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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-0001-020-1121 MG20-234 to MG20-235

Barbourville, Knox County, Kentucky Barbourville, Knox County, Kentucky 1861-05-01 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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Barbourville Kentucky May 1st 1861 Dear Gov.

Mr. Nelson Volentine was fined at the April Term of the Knox Circuit Court for Keeping a Tipling Huse (fine $60)

The circumstances are these- John J. Jones, Had lisence to keep a Tavern He got Volentine to keep His Bar or rather sold Him the Bar privilidges, Jones represented to Volentine that His time would have been Expire at the JulyAugust county court, when in fact it was out at the June County Court, Volentine sold liquor during the interval, believing that the lisence was not out until August at the August Court the License were renewed -- He did not intend to violate Law, believd He had a right to sell -- Times are Hard no money in the country- Please remit-

Your obt servt John Dishman

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Knox Cir. Ct $60. } Tipling N. Volentine

Remission Issd May 9. 1861

Resp Remitted B. M.

Gov. B. Magoffin

Pet of John } Frankfort KY