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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-0001-020-1923 MG23-359

Graves County, Kentucky Graves County, Kentucky 1862-05-22 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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Graves County Kentucky May 22 1862 To His Excellency B MaGoffin Governor of Ky.

Your Petitioners Respectfully Represent that Some time ago that Elbert Fitsworth was arrested and confined in the jail of Graves Co, That he was poor that his mother an aged widow Jemima Fitsworth became his Bail in the sum of Two Hundred Dollars, that at the Augst Term 1861 of Said Court, the Said Bond was taken for forfeited Since which time the Said Elbert has departed this livfe thereby rendering ^it^ impossible for Mrs Fitsworth to Surrender him to the Sourt for trial. Therefore as it would be a Great Hardship for Mrs F to be compelled to pay said Bond on which Judgt ^for Two Hundred Dollars^ has been rendered by the Graves Circuit Court We respectfully ask that your Excellency release her from the same --

Respty Geo H Morrow J B Husbands Thos H Corbett C aty 1st J D Ervin Anderson C. G. C. C. L F Anderson Thos, J, Jones S, G, C Wm C Robbay R Rowland J, A, McNutt E J Browning jailor Jas M Coulter C. G. C. C. Jas F Drane A R Boon L S Trimble

Please send answer to G. H. Morrow at Paducah

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Graves Cir Ct $200. } For Recog Jemima Fitzworth IssdMay 29. 1862

Remitted B. M.