Petition

James W. Lyarnatt et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

Place of Creation
Crittenden 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
BR42-396 to BR42-397
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-3471
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FTP Identifier
32206231

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Dates
1865-11-15
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Citation

James W. Lyarnatt 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-0001-004-3471 (November 14, 2026).

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To his Excellency Thomas E Bramlett
Govenor of the Commonwealth of kentucky 15th

Your Petitioner William Morgan would respectfully represent that on the 15th day of November 1865 The Grand Jury of Crittenden County in the State of Kentucky accused Franklin Gibson William Morgan the petitioner Stephen Young and George Pilant of the offence of Forciably Rescueing one James Guesst from the Jail of Crittenden county where he was lawfully detained upon a charge of Felony, Now your petitioner would State that he is in no wise guilty of the charge made against them in the sd Indictment he denies most posatively that he gave either aid, or counsel, or in anywise abetted the party who did Rescue the said Guesst, that he is not guilty of said charge in whole or in part wherefore he prays that your Excellency will interpose and grant him a full pardon against said charge

And we the undersigned petitioners would Represent that we are acquainted with William Morgan, who is a Young man but Just grown to manhood, Raised in this community an orphan without father or mother, has hither to bourn a good character

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Served a term in the Federal army, was a brave and gallant Soldier, and now at home he is a peaceable quiet citizen and in our opinion is not guilty of the act charged is poor and unable to have himself properly defended Wherefore we ask for him the executive clemency

James W. Lyarnatt
Leander H Hughes
J J Hughes
J. H. McClusky
D. C. Baird
James T. Jones
W. J. L. Hughes
J J Hughes Sen
A Anderson Marion
W. S. Clark
Jesse F Paris
L A Ghent
Isaacs Spur
A. J. Baker
G. S. james
Robt Whalen
Jas Threlkeld
Wm F Parris
R. L. Clark
Lewis. H. Parris

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S. C. Young
W J Paris
Jesse Baird
M S Richardson
F A Duncan
G Porter
William Nothiam
E. M Duncan
W. B. Lernen
H S Brainert
R L Brainert
F charatening
Elisha Conger
J T Conger
James W Paris
L B Hunt
E D Brawner
B D Brawner
G. W. Howerton
H B Jones
John R Boyd
J C Pulyers
L. C. Travis
F E Criden
Nathan Gravy

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Crittenden C't C't
vs
F. Gibson, W. Morgan, S. Young & G. Pilant.

William Morgan
} Petition