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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-0001-020-1267 MG21-140 to MG21-141

Booneville, Owsley County, Kentucky Booneville, Owsley County, Kentucky 1861-07-08 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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Boonville Ky July 8th 1861 B McGoffin Esqr governer of The Commonwealth of Kentucky

your petitioners respectfully represent to your excellency that at the last May term of the owsley Circuit Court a fine was assessed by the verdict a Jury against Samuel A Chastain uponthe under an indictment against him for carrying consealed a pistol $50 Your petitioners beg leave to represent that Chastain is an invalid ^(almost)^ from birth having but one leg a very crooked bad one at that and is bound to make his way through on sticks thisashorttimeprevious it is true he carried the pistol but it is also true that he had been violently assaulted on the street with abusive threatening and menacing language calculated to put greatly erritate Chastain if not enduce Just him in fear of bodily harm that it s ^so^ much erritated Chastain he fell into the failing of drinking too much and in this condition he exhibited the pistol they state he is a good orderly citizen. comonly and is not in the habit of Carrying weapons unnecessarily it is the desire of all who know him that the fine be remitted that it is certainly a case to warrant the interposition of your excellencys clemency

Samuel A Chastain

H F Hensley A. Bowman Austin ^his X mark^ Palmer N J. Hughs E Winn

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John C. Cole J. C. Hensley T. H. Carson Thos Russell W Williams H A Lutes Hiram Mcguire B T Gray T. J. Grier Esq Tinsley Combs Wm B. Chapman Pleasant Turner Jesse Combs Jr George W. Colyer Simpson Treadway Jesse Turner H B Hampton Wiley Merrell Ephraim Angel F. G. Mcguire John Daniel H C Hargis Wm S. Hurst Isaac N. Cardwell Aly Ledford Henry Moor James Cole H C Smith A B Gillent

Dear Govenor I think this Petition embraces the wishes of all our orderly citizens Chtain has refraind from Liquor and I think you will ceartainly remit this fine E, B, Treadway Sheff

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Ously County Kentucky

S A Chastain Says the statements contained in the foregoing Petition are true

Samuel A Chastain

Sworn to before me by S A Chastan July 8th 1861

att Wm S Hurst D. C. D. B. Capps clk O. C. C

Boonville Ky July 12th 1861

Dear Gov:

The Petitioner Saml Chastain is a very Bad cripple, requires two sticks to walk, He is at least excusable for carrying weapons, He was fined $50- I have remited my part in consequence of His condition- would like for you to remit for comlth-

Yours Truely John Dishman

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Remitted B. M

Owsley Cir. Ct $50 } Weapons S. A Chastean

IssdJuly 18 1861