Hiram McElroy et al. to Beriah Magoffin

Accession Number

KYR-0001-020-2183

Document Genre

Petition

Repository

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

Collection

Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862

Item Location

MG24-292

Date of Creation

n.d.

To his Excellency the Govenor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky - the undersigned petitioners Citizens of Union County will beg leave to respectfully represent that Leonard Clements Stands indicted in the Union Circuit Court Charged with killing a negro. and is in Consequence thereof a non resident of this Commonwealth; his relatives & friends wishes his return to this Country; but at the same time they wish that he may return without dread of his being punished ignominously for said alledged offence

They will State that they verily believe that the death of Said Slave was owing to accident & a want of desertion of said Leonard, and free from any design on his part to take life — That said negro was notoriously vicious headstrong and ungovernable — had been hired out year after year, and was all ways returned to the owner, as soon as his character was ascertained - that Clements had hired him; and he chastised him with the sole view of making him perform his duty; & not to take life but, said negro afterwards died either from the correction, or from some disease in his system that was superinduced by said Correction to produce death

Clements has paid the owner of said negro $1600 for said negro — that he is a young man of fine family, Steady habits & moral character, we therefore pray for your Excellency to grant him a pardon & restore him to [...] the bosom of his family & country & in duty bound they will ever pray &^c

Hiram M^cElroy
J. B. Payne
W J Proctor
J. [F.] Clements
Wm P. Hile
John S. Chapman

W^m B Norris
H. B. Ealy
G. S. Higginson
William Anderson
T, C, Blackwell
W S Phillips

[...]
Geo Huston
Sam Hughes
G. Fahrni
J. O. Geiger
E, Y, Cowgell
J. A. Spalding
H Q. Offutt
S S Berry
Hiram M^cElroy J^r
S. Gough
M L Campbell
J M Hancock
J, T, Hamner
A Hanger
John W Watson
M R Waller
Lyle Waller
Sam T Hughes
Leonar Clements jr
James M Shoemaker
C. W. Anderson
J, H, Brown
Jno Long
W. T. Francey
William Hite
Aaron Clements
H, C, Barker
Geo R Clements
Wm H Clements
W T Dury
Jas F Wheatley
C. H. Backman
Philip Greenwell
Charles Killett

Tho^s H Brown
H W Brown
J T Brown
M Kingsbury
J A M^cGill
James Alvey
Bernard Smith
J C M^cGill
J.. Hedges
R L Byrne
James M Cambron
C. L. Cambron
E M Gough Jr Cambron
Jas B Crutcher
R. D Spalding
Tho H Chapman
Geo F Hughes
Geo Parker
N S. [Henghy]
J L For[...]
Hiram Senour
Hugh M^cElroy
D H Hughes
W^m F. Clements
Clement M Buckman
C, Smith
~~George [...]~~
George Ray sr

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