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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-0001-020-0385 MG18-90 to MG18-91

Union County, Kentucky Union County, Kentucky 1860-12-16 Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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To his Excellency the Govenor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky your petitioners Henry L Bell ^& Isom Jenkins^ residents of the county of Webster will most respectfully represent that at the last presidential Election in the town of Dixon the county seat of said county they and some of their neighbours & friends had drank to freely of bad whiskey and become some what intoxicated, and of Course become noisy and no doubt Swore profainly, and for which they was ^were^ proceeded against by the commonwealth and was fined before H H Smith a Justice of the peace for sd County the sum of $15 besides Cost against Bell & $12 against Jenkins

That a few days afterwards they returned to Dixon to ascertain the amount of said fines, and they felt that injustice had been done them; and they boaldly asserted that injustice had been done them; through predjudice, and again Swore a few oaths, they were again proceeded against before the same Justice, and Bell was fined $17 and Jenkins $15 besides cost --

Now they will State at each time they were tried for the offence of disturbing the peace there was no quarling, fighting assault, but it was nothing more or less than loud talking & Swearing as drunk men will do, they feel that they are oppressed and have been unjustly delt by; and having no remedy except at the hands of your Excellency, they therefore respectfully ask a remission of said fines: and will most faithfully promise that they will sin no more in that way & as in duty bound they will ever pray

Henry L Bell Isom Jenkins

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Henry L Bell & Isom Jenkins state that the statements contained in the foregoing petition they beleve to be true

H L Bell Isham Jenkins

Union County Ky

Subscribed and sworn to before me by H S Bell and Isham Jenkins this 16th day of December 1860

Hiram McElroy, N, P,

We the undersigned citizens of Webster County, have read the foregoing petition of Bell & Jenkins and beleve the statements therein contained are true & pray for a remission of sd fines

W. F. Holeman G, W, Price James Short Hiram Virgin G, J, Price J. Jenkins M. H. Baker Jas M Baker Dixon Louis Jenkins Dixon J. L. Hutchison C E. Hutchison J, C,, Baker Dixon D L Baker Dixon B. D. Winstead C, W, Cir Court J W sisk R dixon S. H. Woolfolk Dixon Wesley Skinner R Dixon Isaac, N, Piland, Dixon M, W, Marrs S, W, Harmon Johnathan price Jas Lynn for Jury U R Baker James H Price Nedom price Ransom holaman Willeford Jenkins William adams James Raborn Obey Ritch W. H. Harriss

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James E Baker J, N, Baker J. D. Raborn Joel F Short James W Bell Wm Price Wiley. Pulum James. Eadens John Edens Joseph edens D. S. Driver W. herrin Ephraim Adcock Alexandar Anderson H. Edwards Dixon L, D, Jenkins Stephen Morrow Wesley E,, P, Sigler J M Chandler G. C. Gaines John H Bumpposs J P george A Powell James Walker L. L. Chandler John Collins John E Woosley Samuel Brown Thomas E Price J D Price Wm A, Weaver Josiah Price George W, Creas J T Hughes Sedlay Hill S oldman Jesse Ashby Wm L Snips H H Brooks M Doris Wm A Herrin Joshua,, Short Harnod Short Jas. Skinner Jacob Morgan H. D. Black Winson Vaughn Wm T vaughn Jones, Donely Wm, Hariss H, H, Weaver Dakon Paine

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John sigear Isaac gibson A L Calaton Abner Jenkins, Albert Donel A, J Haris j. w. gibson J. B. Mitchell Clem Jenkins Thomas Gibson E A Price J, A, Jenkins Joel Blackwell Charles Lismers B. O. Mitchel H F Flekel Berly Gillan Chiles Walker John M Mann W E Jenkins James White W. W. Jenkins J M Johnson J, B, Son R. M. morgan J E Price Elisha marks John woods Smith Rauch Burrel. Bell Charles yates W M Holeeman R J Clayton Bennet Williams James Moorhead thos Hutceson John Calvin

Respite 12 Mo B. M.

Webster J. P. $15 $17 } H L. Bell $15 $12 } Isom Jenkins Respd 12 mo IssdJany 25. 1861