Levi Jackson et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
- Place of Creation
- Laurel 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
- BR42-115 to BR42-116
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-3294
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- 32206072
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- Dates
- --03
Citation
Levi Jackson 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-0001-004-3294 (November 14, 2026).
To His Excellency Thomas E Bramlette
Governor of Kentucky
The undersigned petitioners would Respectfully represent to Your Excellency That Daniel Steel a citizen of Whitley County Ky. was at the
We citizens of Laurel County where the offense was committed and the trial had, some of us having heard the trial before the Court, all of us being well acquainted with the facts of the case, concur in stating to Your Excellency, our belief that State was not Morally guilty of Felony That attempt we believe the Jury who tried the case, honestly discharged what they conceived to be their duty under the law nevertheless at the time and place of the trial a very high prejudice pervaded the public mind, growing out of the turbulent condition of society, incident to our war troubles; That a very high prejudice existed in the public mind, (perhaps justly founded) with regard to some men of bad character and lawless habits in Steele's immediate neighbourhood- which we think improperly attached to Steele, In view therefore of all these facts, we concur in the opinion that it is a case demanding Executive Clemency, That Your Excellency would be but Subserving the ends of public Justice in granting Steele an immediate pardon to Steele.
Levi Jackson fomr B. Juge
Ths J Canifax Presiding Judge 9th
Larue County Court
C B Farris clk Laurel
Circuit Court
R. Boyd
James Hawkes
Jarvis Jackson
N. G. McKee Gormanof the grand jury that found the indictment vs D Steele
James S Randall
H G Lillan R clk
W. H. Jackson
Wm.y. Moore
J H Faris
N. B. Jarvis
James Warren
B H Sowder
Wiley Crook
His Excellency
Gov. Bramlette.
The foregoing petition for the pardon of Daniel Steele of Whitley County Kentucky, now confined in the penitentiary will be presented by Col. W. C Gilless of said County who will is entirely familiar with the facts of the case, and well acquainted with the prisoner and his character, and any statement he makes to your Excellency upon the subject may be relied on with implicit confidence- I fully endorse the statements made in the petition & believe a pardon ought to be granted
Respectfully
W. H Randall