Petition

M. S. Gross et al. to James F. Robinson

1863-05-09

Date of Creation
May 9, 1863
Place of Creation
Jefferson 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
R4-63 to R4-64
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-029-0349
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FTP Identifier
32211551

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Dates
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1863-05-09
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M. S. Gross et al. to James F. Robinson, 1863-05-09, 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-0001-029-0349 (November 13, 2026).

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To His Excellency
James F. Robinson
Govenor of Kentucky

We the undersigned Jurors who tried Wm White in the Jefferson Circuit Court at the May Term 1863 for Malicious stabbing, do earnestly petition your Excellency to grant him a free pardon

M. S. Gross
J, C, Webb
S, H, Bullin
E J Hikes
Luther Wilson
J. D. Seaton

Edwd J, Wilson
Wm Winston
John Brown
X Wm[...]
Wm R Taylor

State of Kentucky

I James P Chambers Clerk of the Jefferson Circuit Court in the State aforesaid hereby certify that the foregoing eleven names are ^those of^ jurors in the case of Commonwealth against Wm White indicted jointly with John Kavanaugh for felony

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 9 May 1863

James P Chambers

x F. McCarthy

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Telegraph —
Tho. G. Slater
Policeman at the Jail —