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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-0001-020-1953 MG23-402 to MG23-403

Washington County, Kentucky Washington County, Kentucky 1862-06-16 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 "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 his Excellency B MaGoffin Governor of Kentucky --

Your Petitioner Thomas Craycraft would respectfully represent that H C Miller being indicted in the Nelson Circuit for wounding one Bryant Shumate and required to give bond for his appearance in $1000 Your petitioner became his bond -- that the case being called at the Oct term 1861 and Miller not appearing the bond was forfeited and a summons thereon awarded which was executed on your petitioner but not on Miller and returned for trial of the April term 1862.

He and Miller both lived in Washington county but about 14 miles apart He knew Miller had not absconded and believed the summons executed on him and that he would attend and defend the summons and afterwards learned with surprise that he had not and that judgement for the $1000 had gone against your petitioner alone which he had since been compelled to replevy -- Miller is still at his home in Washington County He has ascertained and now states that when said forfeiture was made Miller was at home confined to bed by sickness and therefore unavoidably -- absent and could have easily made that fact appear so as to prevent the

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judgment if said summons had been served upon him -- Owing to the distance of your petitioners residence from Millers he did not learn of ^him^ having been sick when the forfeiture occured until after the termime of which judgement was rendered against him and he was moreover lulled by the facts he has stated from making inquiry or defence till it was too late to do so --

Whereupon he prays a remission of said judgment --

Thomas Craycraft

Sworn to by Thomas Craycraft before me -- June 16 1862 --

W R Casey J P W C

The undersigned citizens of Washington county, believeing the facts true as stated in the foregoing petition and that the case is one which appeals to the clemency of the Executive unite in the prayer for a remission of the judgments -- June 16 1862

C. R. Craycraft R. P. Miles S, W, Gill J. H. Rosson E. B. Pope Jas H. Casey Thos J Badgett S. E. Fowler Logan J. Bosley L,, H,, Cea P C Broyles D. H. Spears W R Casey Zack Pope J S Simms J. J. R. J. Simms Wm J. Robertson J. W. Reinhart Geo. D. Robertson A Barnett R S Peters J P. Barbour William Dennis G W. Cornish Dan O Police L Hanth James Green S P Wharton H. L. McElroy, W. F. Spalding Thos F McIntire C W C Richard Smith John McIntire B. F. Wilson Wm. Blackwell C. H. Shaunty E E. Green John Marks Robert Borders B E Shutzery Wm L Million John E Clements R C McThorn T G Simms U. S. Litsey B W Linton Jas Hayes Wm Meeks R Montgomery R M Ozbourn Stith John T R Blandford Daniel Kelly Thos W, Simms John H Short Thomas Higdon Michael Nane B Montgomery Baker Wm C Hilton Henry. B. Moore R. W. Thompson Danl McClean George Shindler Thos. H Cusick Wm Shehan Wm Grigsby B B Mason H Rennart J W Montgomery A. D. Crouch R. W. Wright Deven White John N White H P Cambron Wm P Montgomery Edward Carrico J. M. oBryan M R Hardin L R Thurman Richd J Browne L B Casey A G Bevill Thomas McShane Jas Manatta J. H. Underwood J B Knott C. J. Cunningham B. J. James William Ray William M Edwards Hugh McElroy Joseph J Casey George Borders G W Taylor Stephen C. Browne Milton Rogers E K Smith J P Calhoun Thomas Y Fenwich Jas Sheay Joseph Montgomery J. S. Steenbergen Jonathan Edwards Wm Ohara James E Kidwell D. J. Mitchell A Graham Canary Michael Flynn peter Shea James Shea W F Hall T J. Underwood W H Pope Basil Logsdon Stephen B L Alsop Rockling Ben Hayden Smith Riley Uriah Shewmaker R Simms E. P. OBryan Geo Clements John H Parrott Thomas Creager C. C. Cambron Jas E Redding Thos. J. Montgomery Charles Creager John Simms Peter Brown J F Kimberlin A McElroy Thos Yates L L Moore. J Robert Reed John H Milton Edward. D. Kelly C R Thompson C H Polin Henry Brown J. WPowll John M Warren John. W. Kelly J H Moffett R. S. Knott Walter J A Hayden T T Philips Joseph Blandford G. J. Bosley Nat Wright Major Burnett James Ferrell Henry Oneal Willam Pile