Petition

O. D. McManama et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

Place of Creation
Grant 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
BR17-94 to BR17-95
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2823
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FTP Identifier
32205707

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Dates
1865-10
1865-12-11
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O. D. McManama 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-0001-004-2823 (November 15, 2026).

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Hardin Grant Cir. Ct
To His Excellency Thos E Bramlett
Govenor of Kentucky

Your Petitioner would respectfully represent and State that W. N. Simpson was tried and found guilty and fined seventy Dollars for an assault and battery upon the person of R. G. Merks ^at the present Term of this Court (Oct 1865)^ We further represent that we are well Known to W N Simpson that he his is generally Known in the community wherein he lives as a peacible quiet orderly citizen that the guilt and fine were both fixed upon Simpson alone by the Testimoney of sd Merks

We think this a case peculiarly addressed to thyour Executive Clemency and would pleased to have yours for Mr Simpson on the premises.

O. D. McManama
J M Collins
W T Simmons
N. H. Jeffers c, G, c, c,
Kemp S Carter Dpy clk.
James J Ross
J. W. Hutchison
John Carnes
P F McIlvain

W, Harrison
John Shively
M Burnett
Thomas E Williams
Wm R. Ransom
G. B, Dance
Patrick Burns
H S Rankin
J. F. Sheriff
J. Holbrook

[Page 2] B. Wilson, J, G, C
James F Ponder
A M Childers
J Peck
G W Simpson
W C Williams
T. P Evans
Peter S Edwards
Preston Isaacks
Thos D. Finnell
Wm McPherson
Albert Ackerman
A. H. Nixon
William J Ashcraft
J Q [Lowe]
Samuel Cook
D, Mcgowen
B. K. Merrill
Geo Williams
J T odor
Thomas E Williams
H H Sully
C J Armass
Isaac W Craswhite
J, O'Hara Jr Atto
G. W. Craddock
Thos A Franklin Clk. G. C. C.
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Grant Cir Ct
vs
W. N. Simpson
$70,
Assault & Battery
Remitted 11 Dec/65