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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-0001-020-1910 MG23-337 to MG23-338

Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky 1862-05-22 Petition English Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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 MaGoffin Govenor of the Comonwealth of Kentucky.

Your petitioner James Griffith would Respectfully Represent that some year two since he became the surety of Wm Southworth as a witness to attend and testify in a penal action, in a penalty of one hundred dollars, said witness failing to attend at the term at which the attachment, and Bond was Returnable, the Bond was Forfeited, and although the witness attended and testified at the last November Term ^of^ the Court, at the May term 1862 your petitioner was Required to pay one hundred dollars, and the costs, of the proceeding, or Rather judgement is Rendered against him for said sum, Being a young man of limited means, it would be a great hardship, & he would be subjected to considerable loss if Required to pay said sum of Money, He therefore appeals to executive clemency for Relief

Respectfully

Georgetown Ky Ky May 22nd 1862

James C Griffith

We the undersigned neighbours and acquaintance of James Griffith Believing the

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facts set fourth in the foregoing petition Respectfully write with said Griffith in asking executive clemency

Petitioners names Milford Truitt Buford Hall E F Cantrill Geo. E. Prewitt Robert A White Jno M Glinn M Stevenson Ed Evans William. L. Neale Alfred Mcdonal Bat T Thompson Junius. R. Ward Geo W Offutt P Rankins P. Thomson Petitioners names

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James Griffith To } Petition

Scott Cir. Ct Remitted B. M.

$100 } For Recog Jas C. Griffith Iss May 28 1862

Enclose to Georgetown care of Stevenson