Petition

W. B. Alexander 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
MG24-280
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-2175
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FTP Identifier
32210581

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W. B. Alexander 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-0001-020-2175 (November 14, 2026).

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To his Excellency Gov. B Magoffin

The undersigned citizens of Fulton & Hickman Counties would respectfully represent that about seven years ago George Morrow was convicted in the Fulton circuit of Manslaughter (he having killed his own son) Morrow had been drunk for many years and we have no doubt but he was at the time deranged from the effects of whiskey. he has now been in the state prison about seven years we think sufficiently long to work a reformation in him if possible to be done he is now about 65 years old and we believe & hope will never indulge in the use of whiskey again. We therefore respectfully pray your Excellency to grant him a pardon for the remainder of his time and restore him to a large & helpless family

W. B. Alexander
W Herrin
James N Brown
Wm S Handson
Wm S Crutchfield
J. R. Brown
B F Hubert
J. L. Wills

S D Lewis
J A Newnon
J S Dillon
R A Herron
G J Binford
J W Cott
B B Bennett
H T Polsgrove

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