March [16] 1863.
To His Excellency
Ja^s F. Robinson,
Governor of Kentucky:

The undersigned Petitioners, Citizens of Maysville, & Mason Co. Ky, would respectfully represent to your honor that at the April Term of the Mason Circuit CT. 1862. Three Recognizance Bonds, amounting in agregate to the sum of Six Hundred Dollars & upon which Isaiah. & Harvey Grigsby, were the sureties, were duly declared forfeited by the Court upon a failure of the condition specified.

The Bonds were given for the appearance — at a former Term of said Court of John, & Samuel Grigsby, who were Indicted for having Counterfeit money in their possession & attempting to pass the same. Neither of them were men of any learning, & probably did not know the money was counterfeit. ^These Indictments have all been filed away by the Commonwealth's Attorney..^ John Grigsby, was then, and is now (if living) a Soldier in the Federal Army, & at the Term of Court when he was to appear here — was in the State of Tennessee, and could not get a furlough to ^come back to^ Ky. & attend Ct. Sam^l Grigsby, joined the Federal Army since he was Indictment, & is still in the service.

Both the Grigsby's who are the sureties on the Bonds, are men of limited means with families of small children dependent upon them, and could not now raise the amount of the Bonds by the sale of the whole of their property.

We think these facts present a proper case for the exercise of your Executive Clemency, and respectfully petition you to remit so much of the Bond, as would go to the Commonwealth.

H. Taylor

Mason Cir Ct

Pettn of Citizens of Maysville for remission of forfeiture of Grigsbys

$600 } Forfeiture

One half remitted of amt of bonds. Remainder & costs to be collected

J F Robinson

Iss^dJune 17. 1863.