Petition

John William Johnston et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

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
BR43-21 to BR43-22
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2948
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32205828

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John William Johnston 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-0001-004-2948 (November 14, 2026).

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To his excellency Thomas E Bramlett
Governor of Kentucky

Your petitioner would respectfully represent to your excellency that at the last october term of the Hart circuit court one John B Dearen was indicted by the grand Jury of Hart county for murder for the Killing of one James Driskel by Shooting him with a pistol a certified Copy of Said indictment accompanies this petition. We further State that the Killing was done ^Entirely in self defense &^ under Such Surrounding circumstances as will not only authorise executive clemency but we believe the peculiar circumstances require it we therefore hope and humbly ask you to grant Said John B Dearen a pardon that he may be released from his present embarrassing condition and restored to his family

Names
John. Wm Johnston
G, F, Bostick
James W Reynolds
Plesent Huff
John W. Sharp

Names
Willis Stergan
WillisStergan
Edward Thompson
T. W. Sturgeon
Robert T Poor
James Bingham

[Page 2] Ed. Roberson
R. C. Hayslip
W. W. Pulliam
J S Hayslip
W. H. Pace.
J. B White
[...] Nuckols
J.. H.. Foster
Wm McCauley
G, W, Peynter
C, H, Griffith
Geo T Middleton
Thomas... Merry
J. P. Self
James sturgeon
Robert Key
P B Hindman
J M Mathis
Jesse Pulliam
willim Quin
[...] Robrson
Wm S. Overstreet
Harison Cox
H. T Hull
E D Ritchardson
R. L. M. Dickerson
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Thomas J Clark
A W [Dillow]
[...][...]
gabrial Reyneolds
Henry Garrett
A Webb
W. L. Hamilton
James.. D.. Daley
Jesse Robertson
James.. W.. Sturgeon
Simeon. B. Leech
W Allen
J M [...] Matthews
[...][...]
Alfard Denton
K D Isibell
Alexander Puns
James Keith