Petition

Granville Pearl to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-09-22

Date of Creation
September 22, 1865
Place of Creation
Barabourville, Knox 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, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 1863-1867
Box / Folder
BR7-155
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-005-0094
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32206353
People
Pearl, Granville
Valentine, Nelson
Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
Walker, [unknown]
Places
Barbourville, Kentucky
Kentucky
Knox County, Kentucky
Organizations
Knox Circuit Court
Twelfth Judicial District of Kentucky
Dates
1864-10
1865-09-22
1866-04-27
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Citation

Granville Pearl to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-09-22, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 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-0001-005-0094 (November 12, 2026).

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To His Excellency Thomas E. Bramlett Gov. of Ky.

The undersigned Circuit Judge of the 12th Judicial district of Ky would respectfully represent that Nelson Voluntine Stands indicted in the Knox Circuit Court for the Murder of [...] Walker charged to have been Committed in Knox County Kyon the [...] day of Oct 1864. — That said Voluntine has flead from Justice & is now at large- And it has been made to appear to the undersigned that the Same is an aggravated case of Murder & that a reward should be Offered for the Apprehention of the perpetrator — Your Excellency is therefore respectfully requested to issue a reward for the apprehention of Said Valentine — Barbourville Knox County Ky Sept 22. 1865.

Granville Pearl

Description

Said Voluntine is about 32 years old: 6 feet high, heavy Eyebrows. dark Skin & dark Eyes. & dark hair. Wears mushtash — quiet spoken — prominent front teeth has a Scar on the calf of his leg from

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gun shot wound — is a gambler & drinks hard.

Reward
Knox Cir Ct
vs

Comth
gt } Pet for reward
Nelsen Valuntine


$250 = Reward offered
27 Apl/66
Knox