Petition

Unknown 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
MG25-85 to MG25-86
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-2325
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FTP Identifier
32210725

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Dates
1861-02
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Citation

Unknown 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-0001-020-2325 (November 14, 2026).

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To his Excellency B Magoffin Governer of Kentucky

Your petitioners would respectfully represent that at the last Feby term 1861 of the Campbell Circuit Court George Knarr was convicted of killing one Mike Hitzman in a sudden quarrel arrising out of statements made by Hitzman impeaching the chastity of Knorrs wife,

They represent that Knorr is a good industrious citizen never accused of any offense except the above unfortuname affair;

He has a wife and one child dependent on him for their living and who are now in great want from being deprived of his care protection and assistance, The undersigned truly believe that the ends of just do not require his longer confinement in the penitentiary,

Wherefore Your petitioners ^pray^ Your Excellency to pardon and restore him to his family and liberty —

[S.] G[...]
G Fischers
Joseph Mompser
Daniel Engleder
T B. [...]
C. Sandel
Peter haugh hawk

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Conrad Parr
Jonathan Horsfall Jailor
Charles Koch
Peter Enstin
Patrick Shannon
John Leahy
Henry Rump
Charles Wotrell
Louis Wolff
Christian Megerle
[...] Whirk
Henry Handinger
Saml [...]
Joseph Eichelberger
Lewis Thornton
Chas. Bloss
[Gottlieb Völkler]
Ferdinand Graf
[...][...]
Robert Stanfort.
[...][...]
Georg Reubel
[...][...]
Ambros Dehner
[...][...]
[...][...]
Joseph [Helmborchir]
[...][...]
F. Betz
D Henglebok

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[...][...]
F H Deglow
H Bearman
Gellford [...]
William Morsta

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George Knor
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Knorrs case
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