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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-0001-020-1847 MG23-238 to MG23-239

Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky 1862-04-01 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 Honbl Beriah Maggoffin Governor of Comth of Ky.

Your petitioner would represent that at the December term 1861 a judgment was rendered by the Henderson Circuit Court in favore of the Comth against Mrs Hannah E Grant for the sum of Twenty ($2000) and costs, being a fine for selling liquor to a slave of James Rouse, Defendent proved on the trial that James Rouse had told defedant to let his negro have liquor whenever he called for it. This order of James Rouse was only a verbal order, the law requiring a written order, the evidence was excluded and thus said judgment was rendered. It was wholly through ignorance of the law, and not a desire to violate or evade the law on the part of defendent -- Times are extremely hard and defendent has no money to pay off said judgments it is as much as she can do to make enough to support her family -- Her husband is dead and she has a number of children to support. Wherefore we ask that the fine aforesaid be remitted &c Henderson Ky April 1st 1862.

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I hope Governor Mcgoffin will remit the within fine

Archd Dixon Grant Green Richd Garland Sam. W. Rankin R. G. Beverley Paschal Rouse W O Gordon C. W. Hutchin Ira Delano Wm. W. Catlin George Lyme Jas H Boyer F. H. Dallam R. M. Allin Tho. D. Tilford A. F. Parker H. W. Gobin George R Beverly J. O. Cheaney Geo. Atkinson James Atkinson Henry G Tuker Alf. F Taylor

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A copy of said judgmennt is sent herewith

M. S. Hancock Sol. S. Sizemore E. Y. Tapp Jacob Held W M Hancock P. H. Lockete W. H. Ladd D. Priest S, H, C James Marion J. M. Dodd S. Alexander R G Rouse Sr B. Brashear L. W. Trafton L. J. Robbins D, S David Hart Jas Hill A S Nunn J C Allen J E Ricketts E G Hall M. P. Rucker John McCombs P. A. Blackwell W. E. Ladd A J Goode L C Dallam John M Shaw H C Kerr H J Jat W. Rankin Geo L Dixon Geo M Vogel F. W. Reutlingers N D Terry A. H. Talbott B B Williams W N Thompson J. B. Hart Saml P. Spalding Wm H Lewis B M Clay

Remitted B. M

Henderson Cir. Ct Mrs. H. E. Grant $20 } liquor to a slave IssdApr 24. 1862