A. W. Blair 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
- BR41-203
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-3164
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32205965
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- Dates
- 1865-03
Citation
A. W. Blair 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-0001-004-3164 (November 13, 2026).
To his Excellency
Thos. E. Bramlette
Governor of Kentucky }
The undersigned Citizens of Nicholas County would respectfully Petition Your Excellency to release LeonardSheilds and WilliamMiller who are now confined in the State Prison at Frankfort. They were sentenced to four Years imprisonment each by the Nicholas Circuit Court at its
We would not presume to Petition for the release of a hardened reprobate, but we do think and feel that Sheilds and Miller are deserving objects of Executive Clemency: Sheilds has a wife and three little children in a helpless and destitute condition. It would certainly be an act of humanity to discharge him; and we feel satisfied that if Your Excellency will excersize the pardoning power in his case he will thence forward be a good orderly citizen. we also feel authorized to make the same statements in reference to Miller. Hoping Your Excellency will grant our prayer we are very truly Your fellow Citizens
W T Piper
G. W Adair
B. F. Adair
J H Holladay
E M Ewing
John A Rice
A. W. Blair S N C
Jno A. Campbell C. N. C. C
R T R Litton
Wm Norvell
T. Murphy
S. C. Watkins
G S Waugh
Nicholas Ct Ct
vs
N. Shields & W Miller