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 November 12, 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-0001-020-2236 MG24-373

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To his excellency Beriah McGoffin Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your petitioners Achilles Williams states Lewis Deskins state and Jackson Deskins and James T Williams state that on the 1st day of August being election day Your petitioner Lewis Deskins & Thompson Cecil quarreles, and Cecil Collard your petitioner and they fought a little neither of them hurt and your petitioner Deskins was taken up and tried before John Charles, J P P C And fined $7.71 cts

And your petitioner Jackson Deskin on the same day was struck on the head by Samuel Cecil with a club and his head wounded pretty badly and he and this petitioner was did nothing and before the same Justice he was fined $6.61 cts

And your petitioner Achilles Williams was present at the foregoing breach of the peace and this was ordered by the Justice of the peace to part the Combatants and in attempting to part Lewis Deskins and Thompson Cecil said Cecil James and drawed to strike your petitioner and he struck said Cecil and for this he was fined before said Justice $7.75cts He states he was forced to do what he did that no damage was done except to Jackson Deskins his Co petitioner

Wherefore they pray your excellency to remit said fines they being poor and they think said fines ought not to have been adjudged and your petitioner will ever

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pray &c

Achilles Williams Jackson Deskins Lewis Deskins

We hope your excellency will favouor the prayer of the foregoing petition

J M Elliott C Buskirk R. P. Robinson Henry S Keathley James M. Sowards John Huffman Jackson J Horries Faral Willanger R, G, Draper John Chares R. Brown Sam. Robinson James, Huffman John, McGowen Wm Williams J M Jackson William Dawson Stephen Abram Henry Childress Joseph. E. Ratliff L. C. Dils William Beverly F. M. Sword Thomas Ratliff ser C Buskirk John Dils Jr Sto R. Owens John H Reynolds