Gus Artsman et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-10-18
- Date of Creation
- October 18, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Campbell County, Kentucky
- 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
- MG22-56 to MG22-57
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1474
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209882
- People
- Smalley, A. D.
- Magoffin, Beriah
- Todd, C. W.
- Stricker, Charles
- Doller, George
- Harrop, George
- Knorr, George
- Fearons, George R.
- Artsman, Gustavus
- Helm, Hubbard Dozier
- Hall, John
- Livingston, John
- Mohler, John
- Jackson, John P.
- Sticker, John
- Horsfall, Jonathan
- Morlidge, Joseph
- Deglow, Julius H.
- Deglow, K. R.
- Hidesman, M.
- Constans, P.
- Hayman, R. D.
- Caldwell, R. F.
- Maddox, R.
- Knorr, Rosa
- Mercher, S. C.
- Winston, Samuel
- Knorr, Sophia Sheele
- Savran, Thomas
- Bennet, William H.
- Stricker, William
- Sine, Xenophon
- Places
- Campbell County, Kentucky
- Dates
- 1861-10-18
Citation
Gus Artsman et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-10-18, 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-0001-020-1474 (February 6, 2026).
To his Excellency B Magoffin Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Your petitioners would respectfully represent that Geo Knarr was heretofore convicted of manslaughter in the Campbell Circuit Court at the [...] term thereof and sentenced to confinement in the Penitentiary where he now is, They would farther state that Knorr had sustained a good character up to the time of the offense for which he was convicted and the commision of which was in a sudden affray growing out of reports derogatory to the character of Knorrs wife which had been circulated by the party for whos homicide Knorr was convicted,
It appears that Knorr has a wife & child dependant upon him for support & who are in destitute circumstances, that he was confined a long time in Jail before he had a trial; and believing that the ends of justice do not demand his further confinement in the Penitentiary your petitioners pray your Excellency ^in the exercise of the divine atribute of mercy^ to restore him to his liberty and his family — Campbell County Ky
Gus Artsman clk cir ct
A,, D,, Smalley
Foreman of Jury
Jno. P. Jackson
Philip W Turner
John Hall Juror
C. Stricker
H. D Helm
John Sticker
C W, Todd
Wm H. Bennet
Thomas Savran -Juror
John Livingston
J Horsfall Jailor
R Maddox
R D Hayman
P Constans
Joseph Morlidge
Jno Mohler -Juror
Wm Stricker -Juror
George Harrop -Juror
Gorg Doller Jurer
K R Deglow
J. H. Deglow
S C Mercher
To the Governor of Kentucky
Petition in the Matter of Geo Knorr