S. D. Delaney et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
- Document Genre
- Petition
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- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
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- Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867
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- BR8-390 to BR8-391
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-0250
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S. D. Delaney et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-004-0250 (November 14, 2026).
To his Excellency, Thomas E. Bramlett
Governor of Kentucky
Your Petitioners, would respectfully represent, that, at the f introduced, established beyond a doubt, that, said Boy Peter, raised & cured just such tobacco, and the tobacco was in large hands, and answered the discription of the tobacco stolen, but said Boy sold no more than he raised, Also, upon said trial, the Boy Peter prooved a good character from his youth up to said trial, for industry and honesty, his age was also proven to be from 15 to 17 years, born and raised in Union County, Now, your Petitioners would respectfully ask your Excellency to remit the remainder of the term of said Boys imprisonment, as we believe he was unjustly accused and condemned as above mentioned
Names
S D Delany, member of the bar, and believes said boy unjustly condemed
Hiram McElroy one of the council for the Negro believes as above stated
Geo Parker Sec C
G, S. Fombelle
Ben P Cissell atty at law
D, C, James clerk Union Ct, Ct,
H W Waggener clk Union, C,C
John [...] Geiger atty at law
H. B. Eaty late Clerk Union County, Court
Names
D H Hughes member of the bar
Geo Huston atty, who says he does not remember more than his impression was the boy ought to have been acquited
I represented the Comlth in the prosection mentioned in the petition and think his ^the negro's^ pardon would not be an improper exercise of Executive clemency,
Sam C Hughes.
Atty at Law
{UNION COUNTY COURT
KENTUCKY.}
Union, County
Refused
Uniontown Union County Ky
His Excellency
Govr. Bramlett
As Marshall of Uniontown I made the arrest of the boy named in the within petition, and have no hesitation in saying, that I believe him to have been unjustly punished, and if necessary could have procured any number of signatures, corroborating the statements made in said petition.
Should it please your Excellency to pardon him, notify me of the fact, and I will make arrangements to put him under the protection of some reliable person to be returned here Address your letter to David R. Bridges Uniontown Union County Ky
With sentiments of high esteem
Yrs Respectfully
David R. Bridges