Unknown, Pardon, Unknown
- Document Genre
- Legal/Financial
- 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
- MG24-388 to MG24-389
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-2240
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210642
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Citation
Unknown, Pardon, Unknown, 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-0001-020-2240 (November 14, 2026).
Beriah Magoffin,
GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY,
TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS, GREETING
WHEREAS, It is represented to me that [...], who was convicted of the crime of [...] at the [...] term, [...] of the [...] Circuit Court, and sentenced to confinement in the Penitentiary for [...] years AND WHEREAS, It appears from satisfactory evidence, that the case of said [...] presents strong considerations for the interposition of the Executive
Now, Know Ye, That in consideration of the premises, and by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution, I do hereby grant unto the said [...] A FREE AND FULL PARDON for said offense, and do order that he be forthwith liberated from confinement, and released from all liability thereunto in consequence of said judgment of conviction, and I direct that all officers of this State respect this Pardon.
In Testimoney Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Commonwealth to be affixed, at FRANKFORT, on the [...] day of [...], in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and [...], and in the [...] year of the Commonwealth.
BY THE GOVERNOR [...]
[...], SECRETARY OF STATE.
"Yeoman" Office — J. B. MAJOR, State Printer.
David Hale
Kenton