Petition

William Q. Davis 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
MG24-243
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-2151
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FTP Identifier
32210558

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Dates
1859
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Citation

William Q. Davis 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-0001-020-2151 (November 13, 2026).

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To His Excellency
Beriah Magoffin
Governor of Kentucky

The undersigned would respectfully represent that on the [...] day of [...]1859 Jno Parker was arrested under a charge of grand Larceny, was lodged in the Madison County Jail, and after having been confined therein two or three months through sympathy for him his Atty E. J Broaddus became his bail in the sum of fifty dollars Mr Parker was very poor, had a wife and several children dependant on him for sustenance They had no friends to whom they could look for any aid; and under these circumstances Mr Broaddus more in kindness to his family than to him became his surety

Mr Parker made his appearance at the two terms succeeding his arrest but has failed to appear at this, our March Term of Court, and the Bond has been declared forfeited under all the circumstances we the undersigned think this is a case which deserves the exercise of Executive Clemency, and respectfully ask your Excellency to release Mr

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Broaddus from the liability thus incurred.

Wm Q Davis
G E Billingsley
Ed. W. Turner
G. W. Taylor
W H. Carpenter
Thos F. Stone
John C [Duvall]
Curtis Field Jr
D. [Buck]

Madison Co

Rejected
Tho P Porter

Jno Parker