Petition

Fred A. Kaye et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

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
BR14-138 to BR14-139
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-1992
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32204877

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Dates
1865-05
1865-06-27
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Citation

Fred A. Kaye et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 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-0001-004-1992 (November 14, 2026).

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To His Excellency
Thos. E. Bramlette
Govenor of Kentucky

We the undersigned Jurors who tried Frank Gray on a charge of Malicious shooting in the Jefferson Circuit Court at the May term 1865 & found him guilty of a misdemeanor & made his imprisonment Six months in the county Jail & a fine of one hundred dollars $10000/100, do most respectfully & earnestly petition your Excellency to grant him a full pardon

H. Melcher

Fred A, Kaye
W R. Hydes
J Enders
Jacob Parsons
G. F. Downs
G W Griffy
John Price foreman
A. Campbell
John V Cowlanding
C Ketchum
Wm. P. Shepard
George Swope

I James P Chambers Clerk of the Jefferson Circuit Court certify that the persons whose names are hereto signed composed the jury in the case of Commonwealth v Frank Gray indicted for felony att Jas P Chambers

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I join in the prayer of the jury

J. G. Wilson

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Jefferson Cir Ct
vs
Frank Gray
$100. & 6 mos
imprisonment

Remit

27 June/65