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 November 12, 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-0001-004-1327 BR12-67 to BR12-68

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. William Halsell (Warren County) N00006351 1804 Categories: People

Warren County, Kentucky, farmer. Butler County, Kentucky, native. Married to Sarah Halsell. Father of John Ewing Halsell, William J. Halsell, James M. Halsell, and Mary Halsell. Farmer in Warren County in 1860. Owned sixteen enslaved persons in 1860.

The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century (Cincinnati, OH: J. M. Armstrong and Company, 1878), p. 128. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 2, p. 76. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 2, p. 395. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Bowling Green, District 1, p. 21. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 7. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Rich Pond, Patter Precinct, p. 8. James McGready Halsell (Warren Co farmer and Presbyterian minister) N00006349 1834 1902 Categories: People

Warren County, Kentucky, farmer and minister. Warren County native. Son of William Halsell. Married to Virginia Halsell. Father of Stella Halsell and Nannie Halsell. Owned two enslaved persons in 1860. Farmer in Warren County in 1860. Minister in 1860 and 1864.

Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, IL: Lewis Publishing Company, 1892), p. 506. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 2, p. 76. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Warren County, Bowling Green, District 2, p. 125. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 2, p. 17. 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), Warren County, KY, 1864, p. 147, (Accessed via ancestry.com). Find A Grave, “Rev James McGready Halsell (1834-1902),” Memorial #50565571, http://findagrave.com/memorial/50565571 (accessed February 19, 2018). James J. McCormick (Warren County stonecutter and minister) N00006348 1832 Categories: People

Warren County, Kentucky, stonecutter and minister. Kentucky native. Married to Harriet E. McCormick. Father of James J. McCormick, William S. McCormick, Margaret J. McCormick, Jesse T. McCormick, Mary A. McCormick, and Murat A. McCormick. Stone cutter in Warren County in 1850. Minister in Auburn, Kentucky in 1870.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 37. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Auburn, p. 5 John S. Jones (Bowling Green, Kentucky) N00001574 1826 Categories: People

Warren County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Isabella Jones. Father of Sarah Jones and Warren Jones. Farmer in Warren County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Jesse Thomas McCormick (Warren County teacher and Confederate soldier)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 46. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Bowling Green, District 2, p. 130. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Covington Precinct, p. 48. James Jones (Warren County, Ky) N00002338 Categories: People

Signed a petition for Jesse McCormick in Warren County, Kentucky. Signed a letter to Beriah Magoffin from Warren County on January 28, 1861.

KYR-0001-017-0058. KYR-0001-004-1327. John W. Grubbs (Bowling Green, Kentucky) N00001575 1833-01-24 1920-04-18 Categories: People

Warren County, Kentucky, stonecutter. Logan County, Kentucky native. Son of Henry Grubbs and A. Perry Grubs. Married to Elizabeth F. Stark Grubbs on October 18, 1854. Stonecutter in Warren County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Jesse Thomas McCormick (Warren County teacher and Confederate soldier)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 37. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Henderson County Marriages, p. unknown. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 2, p. 130. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Allen County, Scottsville, Precinct 1, p. 14. Kentucky Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates (1911-1955), 1920, Allen County, file no. 17346. Pleasant Hines (Warren County, KY, farmer ) N00001579 1798-05-19 1880-02-03 Categories: People

Bowling Green, Kentucky, farmer and politician. Charlotte County, Virginia, native. Married to Hetta Jackson Hines in Warren County in May 1817. Married to Regina Collins Hines in Warren County in December 1827. Father of Martha Hines and Hetty Hines. Married to Sally Gatton Hines in Warren County in October 1832. Father of Sarah J. Hines and John Hines. Married to Tabitha A. Hines. Father of William H. Hines. Farmer in Warren County in 1850. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in Warren County in 1850. Representative in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1857 to 1860. Farmer in Warren County in 1860. Owned thirty-three enslaved persons in Warren County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Jesse Thomas McCormick (Warren County teacher and Confederate soldier) Political: Jesse Thomas McCormick (Warren County teacher and Confederate soldier) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: John D. Mannen (Warren County, Kentucky, farmer, justice of the peace, and post master) Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 21B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 469. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Bowling Green, District 2, p. 592. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 2, p. 446A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Bowling Green, p. 69A. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Mortality Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, p. 695. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Warren County Marriages, Film #000164003, p. 149. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Warren County Marriages, Film #000164004, p. 441. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Warren County Marriages, Film #000339890, p. 73. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins and Company, 1878), 738. “William Pleasant Hines (1798-1880),” Find A Grave, Memorial #51536333, February 19, 2018, http://findagrave.com/memorial/51536333 accessed. Jesse Thomas McCormick (Warren County teacher and Confederate soldier) N00001571 1838-12-10 1917-09-07 Categories: People

Bowling Green, Kentucky, teacher and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John F. McCormick and Harriet E. Irvine McCormick. Teacher in Bowling Green in 1860. Served in 1st Kentucky Calvary Regiment (C.S.A.) from 1861 to 1862. Served in 2nd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) from 1862 to 1865.

