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 November 12, 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-0001-020-0755 MG19-174

1861-03-27 Petition English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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 Gov. B. Magoffin

Your Petitioner Jeremiah Proctor Most humbly Solicits your excellency to remit the fine imposed on him of $22.91 1/2 cents by a Justice of the peace of Carter County Kentucky, it being the same fine which he has heretofore Petitioned Your excellency to remit and your excellency respited the Same for Twelve months which time will now soon expire

The undersiged Joined in the prayer with your Humble Petition and now asks that said fine be remitted they Most respectfully represent that Said Proctor is a young man and like a Great Many is poor and he Seldom gets into difficulties and has not been in one Since he was tried & fined as Stated in his former Petition to Your excellency, he is an industrious young Man and is Striveing to Make an honorable liveing & no doubt will unless there is too many obstacles thrown in his path of fortune to prevent the same. hoping that this will sufficie they humbly submit the same to your Excellency Your Respectfully

March 27th 1861 W E Hamilton Issac Pelfrey Thomas Jones Jones pelfrey Wesley Hill Jr Samuel B Goodsn John H Hill John Bunyane D. R. Hill Wm Shumate G W Shumate James Pelfrey John J Hamilton William Hill Reubin D Shumate Wesley Hill Dr James A Click Wm Q Pelfray L W Jones L W Gordon Eber Proctor

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R N Jones L D Gallaspey Louis Gearheart Wm H Garvin Harrison Sumate A. J. Nickell Andrew Stephenes William A Foush Hesiah MC Danel Cormine Royce Robert Fletcher W M C Day Welsey Cornet Joel D Crisp John M C Danel P W Day William Slone Daniel Litrel Wiley Brown J. W. Day BenJamin Royse Elise Bare John A Black Hezkiah Danel Isac Jones Damian Steagull Elihah G Caudill John Pelfrey John R thomas gorge M C Dill George W White D. R. Hamilton Joseph Nickell J. M. Nickell Hiskins Jones Jr John Nickell Spencer Hill R F Pelfrey John.W. Ferguson A H Kirkpatrick Geo. W. Cassity Jane A Kirk Robert Kirk Mathew W Kirk Eli Sparks John Dyer W B Hill Frances Preston James Preston E H Hamilton Harsen Shumake George W Cooper Isaac Purvis John Pengard