To his Excelency the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky,

the undersigned petitioner^s would respectfully represent that at the [...] term of the Johnson circuit court there J was three Judgements rendered agains them (one against them Jointly & the other two seperately,) on indictments found at a previous term, all of which was represented to your Excelency by petition immediatly after the rendition of said Judgements, largely signed by citizens & the bar & recomended by the court & com^t atty. in private letter, upon said petition they obtained a respite for six months which was laid away in the clerks office,

they charge that a great portion of the records & documents of said office has been destroyed by the troops including said respite as they suppose, as it cannot now be found,

therefore cannot be filed herewith. they state that the respite is now very near out, at which time execution will issue & be collected if not restrained by your exelency. they deem it unnecessary to state that they have no means (except a small portion of land (& that without fense or dwelling) as your Excelency is no doubt always acquainted with the terable havoc & prostration on sunday consequent upon the march of troops to & fro,

wherefore they ask your Excelency to take cognizance of their cases. & grant them a final remit of said fines except the cost (which they think severe under the circumstances,) they make this a part of their original petition and ask for all the Clemency there sought, & in duty [...] bound will ever ask &c,

C. T. Wales
Nath Preston,

We the undersigned Joine in the prayer of the above petitioner & earnestly ask the relief sought for.

J, S, Mahan
Geo W Gallup
G. W. Dixon
John Haines
S. P. Hagar
Ralph Stafford
N A Brown
Johile Mahan
Martin Preston
Tho^s S. Brown

Johnson Cr. Ct
$120. } N. Preston
Remission Iss^d
Apr 24. 1862

$60.
$20. } C. T. Wales
Remission Iss^d
Apr 24. 1862