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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-0001-004-1316 BR12-47 to BR12-48

Louisa, Lawrence 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. James P. Wilson (Wayne Co, VA / WV farmer) N00006301 1834 Categories: People

Wayne County, West Virginia, farmer. Russell County, Virginia, native. Son of William Wilson and Nancy Wilson. Married to Elizabeth Akers Wilson in Wayne County, Virginia, on September 29, 1860. Stepfather to James W. Wilson, Lewis F. Wilson, Mary Jane Wilson, Burwell Wilson, John F. Wilson, Nathaniel Wilson, and Noah Wilson. Father of Nancy Wilson, David Wilson, and Richard Wilson. Farmer in Wayne County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Kenas F. Prichard (Lawrence County, KY, attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Virginia, Wayne County, District 66, p. 267A. "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org:19 March 2020. County clerks, West Virginia (accessed July 22, 2020). "West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-HRBP-V?cc=1909099&wc=Q8BW-MWJ%3A179687701%2C179701401 : 23 October 2018), Wayne &gt; Will book, v. 001 1843-1852 &gt; image 205 of 260; citing Jackson County Clerk, West Virginia (accessed July 22, 2020). KYR-0001-004-1316. Elizabeth Akers Wilson (Wayne Co, VA / WV farmer) N00006302 1829? 1923? Categories: People

Wayne County, West Virginia, farmer. Wayne County, Virginia, native. Daughter of John Frasher and Mary Frasher. Married to John Akers. Mother of James W. Wilson, Lewis F. Wilson, Mary Jane Wilson, Burwell Wilson, John F. Wilson, Noah Wilson, and Nathaniel Wilson. Married to James P. Wilson in Wayne County, Virginia, on September 29, 1860. Mother of Nancy Wilson, David Wilson, and Richard Wilson. Resident of Wayne County in 1850. Farmer in Wayne County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: James P. Wilson (Wayne Co, VA / WV farmer) Legal: Henderson Beckham (Lawrence County) Legal: J. C. Layne (Lawrence County) Legal: George W. Henry (Lawrence County) Legal: R. F. Prichard (Lawrence County) Legal: Allen C. Hutchison (Lawrence County Justice of the Peace) Legal: George R. B. Chapman (Lawrence County) Legal: Henry Stanhope Bussey (Louisa, Kentucky, hotel keeper) Legal: John G. Johns (Floyd Circuit and County Court Clerk) Legal: Kenas F. Prichard (Lawrence County, KY, attorney) Legal: Richard Fletcher Vinson (Lawrence Circuit and County Court Clerk) Legal: John W. Haws (Lawrence County)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Virginia, Wayne County, District 66, p. 267A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Virginia, Wayne County, p. 815. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Ohio, Lawrence, Decatur Township, p. 251B. Thirteenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1910), Population Schedules, West Virginia, Wayne County, Butler, Enumeration District 0181, p. 12. "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org:19 March 2020. County clerks, West Virginia (accessed July 22, 2020). "West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-HRBP-V?cc=1909099&wc=Q8BW-MWJ%3A179687701%2C179701401 : 23 October 2018), Wayne &gt; Will book, v. 001 1843-1852 &gt; image 205 of 260; citing Jackson County Clerk, West Virginia (accessed July 22, 2020). KYR-0001-004-1316. John W. Haws (Lawrence County) N00006709 1820? Categories: People

Lawrence County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth A. Haws. Father of Arthur W. Haws, John J. C. Haws, Ashburn Haws, Laver Haws, Georgiana Haws, Luella Haws, and Mary Haws. Sheriff of Lawrence County from at least 1850 to 1859. Farmer in Lawrence County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 138. Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Passed at the Session Which Was Begun and Held in the City of Frankfort, On Saturday the 31st of December, 1853, and Ended Friday the 10th of March, 1854 (Frankfort, KY: A. G. Hodges, 1854), p. 257. Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Begun and Held in the Town of Frankfort, On Monday, the Fifth Day of December, In the Year of Our Lord 1859, And of the Commonwealth the Sixty-Eighth (Frankfort, KY: John B. Major, 1859), p. 88-89. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Louisa, p. 31. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kansas, Johnson County, Monticello Township, p. 114. Richard Fletcher Vinson (Lawrence Circuit and County Court Clerk) N00006710 1838 1910 Categories: People

