Petition

Moses Sowards 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
MG24-310
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-2191
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FTP Identifier
32210597

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Dates
1849-04
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Moses Sowards 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-0001-020-2191 (November 13, 2026).

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To his excellency Beriah Magoffin
Govenor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your petitioner Moses Sowards would respectfully represent unto your excellency that at the April terme of the Pike circuit court 18549. There was a Judgment of $60.00 obtained against him for Keeping a tipling House. He states that, it is true that he sold the whiskey but not to have the same drank upon the premises or premises adjacent thereto He directed the parties to take the same off of his premises and those adjacent that says they took it some distance from his house before they drank it. He never permitted any one to drink and tiple about his house. He states that he is poore with and with all the labour, that he perform's he is barely able to suport his family. In consideration of the premises he respectfully asks your excellency to remit.

Moses Sowards

We believe that the prayer of the petitioner ought to be granted.

John M Fidler
James N Draper
James M. Sowards

Colbert Cecil
C Cecil Jr
Thos D Meirrs
John Scott

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Jas Deskins
S. K Damron
D Uray
J. W. Reynolds
Stephen H Osborn
N Hamilton
William Ramey Sr
J. C. Ratliff
C Bickly
A. J. Adkins
L. C. Dils
Wm M Damron
Wm Ratliff
Thomas Collinsworth
Mitchel Clay
John [Shortrilly]
Jacob Weddington
R, G, Draper
R Brown Jr
Harrison Deskins
Lenard Kinney
Samuel Keel
Samuel Hall, Sr
Booker Mullens
George N, Brown
James M Jackson
Jerry Osborn
J Samuel Willcox
T C Cecill
R L Marr's Jr

Allen wainard
William Adkin
James McPeek
John H. Branharn
John Mey Es
Pain Johnson
John Vanover
[ donavon ] Hensley
Solemen Mullins
Barnebas Scott
Hiram Cantrell
Wm Tackett
John Marrs
John Austin
John Q Casebolt
M G B Davis —
Hiram H Wmson
Joseph hopkins
Thomas Harris
Jas F Lesley
Wm Elswick
John Mullens
R, C, Hanger
Wm Cook
Rusel Clevenger
John Sword
John Ratliff
Thomas G,, Sowards

Respited 12 Mos