Michael Scott 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
- MG22-79 to MG22-80
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1490
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209898
- People
- Williams, Archibald P.
- Tarrant, Asebien
- Luckett, Benjamin
- Magoffin, Beriah
- Getz, Eli B.
- Jett, G. H.
- Miller, George W.
- Williams, Henry R.
- Harrod John, Sr
- Crutcher, John N.
- Scott, Margaret
- Scott, Michael
- Chinn, Morgan B.
- Alley, Nelson
- Scearce, S. A.
- Brown, Scott
- Franklin, Walter R.
- Sneed, William C.
- Places
- Frankfort, Kentucky
Citation
Michael Scott 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-0001-020-1490 (November 12, 2026).
To his Excellency the Governor of Kentucky.
Your Petitioner Michael Scott would respectfully represent that he was fined in the court of the Police Judge of the city of Frankfort, on the
This fine is still unpaid He is a very poor man, has a wife and five or six Two children small and helpless all dependant upon his labor for a support. He has resided in Franfort 20 or 30 years and this is the only time he was ever fined.
He is a hard working man and the money which will necessarily be taken to pay the fine is absolutely necessary for the sustenance of his family.
He promises he will not get into any such predicament again
He respectfully prays your Excellency to pardon and remit the fine. The costs will be quite a punisment for his offence.
Mike ^his X mark^ Scott
We the undersigned believe the statement of the foregoing Petition to be true and respectfully ask that the fine be remitted.
W. J, Chinn
Scott Brown
R, A, [Brawser]
Jno. N. Crutcher
W C Sneed
W Franklin
G, W, Miller
M B Chinn
W. S, Dehoney
G, W, Robb
H R Williams
John Harrod Sr
G H Jett
A Tarrant
S A Scearce
Eli B Getz
Nelson Alley
J, R Watson
Ben Luckett
W HGreenup
Ben [Fannel]
Philip Ott
James Welch
A Kahn
John [Augrave]
H Hardie
Jas P. O-Hara
P. Joyce
T. Callaghan
A. P. Williams
Frankfort Po. Ct
Remitted
B. M
$10 } misdemeanor
Mike Scott
Issd