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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-0001-020-0524 MG18-313

Trimble County, Kentucky Trimble County, Kentucky Petition English 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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To his Excellency Beriah McGoffin Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky,

We the undersigned your petitioners citizens of Trimble county Kentucky would respectfully ^represent^ to your Honor that Barney Wells has been fined Ten Dollars for a Breach of the peace in a fight with one Sam Jackson at Milton Kentucky, The said Barney Wells alleges that the said Jackson gave him sufficient provocation to first strike him, the said Jackson with whom he had a fight is a very stoutoverbearing man and frequently engaged in disturbances of this kind, therefore we pray your honor to remit said fine and as in duty bound will every pray &c

Johnson Parkhurst

J. Y. Newkirk S. Gatewood F. E. Skidmore R. D. Mullikin G. W. Miller (S. T. C.) M. W. Wilson R Bell S: Medd J F Butler Jeph Tingle Benton Gatewood Robert Frost F Crafton John Skidmore w Samuel George Wright W T Adcock J H Lane W W Pierce Thomas Jones Thos Langhery