Thomas W. Pickering and Bryant Nichols, Affidavit
1863-11-26
- Date of Creation
- November 26, 1863
- Document Genre
- Legal/Financial
- 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
- Box / Folder
- BR8-442
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-0278
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32203165
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- Dates
- 1863-11-26
Citation
Thomas W. Pickering and Bryant Nichols, Affidavit, 1863-11-26, 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-0001-004-0278 (November 14, 2026).
The Affiants Thomas W. Pickering & Bryant Nichols say that they have heard the forgoing Petition of Newman Estis read and read the same and they state that the statements in said Petition are true and they Further say that they were arrested at the same time that said Johnson was and were present at Johnson's Island when said Johnson was sent south by order of the military authority of the united states against the will and protestations of said Johnson And Affiants further state that said Johnson desired to return home and do everything required of him by the Military or civil Law of the Land affiants were released and sent home and said Johnson has never returned
T. W. Pickring
Bryant Nichols
Subscribed & Sworn to before me by T. W. Pickering and Bryant Nichols this
Alex Walker D.C.