William Meredith et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-06-18
- Date of Creation
- June 18, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Brownsville, Edmondson 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
- MG20-310
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1156
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209564
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Citation
William Meredith et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-06-18, 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-0001-020-1156 (November 14, 2026).
Brownsville Ky
To His excelency Honerable Beriah Magoffin Governer of Kentucky Your petitioners would respectfully state to you that George. W. Woosley of this county was fined at our last circuit ^Equity & Criminal^ court $20 — for betting once on a game called chuckluck and that said Woosley is a very pore man and that he is a very p times is very pore hard and that it is impossible for him to pay said fine without making a greate sacrafize we therefore umbly beseech your honor to remit said fine by so doing you will greatly relieve Said Woosley but and will much gratify your petitioner, and the community generally
Wm Meredith S E C
T B McIntire C E C C
W. J. J. Nash
Samuel Miller
Pleasant Goodwin
Silas. R. Jones
James Brooks
Wm L D[...]
C. C. McIntire
F. Meredith
W [Marris]
W Hazlip
R Alexander
Robert hazelip
Jesse Howbin
Wm T. Doyle
Levi Edwards
[Jessee Schenks]
L. M. Hazlip
James A. Bledsoe
Thos Michaels
L. W. Merideth
O. G. Moore
James W. Lauder
J S Higdon
J E Berea J H E C
M M Lagard J p E C
Wm Morris
William E Curd
P J Naybaugh
H H Howes
George W Kimble
Will H Willimas
Edmunsun Eq. Ct
$20. } Gaming
Geo W Woosley
Remissin Issd
Remitted.
B M