Petition

S. Short et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-12-30

Date of Creation
December 30, 1865
Place of Creation
Louisa, Lawrence 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
BR17-198 to BR17-199
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2887
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32205770

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Dates
1865-12-30
1866-01-23
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Citation

S. Short et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-12-30, 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-0001-004-2887 (November 14, 2026).

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Louisa Lawrence County Kentucky
30 Dec 1865
To His Excellency
Thomas E Bramlette
Governor of Kentucky
Frankfort Ky
Sir

The undersigned citizens of Lawrence County would represent unto your Excellency that David Bates and Garred Peters citizens of this County were by the Grand Jury of Lawrence County Indicted fcharged with Horse Stealing [...]Your Petitonr will State that the offense charged consisted in the taking of a Horse in this County by said Peters & Bates whilst they were in the regular Confederate Service and that the takeing of the same was done by said Parties ^& Bates^ under orders of this Superior office We State that these young men were raised in this County and have always conducted thenselves as good Law abiding citizens Except joning the Rebellion — & they were never before this time indicted for any offense whatever ever but are now and always have been moral & correct young men They are not conducting themselves as good citizens & we believe that Your Excellency

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ought to Pardon them of said offense by which they are indicted and as in duty bound we will ever pray you mercy &c

Names
S Short
Jake Rice
J WJones
F. R. Moore
M B Goble
Thos Wallace
John H Allison S L C
R H Meek
H. G. Swetnam
D C Orork
J W Shannon
Wm F Moore
W. H. Burgess
Geo W Gallup

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Lawrence Cir Ct
vs
David Bates & others
To } Petition
Indicted for Horse Stealing
Governor
23" Jany 1866
Pardon offense