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Petition

Jordon Evans and W. T. Garrison to James F. Robinson

1862-11-24

Document details

Date of Creation: November 24, 1862
Place of Creation: Scottsville, Allen 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: R3-184
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0001-029-0118
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FTP Identifier: 32211320

Mentioned in this document

People: McKendree, Alexander A.; Walker, Algernon S.; Frost, Andrew J.; Johnson, Andrew J.; Cockrill, Benjamin F.; Hinton, Bennett; Berry, Enoch; Mitchell, Fountain G.; Williams, George W.; Woodcock, Green B.; Martin, H. C.; Williams, Hartwell J.; Robinson, James Fisher; Hinton, Jeremiah; Gatewood, John Jasper; Ham, John W.; Evans, Jordan R.; Wadkins, Joseph R.; Gorenflo, Louis; Dinwiddie, Maben A.; Pulliam, Robert F.; Bridges, Samuel; Follis, Shelby B.; Morgan, Simon Lycurgus; Welch, Sylvester H.; Griffin, Thomas Anthony; Mansfield, William; Garrison, William Thuston; Walker, William; [Anderson], [Unclear]
Places: Allen County, Kentucky; Scottsville, Kentucky
Organizations: Commonwealth of Kentucky
Dates: 1862-11-24; 1862; 1863-05-15

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Jordon Evans and W. T. Garrison to James F. Robinson, 1862-11-24, 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-0001-029-0118 (November 12, 2026).

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Scottville Nov 24' 1862
To his Excellency
James F. Robinson
Govenor of the Comth of Kentucky

Your Petitinrs W T. Garrison and Jordan Evans represent to your excellency that on the [...] day of [...]1862, they were tried and convicted by a jury of Allen County before S. L Morgan J. P. for said county and fined Twenty seven Dollars each for a breach of the Peace. Thy state that thy are very poor men & have familys to support and that they cannot pay said fine and do their familys justice. Thy say that said crime of which they were charged consisted in loud and boisterous talking that thy were not engaged in a fight or affray. Thy prays that your excellincy will remit the portion of said fine going to the state and by so doing your petitionrs state it will be a great act of mercy & clemency.

Jordon ^his X mark^ Evans
W. T. Garrison

Attest Jno J Gelward

S, L, Morgan: Justice of the Peace
M A dinwiddie
J R Wadkins
Wm Walker
dr amidyr Som
H. J. Williams
Louis Gorenflo
G W Williams, one of, the jury
A. H. Frost
Bennett Hinton

Wm Mansfield. (County Judge)
G. B. Woodcock
J W, Ham
F G Mitchell
R F Pulliam
Jeremiah Hinton
A A McKendree
T. A. Griffin
E Berry
Samuel Bridges

[Page 2] H C Martin
B F, Cockrill
A. J Johnson
A, S, Walker
S. A. Welch
S B Folks
Jno J. Gatewood County Atty

Jordan Evans &c
Pettn

Refused 15 Jany 1863
J F. R.