Rufus K. Williams to James F. Robinson
1863-04-23
- Date of Creation
- April 23, 1863
- Place of Creation
- Frankfort, Franklin 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
- R4-12 to R4-13
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-029-0313
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- 32211515
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Citation
Rufus K. Williams to James F. Robinson, 1863-04-23, 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-0001-029-0313 (November 13, 2026).
To His Excellency Govenor Jas F Robinson,
The undersigned will state that he presided over the Graves Circuit Court at the term that George McDougal was convicted of Manslaughter and sentenced to four years confinement in the Penetantiary of this state,
That whilst he will not at this remote period attempt to detail the evidence he will say he recollects distinctly that Stone the decedent was killed in a rather general seat at the town of Dukedome on the Tennessee State line in Graves County, that quite a large and drinking crowd had that day assembled, that there was some controversy of evidence wether McDougal or some one else done the shooting that killed Stone, Stone was shot with a pistal and the undersigned then thought the preponderance of the testimony was that McDougall fired the shot but whether he did or not it was done by the crowd he was with and who had raised the riot
As to the conviction he thought and still thinks it was right
But George McDougal is a young man he has served out his time wanting about three months, his mother is an old lady of respectability, She impoverished herself in the defence of her son, she lives where labor is scarce and high and ^and she unable to hire^ the country considerably Exhausted by this war now dessolating the [...], it is of the first importance to her that she makes a crop the present year she has no son living with her but a lad of some 12 years of age ^has no one else to work on the farm,^ She resides near to the Kentucky State line in Weakley County Tennessee
This is respectfully urged as a proper case for Executive clemency for the small remnant of time that George has yet to serve as it will then be too late to aid his mother in making a crop the present year
Respectfully
R, K, Williams
Frankfort Ky
I am of opinion that the Commonwealth, under all the Circumstances of this case as detailed in Judge Williams statement and by others, can afford to give this man the little remnant of his time for the benefit of his Old Mother
His Pardon granted
J F Robinson
Graves Cir. Ct
Geo M McDougal
4 yrs. Penty
Manslaughter
Pardon Issd