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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-0001-020-1672 MG22- [no leaf #]

Metcalfe County, Kentucky Metcalfe County, Kentucky 1862-01-31 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 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Jany 31st 1862 Metcalfe County Ky To Your Excellency Govener Beriah Mcgoffin

your petioner Wm B Terry haveing Bin Indbted & Judgment Rendered against him in the Barren Equity & criminal Court on the Testimony of only one witness sd Terry your Petitoner was accused of Being guilty of keeping a Tipling house for a Least Three months in succession,, your petioner Is a farmer and a crippled man he has a small farm and a wife & Four children he is a pore But honest hard working Inoffenceive man of Civil habits and a good Neighbor and we the undersigned do Believe that he deserves Yourthe clemency vested in You by the Laws of Ky your petitioner sends this petition to you Greeting & praying you to Release his fine also pleading to be not Guilty of the charges made against him and the undersigned do here by set our Names as Testimony & are of the Belief that your petitioner Is Innocent of those charges made against him an Richly Deserves Your clemency --

Names Jno W Woodward Julius Woodward I. D. Baird A Sirey C,, W,, Clark A. B. Clark Reuben S Edwards T I Edwards John R Edwards James D Clark Edmond H Clark Jonathan Clark Burid Hensley Names Thos E Young Samuel R Young John W. Hensley Robert Shirley Samuel Hensley Wm P Estes Wm S. Smith Henry. Clark Joseph. Henry James. R. Henry Thomas. Henry James. L. Strong Samuel W Scott

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Names Anderson Farrell Milton Willis John. P. Withrow John M Yates W D Counts Names

Send to J M Yates at Columbia care H C Reed

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Ru T. T. Alexander

Barren E & C. Ct Remitted B. M.

$60 } Tipiling Wm R. Terry

IssdFeby 25th 1862