Petition

P. L. Hiatt et al. to Beriah Magoffin

1861-08-25

Date of Creation
August 25, 1861
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
MG21-188 to MG21-189
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-1300
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FTP Identifier
32209708

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Dates
1861-03
1861-08-25
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P. L. Hiatt et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-08-25, 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-0001-020-1300 (November 13, 2026).

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To his Exly B Magoffin Governor of Kentucky your petitioners would most respectfully state that at the last March term of the Rockcastle Circuit Court Jacob. Scarboraugh who is now confined in the penitentiary was convicted of manslaughter for Killing one Robt Aulder and sentenced to the penetentiary for the term of two years, and has been there now about Six months. We would most respectfully state that he was taken away from a very large, helpless and destitute family. He is an old inoffensive man and we cincerly hope that your Exellency will pardon him for the ballance of the time
25 August 1861.

P. L hiatt
John Southard
Stephen. Langford
D. H. Butt
L L Smith
Jack Adams
M J Miller
M T Newcome
Thos J. Hansell
W Price
Andew Thomson
William Hansell
Albert [Hanks]
S. W. Brown
Wm, T, Proctor
B K Bethurum
Jesse Trpel

D G Colyer clk
E F. Finks C. R. Cirt C
Joseph N Carter
John M Riddle
Stephen Anglin
David Caswell
Auth Caswell
[...] Williams
John French
Francis Ramsey
M, Ramsey
T, J, Bewford
John Bryant
W T, Lair
John Owens
J Jackson Mullins
George W Anderson

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Isaac. Anglin
John [...]