Petition

James S. Lowey 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
MG24-149 to MG24-150
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-2100
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32210508

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Dates
1861-11
1862-06
1862-08-18
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Citation

James S. Lowey 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-0001-020-2100 (November 12, 2026).

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To The Honorable Beriah McGoffin
Govenor of Kentucky

Your Petitioners James A. Johnson Became the security of Benjamin Greer for his appearance to the November Term of the Caldwell Circuit Court ^1861^ in a Bond of one hundred dollars to answer the commonwealth of Kentucky for an Assault upon — — your Petitioner states that said Greer failed to make his appearance and and at the June Term of the Caldwell Circuit Court 1862 said Bond being forfeited Judgement was rendered against your Petitioner. your Petitioner states that one E. Owen was his co surety for said Greer and said Owen is now dead and is is hopelessly insolvent and left the whole liability upon your Petitioner Johnson wherefore we the undersigned pray your Excelency to remit said liability and for all proper relief &c

James S. Lowey
Conrad Rohrbach
W, H, Calvert

G W Barbour
D. Copeland
F. P. Roscoe

L Pepper
E P Watkins
D, Leech

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J M Leech J P C C
T. W Pickery

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Caldwell Cir Ct
$100 } Recog
Jas A. Johnson
Remission IssdAug 18th 1862