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Petition

J. Q. Ward et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

1864-05-17

Document details

Date of Creation: May 17, 1864
Place of Creation: Cynthiana, Harrison 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, Requisitions for the Return of Fugitives from Justice, 1863-1867
Box / Folder: BR6-36 to BR6-37
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0001-006-0034
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FTP Identifier: 32206439

Mentioned in this document

People: Hyatt, Alfred L.; Day, Benjamin C.; Walton, Caleb; Wilson, Charles T.; Burns, George Washington; Nebel, Henry C.; Smith, J. Newton; Ware, James F.; Griffith, James L.; Frizell, James S.; Bruce, John; Jackson, John H.; McClintock, John James; Magee, John L.; Kimbrough, John M.; Hodges, John O.; Ward, John Quincy; Boyd, John Strother; McClintock, Joseph B.; VanHook, Lewis H.; Lindsay, Richard T.; Bramlette, Thomas Elliott; Ammerman, William; Bumbarger, William Harrison; Shumate, William; Trimble, William W.
Places: Cynthiana, Kentucky; Harrison County, Kentucky; Illinois; Kentucky
Organizations: Commonwealth of Kentucky; Harrison Circuit Court
Dates: 1864-05-17; None; 1863-05; 1862-12; 1864-09-08

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J. Q. Ward et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1864-05-17, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Requisitions for the Return of Fugitives from Justice, 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-0001-006-0034 (November 12, 2026).

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Cynthiana Kentucky May 17^th 1864.
To His Excellency Thomas. E. Bramlette.
Governor of Kentucky.

We the undersigned citzens of Harrison County, would most respectfully represent to his Excellency, Thos. E. Bramlette. Governor of Commonwealth of Kentucky; That at the November Term of the Harrison Circuit Court for 1862, John. H. Jackson was indicted for the crime of horse stealing, That he entered into bond in the sum of Five hundred dollars, with A. L. Hieatt & George. W. Burnes as his sureties, for his appearance at the May Term 1863, of said court, Jackson left this state in month of December 1862, and it is supped went to the state of Illinois, though nothing certain is known, as to his whereabouts. The motion to forfeit the bond was continued from court to court, upon the court's being satisfied, that the sureties were doing all in their power to bring Jackson to trial, The mercy of the court being exhausted, judgment was rendered against the sureties for the amount of the bond, We are fully satisfied that the sureties have done all they could to have Jackson arrested and brought to trial, and that they are in no way to blame for Jackson's default. The sureties are poor men, and it will be an unexpected and overwhelming misfortune to them, if they are subjected to the payments of this bond. Knowing this to be a case worthy of Executive clemency and mercy, and

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feeling so well assured that it is a pleasure to your Excellency, to grant pardon to the innocent & worty, we most respectfully recommend the said A. L. Hieatt and G. N. Burnes to Your Most merciful consideration.

J. Q. Ward Coty. Atty.
J. B. McClintock S. H C
J L Griffith. Atty
W. W. Trimble "
J. S. Boyd "

Jno. O. Hodges "
Jno T. McClintock "

Charles T. Wilson Clerk Co Court
J F Ware Clk H Circt Ct.
John Bruce, J. H. C
C. Walton
Jno L. Mager
H. C. Nebel
J Newton Smith
Jno. M. Kimbrough
J. S Frizell
Wm Shumate
B C Day
L. VanHook
Wm Ammerman
Wm H. Bumbarger
R. T. Lindsay D S H C

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Harrison Cir Ct
vs
Burnes & Hieatt
$500.
Forfeiture

Remit
8^th Sept/64

7,468.15
6049 60
15,517 75