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Petition

B. F. Cowell et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-04

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Date of Creation: April 1865
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: BR13-219
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0001-004-1723
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FTP Identifier: 32204610

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Dates: 1865-04

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B. F. Cowell et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-04, 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-0001-004-1723 (November 12, 2026).

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To His Excellency Thomas E. Bramlette Govenor of Kentucky

The undersigned citizens of Mercer County Ky. respectfully and earnestly unite in the Petition to your Excellency to pardon James Maddox of Washington County, who has been convicted to the Penitentiary of this state. in the last Washington circuit Court — we believe that his case presents strong considerations for executive clemency, & interposition
April 1865 —

Lt. B. F Colwell
James Grider
James W Colwell
Thomas Monrow
Lafeat price
John Grider
William Grider
Cleaveland. M. Grider
William H yaste
H. R Colwell
Dudly taylor
A G Colwell
Alexander Dennis
J. C Robenson
~~N B Colw~~

N B Cardwell
William Hiron
James West
John Cahill
A. J. Hern
John G. Kyle
John Lampert
David Hendren
James Cahale
William Humes
James Humes
Isack Holt
George Magraff
Albert Riley
W. A. Camack
George Mathaley

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Henry Deshaser
Lewis Deshazer
David T Phillips
James Sallee
Aaron Devine
George W. Lambert
John E King
D D. K. Norton
John Burk
John [Fletcher]
Daniel S Wickersham
Marcus B. Curtis
James. U. Young
Merit Downey
Robt. B. Gibbs
Merin Sutley
James Cutsinger
Anderson Hendren
Granvill Leake
Zack Hall
Wesley Hooker
~~JamesWarner~~
James Warner
William Shumaker
Squire Kays
Thomas Goodlet
John S Hendren
H G Franklin
W. T. Chumley.

W M Barns
John C Jans
John S. Watkins
L Hickson
Thomas Scott
Preston Prater
David James
John Lawson
Josiah. J. Wilham
J. F. Hutchison
W T Sions
J Horn
D C. Woner
A. H. Parish
J. H Adams
Isaiah Gabbert
A M Devenporte
David Burton
A. D. Poulter
Ben Burton
P. M Teater
Wm H Ransdell
H F James
William J Willson
Garland Sims
Elijh Brown
T S Gabhart