Petition

K. F. Hargis et al. to Beriah Magoffin

1861-06-20

Date of Creation
June 20, 1861
Place of Creation
Owsley 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
MG20-337 to MG20-338
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-1174
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32209582

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1861-06-20
1861-05
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K. F. Hargis et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-06-20, 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-0001-020-1174 (November 13, 2026).

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Owsly county Ky. June 20th 1861.

To his Excellency, Beriah Magoffin Gov. Ky, your petitioners Respectfully Represent that Josiah Baker was fined $5000/00- At the May term ^1861^ of the owsly circuit court for carying- a pistol wha and further state said Baker is a very poor man and has a family and has to work ^support them^ by days work- and is unable to pay said fine- and- therefore asks your Excellency to Remit said fine- very Respectfully,

K f Hargis
Saml Beatty
Richard Benett
John Farmer
William Lee
Samuel Hounshel
James thacker
moses dunaway
Alfred York
Decatur Beatty
W J Smallwood
W P. Hill
W,, M,, Akers
C. G. Blount
A J Mann
Price Price
Ancel Crawford
David Snowden
thomas Slome

John Duke
Moris Newnam
John Durbin
J. W. Eager
John Baker
William Fincher
Edward Durbin
John Pritchard
John Cole; J P O C
Alfred Bowman
Martin Man
J B Estes
J M Gilbert
J M Hall
M C Pittman
G H Nowel
F M Snowden
John Sterdivant
Ben McGuire

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William S. McGuire
M. S. McGuire
William J, Mann
Jonathan McGuire
Ambrs Durbin
J S Powel
H Powell
[Asly] Smith
W. M; Adair
M H Akers
B Green
Jasper Durbin
Edward Kingkaid
Jesse Cole
Silvester Sparks
Richard Smith
C, P, Arkers
Elijah Creech
Aquilla White
James. F. Graham
Silas Philips
Wiley. Burns
Thomas Hawak
Pleasant Hensley
Benjamin Hawak
Pleasant Harris
Mitchiel Ham
Henry Jones

Knox Cir. Ct

Remitted
B. M

$50. } Weapons
J. Baker
IssdJuly 1 1861