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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-0001-020-2058 MG24-80 to MG24-81

Barren County, Kentucky Barren County, Kentucky 1862-05-02 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 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. 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 his Excellency Beriah Magoffin Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your Petitioner William H Thacker a resident Citizen of the County of Edmondson & Commonwealth aforsaid, aged twenty five years, and a married man with four small children, would respectfully represent that at the last term of the Equity & Criminal Court in & for said county of Edmondson Judgements were rendered agst him in three cases, one for obstructing the high way and the other two for gaming. In the case for obstructing the high way the facts were that he had simply removed his fence thirty six feet upon better ground so as to put the road upon the line -- As it had run before it left a very small fraction of his land in the shape of an elipse, across the road -- He made the removal with the consent of his neighbors & of the Magistrate of the District at the time when Magistrates were supposed to have jurisdiction over roads, He did no injury to the road to the neighborhood or the publick and ^was removed^ with no intent to do wrong to any body. he an individual quite unfriendly to him, caused him to be indicted by the Grand Jury, not only in the road case, but in the two cases for gaming, as aforsd. And the fines were assessed as aforsd. The two gaming cases were for mere sport -- without the base spirit of gain -- and at which perhaps not a half

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dollar changed hands -- and was intended as the merr innocent amusement of the parties upon a social occasion. It was made the subject of the malicious information of an enemy & the result aforsd ensued -- Your Petitioner is no gambler -- And the fines aforsaid to one, verypoor just startg in life -- with a young & helpless family, is a misfortune which he hopes yr Excellency may have never experienced -- Which he fears you can hardly realize in times so hard as these -- and which he hopes you will be pleased to remit -- And as in duty yr Petitioner will ever pray &c

W H Thacker

Barren County Sct Sworn to before me by W H Thacker this 2d May 1862

W E Mansford cc

We whose names are here under written write with W H Thacker in the prayer of the foregoing Petition

Charles Denton Thos J Denton C L Heir J H Eubank J. S. Perkins George Whillock D B Denton W L Underwood Saml M Brents J. Williams B Lawless Jr V H Jones R T Hucker Saml Jorden J. R. Dearing

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D C Denton g S Page A H Cole Jr Jno E Nohner H M Canath Mr Beck B M Barren S A C Harrod R W Dougherty L S Beck L. D. Bridges W. D. Wade C. H. Musgrave A, Crenshaw Elisha Spalding J Matison D Manfield A. Moore C S Spalding W C Johns H M Cochran W. B. Jurham J. M. Stone Prior Spalding F. N. Brashear A G Clark J C Jeffryes B. F. Jameson William Dinnison Carel Gipson Berry Williams W H Williams Joseph Williams Jas. M. Jones S Magers W ^X^ Widing W ^X^ Magers L S Poarkins W Michel P ^ -- ^ Moore J Moore George W. Williams G. H. Gipson J Moore E D Metgers T Touray

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Remit the road case & Respite 12 Mo the others -- B. M

W H Thacker Edmunson -- Eq & Crm Ct IssdJuly 22d 1862.

Direct to W H Thacker Bowling Green Ky