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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-0001-020-1362 MG21-296

1861-08-25 Petition English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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To his Exl B Magoffin governor of Ky.

We the undersigned citizens of Rockcastle county state that we have known Jacob Scorborough who is now confined in the penatentiary for killing Robert Aulder for between Thirty and forty years, he was bornedIn this and raised in this county

He is a peaceable quiet old man inoffensive a good citizen, poor and has a large helpless and now destitute family. and we must respectfully ask your Exlcy to pardon the balance of his time August 25th 1861.

H. Moore AlfredSmith A, Chesnut Ashley Owens Daniel Roberts cor. R, C W. H. Kirtley Wm Styall M R Moore Thomas. J. Smith Caperton Jones Sameuel. S. Bryant E. Smith R G Wms Wm L Mullins Wm. P. Hiatt Solomon Griffin James M Chesnut A. Carpenter Wm M. Smith Champ Mullins John Adams Robert Adams Jas, P. Poteel Preston Taylor John Dollans W Dollans