James M. Stamper to Thomas E. Bramlette
- Document Genre
- Petition
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- 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
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- BR43-45 to BR43-46
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-2965
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- 32205838
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Citation
James M. Stamper 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-0001-004-2965 (November 13, 2026).
To his Excellency Thos E. Bramlett Govener of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Your Petitioner James M Stamper States that He stands indicted in the Morgan Circuit Court charged with the offense of Carrying a concealed deadly weapon, towit, a Pistol
He says that it is true he carried the Pistol, but it was about the close of the late war, and The Country was infested with robbers and desperados and it was dangerous for a person to leave his home without his Person being endangered He was armed for self Protection and He further says that His life had been threatened previous to the time he carried said Pistol But He does not Know That He can prove said threats as they were made in the presence of this Petitioner when no other person was present and He asks for the indulgence of the executive and that He be released from said Charge. and said indictment held for naught & will ever pray
James M Stamper
we the undersiged Join in prayer with said Petitioner and ask that He
be pardoned & released from said indictment & will for ever pray
E MClure
H, C, Turner
H. G. Spradlin
John W Kendall
I W Barber
Jo. M. Kendall
P. Z Turner
H. H. Lewis
G, M, Hampton
Wm M Kendall
Jeff Davis
John. Ratliff
J. A, Turner
[...] Mynheir
Mahlon Steele
Matthew adams
M Benson Davis
William A Vasey
A M [Garley]
Stephen M Forest
Joseph Perry
P, H, Dyer
G. H. Dyer
Mathew Adams Sr
A. H. Medly
S. R. Turner
W H Elam, S M C
R C Day
J B Davis C M C
A. W. Turner
Marien Johnson
P. J. Livingston
J, H, Livingston
John T Hazelrigg
watlers G Elam
J M Fugett
Alonzo. Phillips
Gardner Perry
N W Burris
W H Cartwell
Thos R. Oliver
James. C. Elem
W W Cox
vs
James M Stamper
Pet for Pardon
Not proper case to consider before trial