Petition

John McGinas et al. to Unknown

1865-05-15

Date of Creation
May 15, 1865
Place of Creation
Carter 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
BR14-2 to BR14-3
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-1896
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FTP Identifier
32204783

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Dates
1865-05-15
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John McGinas et al. to Unknown, 1865-05-15, 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-0001-004-1896 (January 20, 2026).

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Carter County
State of Kentucky.

[Persossaley] appeared before me John McGinnis. Joseph Elk. Thoams Smith & George Cassiday citzens of Carter County. and late members of the Company C 20" Ky V. I. Regt. U. S. A. dispossed & says

That the have been aquainted with thomas Skeeins also a member of said Regt & Company for the last three years and always have known him to be a good soldier brave in Battle, and at his post from the comencement of the war to Atlanta and back to Louisville. till and enlisted as a Vetrean in said Regt. till within a few days before the Mustring out of said Regt he and [...] Wm James also a Member of said Company committed a crime for wish he was sentenced from Louisville to the State Prisson for Eight Years.

The also further state that he has always been sober and obedient to orders till the we got to Louisville, and getting in bad company in comitting the crime, for wich he stands charged; for his good behavior and good service to his Country and under the circumstances we vouch for him and recomend him respectfull to the clemency of the Govenor

John McGinas
Joseph Fly
Thomas Smith
George. M. Cassity

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Sworn to and subscribed before [...] a Justice of the pease of said [...] this the 15" day of May 1865

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