William C. Hark et al. to Unknown
- Document Genre
- Petition
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- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862
- Box / Folder
- MG24-354 to MG24-355
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-2224
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- 32210628
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Citation
William C. Hark et al. to Unknown, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-020-2224 (November 13, 2026).
The undersigned citizens of Franklin & Scott counties Ky understanding that Ch H Tomlin who is in the Penitentiary of this state for killing Thos Estis has a petition now before the Govenor of Kentucky to pardon said Tomlin. Respectfully remonstate against the pardon
1 Because the petition if we are rightly informed represents Estes to have been a bad man & Tomlin an inoffensive one when the reverse is the truth
2 Because the petition is not signed by persons who knew the parties intimately but by those whose sympathies have been appealed to who live some distance from where Tomlin & Estis lived
3 Because the punishment inflicted on Tomlin if fully borne out to the end of the sentence was & is a light punishment for killing Estis when there was no occasion for shooting him โ When Tomlin was in no danger of being seriously injured himself & he had the benefit of having his own brothers testimony. The only witness present at this killing & who may well be presumed to have given the facts as favorable to his brother Charles as they could be given
4 The remission of such light punishment for an unnecessary & wanton killing of a peaceable citizen would not do any good but great harm
Wm C Hark
Jacob Credell
J T Credell
Graves Hancock
Mareth Gaken
Joseph HanCock
C M Cridell
John Baker
T. F. Holder
B. H. Yancey
T Mc Hudson
S. Black
Strother Pierce
B Macklin
Jas. H. Ferguson
A. M. Ferguson
M R Pierce
Samuel Pierce
W. J Sebree
Jefferson Jones
Geo W Cason
George R Wood
James Sibur
Jacob hockensmith
M Hancock
J B Gatewood
R. B. Cruther
Bennett Branham
James W Lindsay
Thomas L. Pittman
W R Switzer
Niles Brock
W. E. Featherton
J, A, Seanes
James W McCoy
Simeon Ellis
William Conway
James Carter
G W Howe
John H Howe
T Warren
G S Sims
James B Cridle
J. J. S. Stedman
John. Smith Sr
Jno Morton
Lewis Brudel
A cohan
Len J. Cox
E H. Stedman
Robt Stone
Jas. Whitaker
Lafayette Martin
R. H. Graves
Ben Baldon
L. Y. Hodges
B George puton
C. C. Hoover
E. H. Black
M L Dehoney
M A Dehoney
N,, B. Risk
John A. Carter
John S McCoy
B F Wilson
Josiah Pence
J A Crittenom
R W Wood
A, M, Sherer
W. Stephens
W L Brockman
W [Fhrelked]
Charles Plemerey
W M Wilkerson
John Stephens
J. E. Featherston
B. S. Thomason
Joel hamelton
Thos R Wilkinson
J H Jones
W. S. Thomason
Geo. P. Graves
G C Hughes
John.S. Hockensmith
W R Gaines
H H Crutch
Joel, S, Heaten
John F Church
H. S. Gaines
John Warhause
Micheal Stacer
Andrew Larkin
A T Stedman
Thos L Petty
John Petty
M Soloven
Tomis Hendrix
Willis Baker
Dudly Baker
W. W. Jackson
Lewis A Hedrick
T E Cannon
Elza Thomason
Maurice Bell
Henry Hockensmith
M. V. Sinclair
P. Y. Bain
S T Gayle
J W Bauer
S K Lindsey
C. C. Black
J McAndrew
H. M, Cannon
John L. Branchand
J. B. [Geaty]
Elijah Threlkeld
J. R. Casen
Wm True
John Bonds
B, W, House
R D Bates
John House
Jonas Bramblet
J. B. House
H. W. Ford
John Gardner
Alexander Hamilton
John H. Ford
Sanford Robinson
Thomas Wash
Joseph Yates
J H. Galwod
S. Jones
Willis j Dohony
H B Glass
Jos F Mefford
B. S. Newton
Wm Newton
Robard Boldon
C. Murphy that Thomas Estes
Decesed man was a peaceable man
A Calont states that Thos Estes was a peacable man
J Hambrick as A Bove
Philemon Plummer
Samuel Poindexter
W H Poindexter
Spencer Wigginton
Sanford Wigginton
John Hucut
Jacob Henry
Fhommias fangron
Sinclair Johnson
Hugh Innis
Wm T. Bond
Henry J. Newton
E R Wright
Thos Hancock
John M Riddel
J W Gatewood
Wm E Pure
Elldridge Branham
John Woyt
James.E. Howe
M B Hunley
B. S. Miller
William T. Pills
J V Adams
J H Thomason
A. R. Samuel
S. B. Triplett
J. A. Bell
C L Ford
J R Mefford
W D Poindexter
Harrison Bell
Levy T. Hirsch
J W Lucas
Y Hanes
Ryonson
Samuel lucas
W. A. Baker
James Welch
J. A. Poindexter
Wesley Sebree
Segrand Lucas
E B Duvall
R. S. Triplett
Willis Jenkins
Robert Jinkins
Daniel Johnson
Wm McMiller States that Thos Estis was a peaceable Man
John Calvert
O Calvert
L A Ford
William Hockensmith
James green
E T. Mefford
John W Wayt
B F Sailor
W H Calvert
D husley
James Govam
S A Branham
John S Lindsey
Alvin moris
Willis Hodges
James Mccord
Philip Mefford
Granville Bolden
C. Owens
A. Riddel
P. H. Six
David.. Six
G. W. Six
A Tipton
Thomas M Meton
Malison Bramlet
M W, Curry
John R Ferguson
Wm Notter
T A Notter
James Cruin
Miles Wigginton
J E. Thomason
I do not know anything about a Petition by S Tomlinson, but can State that I knew T. H. Estes well and that he was a Peaceable man and a Gentleman
John M Woollard
John. R. Housten
W. H. Cannon
Stephens C Huston
Asa M Sincler
Benjamin Jones
David covenson
Peter Crane
J H David Sr
James Riddled
W D Abbott
Pat Bradford
James H. Mcmillin
Jessy Hutson
Y. P. Potter
Benjamin Riddle
Jackson Donovan
I was present at the trial of Tomlinson and believe the punishment was not excessive for the offence proved
W. A Darnaby
William M. House
Simeon B. Allen
J M. Burnett
William Palmer
Fielder Estes
Samuel Estes
John W. Estes
Wm Owens
Wm H Owens
J Mefford
P Sacry
J. W Bolden
Reuben Jackson
William Campbell
J. H. Suter
Thos Darly
James [A] Graham
J L Darly
Joseph James
Benjamin Sheits
John Alsop
m g [Swigrt]
H nooblet
Ben James Wright
henry Bramblet
H H, House
Wisler Bolden
George Riddle
S. W. Marston
John Clark
Kingey Johnson
Willis Baker
John Williams
W Franklen
James Monroe
H. R. Miller
G. W. Black
Geo W Lawler
P C Jackson
Notley Wash
W Daly
George Newton
D Roberts
Jno W. Fitemaster
W H Sheetz
Benjamin Sharp
J. F Clubbe
Jacob Abram
A. P. Slily
Waron Parker
Thomas W Hancock
S Lantern
George Lantern
Wyatt Parker
A J Addison
John Church
H C Church
J S Hawkins
Henry Hockersmith
Robt Church
J James Church
John Carter Sen
John Macklin
S S Ellis
S A Houghton
Alvin moris
Wallis. Hodges
John. M. Woolten
Jno K Houston
W
Stephen C Houston
Asa M Penebaker
Benjamin Jones
James Mccord
Tomlinson
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