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 November 12, 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-0001-020-1614 MG22-266 to MG22-267

Union County, Kentucky Union County, Kentucky Petition English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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 Excellency Beriah McGoffin Gov. of the Commonwealth of Ky Dear Sir

Your petitioners the undersigned citizens of Union County Ky would state that on the 10th day of October 1861 the honorable Judge of the Union Circuit Court rendered a Judgement of ten Dollars against John Gough Sr charged with the offence of selling liquor ^in quantity less than 1/2 gallon^ to slaves Now we the undersigned citizens of aforesaid believing the Old Man -- John Gough Sr. to be innocent and that said fine is a great hardship do humbly petition your Excellency to remit and discharge said fine

Mr Gough is a very poor man and a sacrifice of his property must be made to pay said fine

Ben, F, Cissell

Sam Crowder Hiram Senour Georg Schneider Sidney Gough Guss Taylor G T Waller John Abey Jas A. Wathen T. Austin Mark Smith Robt P Catlett M. M. Berry M L. Shanks C. L. Buckman T. N. Chapmen S. S. Berry J S. Berry G. Fahrni E D Mc E Y Cowgill Sam Geo Taylor Matthew Howard Jno N. Barnett W. Mcguire J T Hughes Saml R Singer A. Hangers N. Tucker Joseph A Mills Joe W Givins

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Valentin Kuhn John Thompson Francis Doyle M V Berry William F Berry John T Berry J W Drury James R D Garrtons C L Cambron James Girten J. C. Medly R L Bryan D A McGill J C McGill Geo W Hower Edwd Alvy B Smith A. D. Cooper W B Menifee D. M. Harris

Union Cir. Ct $10. } liquor Jno. Gough Sr. Remission IssdJany 17. 1862