pay the same
W H Dyer
We would respectfuly request our very Hon Gov to grant the pray of Mr W H Dyer
Jno J Rouch
Dr I. W Miller
E. L. Ledford
B. N. Mckinney
I. A Lewis
T. B. Earle
J M Daman
Dr G W McKinney
Joseph H Lancaster
G. C. Gany
P W N
P W Nance
Thos, H, Nance
[...] Dawson
T. G. Covington
J. B. Cott
V. Baird
C H Garnett
Thomas Powell
F M Stephens
J. F. Dyer
W S Carr
R C. J. Burnett
H. C. Burnett
A Carr
Isaac Greenwade
Wm Ryan
W Ryan
Sanders Wyatt
Samul Clark
J L Dunn
[...] [...]Andrew Armstrong
[...] [...]Jo Simmons
John Nance
Ben, F. Dyer
Q. A. Bush
George, I, Dyer
J. F. Barber
W. G. Porter
E D Moore
James Boren
W. J. Boren
Geo. E. Boren
P S, Shelton
J R. Powers
James Groom
J. R. Skinner
P. C. Carr
Respite 12 mo
B. M
Issd
Trigg Cir. Ct
$20 } liquor
W H Dyer