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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-0001-004-0347 BR9-51 to BR9-52

Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky Thomas Elliott Bramlette (KY governor 1863-67, atty, D.A., col 3rd KY Inf) N001000 1817-01-03 1875-01-12 Categories: People

Twenty-third governor of Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Cumberland County, Kentucky, native. Married to Sallie Travis Bramlette in September 1837. Father of James T. Bramlette, William L. Bramlette, Eugene Bramlette, and Corrina Bell Bramlette. Practiced law in Clinton County, Kentucky, and Columbia, Kentucky. Represented Cumberland and Clinton counties in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1841 to 1843. Commonwealth's attorney of the 8th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1848 to 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in 1850. Circuit judge of the 6th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1856 to 1861. Owned nine enslaved persons in 1860. Served as colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from 1861 to 1862. District attorney of the United States District Court for Kentucky in 1863. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to September 3, 1867. Owned law firm of Bramlette & Van Winkle in partnership with Ephraim L. Van Winkle.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 181A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 335 (p. 2 of 2 on microfilm). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, The Town of Columbia 1st Division, p. 13 (p. 2 of 3 on microfilm). Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 83B. Ross A. Webb, “Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867)” in Lowell H. Harrison, ed., Kentucky’s Governors (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 93-97 Lowell H. Harrison, "Bramlette, Thomas Elliott" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 112-13. Newman Estes (Caldwell County, Kentucky, grocery merchant) N00012405 1805? Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, grocery merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Catherine Adamson Estes in Christian County, Kentucky, in January 1830. Father of John Estes, Nancy E. Estes, Alex Washington Estes and Sarah C. Estes. Stonemason in Christian County in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Christian County in 1850. Grocery merchant in Princeton in 1860.

Relationships Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1, p. 435A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1, p. 8. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 109. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, Film #000465562, p. 124. Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 02, Caldwell County, Kentucky, 1864. John Lewis (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012406 1821? 1870-05 Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Louisa Pennington Lewis in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on January 25, 1845. Father of Warren P. Lewis, William Lewis, Eugene Lewis, Frank Lewis, and Marion Lewis. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Princeton in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 389A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 42. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 220A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Mortality Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 177. Kentucky Marriage RecordsMadison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 12. William Wells (Caldwell County, Kentucky, blacksmith) N00012407 1835-05-02 1905-06-05 Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, blacksmith. Kentucky native. Son of W. Wells. Married to Delilah A. C. McNeely Wells in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on July 24, 1864. Father of Fanny Wells. Blacksmith in Caldwell County in 1850. Blacksmith in Caldwell County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 344B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, p. 118. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Farmersville, p. 424B. Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, 1852-1869, Film #001929335. "William ‘Billie’ Wells (1835-1905)," Find A Grave, Memorial #183966085, accessed November 17, 2021,https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183966085. James A. Johnson (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012408 1828? Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Tennessee native. Married to Mary Johnson. Father of Martha Johnson, Miles Johnson, Katherine Johnson, and Linn Johnson. Farmer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned twenty-four enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860. Deputy sheriff in Caldwell County in 1861. Charged with murder in Caldwell County in 1862. Reported to have served in the Confederate States Army, arrested, and imprisoned at Johnson's Island in Ohio.

Relationships Military: Albert P. Henry (Woodford County, KY, Lt col 15th KY Cav USA and sculptor) Military: 15th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Social: James W. Blalock (Caldwell Co, Ky, farm laborer; pvt 8th Cav, sgt 12th Cav) Social: John W. Prince (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer) Social: Milton A. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Edmund P. Watkins (Caldwell Co, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: John B. Wadlington (Caldwell co., ky, farmer ) Social: Edmund P. Watkins (Caldwell Co, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Social: Thomas C. Dabney (Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Social: Edward P. Campbell (Caldwell County, Ky, 1865 Hopkinsville, Ky, attorney Comwlth Atty in late 1860) Legal: Caldwell Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 397B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2 , p. 20. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 25. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 28. KYR-0001-004-0347. KYR-0001-021-0033. Albert P. Henry (Woodford County, KY, Lt col 15th KY Cav USA and sculptor) N00012409 1836? Categories: People

Woodford County, Kentucky, soldier and sculptor. Woodford County, Kentucky, native. Son of C.B. Henry and Angeline Henry. Resident in Woodford County, Kentucky, in 1850. Clerk at Hillman Brothers Iron Works in Lyon County in 1860. Served in the 15th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as lieutenant colonel from April 30, 1863, to March 31, 1864. Taken prisoner of war at Spring Creek, Tennessee, on June 29, 1863. Imprisoned at Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, until paroled on March 31, 1864. Sculptor of Abraham Lincoln, working in Washington, D.C., in November 1864.

