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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-0001-020-1936 MG23-375 to MG23-376

Whitley County, Kentucky Whitley County, Kentucky 1862-04-07 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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To The Excelence of the govenor your petitioner wold respectifull represente to youre Execelenc that at the turme of the Whitley Circuit Courte that the Grand Jury found an inditement against one Wm Ellison for larceny and that afterwards your petitioner become the baile of the said Wm Ellison in the sum of $ and at the last march turm of the Whitley Curcuit Court that the courte rendered judgment against him for the sume of $250, on the forfited Reconizens he states that at the time that the offence was Comited by Said ^W^ Ellison that he was but a small boy and was an alphant boy his parience both being dead he states the boy had no person to protect him and it was for the simpathy that he had for the ^alphant^ boys that he became the bale of said Ellison he states that in adition, ^nearley^ to that your petitioner mother is blind and ^nearley^ helpless and has been for years and that your petitioner has supported her with out compensation from the County or any other person for $ years you petitioner states that he as a large famley of his own and is a very pore man and has not the meanes to pay the amount of the forfeiture or the Judgment render on the forfit reconizens with out having his property sold under Execution he and wold impovish the ballance of his famley he states that he has used his exersion trid to find out wheare he was to gite the said Wm Ellison to come to courte

The prayer of your petitioner is that the fine imposed or the Judgment on the forfeited reconizens be remitted and for all proper releaf

John Ellison

John Ellison says he believes the statement in the foregoing petition to be true John Ellison

Sworn to be fore me by John Ellison this the 7th day of 1862 April 1862 Isaiah Bird J P W C

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We the under signed states that it wold be an act of charity to Remit the fine imposed on said Ellison and we thare fore aske your Excelen that he remit said fine Judgment on the forfited reconizens

John Smythe Isaac Osburn G P Caddell Isom Jones P W Mahan William B Skeen James Foley R Bird B B Bird Isaiah Bird Wm S Maret Jessie Bunch Jeremiah Jones Canada Goin Alexr Litten W E Mauncy Joseph Baker S. P. Brawner D. H. Laforce A. C. King J.. L McCarty S W C M. E. Mahan Canada. Dovitt Enos Allen Eodom Lovitt Jr A J Skeen A R Barton Martin Rains Joseph Bollin A. J. Curd James Cutbertt G. W. Reeves James Rookard E F Adkins John Dury

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London May 3rd 1862 Gov Magoffin

Dear Sir It would gratify me if you would remit the within fine I believe that it should be done

yours respectfully Granville Pearl

Whitley Cir Ct John Ellison To Petition $250 } Recog

Remission Issd June 9. 1862