Petition

John Bailey 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
MG21-42
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-1203
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FTP Identifier
32209611

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Dates
1861-05
1861-06-24
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Citation

John Bailey 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-0001-020-1203 (November 13, 2026).

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To his Excelency Beriah Magoffin Esqr —
Govenor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Whereas John Robberts was indicted one at the May term of the owsley Circuit Court 1861 was tried and found guilty of carrying consealed deadly weapons to wit a pistol. ^and fined $50.^ your petitioners would respectfully state to your Excelency that he is a very pore man with a wife and several small children. owing to the scarsety of money and his poverty if the Collection of sd fine is forced he would be forced to go to prison for sd fine

now we your petitioner would respectfully request your Excellency to remit so much of sd fine as your Excelency has the power to remit believing t is a case worthy of your Excelencys Clemency

John Bailey=
E [Main]
T J Greer
John W Brandenburgh
Joseph [Rellner]
Shelton White
T Stone
L. W. Blount
B N Lutz
Ben Mcgee
Z Phillips

B F Phillips
H C Jones

E. G. [Crioch]
James Morris
Mitchell Gunn
A Gunn
Wm Baldwin
H Daniel Daniel
Jno Hyden
Robt Wilson
John Beatty
Benjn [Betners]
[S][...]
E. R. Begley
Elijah Durben
S G White

[Page 2]

A B Hampton
W. S. McGuire
K A. Hargis
James Hacker
H J, Clark
J O Lyttle
Robert Barr
J W Daniel
Wm M, Fulkerson
A. B. Gilburt
J. M. Gabbard
Wm C Judd
J. E. Gibson
M G Mize
Ostin Palmer
H F Wousley
J. W. Moore
Silas Boures
T J Treadway
E B Treadway Sheriff
D B Capps clk

Remitted
B, M
Issd June 24