J. W. Clayton et al. to Beriah Magoffin
- Place of Creation
- Oldham 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
- MG22-329
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1664
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210072
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Citation
J. W. Clayton 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-0001-020-1664 (November 13, 2026).
His Excellency B. Magoffin
Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
The undersigned citizens of Oldham County would respectfully state to your Excellency that at the
The facts elected in the evidence showed that said Mack and some two or three others were engaged in a game of card, and that the amount for which they were playing was very small (only a few cents) We farther state that we have long known Mr Mack and know that he has always born the character of an industrious young man, and that he has never merited the character of a gambler. The amount however small in which he has been fined wold be a serious loss to himself and family if coerced and we therefore respectfully ask your Excellency to remit the said fine.
J W Clayton
E. J. Harrison
G. Kneightley
T Basye
Thos S, Wells
T. Pemberton
Saml Grimes
T. G. Head
W. T. Relso
B J Sparks
W. S. Berry
George [Jameson]
John M. Kerlin
T J Bain
William. H. Talbott
Jas. G. Konkwell
Wm Marby
Jno Rodman
J C Willard
W N Potter
Alca Duncan
Wash Wasson
E Carter
Nath Dowden
Respite 8 mo
B. M.
R. R. Mack
Oldham Cir. Ct
$20. } Gaming
Issd
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Mack to Govr Ky.