Relationships Military: 15th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 2, p. 461A-B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 722. "A Civil War Prisoner's Dream," Kentucky Online Arts Resource Blog, December 31, 2012, https://kentuckyonlinearts.wordpress.com/tag/albert-p-henry/. "Albert P. Henry (1836-1872)," Find A Grave, Memorial #191616284, accessed April 6, 2020, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191616284. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 398. "Yesterday at the Academy, The Bust of Lincoln Inaugural Ceremonies, Remarks of Governor Bramlette, and Oration of Hon. James Speed, A Large and Appreciative Audience,"Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), February 13, 1867, p. 2. Edward P. Campbell (Caldwell County, Ky, 1865 Hopkinsville, Ky, attorney Comwlth Atty in late 1860) N00002633 1832-10-21 1896-06-30 Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, attorney and commonwealth's attorney. Kentucky native. Son of Samuel Campbell and Lucy Wilcox Campbell. Married to Caroline E. Taylor Campbell in 1858. Father of Richard T. Campbell, Edward Thurlo Campbell, Walter Campbell, Charles Campbell, Hugh Campbell, and Flavius Campbell. Graduate of Cumberland College in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1854. Attorney in Caldwell County in 1856. Attorney in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860. Commonwealth's attorney for the Second Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1860 to 1868. Resident of Christian County, Kentucky, in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Matthew McCallister (Trimble County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William T. Kennedy (Todd County, Kentucky, wool carder) Legal: William H. Norman (Todd County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Elijah Jones (Todd County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Todd Circuit Court Political: Mortimer D. Hay (Muhlenburg County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: Thomas E. Henderson (Trigg County, KY, farmer) Social: William Wells (Caldwell County, Kentucky, blacksmith) Social: John Lewis (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Newman Estes (Caldwell County, Kentucky, grocery merchant) Legal: Caldwell Circuit Court Legal: James S. Lowey (Caldwell County, Kentucky, wagonmaker & county jailor) Legal: John D. Edwards (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: Robert Wilford (Trigg County, Kentucky, overseer, farmer, and juror) Legal: James Henry Lawrence (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: Nathan R. Wallace (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: Clayton Gilliam (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: William H. Stewart (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: Francis W. Dodds (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and deputy sheriff.) Legal: Thomas Wynn (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: James Richardson (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: Crofford Adair (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: Thomas Jones (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: Moses Malone (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: William M. Gladish (Christian County, Kentucky, farmer, Juror) Social: John R. Boyd (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt 17th KY Cav USA) Social: John J. Crittenden Boyd (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer, corp & musician 48th Ill Inf and corporal 17th KY Cav USA) Familial: Richard T. Campbell (Caldwell County, Kentucky)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 116. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 218B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 389A. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994029, Caldwell County Births. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 360. Memorial Records of Western Kentucky, vol. 1 (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1904), 321-23. Princeton, Kentucky P00002273 Categories: Places

Seat of Caldwell County, Kentucky.

37.1092, -87.882 "Princeton" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 741-42. "Princeton, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 243-44. Kentucky P001800 Categories: Places

State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992). Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. Caldwell Circuit Court O00000363 1809 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 2nd Judicial District of Kentucky. Judge(s): Thomas C. Dabney and Richard T. Petree. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Edward P. Campbell. Clerk(s): Edmund P. Watkins and James C. Barnes. Deputy clerk(s): William E. Mitchusson.

