Petition

G. E. Weddle et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

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
BR42-71 to BR42-72
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-3268
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FTP Identifier
32206046

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G. E. Weddle 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-0001-004-3268 (November 14, 2026).

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to his excellency Thomas E Bramlette
Governor of Kentucky

Your petitioners John Chumbly Britton Chumbley Martin Chumbley & John Chainey would respectfully represent that they are indicted in the Russell circuit court for the murder of John Pitman they state that they are not guilty of the charge but that Pitman was killed by some of his own party in a fight that they commenced with the petitioners in their own cornfield the deceased came to where petitioners were at work with several men to mob the Petitioners - who are peaceable men and have been union soldiers during the whole war they say that prejudice against union soldiers makes it necessary to ask for [...] executive clemency and request your pardon

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We the undersigned recomend the petitioners to the pardon of your excellency.

G. E. Weddle
Wm McQuerry
Nelson Eads
R Henderson
G Garner
F A Taylor
A McWilliams
J. S. Meddle
H. P. Jones
Wm Vanhoozer
Jessy Norfleet
A. S. Ard
Wm Dodson
Wiley Yarten
John N Aut
T.. Holmes
William Weddle
Ruen Carter
[Alvin] Tarter
N J Burton
Taylor Dye
G. W. Garner
David Brewer
William Buckheart
Henry Gose
John Emerson
Reuben Ard
J M Ard

Frank Wolford
C. J. [...]
John M Weddle
John C. [...]Cook
Perry Weddle
D. M. Rainwater
R. B. [...]
Isaac F. Brown
Abraham W Ison
Isaac.. F. Asay
John Hilson
C T Taylor
A [...]
S ray
Clark thomas
William foster
George Eastham
lewis Eastham
S. W Goins
E S Tartar
William M Thomas
J tartar
Richard raburn
John Price
Thomas Price
A D Taylor
W H Logan
P Tafer
James K Holder
D Weddle

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W G Cundiff
V. L. Lester
C P Eastham
C C Dess
F. H. Saevers
M. Dick
J. Barry
John. A. Jasper
H F McBath
A Chumbley
Andrew Chinn
Andrew Chumbley
Robert Russell
Larkin B Collins
John R [...]
John Kissel
F V. Logan
James M Smith
S D Combs
John Russell
S P [...]
Lahan Tarter
Ivy Tarter
James Norfleet
David Cowan
Thomas tarter
Y B Turpen
Wm Chumbley
Jacob W. Brown
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