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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-0001-004-1390 BR12-158 to BR12-159

Jefferson 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. Martin Pendergrast (Louisville, Kentucky, convicted of manslaughter) N00012152 1835? Categories: People

Cook County, Illinois, laborer and soldier. Native of Ireland. Married to Ann Pendergrast. Laborer in Cook County, Illinois, in 1860. Served in the 67th Illinois Infantry as a private. Subject of a December 1864 petition to Thomas E. Bramlette requesting Pendergrast’s pardon on conviction of manslaughter.

Relationships Legal: Kentucky State Penitentiary Legal: Tarleton Arterburn, Sr. (Louisville, KY, slave dealer) Legal: William L. Miller (Louisville, KY, grocer) Legal: William P. Shephard (Louisville, KY, bowling saloon keeper, coach maker and salesman) Legal: Daniel K. Stephens (Louisville, KY, plasterer) Legal: George Rhodes (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, house painter) Legal: John L. Hikes (Louisville, KY, foundryman) Legal: Joseph Smith (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: George Swope (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, agent) Legal: Luther Wilson (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, fireman on railroad)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago Ward 9, p. 198. Indexes to the Carded Records of Soldiers Who Served in Volunteer Organizations During the Civil War, NARA M539, RG 94, Roll 070. KYR-0001-004-1390. Patrick Walsh (Louisville, Kentucky, resident, killed in 1863) N00012153 1863 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, resident killed by Martin Pendergrast in 1863.

Relationships Legal: James C. Gill (Jefferson County, Kentucky, coroner)

Find A Grave, "Patrick Welch (unknown-1863)," Memorial 52315253, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52315253/patrick-welch (accessed June 8, 2020). KYR-0001-004-1390. Tarleton Arterburn, Sr. (Louisville, KY, slave dealer) N00012154 1811? 1883-11 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, slave dealer. Kentucky native. Father of Mary Eliza Shipp (Arterburn). Negro dealer with brother, Jordan Arterburn, in Louisville in 1850. Negro trader with Jordan Arterburn in Louisville in 1860. Slave dealer with Jordan Arterburn in Louisville in 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 185B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 3, p. 688. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 2, p. 1068. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 5, p. 485A. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 293D. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1965), KDLA, Film # Film 7019155: All Counties, Louisville File #4555, p. 1259 of microfilm. Kentucky County, District and Probate Courts. Jefferson County Wills, Vol 12-13, 1883-1887, pp. 53-54, pp. 32-33 of microfilm (accessed through ancestry.com on June 10, 2020). Find A Grave, "Tarlton Arterburn (1834-1884)," Memorial 203268005, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203268005 (accessed June 10, 2020). The Courier-Journal, (Louisville, Kentucky), 26 November 1883, p. 8. William L. Miller (Louisville, KY, grocer) N00006179 1822? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, grocer. New York native. Married to Harriet A. Miller. Father of Charles H. Miller. Barkeeper in Louisville in 1850. Grocer with H. A. Miller in Louisville in 1860. Employed C. H. Miller as a clerk in Louisville in 1860. Grocer in Louisville in 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 2, p. 186A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 2, p. 469. Henry Tanner, ed., The Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 175 & 297. William P. Shephard (Louisville, KY, bowling saloon keeper, coach maker and salesman) N00012156 1800? 1872-12-23 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, bowling saloon keeper, coach maker and salesman. Virginia native. Married to Eliza Shephard. Father of Barbara Shephard, John N. Shephard, Lewis W. Shephard, Annie Shephard, Isaac Shephard, Edward M. Shephard, Emma Shephard, and Theodore Shephard. Bowling saloon keeper in Louisville in 1850. Coach maker in Louisville in 1860. Employed Isaac Shephard as a coach painter in Louisville in 1860. Salesman in Louisville in 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 154B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 58. Henry Tanner, ed., The Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 224. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, 7007126: Jefferson County, Books 1-4 (1866-1879), p. 244, p. 453 of microfilm. Find A Grave, "William P. Shepard (1800-1872)," Memorial 94735543, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94735543 (accessed June 9, 2020). Daniel K. Stephens (Louisville, KY, plasterer) N00012157 1834? 1884-12-21 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, plasterer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary J. Martin Stephens in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on May 27, 1860. Father of Alice Stephens and Anna Stephens. Plasterer in Louisville in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 693. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 12, p. 577A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, 1786-1878, Film #000819612, p. 47. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, 7007127: Jefferson County, Books 5-6 (1879-1887), p. 100, p. 501 of microfilm. Find A Grave, "Daniel K. Stephens (1834-1884)," Memorial 152555800, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152555800 (accessed June 9, 2020). George Rhodes (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, house painter) N00006188 1815? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, house painter. Native of England. Married to Elizabeth Rhodes. Spinner in Utica, New York, in 1850. House painter in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, New York, Oneida County, Utica, p. 402A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 699. John L. Hikes (Louisville, KY, foundryman) N00006184 1824 1873-11-03 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, foundryman. Kentucky native. Married to Martha Ann Glover Hikes in Jefferson County on October 31, 1854. Father of Annie Hike. Foundryman with his father-in-law, William E. Glover, in Louisville in 1860. Resident of Louisville in 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 967. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 8, p. 94B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County, 1853-1860, film no. 000482708, page 3. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Kentucky, 5th Congressional District, Jefferson County, Vol. 3, July 1863, p. 107 (p. 217 of microfilm), (Accessed via ancestry.com on June 8, 2020). Find A Grave, "John L Hikes (1824-1873)," Memorial 8195412, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8195412 (accessed May 16, 2017). Joseph Smith (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) N00012158 Categories: People

