Petition

Thomas Murrell 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
MG21-156
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-1277
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FTP Identifier
32209685

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Dates
1861-05
1861-07-01
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Thomas Murrell 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-0001-020-1277 (November 14, 2026).

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To his Excelency Beriah Magoffin Esqr
Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Whereas Abijesh Burns a citizen of owsley (Co) was indicted for carrying Consealed deadly weapons. and at the May term of the owsley Circuit Court 1861 was tried and fined $50,, your petitioners would respectfully State that he is a very poor honest hard working man and very quiet peaceable man and owing to the great Scearcety of money we believe that if the Collection of sd fine was pressed he would be forced to go to prison

therefore we your petitioners would respectfully ask your Excelincy to remit so much of sd fine as is in your power to remit beleeving it is a case worthy of Executive Clemency

Thos Murrell
A B Gilbert
R. C. Minter
O R Mayor
Joseph P [Slones]
Wm A Ronald
Jesse Thomas
Joel Flanery
Eli Boling
Rob R Johnson
U P. Hampton

Charles G Cole
A F Hampton
Madison Cecil
William R. Cox
William, W, Cecil
Joy G. Penington
John Cole
T G Green
S Isaacs
John J. Daugherty
T. H, Carson

[Page 2]

Isham Mayse
Wm Moore
John Moore
C, S Frase
S S Marions
Robert Marson
Stephen Pelworth
James Cole
J, W, Seale
John L. Williams
Abraham Cormack
John K. Baley
eli g [...]
Wm Breuer
Samuel Honley
J H Honley
H B Hampton
Aly Ledford
J N Cardwell atto at Law.
William Combs
Z T Cecil
D, G Combs
Anderson Bowman
H [C] Moor
E. Nimrod P, M
Jacob Cornshell
John C. Cole
James Jesse

M. B. Woodward
Osten Parmer
Elisha Gabbard
Perry V Turner
Daniel M Callon
John [Cromery]
Lewis C Gabban
G W Daniel
James lynch
James Turner
Thomas milton
H C Hargis
Eli Barber
Wm S. Hurst
H C Smith

Owsley Cir. ct

Respite [12] mo — B M

$50. } Weapons
A. Burns
IssdJuly 1. 1861