Petition

H. S. Powell et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

Place of Creation
Jackson 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
BR42-376
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-3459
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FTP Identifier
32206221

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Dates
1861
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Citation

H. S. Powell 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-0001-004-3459 (November 14, 2026).

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To His excellency the Honerabe Thomas E Bramlet govenor of the Commonwealth of Ky we the undersigned citizens of Jackson county would Most Respectfully Represent to your honer that George Hellard was Indited in our circuit court in the year 1861 charge with sheap stealing, and the said hellard has not yet Been tride as he has Been in the Federal Army and has B^e^en honerably discharge and is now At home with his family. And the prosecutor is dead, and there is one witness that May prove Enough to find him guilty of petit larceny and as It Might Might turn out that he would have to Be whipt,, & now we will say to you that Mr Hellard has as Respectful a wife as any Man in our county and A Large family of Interresting children & Many of us Being his fellow solgers in camp and [...] of confidence in hellard for the futeur do ask you to pardon him if you concur with your umble Petitioners

J. M. Wood ck of the Jackson Cir & Co Courts
Henry Faubers
Wm J. Webb
William Raders J. C.
Frank Faubers
R. M. Green J. J. C
John S Hamilton
Jobe Morris D. S. J. C.
John Farmer Masts [...] J. C.
C S Master [...] J. C.
John Penington x Capt 47th Ky vol
V U Morniss J. S J C
Geo Baker Dept [...] of [...]

H S Powell P. J. C. C.
Ambrose Powell J S G C
John Stephens
A. Martin
W. H. Moody
A. P. Settles
H. O. Darnell
Wm. R. Coor
[...]
J C H Assessor
L C Gobbern
Elisha Hardon
J R. Isaacs

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Jackson Circuit Cour
vs
George Hellard
Petition


Refused