E. Lillard et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
- Place of Creation
- Anderson 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
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- BR41-198
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-3159
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Citation
E. Lillard 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-0001-004-3159 (November 13, 2026).
To his Excellency Thos E Bramlette Governor of Kentucky
The undersigned petition your excellency to pardon Washington Preston who is charged with Killing Washington Gilpin late of Anderson County Ky and who stands now indicted therefore in Anderson Circuit Court He was tried before an examining Court & held to bail in $800, and the Circuit Court fixed the same bail_ We state that Gilpin was a desperate and dangerous man and had threatened the life of Preston and Gilpin began the difficulty when the killing occured_ Gilpin had killed a man before and was known to care but little for human life_ Preston was always a quiet peaceable citizen & wholly inoffensive in his ways
We believe the causes of justice would in no way be injured by the pardon of Preston & we petn your excellency to pardon him
E. Lillard
E S Dawson
L. Mountjoy
R P Searcy
W.. H.. Boswell
J H M Sutton
James R. Droffin
J. M. Hawks
J F Johnson
W. N. Witherspoon
John F Wills
M R Taylor
E. G. Harris PH Jordan
J. F. Smith
G W. Catlett PCJ P. J. A. C. C.
W J Frazier
Person Bond J. P. A. C
A A Gordene
H H Walker
Jeff Searcy
Jas M Searcy
Samuel Price
David Bond
Thomas Dawson
John Croffer
I know nothing of the statements in the petition I have from statements been impressed with the belief that Preston is worthy of executive clemency
G H Fenwish c. a c c
I entertain the above opinion
Tho. H Hanks
J Witherspoon
Lemuel Hammond
George L Hammond
I acted as the atto of Your Petitoner in the Examining Trial of his case, & I endorse the statements of the petition. The facts as set out were proven before the examining trial.
Very Respectfully
Your obt Servt
W. H. Sneed
To Governor
Thos E Bramlette.
Anderson Cir Ct
Vs
N. Gilpin
Refused