William H. Davis et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

Accession Number

KYR-0001-004-1146

Document Genre

Petition

Repository

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

Collection

Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867

Item Location

BR11-259 to BR11-260

Date of Creation

24 August 1864

Dates Mentioned

1860

1861

1864-05

1864-08-24

1864-09-08

To His Excellency Gov Bramlette

Your Petitioner William H Davis respectfully represents to your Excellency that in the year 1860 he was indicted in the whity Circuit Cort charged with the maliceous stabbing of William Moony, that when the call was made in 1861 for volunteers he volunterd in the Military Service of the United States for the Term of three years, attaching himself to Compy F. 7^th Ky Volunter Infty under Command of Col. T. T. Garrard. He states that he remained in said service until may 1864 when he was discharged by reason of wound recived in said service, he was in the first assault made on Vicksburg, when the union forces were repulsed, he was at the taking of Arkansas Post, Fort Gibson, and was wounded at the battle of Champion Hills — He says that he served his Country faithfully during said Term, and only left it when he was unable to serve longer

He says that the Jury found him not guilty of malicious stabbing, or stabbing in sudden heat & passion but found him guilty of an assault, and fined him fifty dollars — He says that he never had any thing aganst Mooney, they were friends before and Since said difficulty, and are friends now: He hopes that under all the Circumstances your Excellency will remit said fine — He is poor, has ben disabled in the service of his country and cannot pay the
fine, without serious inconvenence

Wm H Davis

Sworn to before me by W H Davis this 24 day of Augt 1864

G.S. Sutton J P

Gov Bramblet

I hope that you will remit this fine I believe it ought to be done

your friend Truly
Granville Pear
C.D. Creekmore P J W C C
Luke Moore

B Litton

H F Finley

The facts stated in the foregoing petition of W. H Davis are true, he made a faithful soldier was in all the battles stated in the petition & many more, ~~and~~ he deserves Executive Clemency, and I respectfully ask your Excellency to remit the fine.

W. H Randall

Whitely Cir Ct
vs
W^m H. Davis
$50'
Assault
Remit
8^th Sept/64

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