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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-0001-020-0909 MG19-445 to MG19-446

Brownsville, Edmondson County, Kentucky Brownsville, Edmondson County, Kentucky 1861-04-04 Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. 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 KY FebApril 4th 1861 To Hon Beriah Magoffin Govener of Ky

your Petitioner would Respectfully Represent to your Honor that Whereas Charles Merideth was Fined fifty Dollars at the March Term of 1860 of the Edmondson Equity & Criminal Court For carry conceal Deadly weapons We would Represent To your Honor that the said Meridith is Surveyor of Edmondson County and Consequently Travels a good deal of a night and Balleaved that he had a right by Law to Carry the same We would Represent to your Honor that the said Merideth is a good and Peasible Citizen and a Poore Man and Has a Family to support and Think under all the Circumstances that it Would be a Great Hardship for him to Have to pay the said Fine and We think that it would be but Just and Wrigh that the said Fine should be Remited Wherefore we pray your Honor to remit the said Fine and by so doing you will Confer a Lasting Favor on a Poore Family and your Petitioners

H B McLutin Clerk of Edmondson Circuit Court R. C. Hayslip P. J. T. B. Wm Meredith S, E, C J E Bacon J. P. E. C P G Smith J P E C W B Norris John D Sanders E H Sanders Thos Y Nichols W P S Arnold O. G. Moore J. L Lindsey C. C. Crump I. J. Honoker Philip Raynor J C Knight C E C

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F. M. Hodge M D Wm F Dewitt J P Higdon Benj Williams georg moosley michall saymons Chilton Duff James M Childress G. W. Clark Wm, O, Short P H Cook R A Russell Jones William D gibson John D Hutchin A G aller Elyn jones William jones Thomas Huff J. M. Larkey T. W. Parker B. F. Jameson J S Thurk. ,M' M Logan J P E C J R Durbin C E C John P Levi Stevn sanders Fountain Woosley P M W. H. Sanders Stroud vanmeter W. M. H. skaggs Wiliam Wingfield Jesse Houchin W H Bush J J Johnson James. H. Vincent Federick Merideth G. F. Logan James Read W, D, Iperman James Alexander Wm, A, Hutchason Sylvenus M Hart James A, Bluford S P Wingfiel Joseph Wells Peter Kinser Keeton W Rector D. W. Robinson James Halman Danil, Kinser Jefferson Kinser L L. M. Hazlip John. W. Webb Joseph Lewis James Jones James Lock M H Webb Woodford. Merideth Wm Wilshire James W. Sanders M C Johns E Spradling

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Meral Wosley Abraham Miller Solomon Wells J E Bacon William Wells Daniel Root B Hazelip Acel Houchin G f nelson William Parrish W. M. Elmore B. J. Ray W L Hazlip James lock S G Madison J Giptson S Bruks Wahington James John. K. Garner John R Root C S Spradling W E Spradling T J Vinson James maddeson Robert Carpill Henry Moss

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Edmunson Eq. Ct $50. } Weapons Chas. Merideth Respd 12 mos IssdApr 30. 1861

Respite 12 mo B. M