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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-0001-020-1521 MG22-120

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky Nathaniel Gaither, Jr. (Adair County, Kentucky, attorney, sec of state, pvt 6th KY Cav CSA) N00002525 1835-01-01 1894-12-19 Categories: People

Adair County, Kentucky, attorney, statesman, and soldier. Adair County native. Son of Nathaniel Gaither and Martha Morrison Gaither. Married to Susan Shelby Magoffin Gaither on September 25, 1861. Resident of Adair County in 1850. Household owned eighteen enslaved persons in Adair County in 1850. Admitted to the bar in Adair County. School commissioner and county attorney. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1859 to 1861. Attorney in Adair County in 1860. Secretary of state of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from October 2, 1861, to August 18, 1862. Served in the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private.

Relationships Legal: Robert H. Thompson (Bourbon County) Political: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Political: Theodore Dehon Rand (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soldier and attorney) Military: Military Board of Kentucky Social: John Baylor Temple (Frankfort, Kentucky, banker and attorney; Preident of the Military Board of Kentucky) Social: Philip Swigert (Frankfort banker, Military Board member & secretary) Social: Willis Benson Machen (Lyon County, KY, attorney, farmer, iron manufacturer, and politician (KY & Confederate)) Social: Milton A. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Caldwell County, Kentucky Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Office of the Secretary of State of Kentucky Political: Franklin County Court Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) Political: Executive Department, Kentucky (U.S.A.) Legal: George W. Gwin (Frankfort, KY, mayor & councilman, merchant, JP) Legal: Thomas Barclay Harrison (Logan County, Kentucky, sheriff) Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: Joshua Burdett (Garrard County, Kentucky, attorney) Political: Joseph S. Burdett (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer, newspaper editor, and notary public) Political: Luther R. Martin (Indianapolis, Indiana, clerk and real estate agent.) Political: William Y. Wiley (Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, real estate agent, broker, life insurance salesman, commissioner of deeds, and soldier) Political: Henry Martin (Providence County, Rhode Island, justice of the peace, notary public, and commissioner of deeds) Political: James E. Stone, Sr. (Hancock County, Kentucky, minister and court clerk.) Political: William R. Mason (Judge of the Hancock County, KY, Court) Political: Timothy Holmes (Hancock County, KY, physician & home guard soldier)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair, District 1, p. 31A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair, District 1, p. 171. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair, Columbia, p. 90. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1874), 32. W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, 5th ed. (Louisville and Chicago: F. A. Battey and Company, 1885), 862. Michael C. Watson, "An Adair County History," vol. 1 (2001), 71, 83, 221, 226. Robert H. Thompson (Bourbon County) N00003214 Categories: People

Sent a petition to Beriah Magoffin for the remittance of a fine in Bourbon County, Kentucky.

Relationships Legal: Bourbon Circuit Court Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

KYR-0001-020-1520. Bryan H. Allen (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney) N00003241 1834? 1885-07-16 Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Mary H. Allen. Father of Lou Allen and Minnie Allen. Attorney in Lexington in 1860.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Nathaniel Gaither, Jr. (Adair County, Kentucky, attorney, sec of state, pvt 6th KY Cav CSA) Social: William C. Goodloe (Fayette and Madison co , KY, circuit court judge)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, Ward 3, p. 119. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 6, p. 86. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #7007127, Louisville Deaths. Lexington, Kentucky P001002 Categories: Places

Seat of Fayette County, Kentucky.

38.0406, -84.5037 John D. Wright, "Lexington (City)," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 549-51. "Lexington, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Bourbon Circuit Court O00000350 1793 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 13th Judicial District of Kentucky. Judge(s): William C. Goodloe. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): William S. Downey. Clerk(s): James Paton.

Relationships Legal: Robert H. Thompson (Bourbon County) Legal: Samuel Williams (Illinois and Fleming County) Legal: Willoughby Sanford Scott (Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer and slave trader) Legal: George Parker (Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Jack G. Davis (Convict in the Kentucky State Penitentiary) Legal: William Jones (Frankfort, Kentucky, druggist) Legal: Warren B. Rogers (Bourbon Co) Legal: Jesse H. Boulden (Bourbon Co) Legal: Jeremiah Duncan (Bourbon Co) Legal: Thomas L. Arnold (Bourbon Co merchant) Legal: James K. Jameson (Bourbon Co) Legal: Isral Becraft (Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Valentine Hildreth (Bourbon Co) Legal: David M. Dodge (Bourbon Co farmer) Legal: Thomas Stone (Bourbon County, KY, farmer) Legal: Christopher C. Skillman (Bourbon Co farmer) Legal: Francis Hardesty (Bourbon County) Legal: Harvey W. Letton (Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer) Economic: John G. Paton (Deputy Bourbon Co Circuit Court Clerk) Economic: James Paton (Clerk of Bourbon Circuit Court) Legal: John G. Paton (Deputy Bourbon Co Circuit Court Clerk) Legal: James Paton (Clerk of Bourbon Circuit Court) Legal: Herman Hollander (Bourbon County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: E. L. Cowles (Bourbon County, Kentucky, gamer) Legal: Christopher C. Rogers (Bourbon County, Kentucky, trader)

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 24 (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10 (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky 1861-11-18 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Lexington Ky November 18th 1861. Hon Nathaniel Gaither: Secretary of State;

Dear Sir, Accompanying this I send the Govenor a petition to remit a fine inflicted in the Bourbon Circuit Court against Robert H Thompson of our city -- The Govenor through his Clemency, respited this fine in October -- 60. Thompson is a poor man, and it would be a great hardship for him to pay a fine of $7500 -- He has already paid $3000 costs -- The respite has run out, and I trust you will send us a remission immediately -- Direct it to

Yours truly

B H Allen