Juror in murder trial of Martin Pendergrast. Signed petition in December 1864 asking for his pardon.

KYR-0001-004-1390. George Swope (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, agent) N00006193 1789? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, agent. Maryland native. Father of R. D. Swope. Married to Matilda Maddox Swope in Spencer County, Kentucky, on October 28, 1824. Father of Amanda Swope, Eliza J. Swope, Amanda Swope, and Julia Ann Swope. Resident in Louisville in 1850. Agent in Louisville in 1860. Stock jobber in Louisville in 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 202. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 504. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 7, p. 63A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Spencer County Marriages, 1824-1926, Film 000482500, p. 369. Henry Tanner, ed., The Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 242. Find A Grave, "George Swope (1789-1876)," Memorial 150311976, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150311976 (accessed June 8, 2020). Luther Wilson (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, fireman on railroad) N00012159 1805-07-06 1881-03-27 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, plasterer and boarding house keeper. Maryland native. Married to Eliza F. Wilson. Father of George W. Wilson, John H. Wilson, Luther Wilson Jr., William Wilson, Benjamin F. Wilson, Mary E. Wilson, Charles H. Wilson, and K. J. Wilson. Plasterer in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Louisville in 1850. Boarding house keeper in Louisville in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 445A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 504. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 140A. "Luther Wilson (1805-1881)," Find A Grave, Memorial 241222986, accessed July 11, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/241222986. James P. Chambers (Jefferson Co, Ky, court clerk and attorney) N002041 1830? 1898 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and court clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza Chambers. Father of Samuel Chambers and Henry Chambers. Graduate of University of Louisville law school in 1847. Confirmed as a notary public in Jefferson County on February 5, 1861. Clerk of the Jefferson Circuit Court from 1861 to 1866.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 71. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 7007129: Jefferson County, Books 9-11, p. 445. Catalogue of the Officers and Students in the Law Department of the University of Louisville, Session of 1859-’60 (Louisville: Hull & Brother, 1860), 9. Edwards’ Annual Directory to the Inhabitants, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business Firms, Etc., in the City of Louisville, for 1865-6, eds. Edward, Greenough, and DeVed (Louisville: Edward, Greenough, & DeVed, 1866), 243. Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 54. 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), 303-308. 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), 301-306. 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), 347-350. KYR-0001-017-0062. 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. Jefferson Circuit Court O001000 1850 Categories: Organizations

