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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867 KYR-0001-004-0250 BR8-390 to BR8-391

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To his Excellency, Thomas E. Bramlett Governor of Kentucky

Your Petitioners, would respectfully represent, that, at the April term last, 1863. Peter Yager, a free man of color, was sentenced to the Penetentiary, for one year, on a charge of Larceny, and he has now served out more than one half of said term, would state, that, this is a case, in which we believe, calls for the exercise of Executive clemency, Said Boy, Peter. was charged with stealing Tobacco, which was tied up in large hands & handled indifferently, and upon the trial, the proff introduced, established beyond a doubt, that, said Boy Peter, raised & cured just such tobacco, and the tobacco was in large hands, and answered the discription of the tobacco stolen, but said Boy sold no more than he raised, Also, upon said trial, the Boy Peter prooved a good character from his youth up to said trial, for industry and honesty, his age was also proven to be from 15 to 17 years, born and raised in Union County, Now, your Petitioners would respectfully ask your Excellency to remit the remainder of the term of said Boys imprisonment, as we believe he was unjustly accused and condemned as above mentioned

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Names S D Delany, member of the bar, and believes said boy unjustly condemed Hiram McElroy one of the council for the Negro believes as above stated Geo Parker Sec C G, S. Fombelle Ben P Cissell atty at law D, C, James clerk Union Ct, Ct, H W Waggener clk Union, C,C John Geiger atty at law H. B. Eaty late Clerk Union County, Court Names D H Hughes member of the bar

Geo Huston atty, who says he does not remember more than his impression was the boy ought to have been acquited

I represented the Comlth in the prosection mentioned in the petition and think his ^the negro's^ pardon would not be an improper exercise of Executive clemency,

D B Vancy Aty for Comlth Pro Tem. Sam C Hughes. Atty at Law

UNION COUNTY COURT KENTUCKY.

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Union, County Refused

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Uniontown Union County Ky November 9th 1863 His Excellency Govr. Bramlett

As Marshall of Uniontown I made the arrest of the boy named in the within petition, and have no hesitation in saying, that I believe him to have been unjustly punished, and if necessary could have procured any number of signatures, corroborating the statements made in said petition.

Should it please your Excellency to pardon him, notify me of the fact, and I will make arrangements to put him under the protection of some reliable person to be returned here Address your letter to David R. Bridges Uniontown Union County Ky

With sentiments of high esteem Yrs Respectfully David R. Bridges