Harvey Clarke to James F. Robinson
1862-11-06
- Date of Creation
- November 6, 1862
- Place of Creation
- Marion County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Petition
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons, Remissions, and Respites, 1862-1863
- Box / Folder
- R3-158 to R3-159
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-029-0102
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32211304
- People
- Montgomery, Allen Stone
- Ford, Benedick
- Edmonds, Benjamin
- Walker, Benjamin
- Wheatley, Benjamin
- Porter, Charles H.
- Savage, Charles
- Beeler, Christopher
- Russell, Elias
- Webb, Elias
- Clark, Harvey
- Purdy, Henry Wilson
- Johnston, Hervey
- [Unknown], J. J.
- Grant., James D.
- Robinson, James Fisher
- Fogle, James M.
- Miller, James M.
- Bailey, Jeb H.
- Maxwell, John Cleland
- Russell, John M.
- Thomas, John R.
- Shuck, John
- Thompson, Lloyd
- Clark, Margaret
- Cecil, Matthew J.
- Berry, Nicholas T.
- Bell, Robert G.
- Woods, Thomas C.
- Chandler, Thomas H.
- Begley, Thomas R.
- Gartin, Uriah, Jr.
- Mattingly, William B.
- Warren, William
- [Unknown], [Unknown]
- Places
- Marion County, Kentucky
Citation
Harvey Clarke to James F. Robinson, 1862-11-06, Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons, Remissions, and Respites, 1862-1863, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-029-0102 (November 12, 2026).
To His Excellency H The Governorof the Commonwealth of Kentucky Your Petitioner Harvey Clark would most respectfully state that he was found guilty of manslaughter in the Marion Circuit at the
He states that he was much intoxicated at the time of said alleged manslaughter and themankilled was also drinking. He was & is poor, had no friends and had not been living as long in the County when the aforesaid occurrence took place — Says he has always been an industrious man but poor. He has been confined in the Penitentiary now since
Owing to the hardness of the times and the lack of demand for labor his children cannot get employment and are therefore hard run to make a living=
He has suffered greatly in body and mind since since he has been in the Penitentiary and he thinks the Keeper will say has served the State faithfully —
He is pretty well advanced in life and has all the desire that a husband and father could have to be relieved from the prison and restored to his family=He is greatly wasted in flesh
and his hair is rapidly growing gray not so much from age as from the sorrows incident to his condition
If the punishment he has endured has been inflicted only to teach him to guard against vice and crime he is satisfied he has endured enough, to make him a temperate and discreet man the balance of his life and feels sure that if your Excellency will inquire of those who know what his conduct has been since he has been sentenced you will have reason to believe this declaration well grounded=
He prays your Excellency most sincerely to pardon his affense and remit the Judgment rendered against him and as in duty bound will ever pray &c
Harvey Clarke —
We the undersigned jurors who sat upon and tried the case of the Commonwealth of Kentucky against Harvey Clarke concur in his petition for reprieve and pardon
John Russel Juremon
Robert Belle Juryman
Thos R Begley Jury Man
Benedick Ford one of the Jury
Ben Wheatleay one of the Jurman
Loyd Thompson one of the Jury
Elias Russell one of the Jury
M. J. Cecilone of the Jury
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We the undersigned join in the prayer for the pardon of Harvey Clark
Wm Warren
H. W. Purdy
C Beiler
J. D. Grant.
J. J. Varen
Chas Savage
Jeb H Bailey
William Mattingly
Dr. C. H. Porter
B Edmonds
James N Fogle one of Mr Clarks counsel
John Shuck one of Clarks counsel
Thos. C. Woods — same "
N. T. Barry Ck of the court at the time of trial
J. C Maxwell
James M Muller
A. S. Montgomery
Ben Walker
Uriah Gaston Jr
Elias Webb
H. Johnton
Jno R. Thomas
T H Chandler
Held for further consideration & facts found upon Jury
Marion Cir Ct
Pardon granted
J F Robinson
10 yrs. Penty
Issd