Relationships Economic: Edmund P. Watkins (Caldwell Co, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Legal: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Legal: Theophilus Cooksey (Caldwell County, Kentucky, carpenter and veteran) Legal: James A. Johnson (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William Wells (Caldwell County, Kentucky, blacksmith) Legal: John Lewis (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Newman Estes (Caldwell County, Kentucky, grocery merchant) Legal: James C. Weller (Caldwell County, Kentucky, resident and county clerk) Legal: William E. Mitchusson (Caldwell County, Kentucky, deputy circuit court clerk & farmer) Legal: James C. Barnes (Princeton, Kentucky, deputy circuit court clerk) Legal: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Legal: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Edmund P. Watkins (Caldwell Co, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Legal: Henry J. Stites (Christian County, Kentucky, Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals) Legal: James W. Blalock (Caldwell Co, Ky, farm laborer; pvt 8th Cav, sgt 12th Cav) Legal: John W. Prince (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer) Legal: Milton A. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William Wadlington, Sr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Thomas C. Dabney (Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Legal: Mary A. J. Cartwright Wadlington (Princeton, Kentucky, governess) Legal: John R. Boyd (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt 17th KY Cav USA) Legal: John J. Crittenden Boyd (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer, corp & musician 48th Ill Inf and corporal 17th KY Cav USA) Legal: Linn B. Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier in 1st Ky cav, CSA) Legal: Edna Gresham Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and housewife) Legal: Leander Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier in 47th Ky Mounted Infantry)

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 355-59. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series, No. 24 (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. Commonwealth of Kentucky O001025 1792 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Kentucky. Capital at Frankfort, Kentucky. Governor(s): Beriah Magoffin (1859-1862), James F. Robinson (1862-1863), and Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867).

Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380. Malcolm E. Jewell, "General Assembly" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 366. Paul J. Weber, "Court System" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 233. 15th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00009919 1862 1863-10-29 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Paducah, Kentucky. Mustered into service in 1862. Mustered out of service on October 29, 1863. Commander(s): Lieutenant Colonel Gabriel Netter, Lieutenant Colonel Albert P. Henry, and Major Wiley Waller.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 403. Johnson's Island O00003355 1862-04 1865-09 Categories: Organizations

Prisoner of war camp (U.S.A.) for Confederate officers on Sandusky Bay of Lake Erie in Ohio. Operated from April 1862 to September 1865. Established by Col. William Hoffman. Commandant(s): William Pierson.

Henry Howe, Historical Collections of Ohio in Two Volumes: An Encyclopedia of the State (Cincinnati: C. J. Krehbiel & Co., 1907), 572. "Civil War Era," Johnson's Island Preservation Society, accessed April 27, 2020, http://johnsonsisland.org/history-pows/civil-war-era/. Second Judicial District of Kentucky O00000314 Categories: Organizations

This Commonwealth of Kentucky judicial district included Lyon, Caldwell, Trigg, Christian, Todd, and Muhlenberg Counties. Judge(s): Thomas C. Dabney (1860-1861) and Richard T. Petree (1862-1865). Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Edward P. Campbell (1860-1865).

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document No. 24. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863, Legislative Document No. 10. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky 1863-12-07 Petition English Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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PrincetonKentucky December 7" 1863 Gov Thos E Bramlette Frankfort Ky Dr Sir

At the November Term 1863 of the Caldwell Circuit Court a Judgment was rendered in favor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky against Newman Estes John Lewis and William Wells for the sum of Seven Thousand Dollars $7000= as the sureties and bail for One James A Johnson on a charge of Murder= I have examined and read the Petition of said Newman Estes John Lewis and William Wells= addressed to you and find the statements made therein substantially correct= said James A Johnson was sent out of the country and then sent south and exchanged to Military Order as I was informed and believe= I know that he was arrested and carried off to Colonel A,, P,, Henry15 Kentucky Calvalry

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and I afterwards heard that James A Johnson hadbeen sent to Johnson= Islandand from there sent south and exchanged and I Know that he has never beenback in the country since he was arrested and carried Off to Colonel Henry in November Or December 1862= that I have ever heard of= and there is a report in circulation here that said James A Johnson is nowdead Whether true or not I am unable to say with any certainty= WilliamWells one of the parties in said -- Judgment is utterly Worthless and insolvent and can not pay one Dollar= Newman Estes is anoldman and has a family John Lewis also has a family= and it will takeabout all both Estes and Lewis have to pay said Judgment for said sum of $7000= and there is very little hope or chance for indemnity from Johnson if he is either now living Or dead and I am Well satisfied that they have no indem

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nity from Johnson to serve them from loss and liability on said bailbond and Judgment for $7000= and in consideration of the above and foregoing facts I wouldask in behalf of said Newman Estes John Lewis and William Wells Your interposition and that you= release said parties from the payment of said Judgment except all fees and costs thereon=

I am Yours Respectfully E P Campbell Comth Atty 2nd District