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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-0001-020-0484 MG18-252 to MG18-253

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The undersigned Citizens of Nelson County, petition His Excellency Gov Magoffin to remit so much of the forfeited Bond of Alfred Bernard upon which Carles Murphy, and Logan Bernard were Surities, as inures to the benefit of the Commonwealth, for the following reasons: The Surities upon the Bond, are poor men, Bernard himself is worth nothing, and if payment is forced of the Sureties, they will be very much distressed, and, in fact, to pay the amount of the Bond, will fall with great Severity, upon them, in fact they will be ruined.

Judgement was rendered against them upon the forfeited Bond at the Sept Term, of the Nelson Circuit Court, 1860, for the amount of five hundred dollars. The accused was young, about 18 years of age, poor, protesting that he was not guilty of the crime of rape as alledged. He had not the means of making a defense, became alarmed, and left the State

The Surities are old men, and worth very little more than the amount of the Bond Wherefore we earnestly petition His Excellency the Govenor, to release the amount due the Commonwealth.

John D Lewis Woods Yantis Ogden. W. Stiles A. Bodine J, C, Wickliffe Charles Davis Jonathan P Lewis J A Curry

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J. T. Brown A J Lewis E. H. McKay S. B. Merrifield Jr N, B, McCaskey -- T. W. Miles H, E, Stone W. Y. Davis W, A, McKay J, M, Wells L McKay W R Fenly C J Constantine Thomas D. Russell Saml McKay J. N. McKay James Duncan W, H, Jones P. H. Hodges R J Foster James Brewer James Hoagland Wm P Rogers B. P Maran Harrison brewer W R Brown J H Dugan J M Dugan John W Pence Christopher H Graham J. D. Stone Reiney Wootton Henry R McClaskey John B Hughes Jno, A, McKay, T B Walter Saml B Merrifield Samuel W Brewer Jes. S Wells Jas C Graham J A Calvert C A Lewis John Ash Jn James M Allen R B Grigsby John Hammond W. H. Bernet Thomas Milligan David Bullock Jr Wm Vaughan James Green Stilwell D Heady John R. Moone Wm D Huston Isaac McClaskey volney Gore Saml -- Wilkerson J. B. Merrifeild M M Dawes David Bullock Jno. G. Braigg Jno B Guthrie James Bryant James Cooper

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Names W M Foster James M Bishop Asa Bogard J H McKay J. A. Duncan Fielding Merrifield Haden Mills C B Thomas John Combs James Wood W, Miles T R Marshall T B Rose G S Rose J, S, Jones Richard Bond W Y Johnson David Wolf F S Rouland E E Murphy R M Murphy N. B. Beauchamp Joseph E Duncan Henry Duncan John H Duncan James. H. Hobbs William G Graham Wm Williams Janmes Williams Robret Smith W S Hautchens C. F. Hautchens Names Jacob F hearn Alexander Dunkin Joseph L Duncan James Sefler Stephen. A.. Bayne Robert. S.. Bayne William. H. Morgan A McMakin W. M. Hobbs P. T. Hinkle W R Marshall F. C Marshall John, Glass Eigia J Parker John Riddle C Sappington Wm Colter T P. Marshall Wm N Montgomery george Sappington Wm T. Calvert John Montgomery Josep Faber W H ford Wm Cokendolpher John Shields J M Bodine W P Sinclair Peyton McMakin P. L. McMakin

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Nelson Cir. ct

Remitted B. M.

$500. } Forfd Recog. C Murphy & L Bernard IssdJany 15, 1861