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Petition

Dorsey Plummer et al. to James F. Robinson

1862-11-21

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Date of Creation: November 21, 1862
Place of Creation: Foster, Bracken County, Kentucky
Document Genre: Petition
Repository: Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection: Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons, Remissions, and Respites, 1862-1863
Box / Folder: R3-176
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0001-029-0114
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FTP Identifier: 32211316

Mentioned in this document

People: McGill, Benjamin F.; Cummins, Caleb; Saxton, Charles W.; Cummins, Christopher; Flaugher, David; Parker, David; Smith, David; Cummings, Edward; Busby, Eldridge; Conelly, Fowler; Huddleston, George P.; Agrue, Henry Wheeler; McCann, J. C.; Caseman, Jacob; White, Jacob; Andrews, James; Cummins, James; Dickason, James; Robinson, James Fisher; Moore, James Henry; Huffman, James; Biddle, John; Askren, John C.; Cowan, John; Matthews, John; Cummins, John W.; Cummins, Johnson; Armacost, Joseph P.; Bulluck, Leonard; Shotwell, Lewis; Moore, Madison; Shaver, Martha Ann Hughbanks; Leming, Nathaniel W.; Plummer, Nelson; Miller, Nicholas; Plummer, Osborn D.; Hughbanks, Patterson; Gishom, S. C.; Marshall, Samuel W.; Mockabee, Simpson A.; Biddle, Thomas; Downard, Tollivar Taliaferro; Neal, W.; Shaver, Washington; Records, Watson T.; Gray, William Edmond; Nickoson, William F.; McMath, William
Places: Bracken County, Kentucky; Foster, Kentucky; Kentucky; Pendleton County, Kentucky
Organizations: Confederate States Army; United States Army
Dates: 1862-11-21

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Dorsey Plummer et al. to James F. Robinson, 1862-11-21, Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons, Remissions, and Respites, 1862-1863, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-029-0114 (November 12, 2026).

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Foster Kentucky Nov 21^st 62
To the Honorable Govenour of State of Kentucky

We the undersigned citizens of Bracken and Pendleton Countyes do prey your honor and Excellency to remit a fine of thirty dollars that was assest aganst Washington Shaver on the account of Said Shaver being present when a few soldiers was Insulted by a Secesh, the Soldiers rocked him and his old tobacco house, the Secesh warranted the Soldiers and Could not do any thing with them He then pitched his Spite on Shaver and warranted him and proved by two Secesh that Shaver told the Soldiers to continue to rock the Secesh, Shaver Swears he did not, the Jury was ten in number they was all Secesh and Sothern Sympathisers Except three the Secesh in our neighborhood Envies Shaver on the account of his Union principals Shaver is a through-going Union man the Secesh can not make a moove ~~but~~ without Shaver finding it out he has been one of our best men in holding the rebels in check in our neighborhood and they hate him as they hate old Saton Shaver is a poore man and has a large family and a wife with only one arm we the undersigned do Solamlly believe that, it was through Secesh Malice that the fine ^was^ assest we present our names before your honor that you may have Just reasons to release the fine you will please address Washington Shaver) Foster Bracken Canty) Ky (in haste as he is a waiting your Speedy answer

Respectfully your honor

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[Page 4] Pettn of W. Shaver
to remit fine
See Bracket & Pendleton representatives

1862