Petition

James Y. Peyton et al. to Unknown

1865-09-12

Date of Creation
September 12, 1865
Place of Creation
Madison 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
BR15-333
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2402
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32205286

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1865-09-12
1865-09-13
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James Y. Peyton et al. to Unknown, 1865-09-12, 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-0001-004-2402 (November 13, 2026).

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The undersigned Jurors who tried Cornelius Gatliffe at the present term of the Madison Cirucit Court, charged with shooting S. M. Graves, with intent to Kill, unite in requesting the Governor of Kentucky to pardon the defendant Gatliffe — He was proved before them to be a man of good character, and as a brave soldier of the 7t Ky. Regiments who had served three years in the United States Army particularly in the Battles around Vixburgh under Grant — Sept 12. 1865

Jas Y Peyton
G. B. Turley.
Jas. M. Hamilton
Wm Parke
Rayden Turpen
James P[...]
Josiah Gentry
W. J. Rayburn
John B. Owen
Frank Keen
D. F. Willis

I was a Juror who tried Gatliffe and did not think he aght to have been convicted from the facts but through the instructions of the Judge made it my duty to sign the verdict & I reluctantly yielded to it

Joseff Skaggs

I, James. M. Shackelford Clerk of the Madison Circuit Court Certify that James Y. Peyton, G. B

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Turley James M. Hamilton Wm Parke, Haydon Turpin, James [Pagden] Josiah Starling W J Raybourn John. B. Owen Frank Kean, D. B. Willis, Joseph S. Boggs were the [...] who rendered the verdict of Guilty & Judgment of Confinement in the prossecution vs C. Gatliff
Sept 13. 1865

att Jno Shackalford clk
By R D Davis D C

Petition of the Jury —