William Pitt Watkins, Jr. et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
- Place of Creation
- Jefferson 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
- BR42-377 to BR42-378
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-3460
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- FTP Identifier
- 32206222
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Citation
William Pitt Watkins, Jr. 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-0001-004-3460 (November 13, 2026).
To His Excellency Thomas E. Bramlette, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:
The undersigned Jurymen who sat upon the case of the Commonwealth vs. William Bradford, convicted of "Grand Larceny" and sentenced to one years inprisonment, at the present term of the Jefferson Circuit Court, Members of the bar and others who heard the testimony in said cause humbly petition your Excellency to exercise your pardoning power in behalf of said Bradford. Respectfully representing, to your Excellency that they understand that the unfortunate prisoner has a family in Missouri dependent upon his exertions for their support that he has suffered nearly six months confinement in the county Jail- and that by the calculation of the jury the articles said to be stolen only exceeded, the ^in^ gold value, of four dollars by the sum of seventeen cents by praying you to grant to said Bradford a pardon for this offense.
We remain Respectfully Yours.
Go McKiney
S M Groves
R. H. Sheppard
W. H Furgurson
William P. H. Watkins Jr
H. A Durnny
J. G. White
P A N Bradly
H Strauss
F B Green
John Price - Foreman
Jefferson Cir ct
vs
Wm Bradford
Refused
His Excellency Thos E Bramlett
Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
We the undersigned members of the bar of Louisville believing that it will not be detrimental to public interest, ask your Excellency to pardon the within named "William Bradford" convicted of "Grand Larceny" at the present term of Jefferson Circuit Court
R. M. J. Pound
J. D. Harrington
J. P. Gailbreath
W E Woodruff
Jno. C. Spencer
Rowan Buchanan
H. C. Thomas ast Jailor
Geo L. Todd
P H Thorpe
[...]. A. Atchison jr
Richard. A. Jones.
J D Duncan
Lytle Buchanan
R H Allen
Ben M. Harney
Wm L. Jackson
Wm H. Riley
James R W Smith
