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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-0001-020-1037 MG20-119

1861-05-10 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 B Magoffin Governor of the State of Kentucky

Your petitioners Citizens of Carter County would Respectfully Represent to your Excellency that at the last April Term of the Carter Circuit Court that David Floyd was find twenty Dollars for the offence of Illegal Gaming. They State that Mr Floyd is a hard working laboring man with a large Family Dependant on him for a support That he is not a Common gambler and will probably not offind again as he Seems to have been guilty without knowing the penalty of the offence he was Committing wherefore we pray that said fine may be Remitted May 10th 1861

G T Oserton H M, Floyed Isaac Prewit William Young Jno. McGuire L, H, Elliott Gourdin Samuel Snead J, R, Botts John T Shepherd Abraham Anglin S J England G, W, Everman W, A, Wamack B W Ward George Niethercut Hary Curry

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Stephen Nethercutt Samuell Hubler D M Vincent B T Shepherd Samuel Everman Wm Bowling J, W, J. B. Ward William Nethercutt MrMacy

Respite 12 Mo B M

IssdJune 24

Carter Cir. Ct $20 } gaming D Floyd