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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-0001-020-1652 MG22-314 to MG22-315

Whitley County, Kentucky Whitley County, Kentucky 1862-01-30 Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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 the excelence of Beria Magoffin Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your petitioner James Cutburth wold Respectifull Represent to your exelence that at the January term of the Whitley Quarterly ^courte^ 1862 that they was a warret Returned against him for Keeping a tipling hous and that a judgment was Render against the your petitioner for the sum of $60,, Your petitioner states that he had ben a tavern Keeper for some time and that a few day's previous to the Whitley his licens had expired he states that he had no intention of violating the law and you petitioner state that he is a pore man and has if he has to pay said fine that he it will put him in greate troble and cause him to sacefise his property he states that it will be a mater of greate charity to Remit said fine he prays your Petitioner excelence to Remit said fine and for all proper Releaf

James Cutburth

James Cutburth says he beleaves the statements, in the foregoing petition he beleaves to be true

James Cutbirth Sworn to before me by James Cutbirth this the 30 day of January 1862 L D Sutton P J W C

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The under signed says that they believe that it wold be a mater ^act^ of charity to Remit said fine

John Smith

J. C. Foley william peablr W. H. Wilson D H Leforce James M Siler S P Braunn A. C. King A F. Campbell Samuel Denham H. S. Tye W G Tye

I believe you would be doing nothing wrong by remitting the within fine and that your course in so doing would be endorsed by this community

B. Boyd

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Remitted B. M.

Remission made outMarch 6" 1862 N G, $60.