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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-0001-020-0787 MG19-225 to MG19-226

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To his Excellency B Magoffin governor of Kentucky

your petitioners citizens of of Christian County would respectfully represent to your Excellency that at the present March Term of the Christian Circuit Court Jonathan Greer was tried on an indictement against him for murder that the Jury acquitted him for murder, but found him guilty of man-slaughter and fixed his punishment by confinement in the penitentiary for a term of five years

Now your petitioners will state that said Greer is an old man being about sixty years of age having a large family of children that he was involved in the fight or affray in which adison Farrell for killing of whom he was tried ^they make on the trial^ Established the fact that Stephen Shelton who was also killed in ^the^ same affray by abner greer a Son of said Jonathan greer and said Abner greer who was very dangerously wounded by shelton when Engaged firing with pistols at Each other that they both fell that Farrell after they fell was in pursuit of William Greer who was unarmed and said firing at said William a son of Jonathan Greer that Jonathan Greer the father having his rifle gun in his hands and being himself severely wounded by a pistol shot his son abner shot down and ferrell pursuing and firing at his son William who was unarmed and retiring retreating fired upon said Farrell and killed him which Ended the affray.

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Now your petitioners taking into consideration all the circumstances in the case the relation of father and child that existed between Johnathon Greer and his sons Abner and William and fully appreciating the parental feelings of said Jonathan Greer at the time of the killing cannot but think that is a case addressing itself with peculiar force and favor to the consideration of you Excellency and we the more readily urge his cause befor your Exellency for the reason that Jonathan Greer has lived in our midst from Early youth to old age and has Ever borne the character of a peaceable quit sober and industrious citizen a good neighbor and fine friend and kind and affectionat husband & father taking all things into consideration we respectfully present his case to the favorable consideration of your Exellency and Earnestly ask for a full and free pardon believing as we do that such an act of clemency would meet with the hearty approval of an overwhelming majority of the best citizens of the country

John Byrd D. H. Taylor B T Underwood G. V. Campbell Jno Byrd Henry W. C. Campbell M N P. M. Gray A N Long W T Buckner J W A McGarvy Jas. M Foard Robt W. B. Salman Jno. W. Breathill Jno M Lambdin Geo W D Luck J. M Hopson F R Campbell Thos C Wallace Ben. Wood J R Reynolds

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John. O Snyder N. H. Woolridge H B Ganny S. L. Wooldridge I. S. Rowland M D E R Cook M D. David Fuller S Ray Brooks Thos H. Ashford A Copeland Robert Foard James Moore John McGiwan George Poindexter W. A. Glass H. N Fleming Durham Jno P Campbell Jr Thos M Buck Richard J. Trainman C. C. Thacker Enoch Martin James Butler Thos Long James Kinkead Thomas Peter Higgins H,, C,, Means Jno. T. Edmunds John M Carroll E. Armstrong Harrison Joseph F Anderson J. C. Parker W. H. Blythe J. T. Ricketts J R Bronaugh B C Ritter Jno. R. Ratcliffe A D Rodgers Judge County Ct Wm. M. Beam H. P. Owsley W. C. Elliott G. W. C. W. Gresham Richard Camron Peter George W Fox William C Gray R H Gray Eli Combs Wm Combs Newton Combs Thos Gunn J D Morris W R Wolf F W Bigerstaff J. M. Cayce H,, Ricketts James Robbs D. S. Bowls A. J. Venable G. W. Heames J. J. Keney F. W. Buckner

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charles chatman J. W. Brown Daniel Gray John R Green Elbert F Cobb W. F. Barm