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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-0001-020-0260 MG17-233 to MG17-234

Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky 1860-12 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 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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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Henderson Dec 1860,

The undersigned would respectfully represent to your Excellency that at the last June Term of the Henderson Circuit Court; a judgment was rendered against W. F. Dickey & others for the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, on their bond as bail for Curtis Dickey, held to bail by the examining Court, to appear before the Henderson Circuit Court, to answer the charge of having killed one Cobb, They state that W. F. Dickey is the only one against whom judgment was rendered, who is at all responsible -- that he is an old man, of small means, and would be ruined by the collection of so large an amount of money from him. He is a good citizen and an honorable man, and having become bail for his son, as every man would have done, is as deserving as any man in his situation could be, of Executive clemency, The only other one of the bail, who was worth any property, was one Thomas N. Sutton, who died before the judgment was rendered, leaving a very small estate and a family of helpless children, who would be left in want should one half the amount be made from their father's estate. They further state, they do not believe W. F. Dickey or any of the sureties, were privy or consenting to Curtis Dickey's escape -- In view of the facts herein set forth, we would respectfully petition your Excellency to remit as far as you have the power, the said judgment.

W, H, Sheffer John M Combs James F. Messick Charles. R. Heck

To His Excellency, Beriah Magoffin Frankfort Ky,

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(The following are nearly all W. F. Dickey's immediate neighbors)

Nelson Gerrish John W. Morrison John L Dixon E. Pickett Henry Dixon Robert A Whiteford Isaiah Wheeler John P. Mitchell Jr Thomas Ash Robt T. Walton Wm Ash Richard.E. McClanahan C M Chapel Marion Duncan JJas T King Jr Wm T Quinn D H Sheffer H. A. Nelson W C Green John L Whiteford George Hoeg John F Ball Wm, H Walton Jr H, L, Pritchett W, H, Hancock James Rapp E. W. Powell J A Gaines T. W, Walton J. R Walton G. A. Mcclanahan James, H, Powell C. Hardesty H, A, Powell F J Buckman Thos D Mills Nathan Dyer Jo. A, J, Powell Ezra,, Hancock William H Culver L. C. Sheffer G. W. Soarmly Herbert A howell R N Bruce Henry, H, House R. E.. Williams Presley. Pritchett, W, A, J Markes W JoNes Harvey Dixon G W Pritchett Chesly taff E E Elisha Russell Eli Taff Soloman Wise John Whitledge H Darackson Adam Reese W A Walton Sanford Thurman John Trigg Saml. D. Sutton William A mcclanahan W A Jones

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Remitted as to $1000 & respite 12 mos for balance

B. M Henderson Cir. Ct $1500. } Forfeited Recognizance

W. T. Dickey & others IssdDecr 22. 1860

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W. F. Dickey & others Petition to the Governor,