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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-0001-020-1300 MG21-188 to MG21-189

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To his Exly B Magoffin Governor of Kentucky your petitioners would most respectfully state that at the last March term of the Rockcastle Circuit Court Jacob. Scarboraugh who is now confined in the penitentiary was convicted of manslaughter for Killing one Robt Aulder and sentenced to the penetentiary for the term of two years, and has been there now about Six months. We would most respectfully state that he was taken away from a very large, helpless and destitute family. He is an old inoffensive man and we cincerly hope that your Exellency will pardon him for the ballance of the time 25 August 1861.

P. L hiatt John Southard Stephen. Langford D. H. Butt L L Smith Jack Adams M J Miller M T Newcome Thos J. Hansell W Price Andew Thomson William Hansell Albert Hanks S. W. Brown Wm, T, Proctor B K Bethurum Jesse Trpel D G Colyer clk E F. Finks C. R. Cirt C Joseph N Carter John M Riddle Stephen Anglin David Caswell Auth Caswell Williams John French Francis Ramsey M, Ramsey T, J, Bewford John Bryant W T, Lair John Owens J Jackson Mullins George W Anderson

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