Louisa, Kentucky, farmer, and Lawrence County, Kentucky, circuit and county clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Georgia Ann Randall Vinson. Father of Victoria Vinson and Jennie Vinson. Farmer in Louisa in 1860. Clerk of Lawrence Circuit Court and Lawrence County Court in Lawrence County from 1864 to 1870.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Louisa, p. 146. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, 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,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, 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,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-350. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1870,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1870), 102. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Louisa, p. 2. Stephanie Adkins, Mary Ellen Adkins Reid, and Linda Yates Holt, comp., Pine Hill Cemetery, Louisa, Kentucky (Paintsville, KY: Broadway Printers, 2007), 123. Find A Grave, “Richard Fletcher Vinson (1838-1910),” Memorial #133184825, http://findagrave.com/memorial/133184825 (accessed February 15, 2018). Henry Stanhope Bussey (Louisa, Kentucky, hotel keeper) N00006712 1810 1898 Categories: People

Louisa, Kentucky, postmaster and hotel keeper. Virginia native. Married to Christina Regania Miller Bussey. Father of Fremont Randall Bussey. Postmaster of Louisa from 1849 to 1853. Hotel keeper in Louisa in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 76. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Louisa, p. 183. Kentucky Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates (1911-1955), Ancestry, 1940, Lawrence County, file no. 2023. Virginia Marriages – Microfilm (1740-1850), Cabell County, 1838, (accessed via Ancestry.com). Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, vol.14, p. 650, (accessed via Ancestry.com). Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Louisa, p. 8. Find A Grave, “H. S. Bussey (1810-1898),” Memorial #132147801, http://findagrave.com/memorial/132147801 (accessed February 15, 2018). Kenas F. Prichard (Lawrence County, KY, attorney) N00006303 1837? Categories: People

Lawrence County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Son of James Prichard and Elizabeth Prichard. Married to Amelia C. Stewart Prichard in Lawrence County on August 27, 1859. Resident of Lawrence County in 1850. Household owned one enslaved person in Lawrence County in 1850. Attorney in Lawrence County in 1860. Attorney in Lawrence County in 1863. County attorney in Lawrence County in 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 96B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 171. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Louisa, p. 657. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Louisa, p. 283A. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Rolls #994027-994058, Lawrence County Marriages, p. 225, p. 11 of 36 of microfilm. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Lawrence County, KY, 1863, p. 295 (Accessed via ancestry.com). KYR-0001-004-1316. John G. Johns (Floyd Circuit and County Court Clerk) N00006711 1839? Categories: People

Floyd County, Kentucky, circuit and county clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Johns. Father of Cona C. Johns and John Johns. Clerk of Floyd Circuit Court and Floyd County Court in Floyd County from 1863 to 1870.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Floyd County, Prestonsburg, p. 24. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Taylor County, KY, 1863, p. 198, (Accessed via ancestry.com). “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-306. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, 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,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, 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,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-350. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1867, in 1867 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1867), p. 355. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1868, in 1868 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1868), p. unknown. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1869, in 1869 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1869), p. 172. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1870, in 1870 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1870), p. 162. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Floyd County, Prestonsburg, Precinct 8, p. 37. George W. Henry (Lawrence County) N00007779 Categories: People

Lawrence County, Kentucky, resident. Signed a petition for Mrs. James P. Wilson in 1864.

KYR-0001-004-1316. George R. B. Chapman (Lawrence County) N00006713 1830 1905 Categories: People

Lawrence County, Kentucky, farmhand and soldier. Kentucky native. Farmhand in Lawrence County in 1860. Officer and First Lieutenant in the 14th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.), from 1861 to 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 77. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Louisa, p. 27. Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Veterans of the Army and Navy Who Served Mainly in the Civil War and the War with Spain, compiled 1861-1934, Fold3, application no. WC141734. Historical Data Systems, comp., U.S. Civil War Soldiers and Profiles, 1861-1865. Find A Grave, “G. R. B. Chapman (1830-1905),” Memorial #132168650, http://findagrave.com/memorial/132168650 (accessed February 15, 2018). J. C. Layne (Lawrence County) N00007780 Categories: People

Lawrence County, Kentucky, resident. Signed a petition for Mrs. James P. Wilson in 1864.

