Petition

E. P. Davis et al. to Beriah Magoffin

Place of Creation
Grayson, Carter County, Kentucky
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
MG24-328
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-2202
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32210607

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Dates
1860-04
1860
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Citation

E. P. 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-0001-020-2202 (November 14, 2026).

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Grayson Carter County Ky
To his Excellency, B. Magoffin in Governor of the commonwealth of Ky.

The under signed petitioners would respectfully represent to you that at the Last April Term ^1860^ of the Carter Circuit Court ^1860^ that Francis McGuire was fined ten Dollars for disturbing religious worship, and whereas Mr McGuire is a poor man with a helpless family they being young, and they ^are to^ Support and to Educate; and Mr McGuire is quite sorry but thinks he was not to blame as he did not intend to do any wrong and he thinks he did no wrong but we cannot relate the whole [service] circumstances but your petitioners that is acquainted with the circumstances think he ought to receive your clemency, therefore we petition your Excellency to ^remit^ said fine of $10, and for such relief, we shall ever pray

E, P, Davis
T. D. Kendall
Henry Kelly

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R. D. Davis
J. Z. Duley
John Ratcliff
Jno Littlejohn
John T. Shepherd
J. B. Ward
Jas N. Barnes
W L. England
Jesse Thompson
W R Shepherd
W Scott
W. Bradford
B T. Shepherd

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Rejected
B. M