Petition

Asa Bellow 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
MG24-316 to MG24-317
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-2196
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32210601

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Dates
1859-11
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Citation

Asa Bellow 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-0001-020-2196 (November 13, 2026).

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To His Exly
B Magoffin

The undersigned citzens of the countys of Greenup & Carter would respectfully Solicit that Your Excellency will pardon John Baise from a Judgement rendered at the Nov Term 1859 of the Greenup Circuit Court. Charged with an assault on Moses Allen. We believ said fine excessive and unjust He is a very poor man and has now been in jail for five months and longer confinement will be cruel and unjust We pray you Excellency to remit all the said Judgment.

Asa Bellow
J. B. Rithuff
Travis Horton
Rus D Horton
Abjah Whitt
R. P. Whitt
John Gruzzel
Lincoln Binion
B,, F,, Elliott.

Vincent Ferguson
Elisha Ferguson
Wm Stagg
John Maier
Z Pritchet
John Howerton
Elijah Horton
J. T. Shepherd.

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Saml R Elliott
James, H, Armstrong
Capt Gorege Sparks
Robert Tharp
William Barker
Elias tharp
William holbrok
John. B. Reynolds
Joseph. Mauk Esq
Allen Harper
Robert tackett
Alfred Waddle
William M Miller
Wm Kitchen
John P Wheeler
Thomas.T. Mobley
Thos. Thompson
E. P. Davis
Robert Strother
E. B. Wilhoite
J. B. Ward
John N. Hord
Jn. McGuire

Lu. J, Goble