Petition

John B. Gowen et al. 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
MG23-479 to MG23-480
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-2007
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32210415

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Dates
1862-03
1862-06-09
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Citation

John B. Gowen 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-0001-020-2007 (November 14, 2026).

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To His Excellency Beriah McGoffen
Governor of Kentucky

The Undersigned Citizens of christian County would represent to your Excellency that at the March Term 1862 of the Christian Circuit Court a Judgment was obtained in behalf of the Commonwealth of Kentucky against M D Brown George Elliott and John W Boyd Sr as Sureties of J C Bentley (on forfeit) recognizance for One Hundred and fifty Dollars and Your Petitioners believe the Case above mentioned presents Strong grounds for the interposition of the executive and would most respectfully ask your excellency to remit Said Judgment and release said parties from the payment of the same

Jno. B. Gowen Late S C C
R. T. Petree
D S Hays
John C Latham clk C C C
James Moore
Jas P. Flint
A W Copeland
Wm Underwood
James W Campbell
Thos Hall
C,, A Pitzer
A V Long
J T West
G. A. Champlin
E G Callis
W O Collis

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Christian Cir Ct

Commonwealth
vs
M D Brown Jr } Petiton

Remitted
B. M.

$150. } Recog

IsdJune 9. 1862

Catharine Connar G Knarr & Jno Pitt Do
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