Thomas G. Slater et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-07-12
- Date of Creation
- July 12, 1864
- Place of Creation
- Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
- 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
- BR[11]-123
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-1052
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- FTP Identifier
- 32203939
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- Dates
- 1864-07-12
Citation
Thomas G. Slater et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1864-07-12, 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-0001-004-1052 (November 14, 2026).
we the undersigned citizens of Louisville Kentucky Know the characters of Dona Harris Mary Jane McCord & John Gavin witnesses for the commonwealth against John Welch charged with the murder of Mrs Allen Gavin.
We state that the two first named are the lowest order of Prostitutes & at the time of the Killing were denizens of an alley.
The Witness Gavin was also a resident of said alley, & in the same house with Dona Harris & Mary Jane McCord, & said House was a house of prostitution
Thomas. G. Slater
J. H. Price
Thomas. Antle
Joel Sambourne
Subscribed and sworn to before me Phil Tomppert Jr Clerk of the City Court of Louisville by Thos G. Slater, J. H. Price and Thos Antle this
attest Phil Tomppert Jr C C C L