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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-0001-020-2382 MG25-175 to MG25-176

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To his Excellency B McGuffin Governor of the state of Kentucky

Your petitioners would most respectfully state that sometime in the year one Thomas Kersey was arrested on the charge of horse stealing; sent to further trial by the court of inquiry and admitted to bail in the sum of $500 his mother E Kersey James Anderson & William Thompson went into the bond as his sureties, Kersey was set at liberty, his neighbores were so much perjudiced against him, that he was threatened with personal violence remained in the Country; under fear from these threats he fled the country and forfeited his bail bond, and Judgement has been taken against Mrs Kersey & Thompson on said bond Anderson having moved to Texas; Mrs Kersey is near 80 years old & infirm & poor and if compelled to pay her part of the Judgement will become a charge upon the County Thompson is a gentleman with a large family & Knowing Knowing nothing of Kersey, was induced by the representatives of Anderson That Kersey was persecuted to go his bail, under these circumstances we hope your Excellency will release the judgement against the sureties except as to the part going to attorney for the commonwealth

Wm thopson

W T Ward

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G T Wilson S P Sandidge James Bale D W Higason Isaac Malone W A Ciggason Robert Fulton Wm Gore William W. Clark Jas R Evans R D Taylor J B Russell A Russell A C Higgason A,, Sill Joseph Cunningham W hatwell Wm atwell John Cage A E Gooch C Walrand E B Sunglter Wm Gooch G B Mglasson John D Williams William Gull Joseph Davenport Caleb W. Handy H W Arnett J P Cunningham T J Cunningham gur Nathaniel Judd David Ralston T...S. Gooch N.. T.. McDonald Thos.. Skaggs John gooch Joseph Grimes Joseph Grimes J wooldege Solomon Fessler William Jurvis James Simson John ,C, Hall F B young W T lile G. C. Sandidge B T McDonald G W Thompson John N Wallace W S Pierce Calven Wright Notley Gore Samuel Shields Joseph Gentry James A Atwell pleasant J Arnel James. M. Gentry Joseph Trowbridge Thomas Burrass John Overfill Aleck Butler Mareen lile

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N E Talcott Daniel Myers B F Myers William wouldege Squire livly Wm Wright S Sidebottem A. B. Sherffit Clemmons Bishop Thomas.W. Davis James H Shuffett J Thompson P W Sandridge Pleasant Chaudon John Chaudon Jese Curry B, E, Kessler P, W, Watthall F J Shields D M Sandidge Henry J Wright William P Davis henry Muran Thomas M Gore Jas G Hardy F. G. Shuffitt F. H. Shuffitt T. J Cowyers G W thompson H Shafner S Scaggs wm nunn H B Morris A M Jones -- W W. Kenderson Boyle Co T.. G.. Bomer H A Mitchell Colmon.W. Robertson John nunn M G Thompson