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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-0001-020-1382 MG21-321 to MG21-322

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To his excellency Beririar McGoffin Govenor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

The undersigned Your humble Petitioners would respectfully represent unto your honor that Akillus Combs ofwas Indited by the Grand Jury of Morgan County at its December term 1859 & fined at its June term next ensuing the sum of Fifty Dollars Said inditement was found for the offence of unlawfully selling or giving to the slave of an other spiritous Liquors The facts of the case are these, said Combs met a favorite black boy inof the Country belonging to Mr George M. Hampton in the town of West Liberty & not Knowing or thinking that it was contrary to the statute Law of the state, bought whiskey & treated said slave the said Hampton being a particular friend of said Combs, h as your peitioners verily believe without knowledge of the statute prohibiting the same & without intention off offence to the law or the citizens

Now that said Combs being a poor man, and execution issued against him, & ^and was required to replevey the same in court^ he was about to be imprisoned for the same being unable to pay it said Hampton together with Clinton Combs ^his brother^ repleveyed said fine; which replevey is now near out; and owing to the distracted condition of the country said Akillus or his brother are unable to pay said fine without greatly distressing each of them

Now your petitions would prey that believing as they do that no offence was intended by said Combs & that no inJury was done to the owner of said slave; but that had he been consulted full concent would have been given by him to Combs to treat his boy; & that no citizen was disturbed, that your remit said fine, that said Combs & his security be forever released from the same believing as we do that it would be an act of lenity upon the part of our executive, and that it would meet the approbations of Good citizen Generally

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Sworn to by Clinton Combs before me this September 1861

Clinton Combs states that the statements in the foregoing petition are true to the best of his knowledge & belief September 16th 1861

Clinton Combs

Sworn to before me by Clinton Combs this September 16 1861

A. P. Lacy J P M C

Names J, C, Hensley A. P, Lacy James R Cox Sherriff M C Haywood Cox James R Nickell C M C F. P. Wilson O P Wells Richard Bolin A, J Cox G. W, Cox John Cox W. P Lacey A J Cox Marcus Lacey D J Nickell Eli Pieratt Ranson Goad T, G. Asberry John Caney Lackey John F, Paten William J, Ingram Josiah Harang S, H, Wilson Moses Musick Layfayatt L. Musick Andy Kash Shelby Kash Robert Farish Names T. J. Goodpaster C. L. Byrd Western Peyton (one of the Jury W C Prater Enoch Gillone William K Nickell G M Hampton I am the owner of the slave

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Wm Gillmore J, P, M, C J S Patrick Alex. P. Lacey B. F. James R. J. Goodpaster W C Lewis J F Catron J S, Slimp C M C A J Conly Caleb Kash William Ohair Juror A P Catron Z Hinsley Miles Willson G W, Martin J H R F Nickell Wm sexton John W J W Perry Jams A Coms J G Nickell S Cockrill Lam Landon T, B, Johnson D. S, Trimble Logan Willson Preston Willson David Willson C. H. Kash Harrison S Wanley Samuel W Havens Stephen Sweeney James S Prescott A Banks H, C, Turner John Power

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M,, A,, Murphy T D Perry Stephen Swango Sr James Lacy T. F Caskey Henry smother William Smother A S Trimble (J. D) William Sharp Henry Casky M J J M Waldeck Reuben Firsby LTrimble William Lee Joseph Osborn J, D Nickell J Cox J S. Dury

Morgan Cir. Ct $50 } Selling liquor to a slave A Combs Remission IssdSept 23, 1861