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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-0001-020-0670 MG19-13

Brownsville, Edmonson County, Kentucky Brownsville, Edmonson County, Kentucky 1861-02-01 Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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Brownsville Kentucky January 23dFebruary 1st ^1861^

To His Excelency Beriah Magoffin Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. your Petitioners would respectfully represent to you that whereas James Skaggs was fined the Sum of forty Dollars by the Edmonson Equity & Criminal Court at its September Term 1859 for the Offence of Retailing Spirituous Liquors without Licence the evidence Showed that Skaggs was enduced by the Strong Admonitions of Some of his friends to Sell to them two Quarts of Liquor It being a verry cold Day we would Respectfully represent to your honor that Skaggs is a verry poore man and has a family to Support and that he is a cival and morral man and we think it is a greate hardship for him to have to pay the amount that he was Fined he's petitioned to your honor Sometime Since and you Stayed the Collection of the fine for Twelve month by his paying all Fees & cost which he did and he has also paid thirty percent of the fine It appears to be almost imposible for him to raise the money and to Incarserate him in the Jaile of our county who we think would be wholy unnecessary We thing that the cause requires your Sympathy wherefore pray your honor to remit the Remainder of Said fine and by So doing you will confer a Lasting favors on a poore Family

Petitioners Names R. C. Hayslip D C F. T. Heath Wm Meridith S C C W Hayslip Jailor Petitioners Names J. Q. Skaggs W. F. Hazslip Hayslip T B McIntire Clerk

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M N Drake James F. Gott Edmond Lowry Jacob Shroders Robert Claspill B. F. Guess Isaac P Johnson Wm Morris C E C W. R. Moore B H Minton J R Rich H F Larrants W A Strington Merideth O. J. Maurer Levi Edwards Frdrick Meredith assessor W Skaggs Asif Houchin one of the Jury N Houchin Alfred Brown Wm A Houchin A J Edwards G. F. Logan Wm Self Martin Skaggs Sillwen J Blair R U M M Logan esqr L Do A Blair Otey G Edwards Franklin Yellox Geo Woosley Russel Skaggs Jesse Alexander Joseph S Johnson Isaac Staples Geo Cook R P Staples S. P. Links A B Sullivan James Sanders Andrew Still J C Sperman Miles Merideth N H Skaggs Wm Kinser W A gibreath Jobe Johnson Darnel Johnson James Jones James D Johnson John D Houch P H Soham G C Pruett Aaron Lawson James Brooks L. W. Merideth C. E. C J G Doyel J Sanders G. B Pulliam James peette Edward Blair George Coats F. M. Kelly

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W H Walker J. Rufuss Wm F Dautton Co Att W B Harris W S Arnold T R A Crump L M Hazlip M H Webb Wm Austill Jas Alexander John J Bullock D W Hazslip H Webb M. H. Merideth W H Bush Oliver Butrain John Wells Jessee Johnson M. Hazelship C C Curry W H Clark Moses Houchin Meridith York Harvey Wood Baly p henderson T. H. Wells Martin Durbin W M Houchin C Kinser Jefferson Kinser James Meridith Merry Hazelip B P C P Hazelip H M Hazelip J. Stice Murriel Nash W J J Nash John Miller J. D. Sanders S M Sanders Warren Moore Bradley Meridith J W Flemmour J H. Vincent Woodford Meridith Washington Ray C W Morrison F. M. Hodge M. D. William Wells Martin Skaggs James Lindsey S G Madison J S Moer Baly Lykins John Lick B Wills Jesse Houchan John Roof J Q springer Thos. S. Sanders J P E C

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Charles Merideth J. A. Bledsoe G W Blair John Shroder James W Houchin James. H. Lindsey James R Kely One of the Jury T S Higdon S C E C

Your Honor Will please excused the Defaced Condition of this petition as it was on a Verry Rainy and Bad Day that the various persons assigned It

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Edmonson E & C Ct Respite 12 mo B. M. $40 } Selling liquor Jas Skaggs IssdFeby 15. 1861