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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons, Remissions, and Respites, 1862-1863 KYR-0001-029-0255 R3-379 to R3-380

Ballard County, Kentucky Ballard County, Kentucky Petition English 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 Excelency the Govener of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the undersigned would respectfully represent that some time in the year 1860, one John Todd was arrested and triedExamined before the presiding Judge of the Ballard county court for Larceny, and inlarged by the said presiding Judge of the court afd upon Bail in the sum of Two Hundred and fifty Dollars, and the following gentlemen became sureties for the appearance of the said John Todd at the next Term of the Ballard Equity and criminal court to answer any indictment the Grand Jury might find against him, to wit Elijah Unsell, C. P. Ray and Jessee Hinkle. that the said John Todd fled the commonwealth to parts unknown. so that the said sureties have been wholy unable to surrender him so as to ans answer the indictment found by the Grand Jury, and whereas owing to the unsettled state of the country it would be an exceeding Hardship to inforce the Judgement of the Ballard Equity and criminal court against the said sureties, who would have omitted no reasonable efforts had times been such as to have favored theirefforts them for the surrender of the said fugitive to the authorities therefore the undersigned would Respectfully ask your Excelency to remit the forfeiture, and protect the said Ray Unsell and Hinkle from the enforcement of the Judgement afd and as in duty bound your petitioners will ever pray &C

W S Watsan P Montle James Howle Willim C Ray

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O, F, Nichols J T Parker E Evans T. P. Linthecum William Harris D, M, Coil R. B Griffin J S Sedy James Tinner Jamse Petters Jaspper Gerrelle Jesse Reeves B. H. Stovall I Edging P Hooper William Pollock J, P, Pollock Garrett Duwess Henry Unsell J M unsull Lin R Rich G W Stovall P Duwese E Dewese William Harper Jas Harper P Harper P W Woolfolk Thomas Rigs J Hilton Taylor Hilton J, C, Sulivan G Sulivan D Watson Dick lin Bengimes Megery J. L. Harper -- Silass Underwood James Ethington J Hayworth James Munsell F Garner Henry Garner G. T Linn Samuel,, Stout S,,.T. Crabtree Joseph Masters -- Robert.. Dudley Robert Aashly James Macouly W.. M.. Garnet James Armstrong C. R. Armstrong N. R. Weeaver Wm Davis Esq Henry Sulavin D,,, M,, Noll J. D. Armstrong G W Howle C P Howl Thos H. Corbett

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Ballard Eq & Crim Ct $200 } For. Recog --

Unsells Petition

No grounds shown for the interference of the Executive. Surety always requires his JFR.

When a further statement of facts in this case made by the Representative one half of the fine in this case is remitted 18 Feby 1863 J F Robinson

Elijah Unsell & others -- Iss' Feby 18. 1863