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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-0001-020-2199 MG24-322 to MG24-323

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To his Excellency Beriah Magoffin Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

your petitioners citizens of Johnson County respectfully represents to your Excellency that, Johnathan Ward a young man formaly a citizen of this county, now a convict by a Judgment of the Johnson circuit court on the verdict of a jury brought from Lawrence county for the term of ten years on a charge of having in sudden heat killed one Nathan Cassle, has now beene confined in the state priSSon over three years the Killing occured when the convict was so drunk that he knew not what he did, nor did he remember it on becoming sober. he was young and of respectable parentage and not given to intemperence or violence, the whole affair was one of these unfortunate occurences that some times occur from the sale & giving liquor to minors his mother is a widow advanced in years & of feeble helth, he is her youngest child & she is distressed at being of his society, your petitioners sugests to your excellency that his chastisement has vindicated the Law, and sufficiently impressed him with its majesty & powered the necessity of obedience to it they pray your excellency to remit his punishment, and liberate

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him, of the ballance of the time and as in duty they will every pray &c

Daniel Hager Jas M preston Thomas Short one of the Jury Samll W Auxier William J Wells thomas waller Thomas J Music Enoch Auxer James, Stafford Samuel Porter Ser Joseph Franklin Joel Baud Elias H Hale J W Wash. Henry W Walker R A Akers Jasin Hite William Butcher Samuel Spears J W Huff Henry L Porter Jas E, Stuart Samuel ,B, Hamill Peter g Cunningham Isaac Goble J P Elliott C C Price John m Ward E R Webb Wiley Spears William Hyden Samuel Goble William Webbe William Cunningham moses Wells Morgan Wells William Wells Jr John Baldrdge James W Wells G W Wells Wiley Montgumary Thomas Webb John Wells Georg Wells Jackson Webb James Musick Gilson Montgomry Calvin orsburn R. M. Wells Preston Hall James H Morlett Joseph Boldridge Nathan Meek Greenvill Ward James Meek Henderson H Butcher John Mullett William mullett Moses Wells Elias Meek Bengemon Mollett William Wells William Tackett

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David Ward Daniel Bowen Hiram sprigs Elias Mollett James W. Mollett Andrew R Musick Robert sprigs Johnanthan Ward William Crum James Butcher James S. Ward Thomas Bauldridge Shadrach Ward Peter Daniel S W Walsters William young Jefferson Price Johnathan wardr. Jun. Wm J Ward J P J C Jas A Ward S J C Thompson Ward Ruben Virs Jas H Ward Chadrach Ward Burtly Pack John vanhoose John meek William S Ward Humphrey H walter William Epison Ward Solomon Ward Eli Crum Benjamin B Porter James Crum Ephraim Medows James W. Brown John M Hall W M Gobble george W Mcginis John Moore Emery Delong Jacson Mcginis David Gobble Harvey Delong Joseph porter Adam Crum Nimrodd Haul Canida L parter Calup alen West Reuben ,D, Wolfe Stephen low levi Blevens James Blevens George Daniel Wells Blevens levi Mollett Valentine Vanhoose Silvestur B miller Rory pack Pery C gilmer John Gobble Emanuel Ward James Murphy Bracken L Davis Abraham Sperse granderson short Alfred orsburn

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Robert Murphy franklen Price John price Jesey Price Juner Batemon preston Georeg S Psimer Jesse pack Moses vanhoos William Ware J,, B,, Friend Horace Robets Mick Sprading W m Whitten Hiram B Dale V Vanhoose g. W. Whiten F M whiten H W Friend H preston A Stacey R Butler Jas. Butler A Bram Solomon Ward Isaac Rice William McKinee Andrew Lunsford J M fitch patrick Abner Fairchild Robert Alley georg Butler Fn Re contey Ralph Stafford John Stafford Geo M House B F Price G. W Roberts John ,H, Colvin Robert T Flanor John W Roberson Farmer Dixon W M W Vaughan Silas Cimbler Montravill Preston J W fergason G N Blair Moretty Raly Ebenezer Hamer John J Hager Harmon Conley Thomas Weller John, L, McSweeney W. J Vonhoon A J Price Martin Wheeler Jesse D Vanhoos J W Walker Nathaniel Peckinridge Jr Andrew A. J. Vaughan LoRenso H Strop

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John Stafford James. M. Harvey Sam P. Hagar A peston Phillip Cassaday John H Allison Francis.M. Stafford W W Brown Robert Meader Eliphas E preston William Van Hoose William trimble John C Vanhoose Brackenridge Vanhoose lous Blevens kirn Calins henry A W Nickell James Thomas Stafford David mollett Jas Baley John Mollett Marion Childerss James Childress Martin M rice G W price Ephraim James John Wm Robert David Delong Richard Damron Isaac Meek Isaac Colliver Samuil Delong Levi John Calvin Bengeman f parter Gorge Johnson Ruben Crum John M Beenes Levi vanhoose L T Moore

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Johnson County

A Petition to the Governor to Pardon Jonathan Ward convicted in the Johnson Circuit Court to the Penitentiary ten years for the homicide of Nathan Castle