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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-0001-020-1969 MG23-422 to MG23-423

Washington County, Kentucky Washington County, Kentucky 1862-06-11 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 his Excellency The Governor of Kentucky --

Your petitioner Elijah B. Adams states that at the May Term 1862 of the Washington Circuit Court -- he was fined sixty dollars upon a charge of Keeping a Tipling House: The facts of the case were these -- Your petitioner is a farmer and raised a quantity of Corn -- he had no distillery of his own and desiring to have his corn made into whisky he hired a neighbor who ran a distillery to take his corn and make it into whisky on the shares -- one half for the other -- which ^he^ did This whisky your Petitioner took to his residence -- and sold out to several of the neighbors by the quart -- As he thought and believed he had a right under the law of the State permitting distillers of their own grain to sell the Whisky make from it in quantities not less Than a quart without a License to do so -- This was his offense He had no desire or purpose to violate the law. Wherefore he asks -- your Excellency to remit said fine.

E B Adams

Sworn to before me by Elijah B. Adams the 11th June 1862

J P Barbour Clk.

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We the undersigned citizens of Washington County beleive the statements of this petition are true, And join the the prayer thereof for the remission of the fine --

Richd J. Brown J P Barbour M R Ch. R. McElroy Hugh L. McElroy Logan I. Bosley Thos Craycroft W W Pope John E, Clements A S Bevill Jas L Simmes James A Brady J. H. Polin S,, C,, Fowler Jas H Rawlings Anthony McElroy Hugh McElroy Thos S Grundy W. H. Canary C. R. Craycroft Geo Clements John McIntire James R Hughes

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Remitted B. M

Washington Cir Ct. $60. } Tipling E B Adams IssdJuly 22d 1862