Charles Maleroy et al. to James F. Robinson
- 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
- R4-438 to R4-439
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-029-0595
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32211797
- People
- Fuller, A.
- Flint, Alexander A.
- Gruse, B. F.
- Richardson, C. C.
- Fuller, C. H.
- Maleroy, Charles
- Chenault, E. T.
- Whitlow, E. T.
- Smith, Eli
- Orr, G. F.
- Barriger, George G.
- Lamm, George W.
- Fulgham, Henry
- Pirtle, Henry
- Stevenson, J. B.
- Lamm, J.
- Richardson, J.
- Leay, James B.
- Robinson, James Fisher
- Morrill, James P.
- Ziggs, James
- McMahan, Joel
- Hatcher, John A.
- Lamm, John A.
- Lowe, John Richard
- Lowe, John W.
- Lamm, Joseph
- Williams, L. L.
- Barriger, Logan M.
- Chenault, M. D.
- Stubblefield, R. B.
- Graham, R. S.
- Clayton, Robert M.
- Barrot, Rodam
- Mahan, Samuel
- Whitlow, Simpson R.
- Thomas, T. B.
- Goins, Thomas
- Fulgham, Thomas J.
- Barriger, Thomas W.
- Lintz, W. A.
- Lenten, Walter D.
- Sellers, Wilis
- Lowe, William F.
- Harper, William
- Barrett, William W.
- [Unknown], [Unknown]
- Places
- Ballard County, Kentucky
- Graves County, Kentucky
- McCracken County, Kentucky
- xColumbus, Kentucky
- Organizations
- Alton Prison
- Commonwealth of Kentucky
- Confederate States Army
- Government of the United States of America
- Dates
- 1862-08
Citation
Charles Maleroy et al. to James F. Robinson, 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-0001-029-0595 (November 12, 2026).
To His Excellency James F. Robinson Governor of the commonwealth of Kentucky
The undersigned citizens of Ballard ^McCracken^ & Graves countys Kentucky would respectfully represent unto your Excellency- that Eli Smith a citizen of Graves county was arrested by U. S. calvalry from Columbus Ky on the [...] day of ctcitizens ^now remaining in^ of this region he has taken no active part in the rebellion and was a quiet law abiding man-
What the particular charge against Mr Smith is for which he is imprisoned we his neighbors and ^his^ family have not been able to ascertain further than this, thathis son in law who had been in the Rebel army, on the night of his return to Graves County was caught aht Mr Smiths house — Without trial, without any sort of investigation a quiet citizen of Kentucky has been taken from his family & home and immersed within the walls of a prison in a distant state — This we believe this an outrage, that there is nothing in the history of the times to justify it, and we appeal to you
as our Governor as Governor of the commonwealth of Kentucky to demand of the U. S. Government Justice and crights for the citizens of Kentucky. If Mr Smith is guilty let him be punished according to law, let him be punished, after a trial and conviction and not before Feeling confidant that Mr Smith has been guilty of no violation of law, We respectfully ask your Excellency to interfere and have him released from prison
L M Barriger
Thomas W Barriger
H Fulgham
W. D. Lenten
W, harper
Rodam Barrot
John. A Lamm
Thomas Goins
James Ziggs
J,, Richardson
Henry Pirtle
G F Orr