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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-0001-020-1339 MG21-251 to MG21-252

Hancock County, Kentucky Hancock County, Kentucky 1861-08-28 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 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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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State of Kentucky Hancock County To His Excellency the Govenor of Ky.

The undersigned John C. Thomas R. J. Blanford, A. G. Vawter, R. A. Higdon. D. Dunn and Henry Dale would most respectfully state and represent to his excellency the Govenor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky that in August 1859 Daniel Cook had a difficulty and rencounter in the town of Lewisport in this county with one Hutchinson and in the difficulty Cook fired a pistol at Hutchinson as these petitioners then and now believe under circumstances of justification. Hutchinson made his exscape and Cook was arrested and committed for trial on the 20th day of August 1859. and held to bail to appear at the next circuit court and the petitioners afsd. became his bail in the penalty of one hundred dollars. Cook was sick and unable to attend said term of the court. An indictment was found agst him at the Aug. term 1859. of the Hancock circuit court.

Cook having removed to Spencer county in the State of Indiana your petitioner J. C. Thomas

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applied to your excellency for a requisition and on the 8th day of Octo 1859 obtained your excellencys requisition authorizing him to proceed to the State of Indiana for the purpose of demanding and receiving from the proper authorities of said State the said Cook and thereupon the said J. C. Thomas obtained a warrant of arrest agst sd. Cook from the Govenor of the State of Indiana and placed the same in the hands of the Sheriff of Spencer County in said State in which county said Cook then and still resides and the said Sheriff although often requested & urged so to do failed and actually refused to arrest the said Cook and deliver him as required by the warrant of the Govener of Indiana.

At the Febuary term 1861 of the Hancock Circuit court said bail bond was forfeited and judgment rendered agst your petitioners for the same of one Hundred dollars -- & costs. The original requisition and duly certified copies of the Indictment, Bail Bond and judgment afsd are herewith filed as part hereof.

The undersigned were and are now confident said Cook would have been acquited if he had stood his trial

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They used every effort in their power to bring him to trial and would have succeeded in the Sheriff of Spencer County Indiana where Cook resided had done his duty.

Your petitioners are poor men and would be greatly oppressed by being compelled to pay the amt afsd adjudged agst them

Whereupon they petition the clemency of your Excellency and pray a remission of the judgment afsd agast them &c. and as in duty bound they will ever pray &c. August 28th 1861.

D. Dunn A G Vawter Henry Dale R. A. Hidgon John C Thomas R, J Blanford

We the undersigned respectfully Petition His Excllency the Govener of the Commonwealth of Ky. to remit the fine above refered to and state that the collection of the same would greatly distress the above named petitioners. and believe their prayr ought to be granted

V. Lebre John, B, Blincoe W R Duncan P. Z. Abbott W. P. Haywood Fr D Lewis

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Thos. L. Williams Saml Davis Geo W Hicks K, B, Williams C S Jirman M T Laman W. H. Webb L. L. Parker Jno, P, M, Jett, W, J, Husk Jos. G. Smith J. B. Hayden G, I, Pate John M Reid J. H. Taylor J R Ray Jo, C, Pell J N Greathouse G, W. O'Bannon J. S. Hicks I. Prentis -- John Pittford Jno. B. Haywood W T Mesedock John S Bell Geo. A. McGill J D Blincoe E B Fisher J W Patterson Wm Cox H Callender Wm S, Gibbs E Samford A. G, Bell J f Payne J. B Schoolfeild Ennis Cone Alexander Hagen L, Right O, W. Hawes D Johnson R H Graham R A Holland John Clark Jno J House Joseph, S, Miller J. H Smith C. T. Gabbert John J Smitt James R McDonal