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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-0001-020-0561 MG18-371

Bath County, Kentucky Bath County, Kentucky 1861-01-17 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 his eclency the Govnor of the Commonwealth of Ky

We your undersigned petitioners must ^Respectfully^ Represent to your Honor that on the Election day for President and vice President of the United States in the Town of Wyoming Bath County Ky Came Jas Goodpaster and others fell upon One J L Jones fo Sd County And unnessecarily Beat and Brused him and the James Not being in the fault and made no defece until attacked By Goodpaster and others and James was taken up by the ^^officer^ of Said Town and brought before A Jury of his country and the Jury without Knowing the facts in the case fined sd James 9.00 With cost of Suit now We your petitioners pray your honor that you may Remit the same

Jany 17 1861

A Williams J W Foudray James Johnson John M roberts A Lither Akin Williams Bford Goodpaster William Jones William Evanmattan R. A. Caldwell S. C. Atchison John Estill Isac Atchison Joseph Arnel A. Bowlings

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Bath J. P. $9 } Breach D L Jones Remission Issd Feby 15. 1861

Hon L W Andrews Frankfort Ky