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John W. Boyd et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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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: MG21-204 to MG21-205
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0001-020-1313
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FTP Identifier: 32209721

Mentioned in this document

People: Magoffin, Beriah; Cook, Edwin R.; [Unknown], Garland; Elliott, George L.; Bentley, J. C.; Boyd, James A.; Brewer, James A.; Knight, John B.; Latham, John C., Sr.; Long, John M.; Boyd, John Wils; Clark, Joseph Milton; Brown, Milton D.; Elgin, Robert A.; Bryan, Thomas S.; Scott, William Henry; Shipp, William M.; Vaughan, William T.
Places: Christian County, Kentucky
Organizations: Christian Circuit Court; Commonwealth of Kentucky
Dates: 1860-09; 1860-09; 1861-03; 1861-09; 1861-08-22

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John W. Boyd 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-0001-020-1313 (November 12, 2026).

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To his Excellency Beriah Magoffin Governor of Kentucky

The undersigned would respectfully represent to Your Excellancy that at the September Term 1860 of the Christian Circuit Court J C Bentley Was Indicted by the Grand Jury of Christian County for Shooting a Slave of Dr E R Cookof Said County of Which said Slave died the Undersigned Would further State that Said Bently was the OverSeer, of Said Cook and in attempting to Chastise the Slave (Garland) Said Slave resisted and Said Bentley shot him inflicting a Mortal Wound and at the September term 1860 of Said Court the undersigned entered into reocgnizace With Said Bently in the sum of Five Hundred dollars for his appearance at the March term 1861 of Said Court and said Bently failed to appear his recognizance was forfeited & a Summons awarded agaisnt the undersigned as his Sureties retturnable to the September Term 1861 of Said Court

The undersigned are Satisfied that the Said Bently if he had appeared could not have been convicted for Said Offence but being a Poor Young Man to Save the Expense of the prosecution left the County & had not Returned Your Petitioners Would further State that they went the bail of Said Bently in good faith did not

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procure or adive Him to leave the State to avoid Prosecution & would not have gone his Surety if they had believed he would have failed to appear in discharge of his Obligation

Your Petitioners are fully Satisfied if Said Bently had appeared and been tried for said Offence he would have been acquitted and left only to Save the Expense of defending the prosecution being quite a Young Man & Very Poor.

Wherefore Your Petitioners Would most Respectfully request Your excellancy to remit & release Your Petitioners from any liability as Sureties of Said Bently in Said Recognizance

John. W. Boyd
George L Elliot.
M,, D,, Brown
V T Vaughan
R V Elgin

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The undersigned would respectfully commend the foregoing petition to the ~~[...]~~ favorable consideration of Governor Magoffin and ask that the prayer of the petitioners be granted

Jno. B. Knight
John C Latham
W. H. Scott
James A Brewer
Joseph Clark
John. M. Long
J. A. Boyd
W. M. Shipp
Tho S. Bryan

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Christian Cir Ct
Brown & others
Recognizance —
no Judgt —

Remitted as to all but one Hundred & fifty Dollars —

B M

Iss^dAug 22 61
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