David Needy et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
- Place of Creation
- Louisville, Jefferson 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
- BR43-167 to BR43-168
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-3053
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32205902
- People
- Sayer, A J
- Yates, Arthur
- Needy, David
- Black, Fred
- Roberts, George
- Marty, J L
- Cave, Jacob S.
- Young, Jacob
- Blunk, James G
- Hammon, Jesse Franklin
- Burke, John
- Rogers, John H.
- Lamborn, John
- Trayler, John
- Legrand, John W.
- Hannon, Joseph
- Bache, Louis
- Holmes, Martin Gardner
- Fleming, Mathew
- Roberts, Napoleon
- O'Connor, Patrick
- Furtig, S. H.
- Roberts, Scott
- Antle, Thomas
- Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
- Slater, Thomas G., Sr.
- Jones, Thomas
- Claytor, William
- McGuire, William
- McKinney, William
- Bell, [Unknown]
- Places
- Louisville, Kentucky
Citation
David Needy 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-0001-004-3053 (November 12, 2026).
To His Excellency Gov Bramlette,
We the undersigned policemen of the city of Louisville, would respectfully — state to Your Excellency — that, Napoleon Roberts convicted in the Jefferson Circuit Court and George & Scott Roberts indicted in same court for killing one Bell a Colourd Soldier in May last — are industrious — orderly and well behaved coloured people — We would further — represent to your Excellency that the difficulty in which Bell lost his life grew out of a previous difficulty between the police of the city, [...] and a party of Coloured soldiers, in which the Robert's or one of them assisted the police in attempting to arrest the soldiers — who were violent & disorderly men —
David Needy
Liuetenet of 5 Polis Dist
mat Fleming Polies man
John Trayler "
Fred Black "
Patrick. OConnor "
Louis Bache No 24 city Polic
A J Sayer No 92 city Polic
Wm McKinney "
[...] Clator "
John Burke "
John W. Legrand "
I F, Hammon " "
Thomas Jones " "
S. H. Furtig " "
Joshes [Hammon] "
J. S. Cane policeman "
J L Marty
James G Blunk " " "
Arthur Yates " " "
Thomas Antell " " "
M G Holmes policeman "
John. H. Rodgers "
Jacob Young "
John [...] "
Thomas G,, Slater "
John Lunlowe Lts of 4 Polis Dest
all the above names ar Poliesman of the city of Louisville Ky