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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-0001-004-1259 BR11-439 to BR11-440

Marshall County, Kentucky Marshall County, Kentucky 1864-10-03 Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "3": 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 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Marshall County Ky Octr 3rd 1864. To His Excellency Bramlett Esqr Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky,

we the undersigned citizens of the above named County, would respectfully beg leave to represent to your Excellency, that William H. Johnston a youth who was born and raised in this County and always maintained the character of an honest & industrious boy, but was unfortunately induced by the excitement in the Cuntry, and falling in Company with other youths, who were all full of the Idea of going to War, one of the boys by the name of Gainer wished to get his fathers horse to ride, knowing that his father was opposed to his going into the Service, induced young Johnston to assist him in stealing the horse, but after two days ride, young Gainer changed his mind and went home, ^leaving the horse with^ with the other boys, soon after young Johnston returned home, and was prosecuted by old man Gainer for stealing his horse, of which he was convicted at the June term of the Circuit Court for this County 1863, for four years, we beg leave to say that we do not look upon the act as a malicious theft, could the evidence all have been obtained, we have no hesitancy in saying such would have been the virdect of the Jury,

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therefore we pray your Excellency to release said Johnston from confinement in the Penetentiary and restore him to Citizenship, and as in duty bound we will ever pray &c,

E, C, Dyers James Brien L, B, Brien J S, Scillion Jas. P Brian V, P, Brien J B English R. R. johnson H. Johnston orak J Stone Mary A Wilson H. C. Brush W K Truitt S M. Harrison R A Wade R C J H Flowers Jas Brush P F Covington Martha Covington H P Kuykendall J A Kuykendall C Kuykendall L, R, H, Jewitt R, H, Dierson Aaron Mitchell S. F. F. Stone Mason Still mame mitchell pape: Stice Sealy Mitchell J. F. Duvall D. M. Green Jas. R. Jones. T J English W. B. Butler P. V. Hendrakes Jno Jenkins J. J. Howard C Y Bailey F. J. Staton Isaac O Johnston William B Jones

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Dr. W. W. Gilbert. Martha. A. Gilbert James Kingcaid S. W. Stone Elizabeth Kingcaid Perkins Manning John. Talor John English Jacob harts Hobb English Lucenda English Elizabeth English B F Hamilton Jack Hartsfield L C Hamilton Wm Burnham John Moon E C Satterfield Caroline Satterfield P M Stopes James sattrfield

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Marshall Cir Ct vs Wm H. Johnston Petition for Pardon Horse Stealing Refused