<title type="main">John Owins to Beriah Magoffin Edition created from new transcripts of this manuscript. Initial upload of this work's facsimile images and metadata to FromThePage for editing Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections Administrator of the CWGK Migration transcription project on FromThePage Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections made 2 edits between June 22, 2025 and June 22, 2025. Dynamic TEI export from FromThePage (version 22.10)

This image and transcription is publicly accessible. The image appears courtesy of the repository named in the Source Description. The transcription and annotation were undertaken by Kentucky Historical Society staff, volunteers, and interns. If referencing this document title, accession number, and permanent URL.

 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-0001-020-0724 MG19-128

Mckee, Jackson County, Kentucky Mckee, Jackson County, Kentucky 1861-03-22 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.
1

Mckee Jackson County Ky March 22 day 1861 To his Excellency Beriah Magoffin

Your petitioner John Owens, would Most Respectfully Represent to your Excellency that at the Last nov term of the Jackson Circuit Court your Pertion was Find twenty dollars for Illegal gaming which I do not think was Rite for there was Four of us in the game and My self was tride & Find From the Fact that I Laid down ten cents to Bet on the game and the others that was in the game was tride and Acquited and I supose if I had it have Been At Court and had Councill that I would not A have Been Find I thought that there was now and never attended court now your petitioner would state that I am it verry poore Man & have it verry sickley wife and A Large Family of small children to work For and it will Be verry hard For me to pay the Fine now I will Most Respectful ask your Excellecy to Remit said Fine

John Owins

We the under signed do say the Facts in the Foregoing Petition are true and think the Fine ougt to be Remited

Saac J Farley F J F J C and P J J C Thos,, J,, Engle ck

2

Jackson Cir. Ct $20 each Gaming B. Bahert Jno Owens Remission Issd Apr 9. 1861