Relationships Legal: John W. Grubbs (Bowling Green, Kentucky) Legal: John S. Jones (Bowling Green, Kentucky) Legal: James Jones (Warren County, Ky) Legal: James J. McCormick (Warren County stonecutter and minister) Legal: James McGready Halsell (Warren Co farmer and Presbyterian minister) Legal: William Halsell (Warren County) Political: James J. McCormick (Warren County stonecutter and minister) Legal: Warren County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 37. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Bowling Green, District 2, p. 130. Department of Confederate Pensions (1912-1946), Application for Pension, no. 3804, http://hdl.handle.net/10602/3856 (accessed December 13, 2016). Kentucky Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates (1911-1955), Ancestry, 1917, Warren County, file no. 16615. Find A Grave, “Rev J. T. McCormick (December 10, 1838-September 7, 1917),” Memorial #9504436, http://findagrave.com/memorial/9504436 (accessed February 19, 2018). Robert Rodes (Bowling Green, Kentucky) N00001578 1824-09-28 1913-09-24 Categories: People

Bowling Green, Kentucky, attorney. Madison County, Kentucky, native. Graduate of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, in 1843. Married to Mary Frances Grider Rodes in 1849. Father of Henry Clifton Rodes, William Owsley Rodes, Rachel Rodes, and Sally Rodes. Owned three enslaved persons in Warren County in 1850. Elected to the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1853 to 1855. Attorney in Bowling Green in 1860. Attorney in Bowling Green in 1864.

Relationships Political: Jesse Thomas McCormick (Warren County teacher and Confederate soldier) Social: William Voltaire Loving (Bowling Green, KY, farmer, politician, attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 468. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Bowling Green, District 2, p. 570. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Bowling Green, p. 88. Manuscripts and Folklife Archives, “Rodes Collection (MSS 427),” MSS Finding Aids, Paper 2464, December 14, 2012, p. 1, http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlscmssfinaid/2464. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, _History of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins and Company, 1878), 738. 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), Warren County, KY, February 1864, p. 126 (accessed via Ancestry.com). William Voltaire Loving (Bowling Green, KY, farmer, politician, attorney) N00000778 1803-03-22 1888-09-08 Categories: People

Bowling Green, Kentucky, attorney, farmer, and politician. Nelson County, Virginia, native. Married to Amanda M. Graham Loving in January 1829. Father of A. Q. Loving, Hector V. Loving, Willie Loving, John A. Loving, and Laura Loving. Attended the University of Virginia. Admitted to the bar in 1829. Elected to the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1840. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1841 to 1844. Commonwealth's attorney for the 6th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1845 to 1849. Circuit judge for the 6th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1849 to 1850. Farmer in Warren County in 1850. Owned twenty-one enslaved persons in Warren County in 1850. Attorney in Bowling Green in 1860. Owned twenty-three enslaved persons in Warren County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Franklin Gorin (Jefferson Co, Ky, attorney) Legal: Franklin Gorin (Jefferson Co, Ky, attorney) Political: Jesse Thomas McCormick (Warren County teacher and Confederate soldier) Political: James E. Wright (Logan County, KY, county court clerk) Political: Aaron Donald Kennedy (Logan County, merchant, postmaster, and county judge) Social: William Branch Clarke (Simpson County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: Beverly Leonidas Clarke (Simpson County, Kentucky, attorney and politician)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 36A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 437. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Bowling Green, District 1, p. 150. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 439B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Bowling Green, p. 35A. M. Secrist, Warren County, Kentucky: History Revealed Through Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Its Ancestors (n.p.: Lulu Press, Inc, 2013). The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati, OH: J. M. Armstrong and Company, 1878), p. 279. "William Voltaire Loving (1803-1888)," Find A Grave, Memorial #40270159, accessed June 29, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40270159. William Henry Payne (Bowling Green, KY, attorney and judge) N00006352 1817 1884-03-25 Categories: People

Bowling Green, Kentucky, attorney and county judge. Fairfax County, Virginia, native. Son of Edmund Payne and Catherine T. Hawley Payne. Married to Lucy Loving Payne in c1839. Married to Euphemia Y. Stubbins Payne in 1846. Studied law from 1835 to 1837. Miller in Warren County in 1850. Judge of Warren County Court in 1850. Lumberman in Warren County in 1860. Attorney in Bowling Green in 1860.

