Petition

Meridith Sacrey 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
MG24-297 to MG24-298
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-2187
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FTP Identifier
32210593

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Meridith Sacrey 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-0001-020-2187 (November 13, 2026).

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To his Exelency Beriah Magoffin Esq Govenor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky the undersigned would Respectifully represent that at the october Term of the Franklin circut court Richard Hamilton was tried for Grand-Larceny and found Guilty and Sentenced to the Penetentary for 2 years and we believe that he is inocent and we further represent that he has a very nice wife and a large family and we most earstly ask your Excellency to pardon Said Hamilton we herewith refer to the Evidence on the trial in a bill of Exceptions Signed by the Hon E. F, S. Nutall Judge as part of this Petition in which you will find all the facts in the case —

Meridith sacrey
Thos J Jett
William F Graham
T. W. Hancock
Jas Switzer
Willis Dehoney
J, Thomason
C Stone
W Fahany
[Winstead] Threlkeld
Stephen Lucas
W. S. Thomason

John Lucas
Stephen Thomason
J. H Thomason
Daniel Butts
John Dougherty
William Dougherty
Travis Dickey
Joseph Hancock
Thomas Parrish
Thomas Church
Jacob meford
Thomas Fitemaster
Robert pery
James Bolden

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T. F. Fightmaster
P. Grene
P. E Peary
P. W. Burnes
Benjamin Bolden
Thomas Wash
Joseph James
Granville Bolde
Wm Owens
M R Pierce
Robt Baldwin
Whitfield, West
C T Flemon
C. W. Fitemaster
G. T. W. Hockensmith.
J W Bolden
Miles Brock
W M Fleming
John S Pierce
Samuel Pierce
Charles Pierce
W B Coleman
W B Gayle
B, F, Jones
Wm R Gaines
E. A. W. Roberts

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Richard Hamilton
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Commonwealth Ky