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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-0001-020-0826 MG19-299 to MG19-300

Livermore, McLean County, Kentucky Livermore, McLean County, Kentucky 1861-03-18 Petition English Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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 B. Magoffin Gov. of commonwealth of Kentucky, your petitioners would respectfully state, that on the day of 1859 Virgel Brown was arrested for the crime of Larceny and the examining court held him to the further bail at the March term 1860 of the McLean Circuit Court and George Brown and John Robertson became his sureties in the bail bond of the said March term of the McLean Circuit Court 1860. The bail bond was forfeited owing to the failure of Virgil Brown to make his appearance and George Brown and Jno. Robertson became responsible to the commonwealth for the amount of sd bail bond whch is one hundred and fifty dollars, They would respectfully state that Jno. Robertson one of the sureties in the bond has left this state without leaving any means whereby to assist in paying sd bond and that George Brown who is a very poor but worthy man with a large and helpless family is now responsible for the whole amount of sd bond and that sd Brown from his poverty is unable to pay the execution which was issued on the bond and that he has but a small tract or parcel of land, say 40 acres, and that sd Brown would be

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entirely broken up if compelled to pay the forfeiture and thereby leave his family in a helpless and destitute condition, Wherefore they respectfully request your Excellency to remit. the entire forfeiture and release sd Brown from the payment of the same

Livermore Mch 18th 1861

Jno. J. Dennis Alf. C. Tanner L W Gates E F McNull Wm Hamilton M tellus Cravens Col,, Wm T Russell Thos Massie T. Mayes I R Priest J Blaser Thomas Neubaner William G Whitaker James S Morton Wm Stevens S L Lindley Ben.. B. Whitaker S Hackett T B Basset C R Cook W, W, Ramey Jesse Bates Jr Elijah Brashear Wm Bewley Henry. D. Clapper John M Farmer E M Johnson

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Respite 12 mo B. M McLean Cir Ct Geo. Brown & Jno. Robertson $150 } Recog IssdAp 17. 1861

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