E. A. W. Roberts to Beriah Magoffin
1861-10-22
- Date of Creation
- October 22, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Falmouth, Pendleton County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Correspondence
- 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
- MG22-55
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1473
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209881
Citation
E. A. W. Roberts to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-10-22, 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-0001-020-1473 (February 6, 2026).
Falmouth
Beriah Magoffin governor of the commonwealth of kentucky
I herewith Send you an additional Petition for the pardon of Geoge Knorr from Newportincluding 11 of the Trial Jury Praying for the pardon of said Knorr.
his wife is now at her fathers with her chid boath Sick and his father is Sick and a very poor man and if they can not git Some Relief Some way they will undaubtedly Suffer, I hope you will give the said Knorrs case a Mercifully ^hearing^ and if you can pardon him do it as soon as possable that he may releive the suffering ^hearing^ condition of his wife, and child
I am Sir your obt servant,
E. A. W. Roberts
Campbell
Commonwealth
vs
Gerge Knorr
Aditianal Petition with 11 of the Trial Juroer's Signed
Penty
Issue pardon
B. Magoffin