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 November 12, 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-0001-020-0232 MG17-197

Clinton County, Kentucky Clinton County, Kentucky 1860-12-11 Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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State of Kentucky County of Clinton } S.S.

The affiant J. G. Crockett, who is now a Justice of the peace in & for Clinton County, states that has been a neighbor of James Ferguson a great many years and that said Ferguson makes a good neighbor, that he is a hardworking industrious man, and that he is a man of family & poor -- also that, when he is not under the influence of intoxicating liquors, is a peaceable & quiet man and that it is not often that he Ferguson get upon sprees -- that he is a good citizen

J. G. Crockett

Sworn to before me by J. G. Crockett this December 11th 1860 --

O. H. P. Snow J. P,

Kentucky, Clinton County sct

The affiant Reuben Hurt states that he was present when a dificulty occured between A. D. Reeves & James Ferguson I heard them & thought Ferguson was talking sensible & doing nothing out of the way & J. G. Pickens came up & drew a colts repeater & shook it before Ferguson^s^ breast, Ferguson had not spoken to Pickens -- Ferguson was charged of with assaulting Reeves & Pickens & has been fined in the Clinton Circuit Court for the same --

Reuben Hurt

Sworn to before me by Reuben Hurt this Decr 15th 1860 --

C P Grey Examr

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Kentucky Clinton County sct

The affiant A. T. Harper states that he was present when a dificulty occured between A. D. Reeves & James Ferguson, He got James Ferguson to start off with him & J. G. Pickens & others came up & commenced it again -- Said Pickens drew a colts repeater upon Ferguson --

A T Harper

Sworn to before m by A. T. Harper this 15th day of Decr 1860 --

C P Grey Examr