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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-0001-020-0467 MG18-229

Magoffin County, Kentucky Magoffin County, Kentucky Petition English 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 Beriah Magoffin Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your Petitioner George Johnson would represent to your Excellency that Sometime in the fall of 1860 he was arrested by the officers of Magoffin ^County,^ for Committing a Breach of the peace and was fined $7.00 besides cost by The verdict of a Jury.

It is probably true there might have been Something Rong done but this Petitioner States that ^he^ had no Inclination to molest or assault any person Whatever but it appears from the Circumstances of This Case that the actors in it was in brought in Contact with each other unpremeditatedly. at least, on my own part I am ready to -- assert before the world that prior to and Since the little rencounter between myself and Asa Gullett ^I did not desire any difficulty with him^ and this Petitioner further States that the Execution for the fine & the Cost is now in the hands of the officer for Collection who will proceed to Collect the Same unless restrained by your honor and this Petitioner would further asks Your honor to remit said fine and he promises his acquaintances generally and particularly, the Said Asa Gullett that he never will be arrained Before no tribunal for Committing a breach a Breach of the peace without Strong Justifiable Grounds

George Johnson

The undersigned Join in the prayer of Said Petitioner for the remission of of his fin --

A. P. Cooper Archibald Risner W W House James May Jr W S Coneley James Howard John. D. Bayes R. L. Cooper T L Prater Abner Salyer Jr W W Cox J M Howard

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further Petitioners Isaiah Salyer Isaac C Howard John N. Power Henry Howard J F Gullett J J Montgomery Esqr J M Phipps Wm Arnett John M. Salyer Stephen Hiram sherrif Wm J Salyer

Magoffin J. P.

Remitted B, M

$7. } Breach Geo Johnson IssdJany 26 1861