Petition

R. E. Collins et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

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
Box / Folder
BR10-203 to BR10-204
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-0782
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FTP Identifier
32203669

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Dates
1859-11
1864-04-11
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R. E. Collins 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-0001-004-0782 (November 14, 2026).

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The undersigned citizens of Franklin County, being well acquainted with Elisha T. Herndon, now confined in the Kentucky State Penitentiary by convictions of the Grant Circuit Court at the November Term 1859, respectfully unite in the petition for his pardon.

R E Collins
Joseph Parent
J D Parrent
Winston Vaughan
J, M, C Cready
C Bailey
Alx Wilson
W. T. Reading
J. H. Bailey
F. M. Scofield,
John Jenkins
J. W. Jenkins
W. F. Parrent
C. H. Parrent,
T. Shumate
Jno I. Julian

Saint. J. Julian
Ira Julian
R, L, Cunningham
James Darlington
H, S, Mayhall
Abel Jenkins

T. B. Johnson

The persons signing the above petition are Known to me to be among the best citizens of Franklin County.
Apl 11th 1864
James Harlan Jr
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Grant Circuit Ct
vs
E. T. Herndon