Petition

David Blevins et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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
MG20-227 to MG20-228
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-1117
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FTP Identifier
32209525

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Dates
1861-04
1861-05-31
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David Blevins et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 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-0001-020-1117 (November 13, 2026).

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To his Excellency B. Magoffin
Governor of Kentucky

Your Petitioners, David Blevins & John Blevins would respectfully inform your Excellency that at the April Term of the Harlan Circuit Court 1861, Your Petitioner was find the sum of $10000 for not appearing before the Harlan Circuit Court in a Peace Bond; Your Petitioner states that their Bonds was forfeited and judgement rendered on the same, and your Petitioners in the state of Virginia, and that as son as it was made known to your Petitioners that said Judgement was rendered, against them the immediately came to Harlan C H, Ky and, enquired into the matter, but was unable to git said Judgement set aside

You petitioner states that there was no notice served on them that they judgement was rendered unbenowings to your Petitioner when in fact they had a lawfull excuse for not attending

Your Petitioners states that they are poor men and was unable to prosecute an appeal on said case, They therefore prays, that your excellency will take

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into consideration their large families and poor condition and, their excuse, and give them the indulgence of the Executive

David Blevins
John Blevins
Noble Smith
G, W, Ball
Wm Turner
Hiram Jones
George B Turner —
James B. Howard clk
J, G, Howard
G, W, [Ceriller]
M, G, Jones
Gibson Ball
C. B. Brittain
Heizakiah Gings
John, B, Lyttle

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Remitted
B. M

IsdMay 31

Harlan Cir. Ct