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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-0001-020-1156 MG20-310

Brownsville, Edmondson County, Kentucky Brownsville, Edmondson County, Kentucky 1861-06-18 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 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Brownsville Ky June 18th 1861

To His excelency Honerable Beriah Magoffin Governer of Kentucky Your petitioners would respectfully state to you that George. W. Woosley of this county was fined at our last March Term of the Edmonson circuit ^Equity & Criminal^ court $20 -- for betting once on a game called chuckluck and that said Woosley is a very pore man and that he is a very p times is very pore hard and that it is impossible for him to pay said fine without making a greate sacrafize we therefore umbly beseech your honor to remit said fine by so doing you will greatly relieve Said Woosley but and will much gratify your petitioner, and the community generally

Wm Meredith S E C T B McIntire C E C C W. J. J. Nash Samuel Miller Pleasant Goodwin Silas. R. Jones James Brooks Wm L D C. C. McIntire F. Meredith W Marris W Hazlip R Alexander Robert hazelip Jesse Howbin Wm T. Doyle Levi Edwards Jessee Schenks L. M. Hazlip James A. Bledsoe Thos Michaels L. W. Merideth O. G. Moore James W. Lauder J S Higdon J E Berea J H E C M M Lagard J p E C Wm Morris William E Curd P J Naybaugh H H Howes George W Kimble

Will H Willimas

Edmunsun Eq. Ct $20. } Gaming Geo W Woosley

Remissin Issd July 18. 1861

Remitted. B M