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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862 KYR-0001-020-0165 MG17-95 to MG17-96

Jackson County, Kentucky Jackson County, Kentucky 1860-11-13 Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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To his Ecly B. Magoffin Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your petitioner H, O, Wilds would humbly state that at the present term of the Jackson Circuit Court he was fined fifty dollars upon an indictment affair for an alledged offence of carraying consealed a deadly weapon.

He states that he was not guilty of carrying the weapon, that it was his brothers pistol and he was only carrying it home for him in his coat pocket and does not believe it was concealed from ordinary observation

He states that he states th he is quite a young man and his mother is a widow and has a large family of little children, his father having lately died leaving nothing for the support of his family and it takes all his time and labor to assist his widowed mother in her support of the little infant children, and it will be almost impossible for him to pay the fine, for he has no property and would have to work it out by days works at a low price and the family cannot spare his labor. Wherefor he humbly asks a remission of the fine,

H. O Wilds

Sworn to before me by H. O. Wild this 13th day Nov 1860

H Freeman J P J --

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We the undersigned most humbly ask the fine against H. O. Wilds be remitted under the circumstances and condition of himself and his widowed mother & her family of infant children

Isaac J Farley P J J C H. J. Clark Harden Sloan George Isaaks Wm, boyle, Stephen Carpenter Hesikiah Isaaks John Laks Jas Hillard Jarvis Isaacs V.. W.. Morriss H A Tinsher W M Medcalf Lewis Sandlin Jas, P. Nance Harris Freeman Henry Faubers Thomas Canter Thos Lakes Thomas Richardson J, H. Durham John A. Ward Philp Marcum John Coyle B. Baker & Geo Rogers William H Randall G. Isaks Emanuel Powell Mc Willis Wm willis Hugh O Donnell J, R Seale Whitfield Moody M C Hughs T. V. Donnelsen Sam., Abner H. S. Isaasck R Runyon O P Jackson M S Williams W, C, Wilder William Shelton Fred Link David Y Lyttle Jas H angel M N, Forbs H Angel S W Bicknell H Slone G M Pigg

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We the undersigned Jurors that sat on the case, believing under the instructions of the court we were bound to fine Young H. O. Wilds guilty of carrying a consealed deadly weapon, but we do most respectfully ask the fine he remitted, under the circumstances and condition of the family

Kennada Sandlin one of the Jury Samuel Carrell one of the Jury Levi Park one of the Jurory Joseph parat one of the Jury Wm Abner one of the Jury James Cox one of the Jury J. W. Gabbord of the Jury Ambros Brockman one of the Jury Thos Harrison one of the Jury Joab Cook one of the Jury William Blanton on of a Jury Hampton Flanery one of the Jury Thos J Engle circuit court clerk

H. O. Wilds is poor His Father is dead His mother and four ^Two^ young sisters rely on Him for a support almost Entirely -- they Have no property

John Dishman

I hope the You will remit the fine against Wilds

Granville Pearl

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Remitted B. M Jackson Cir ct $50 } Concealed Weapons H. O. Wilds IssdNov 20. 1860

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