Petition

G. H. Blakey 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
MG24-229 to MG24-230
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-2144
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FTP Identifier
32210551

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G. H. Blakey 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-0001-020-2144 (November 14, 2026).

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Excellency Beriah McGoffin Governor of the state of Ky

Your Petitioners the petit Jury towho tried the case of the Commonwealth against James Young in the Hart Equity & criminal court would most respectfully state that said Young is very young in years and from — his youth & appearance we would judge, by not a confirmed felon, and although we under our oaths as jurors & his confession of his guilt were bound to send him to the penetiary for 12 months we earnestly petition Your excellency to pardon him, beleiving that by your pardon after his conviction he will be a better member of society that if he is compelled to serve out hiz time in the penttentiary of this state

G, H, Blakey
Neal Brown
Thos Hardy
Jesse Fuqua
G W S Bundel
James. H. Locke
M L Lester
R G King
B F Buckey
Riley Chancy
Booker Wheat
James M. Buckner

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Youngs case
Pen Hart Co