KYR-0001-004-1316. Allen C. Hutchison (Lawrence County Justice of the Peace) N00006714 1836? Categories: People

Lawrence County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Virginia native. Married to Eliza S. Bussey Hutchison. Justice of the peace in Lawrence County in 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 86. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #unknown, Lawrence County Marriages, p. unknown. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Louisa, p. 183. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Lawrence County, KY, October 1863, p. 175, (Accessed via ancestry.com). Henderson Beckham (Lawrence County) N00007781 Categories: People

Lawrence County, Kentucky, resident. Signed a petition for Mrs. James P. Wilson in 1864.

KYR-0001-004-1316. Louisa, Kentucky P00000553 Categories: Places

Seat of Lawrence County, Kentucky. Located on the Big Sandy River.

38.1143, -82.6032 George Wolfford, “Louisa,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 574. "Louisa, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 22, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Lawrence County, Kentucky P00000552 Categories: Places

County in northeast Kentucky. Seat at Louisa. Located on the Big Sandy River.

38.1143, -82.6032 George Wolfford, “Lawrence County” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 537. "Louisa, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 22, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Wayne County, West Virginia P00000554 Categories: Places

County in Virginia until June 20, 1863, when West Virginia was made a state. Seat at Wayne. Located on the Big Sandy River and Ohio River.

38.1599, -82.4753 Tim R. Massey, “Wayne County,” The West Virginia Encyclopedia, http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/934 (accessed December 1, 2016). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Wayne County, West Virginia," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on July 29, 2019). 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). 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. Lawrence Circuit Court O00000418 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 11th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): William H. Burns and Richard A. Apperson, Jr. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): J. M. Nesbitt and J. Saige Dury. Clerk(s): M. B. Goble and Richard F. Vinson.

Relationships Legal: James P. Wilson (Wayne Co, VA / WV farmer) Legal: Kenas F. Prichard (Lawrence County, KY, attorney) Legal: Richard Fletcher Vinson (Lawrence Circuit and County Court Clerk) Legal: John G. Johns (Floyd Circuit and County Court Clerk) Legal: John W. Haws (Lawrence County) Legal: Gabriel Endicott (Lawrence County farmer and prisoner for man slaughter)

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-308; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, 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,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-306; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, 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,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, 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,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-350. Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky 1864-11-15 Petition English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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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Louisa Laurence Co, Ky. 15 Nov 1864 To his Excellancy Thomas. E Bramlett Gov of Kentucky Respected Sir--

Your Petitioners citizens of Laurence County Kentucky Petition your Excellency to remit a fine which was at the Oct term 1863. rendered against. Jas P. Wilson for Twenty Dollars & -- -- cents on a charge of assault(Adultry) for the following reason, Wilson some time Since Married a widow Woman who had Some little property and a large Family of helpless children. She & Wilson lived in Wayne Co Va (adjoining this (Laurence) County) only a few miles from the line Wilson being a Union man was about four months Since Captured by the Rebels and carried away, & is still gone leaving his wife badly provided for-- with her helpless Family A few days Since a horse belonging to Mrs Wilson-- her own property and the only horse She owned was brought unto our County & stole & whilst here was levied on by the Sheriff on the Execution which issued against Wilson on said Judgment This horse is her only dependance to get Bread for Mrs Wilson and her children this

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winter & if the fine is not remitted we believe the family will actually Suffer for the necessaries of life this Winter

Mrs Wilson is an industrious Woman of Good character and exemplary Conduct, We make these Statements of our own personal Knowledge & most respectfully request that the fine be remitted & we will ever pray your Clemency

Respectfully Yours

J. W. Haws P. J. L. C. C R. F. Vinson C. L. C. C H. S. Bussey K F, Prichard Co Atty John G Johns C F C C Geo. W. Henry. Capt

G R B Chapman J, C, Layne A. C. Hutchison J. P. L. C. Henderson Beckham

State of Kentucky County of Laurence

I K F Prichard Notary Public for Laurence County Ky do certify that the Signatures signed to the foregoing Petition are the genuine signatures of the men they purport to be

Witness my hand & seal Done at Louisa Ky 16 Nov 1864.

K F Prichard N. P. L. C