Petition

Benjamin Gore et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

Place of Creation
Nicholas 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
BR43-139 to BR43-140
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-3030
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FTP Identifier
32205883

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Dates
1865-03
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Citation

Benjamin Gore 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-0001-004-3030 (November 13, 2026).

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To his Excellency
Thos E Bramlett
Governor of Kentucky }

The undersigned citizens of Nicholas County, would respectfully petition Your Excellency to release Leonard Sheilds from the State Prison at Frankfort, he was sent from this (Nicholas) County at the March Term 1865 of the Circuit Court for horse stealing there was a great many mitigating circumstances in this favor and it was his first offence previous to that time he bore the Character of an industrious harmless person. he has a wife & several small children who are now in the poor house of the County it will be a great benefit to them and the County if you will discharge him, he is certainly an object deserving Executive Clemency hoping You will grant our prayer we are your Excellencys obedient servents.

>Benj Gore
L. M Campbell
A S. Waugh
R. B. Kiddon
Thos Kennedy
David. Benny
P. S. Adair
G. A. Fisher
[...] Talbert Juror

B. W. Mathers Juror
Jas Hillock Dpt Sheriff
B F Adair
B. J. R. Litton
John A. Rice
Jno A. Campbell C. N. C. C
W. Nowell
J H Holladay.
S. M. Waugh
E. M. Ewing

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Elijah West P J N C C
Will. W. Smitts
Erasmus Thomas
Jos. F Tureman
Charles Neal
John McKee J. P N. C
A. R. Fisher
W L Piper
H M Stett
John Clay

For God sake Governor, release the poore devil and let him come home and take his wife and children out of the Poore House
Jno A. Campbell Clk. Co. Ct

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Nicholas Cir Ct
Leonard Shields
Referred
See nothing to change opinion. Referred