To his Excellency Thomas E. Bramlette
Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

The petition of the Subscribers, Citizens of Washington County respectfully Showeth;

That one Richard B Yocum a citizen of Washington County Stands charged on indictment before the Washington Circuit Court for the offence of murder committed on the person of one H C Miller on or about the [...] day of Nov 1862 of which offence the following is the Item statement, as understood in this community H. C. Miller from the commencement of the Rebellion has been a violent Secessionist and taken a very active part as Such and withal had been a very bad man having killed as many as three men during his life time.

While Gen'l Buell's army was passing through Kentucky, and to the date of his death he occupied and busied himself with arresting Furloughed Soldiers and paroling them, pretending to be a confederate officer, making himself a great terror to Union Soldiers visiting their homes

Richard B Yocum, was a private in Company D. 10^th Ky Vol Infy and visiting his home in Washington County at the time on a sick leave

Said Yocum in Company with one or two other Soldiers of the 4th Ky Vol Infy as we are informed, were visiting a neighbors house

when the aforesaid H C Miller came and demanded their Surrender, Saying that he had forty men near at hand, and that he would kill the last one of them if they refused to comply with his terms, and further more that he intended to drive every d-d Union Soldier from the county. Upon these Soldiers refusing to surrender a difficulty ensued and Yocum shot and killed Miller. Said Miller had always been a very bad man, and busied himself making threats against Union Soldiers, driving them away from their homes. Richard B. Yocum was a good Soldier was honorably discharged from the United States Service in December last by reason of expiration of term of service and is now living at his home in Washington County, a peaceable and quiet citizen and wishes so to continue. While doing service in the army he received a severe wound in his left hand, and is now a pensioner on the United States pension list. He is a very poor man and unable to bear the expense of a protracted and tedious trial to establish his guilt or innocence. We would therefore respectfully and earnestly pray that he be pardoned of the offence charged against him

and Your petitioners will
Ever pray &^co

Jas W Hardin Jr
J B. Hardin
Tavis Manley
William H Cheatham
Samuel louis
William Hood
Jas M Hardin
Charles Hendricks
Wm Hendricks
Dorman Cheser
Samuel Cheser
James Cheser
William Lewis
Eleven White
James Burkhead
Thomas.A. Hardin

23^rd 1865

There is a low green valey on the old Kentucky Shore where I wild many Happy orus away seting and a Singing by the little [...] Door whare I left my darling nelly gray &c

John C Ewing

To his Excellency Thomas E. Bramlette
Govener of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

The petition of the subscribers Citizens of the County of Washington respectfully Showeth: