Petition

Levi Hart et al. to Beriah Magoffin

1862-06-14

Date of Creation
June 14, 1862
Place of Creation
Athens, Fayette 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
MG23-404
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-1954
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32210362

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Dates
1862-06-14
1861-02
1862-06
1862-07-22
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Levi Hart et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1862-06-14, 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-0001-020-1954 (November 13, 2026).

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Athens Fayette cty Ky June 14th 1862
To his Exelency Beriah Magoffin —
Govr of the state of Ky

The undersigned your petitioners would respectfully state to you that at the time of the Feby court for Fayette cty 1861. there was an indictment against Christopher C Stivers for playing at a game of cards and at the present June term of said court. he was fined twenty dollars — for said offence the facts are about as follows he is not a gamble but was playing for a little past time at 25 cts a game with some associats and we believe that he did not really intend to violate the law in doing so and that his presentment was a malicious thing that he is a peacable quiet law abiding man — and is a man worth of your clemency and we therefore petion for a remission of his fine

Levi Hart
M. L. Aubrey
William Ritter
R, C Rogers
Francis Ratcliffe
E. D. Grimes
Cornilius Horan
Wm,, Speers
Littlemore Baker
Jessey, Boone
S S Grimes J, P, F, C

F G Anthony
C R Harrison
S L Parker
F M Aubrey
David Starke
H C Aubrey
Barlow Crowder
Milton Hudson
David Sallie
C. Hunley
W J Bery
John Gentry
John. C. Payne
R Literall

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Mr Beriah Magoffin if it pleases y the govenor of Kentucky if this petition meets your excelency to Remit it you will pleas send me the answer to athens
Fayette County Ky

C. C. Stivers

Fayette Cir Ct
$20 } gaming
C C. Stivers
IssdJuly 22d 1862

Remitted
B. M.