H. L. Hill et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
- Place of Creation
- Madison 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
- BR42-70
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-3267
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- FTP Identifier
- 32206045
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Citation
H. L. Hill 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-0001-004-3267 (November 14, 2026).
To his excellency Govenor of Kentucky
The undersigned citizens of Madison County respectfully represent that there is an indictment pending in the Madison circuit court in behalf of the commonwealth against Cornelius Gooch for shooting Mahala J. Gooch with intent to kill It has been so pending for seven or eight years and no witness has attended on behalf of the commonwealth and they do not believe the case ever will be tried. The defendant is put to great trouble and cost at every term of this court in preparing for his defense
The witnesses on both sides reside mainly out of Madison County
There is great diversity of opinion in respect to the intention and acts of Gooch and the undersigned do not believe that Gooch will ever be convicted and they think that he has been harrassed enough in the case
They therefore petition your excellency to pardon the deft
H L Hill
J J Rinared
Thos Moore
H Parke
Isriah Walden
S C Williams
Harvey Walden
William J Walden
Thos Beneten
J Frazier
Thomas Trawer
Z R B Thomas
Thomas Walden
Joseph Blackwell
E J Broaddus
C Davis..
John Tomas
John Walden
Robt Walden
Jas Davis
T F Hiesel
J K Jordan
Josiah Davis
C N Tribble
Jackson Eath
Jefferson Hiesel
Thomas J Irvine
John W Addms
William Wells
S T Reaves
Albert Davis
Hiatt Turner
W. R. Walton
Edward Dunn
J H Powell
William E Reves
Jerrymih Reves
Thomas Morbley
Stephen C. Powell
S M Dixon
W. J. Powel
Harvey Lanter
H Cobb
Alexander Lanter
William Blackwell
W C Wilson P. J. M. C
G W Lewis
G. W. Ballew J P
Boston Dillion Ex Capt. 8t Ky Cav
F W Dillion late Capt. 1st Ky cav
C S Wilmore
Harison Soldin
A. J. Mershon late Gov agt
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Wm Williams J. P M C
Wm Deatherage J. P. M. C
F M Searcy J. P. M C
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