To his excellency Beriah Magoffin
Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky — your petitioner Alvious Mainor states that about [...] the day of [...] 186[...] his brother Henderson Mainer who resided in the state of Indiana and had for many years had made a visit to see your petition who resides in Pike county Kentucky — He states that his brother on his way home was arrested at Catlettsburg Ky — on a charge of passing counterfiet money — and was required to execute a Bond before the Court of inquiry in the sum of $500 — he being unable at the time to give security was confined in the Greenup jail (there being no jail in Boyd county — ) your petitioner was informed of the fact left his Home and went to see his said brother becoming satisfied as to the persecution of his brother his brother being unlettered and ignorant — had received the money from a counterfeiter himself who was passing the same to him defrauding him and for the affiliation for his brother who he had every reason to believe was honest that he was raised honest entered into to the Bond for his appearance and hishe left for his home he says that said Bond was executed for the appearance of said Henderson Mainor on the first day of the next October term of the Boyd circuit court to wit Oct [...] 1860 and the said petitioner knowing the great press that would fall upon him to pay

the $500 — went to Indiana to get his said Brother to come and entered his appearance in discharge of his said Bond in Bond of this petitioner — and found him unable to make his appearance from his health — hence the Bond was forfeited by an order of the Boyd circuit Court — and a summins has hence issued against your petition to [recover] the $500 — Now in consideration of the premises he asks your excilency to remit him from the said penalityty on the following ground — He states that the condition of the country by the Civil War which has distroyed every thing in a manner on the sandy waters which he with others has had to [buar] — the deplorable devastations has become noted as among the worst that has attened the civil War Nelson and his Brigade — and Witcher and his band of pirates that stole and devasted what they could reach — and last and not least of the scourges the flood in sandy River has swept almost the balance farms sadly ruined — in this condition starvation is almost the consequence what little property is left without price — he is unable to meet the same he asks your excellency to discharge him from the said penalty intercourse has been prevented with Indiana or his said Brother — for some time unsafe

to travel — but little doubt but that his brother is in the army — or he would again seek for him to appear — unless your excellency will remit the said penalty he will be forced by judgent of the Boyd circuit court to answer the penalty — he thinks he has had his shear of troubles as aforesaid he asks in mercy &c

Alvius Mainor

We not personally acquainted with the foregoing statement — say that Alvious Mainor is a good well behaved citizen — that he went west — saw in his return as he stated to get his brother to enter his appearance &c — to his statements we cannot from his character doubt — the distress of the people of sandy seems to be without a paralel we think your excellency taking the terms and condition of the petition from ravages of war & Flood it would be right to remit the obligation as to him the surety

George N. Brown
Sam^l Short
Ja^s M, Rice

Commonwealth vs. Morgan 14 B. M. 392
" " vs. Sproggins 18 B, M, 513 —

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Maynor
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Governor