Petition

Sam Crowder et al. to Beriah Magoffin

Place of Creation
Union 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
MG22-266 to MG22-267
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-1614
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32210022

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Dates
1861-10-10
1862-01-17
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Citation

Sam Crowder 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-0001-020-1614 (November 13, 2026).

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To His Excellency Beriah McGoffin
Gov. of the Commonwealth of Ky
Dear Sir

Your petitioners the undersigned citizens of Union County Ky would state that on the 10th day of October 1861 the honorable Judge of the Union Circuit Court rendered a Judgement of ten Dollars against John Gough Sr charged with the offence of selling liquor ^in quantity less than 1/2 gallon^ to slaves Now we the undersigned citizens of aforesaid believing the Old Man — John Gough Sr. to be innocent and that said fine is a great hardship do humbly petition your Excellency to remit and discharge said fine

Mr Gough is a very poor man and a sacrifice of his property must be made to pay said fine

Ben, F, Cissell

Sam Crowder
Hiram Senour
Georg Schneider
[Sidney Gough]
[Guss] Taylor
G T Waller
John Abey
Jas A. Wathen
T. Austin
Mark Smith
Robt P Catlett
M. M. Berry
M L. Shanks
C. L. Buckman


T. N. Chapmen
S. S. Berry
J S. Berry
G. Fahrni
E D [Mc]
E Y Cowgill
Sam Geo Taylor
Matthew Howard
Jno N. Barnett
W. Mcguire
J T Hughes
Saml R Singer
A. Hangers
N. Tucker
Joseph A Mills
Joe W Givins

[Page 2] Valentin Kuhn
John Thompson
Francis Doyle
M V Berry
William F Berry
John T Berry
J W Drury
[James][...]
R D [Garrtons]
[...][...]
[...][...]
C L Cambron
James Girten
J. C. Medly
R L [Bryan]
D A McGill
J C McGill
Geo W Hower
Edwd [Alvy]
B Smith
A. D. Cooper
W B Menifee
D. M. Harris

Union Cir. Ct
$10. } liquor
Jno. Gough Sr.
Remission IssdJany 17. 1862