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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-0001-020-1392 MG21-338 to MG21-339

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To His Excellency Beriah Maggoffin Governer of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

The undersigned petitioners do certify that at the Last term of the Calloway Equity & criminal court. Eli Bynum was found guilty and convicted of the offence of Carrying deadly Concealed weapons and his fine assessed to the Commonwealth of Kentucky at fifty dollars, And now the undersigned petitioners do Solicit and earnestly ask of His Excellency Beriah Magoffin Govenor of the Commonwealth of Ky a remittance of said fine, for the following reasons to wit. That the said Eli Bynum is a young man under age the son of Ben Bynum a poor man who is in the bond with his son Eli and that Ben Bynum has a Large family mostly girls and only two Boys that are able to assist him in the support of his family and that those two boys are now in by ^from home^ and have been since April last. and that the enforcement of Said fine would harrass and render the old man Ben Bynum in embarrassing circumstances, and possibly incur on his family Sufferings.

Names Thos, H, Corbett F M Jones J P R. L. Ellison Clk J. P, Humphreys L. Boyd Names W. B. Ellison James Jones H W Perkins R. S. Mansfield W. J. Stubblefield

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C. H. Smith G. A. C. Holt R A Graham T B, McElrath W R Wells J L Mirback J s schroader Wm H Daily Samuel Orr S McKnight A Harding P H Beckham E. H, Ryan J Z Slead J C McElrath W Z Scott W H Mansfield W H Dinguid M Clayton P M Ellison W M Starks B B Groan N Bowman B C O'Neil A H Wear S J Booker J L Wymore Cty Atty W. Lewis J C Span R, L, Pitte M,, R Moore N, H, Ryan A J Holland J, T, A, Spilman J, K, P, Wells J. R. Sherwood W F Stem R. Boggs J M Cater C A Denman D L Boaz Joel Mass R. C. Linn H Wymore Z Stewart J M Wells S H Purdom William Smith H. W. Harding Gabriel Smith Ed,, G,, Curds

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To His Excellency Beriah Magoffin Govenor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. _ _ _

From Petioners of Calloway Co Ky

Remitted B. M

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