To His Excelency, Thos, E, Bramlet, Govener of the Commonwealth of Kentucky your petitioners citizens of Allen County Kentucky beg Leave to represent to your Excelency, that Thomas. J. Cockrill, Robberson Brown, & Thomas Fisher, Citizens of Allen County Kentucky, went the surity or bail of John, C, Wray, who was under arrest, charged with Treason, to answear, the Charge of Treason in the Allen Circuit Court, they state that since that time, Judgement has been rendered uppon said Bond — for the sum of Five Thousand Dollars — the full amt of said bond which ammount is they believe fuley as much as they are worth boath real and persanal, they refer to the facts set forth in the petition of Said Cockrill &C — for the circumstances, connected, with the perfection of said sail — the facts of his said Wrays death, &C, which they believe to be true they state, that to resign the said parties, to pay the full amt of said bonds, would entirely brake them then up, and Leave their Little familys, in nearly a starving condition and that in Equity Justice & good Conscience, They ought not, to be required to pay the same — [a]nd that it is a case now worthy the, Executive Clemency they therefore pray, that, your Excilency remit that portion of the bond which by Law belongs to the state of Kentucky, as they believe, that Justice & mercy, from from their circumstances in this case demand it — for which they will ever pray &C

W R Morgan
F P Mitchel
J H Morgan
Henrey P Loafman
John Loafman
R H Spillman