Relationships Political: Jesse Thomas McCormick (Warren County teacher and Confederate soldier) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: John D. Mannen (Warren County, Kentucky, farmer, justice of the peace, and post master) Political: Warren County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 24B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Bowling Green, District 2, p. 594. Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume II, ed. Thomas W. Westerfield (Owensboro, KY: Genealogical Reference Company, 1971), 196. John Ewing Halsell (County Attorney of Warren County) N00006350 1826-09-11 Categories: People

Bowling Green, Kentucky, attorney, farmer, and county attorney. Kentucky native. Son of William Halsell and Mary Garland Halsell. Married to Sarah A. Smith Halsell in 1849. Attended Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee. Studied law under Garland J. Blewett in Bowling Green. Schoolteacher in Warren County in 1850. Admitted to the bar in 1856. Elder of Cumberland Presbyterian Church from 1856. Attorney in Warren County in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Warren County in 1860. County attorney of Warren County in 1862.

Relationships Legal: Warren Circuit Court Legal: Jesse Thomas McCormick (Warren County teacher and Confederate soldier) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: John D. Mannen (Warren County, Kentucky, farmer, justice of the peace, and post master)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 2, p. 76B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 2, p. 395. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 856. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 440A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Bowling Green, p. 79B. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century (Cincinnati, OH: J. M. Armstrong and Company, 1878), p. 128. KYR-0001-004-1327. Bowling Green, Kentucky P00000560 Categories: Places

Seat of Warren County, Kentucky. Located on the Barren River. Seat of Kentucky's provisional government from November 18, 1861, to February 1862.

36.9685, -86.4808 Ron D. Bryant, “Bowling Green,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), p. 106-107. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Bowling Green, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 21, 2019). 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. Warren Circuit Court O00000585 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 4th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Asher W. Graham. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): W. B. Jones. Clerk(s): Ludlow L. Cooke.

Relationships Legal: Haden J. Neighbors (Warren County cooper) Legal: Vincent K. Hines (Warren County farmer) Legal: William Henry Kinnaird (Warren County farmer) Legal: William Davenport (Warren County farmer) Legal: H. B. Elrod (Warren County farmer) Legal: Henry M. Vance (Warren County farmer) Legal: Robert Graham (Warren County juror) Legal: S. S. Johnson (Stub, Warren County juror) Legal: Joseph Fallon (Stub, Warren County juror) Legal: Calvin Alexander Garrison (Warren County farmer) Legal: James Finis Ewing (Warren County farmer) Legal: Gallatin A. Kirby (Warren County farmer) Legal: Alanson Trigg (Barren County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Ludlow L. Cooke (Clerk Warren Circuit/Eq & Crim) Legal: Beverly Trigg (Barren County slave of Alanson Trigg) Legal: Jeremiah "Jerry" Trigg (Barren County slave of Alanson Trigg) Legal: John Larrance (Warren County) Legal: John W. Grubbs (Bowling Green, Kentucky) Legal: John S. Jones (Bowling Green, Kentucky) Legal: James Jones (Warren County, Ky) Legal: James J. McCormick (Warren County stonecutter and minister) Legal: James McGready Halsell (Warren Co farmer and Presbyterian minister) Legal: William Halsell (Warren County) Legal: Jesse Thomas McCormick (Warren County teacher and Confederate soldier)

“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. 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 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 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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To his Excellency Govenor Bramlette of Kentucky

Your petitioners would respectfully represent to your Excellency that in May 1862 William Halsell James Halsell James McCormick John S Jones and James Jones and John W Grubb entered into a Bail Bond before P Hines Police Judge of the Town of Bowling-Green Ky (he having held an examining Court) for the appearance of Jessee McCormick in the Warren Equity & Criminal Court at the February Term of ^sd court^ next succeeding said Examining Court said McCormick was charged with Grand Larceny, the said Jessee McCormick failed to appear at at said Court in pursuance said of said Bond, and the Commonwealth took a forfeiture of said Bond for the sum of Four hundred dollars which was the amount of the Bail fixed by said Police Judge,

Your petitioners would further represent to your Excellency that sd Jessee McCormick was a young man Just grown to manhood and ^was^ easily alarmed & was influenced by some evil disposed persons to leave the Country and not stand his trial. They would further represent, that all the parties above mentioned against whom said forfeiture was taken, are poor men with Families to support, except William

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Halsell who is in moderately good circumstances, to pay said amount of four hundred dollars would be very oppressive upon them. Your Excellency gave a respite some time since of Twelve months which time has nearly elapsed They would feel under lasting obligations if your Excellency would relieve them altogether from the payment of said sum of Four hundred Dollars,

John S. Jones James J McCormick James Jones John, W, Grubbs Jas M. Halsell Wm Halsell

We respectfully ask that the foregoing petition be granted

R Rodes Wm V. Loving

W H. Payne

P, Hines

I state that I was the County Attorney and prosecuted Jessee McCormick in the Examining Court, and from the proof that was introduced on the trial I feel confident that on the final trial he would have been acquitted

J, E, Halsell

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Warren E, & Crim Ct vs Jesse McCormick's Sureties on Bail Bond $400, Remit 8th Nov/64