To your Excelency Thomas E Bramlet
Govner of Kentucky

We the under sined ^citizens^ of Washington and other Joining county moste Respectfuly Represent to your Excelency that a bout the 7th day of December 1864 William Hatchett and Matt Taerel Who Belonged to the Stat gards who Was comended by James Lasen and the Companey not haven enof of armes furnished to them that was orderd to go and arme them selves By taken gones and pistols from the Rebel Citizen and as the gurilers being a grate terer William Hatchtt an Terrel Did take ab one pisol of James Red and he Was a Rebl and your Petitioneshener Nathaniel Millbern Being farst to go to the campes of sed state gards for pection as

the gurilers war at that time through hear very Bad and that had [...] Thomes Howl and Samul Green and a Mister Buttener and all so John Foster was murdered hear and in the distance of a bout 8 miles a round and they had thretend all other union soldiers and as a bove mentioned Nathaniel Mellborn Was pasing By the said James Reed in compnay with Hatchet and Terel and Hatchett and Terel did get a pistol of the sed James Red But he gaves no a count of Your petitoner Nathaniel Millbern [...] there in his no body and the sed Hatchett was indited in the circuit cort cort of Washington County in the ^april^ year1864 and at the April terme of 67 the circuit cort the said hatchet was put upon his trile and after the investigation of his

and Him Being the some of a old soldier who is now 66 years of age he in listed in the 11^th ky,, Cavalelry and did good Survis un un till he lost his helth and is all most helples and your petitioner as his onley singel son nad onley manly help he has and so forth So wee the under sind citizens do not Bleav that Nathaniel Millburn your Petitoner is gilty of the charge that he now asques pardon for he is thought to Be a nis and credertebal young man so in re vewe of his case Wee the under sind citizens most Respectfuly do pray his Pardon & so forth to yoru Excelency prey Remember your best citizens and ther request far well

suit Suit the commonweths at torney Dismist his Suit and your Petitioner and Bring a Witness in the Hatchet case against and for Hatchett wen the indictment Was a gam resued by the grand Jurey he Was charged withe the same ofense and all so the Sed hatchett and [...][...] and your Petitoner Nathaniel Milburn Was indited form his own testimoney and now wee the under sind citzens do certify that in the Brekin out of the Rebllion in 1861 that the Said Nathaniel Milburn did in [...] in the 19^th kentucky Redgment Which was comanded By W.. J.. Landrum and all so did good survis un till May the 16th 18"64 and then was discharged on reasons of disability and so farth

John W. Burton
Samuel Alatum
John Riley