E. C. Dyers et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-10-03
- Date of Creation
- October 3, 1864
- Place of Creation
- Marshall 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
- BR11-439 to BR11-440
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-1259
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- FTP Identifier
- 32204146
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Citation
E. C. Dyers et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1864-10-03, 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-0001-004-1259 (November 12, 2026).
Marshall County Ky
To
His Excellency [...] Bramlett Esqr
Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky,
we the undersigned citizens of the above named County, would respectfully beg leave to represent to your Excellency, that William H. Johnston a youth who was born and raised in this County and always maintained the character of an honest & industrious boy, but was unfortunately induced by the excitement in the Cuntry, and falling in Company with other youths, who were all full of the Idea of going to War, one of the boys by the name of Gainer wished to get his fathers horse to ride, knowing that his father was opposed to his going into the Service, induced young Johnston to assist him in stealing the horse, but after two days ride, young Gainer changed his mind and went home, ^leaving the horse with^ with the other boys, soon after young Johnston returned home, and was prosecuted by old man Gainer for stealing his horse, of which he was convicted at the
therefore we pray your Excellency to release said Johnston from confinement in the Penetentiary and restore him to Citizenship, and as in duty bound we will ever pray &c,
E, C, Dyers
James Brien
L, B, Brien
J S, Scillion
Jas. P Brian
V, P, Brien
J B English
R. R. johnson
H. Johnston
[orak] J Stone
Mary A Wilson
H. C. Brush
W K [Truitt]
S M. Harrison
R A Wade
R C [...]
J H Flowers
Jas Brush
P F Covington
Martha Covington
H P Kuykendall
J A Kuykendall
C Kuykendall
L, R, H, Jewitt
R, H, Dierson
Aaron Mitchell
S. F. F. Stone
[Mason] Still
[mame] mitchell
[pape: Stice]
Sealy Mitchell
J. F. Duvall
D. M. Green
Jas. R. Jones.
T J English
W. B. Butler
P. V. Hendrakes
Jno Jenkins
J. J. Howard
C Y Bailey
F. J. Staton
Isaac O Johnston
William B Jones
Dr. W. W. Gilbert.
Martha. A. Gilbert
James Kingcaid
S. W. Stone
Elizabeth Kingcaid
[Perkins Manning]
John. Talor
John English
Jacob harts
Hobb English
Lucenda English
Elizabeth English
B F Hamilton
Jack Hartsfield
L C Hamilton
Wm Burnham
John [Moon]
E C Satterfield
Caroline Satterfield
[P M Stopes]
James [...] sattrfield
Marshall Cir Ct
vs
Wm H. Johnston
Petition for Pardon Horse Stealing
Refused