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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-0001-020-0555 MG18-362 to MG18-363

Brownsville, Edmonson County, Kentucky Brownsville, Edmonson County, Kentucky 1861-01 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 "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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Brownsville Edmodson County Jany 1861 Hon Governor of Kentucky, Dr Sir,

We the undersigned take this opportunity to inform you of the condition of the foregoing Petitioner John chase the said chase is a very poor man wholly ignorant of Law, he is an honest, good, disposed, and ignorant man, having a wife and two infants, dependant on the charity of the community for a support, while he is confined in the Jail of Edmondson County, Consequently We unite with the foregoing Petioner, hoping that you will extend your clemency, toward your humble petitioner, the said petioner would further state, that he is disposed to engage in Without means, and there is no prospect to accumulate any thing whatever under the present Panic of the age --

John Chase pr James Sock Edmonson

N. B. If the foregoing Member of assignors are not sufficient. I will send the Name of 50 or 100 of as good men as is herein named.

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Edmondson County Ky Bee SpringsJany 1861,

Hon.. Uriah McGoffin Governor of Kentucky

Dr Sir

Your humble petitioner John Chase makes this appeal to your Honour for relief and prayes your clemency to be extened toward him.. Your humble Petitioner states to your honour, that a fine was assessed against him at the Fall Ter spring Term of the Edmondson Equity and Criminal Court. in the year 1860.. to the Amount of $60. for selling Ginger Wine Your Petitioner further states, that, he made application to the county court of Edmondson county for a Tavern License, but the court refused to grant them, from the fact that he was a boarder consequently, many persons would come and drink -- at their leisure. Your Petioner further states that he was very ill a great portion of the time not able to attend to any buisness, Your humble petitioner again states that he is a poor man destitute of parentage, entirely illiterate, of Law having a family to Support, and now cast into Jail of Edmondson County, for her appearance, at the next Term of the Edmondson Criminal Court. ^for the payment of the fine^ Your humble petioner, further States that he is not disposed to violate the Law in ^any^ shape or form whatever, consequently he prays your Clemency to be extended towards him, and further your petition petitioner would respectfully state, that he is wholly unable to pay the fine.. he has no means visable=whatever.

We the undersigned Petitioners unite in the prayer with of the with the humble Petitioner

names Thomas Meredith John Vanmeter Pleasant Blanton J. C. Durban P. M.

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John Bullock. James Sock Examiner of Edmondson Cty. Robert Lashley John M Duvall J E Johnson Thomas J Merefith M M Logan G. F Logan Miles Merefith John Rich Hiram Lawrence Wood Meredith,, Wat Meredith Seldom Sanders James Brooks John Souders Thomas Brooks Alexr Higgs Thomas Isaac Blanton Fed Meredith.

Edmonson E & C Ct $60 } Tipling John Chase Remission IssdFeby 15th 1861.

Remitted B. M