To his Excellency the Govenor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your Petitioner Mathew M^cCluer would humbly represent to your Excellency That there are Three Indictments in the Bath Circuit Court against him & others one of the Indictments charges your Petitioner with shooting cattle the property [...] Crooks one Indictment charges him with horse Stealing the property of George Ewing & the Third Indictment charges him with horse stealing the property of Saml Clay your Petitioner states that he went down from Morgan County to Boyd County & whileen he was there he Rode a Brown mare that he had bought in Morgan County & while there a man by the name of [Muly] Hensly told your Petitioner he had some cattle & proposed to have and and hire your Petitioner to help him Drive his cattle to Bath County This same [Muly] Hensly had in his possession a Brown mare much Large than the one your Petitioner had bought & sold & So it turned out that a man by the name of Crooks followd after the Cattle some two weeks of the Hensley had sold them & claimed the cattle & your Petitioner while in boyd county before he had to drive cattle for Hensly went to Wayne County Virginia & while there sold said mare & was retuning home where he lived to Hensly this man- that your Petitioner had bought & sold was afterward claimed by Saml Clay & the mare Hensly had was claimed by Ewing so Same one send out warrants for the arest of your Petitioner & there the case went to the Grand Jury & indictments found your Petitioner States that he had nothing what ever to do with the mare that is called to Ewing mare never had her in possession never claimed her nor did he claim or have any thing to do with the cattle only as above Stated- he supposes the reason he is indicted that he was seen in Compay with said Hensly at Time he had the property the cattle was drove along the Publick highway in broad day light your Petitioners having no knowledge but that Hensly was the rightfull owner of the cattle, your Petitioner bought the mare he had in his possession Said Hensly. Some time before he went to Boyd supposing Hensley take to the mare was all right your Petitioner

was acting good faith never for one moment did he entertain an idea that there was anything unfair about the whole transaction believe him & Hensly your Petitioner asks your Excellency to pardon him- he States he is quite young man Just arrived to manhood & Just married and Endeavoring to make an honest Living

Matthew M^cCluer

The undersigned Joins in the above petition & asks your Excellency to Pardon said Matthew M^cCluer & they believe the statements in the Petition are Substantially True

J. H M^cClure
Marion Lewis
W. G. Oakley
W. H. Lewis
Henry Lewis
Gardner Lewis
Thomas E Lewis
P. J. Livingston
J. H. Livingston
J. M. Stamper
A T Harnes
W. H. Cartwell
Mathew Adams Jr
Amos Davis
J N Cottle Jr
Sanford, Davis
Hiram Green
S M Farrish
Hugh W McDermete
D G Lanter
William Walsh

McCluer Petition