Part of the 7th Judicial District of Kentucky. Serves Jefferson County, Kentucky, with courthouse at Louisville. Judge(s): Peter B. Muir, George W. Johnston. Commonwealth's Attorney(s): Edwin S. Craig, James R. Dupuy. Clerk(s): James P. Chambers

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. Edwards’ Annual Directory to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business Firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville for 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough, & Deved, pub., 1866), 155. J. D. Campbell’s Louisville Business Directory for 1864, ed. J. D. Campbell (Louisville: L. A. Civill, Publisher, Bookseller, Printer and Bookbinder, 1864), 70. Tanner’s Louisville Directory, and Business Advertiser for 1861, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 324. Kentucky State Penitentiary O00000266 1798 1884 Categories: Organizations

State prison of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Frankfort, Kentucky. Operated from 1798 to 1884. Keeper(s): Jeremiah W. South (1859-1863) and Harry I. Todd (1863-1871).

Relationships Economic: Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) Legal: Gabriel Endicott (Lawrence County farmer and prisoner for man slaughter) Economic: Ephraim Whitesides (Frankfort, Kentucky, carpenter and assistant keeper of the penitentiary) Legal: Charles Hawkins (Frankfort, Kentucky) Legal: George Knorr (Newport, Kentucky farmer and felon) Legal: Angelo Devoto (Louisville, Kentucky, confectionery shop owner) Legal: James Duddleson (stub, mercer or boyle county) Legal: James Savage (Wayne County farmer and penitentiary inmate) Legal: James Johnson (Campbell County, Kentucky, prisoner) Economic: James Landon Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky farmer and clerk) Economic: Robert W. Lawler (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Legal: William J. Tice (Steele) (Jefferson Co, Frankfort, and Covington, KY) Legal: Felix McDermot (Kenton County laborer and prisoner for grand larceny) Legal: David Schroeder (Louisville, Kentucky, butcher) Legal: Thomas Edrington (Louisville, Kentucky, carpenter and convict) Legal: Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Thomas Birmingham (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Legal: Daniel Bush (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Legal: William Nichols (Covington, KY steel mill worker) Legal: Charles T. Sullivan (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident and inmate) Political: James Landon Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky farmer and clerk) Political: Robert W. Lawler (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Political: John T. Hockensmith (Franklin County, KY, prison guard) Political: Luther S. Prentiss (Franklin County, KY, miller) Political: Robert W. Willhoit (Franklin County, Kentucky, petitioner ) Political: R. K. Taylor (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard. ) Political: James Gallahue (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard. ) Political: Thomas J. Frazier (Breathitt County, Kentucky, postmaster, politician, judge, and Register of the Land Office) Political: L. Tobias (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Legal: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Wesley [Unknown] (Caldwell County, Kentucky, enslaved man) Legal: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Legal: Hezekiah Alexander Jr. (Meade County, Kentucky, resident. ) Legal: William Duerbeck (Ohio River boat steward.) Legal: John Smith (Mont Wilson) (Frankfort, Kentucky, inmate.) Legal: Austin Bingham (Trigg County, Kentucky, laborer. Convicted of murder in 1859.) Legal: Jeremiah W. South (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer and keeper of the State Penitentiary) Legal: John J. Dyer, Jr. (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff.) Legal: William Johnson (Convicted of grand larceny in Franklin Circuit Court in 1863.) Legal: Daniel W. Clark (Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Stephen W. Duval (McLean County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.)

Calvin Fairbank, Rev. Calvin Fairbank During Slavery Times: How He “Fought the Good Fight” to Prepare “The Way” (Chicago: R. R. McCabe & Co., 1890), 54-56; 104-117; 139-46. J. W. South. “Report of the Keeper and Lessee of the Kentucky Penitentiary to the General Assembly, September 13, 1861,” Legislative Document Series, No. 7 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 3-13. Report of the Special Committee on the Penitentiary to the Senate of Kentucky, February 26, 1880, Legislative Document No. 18 (Frankfort: E. H. Porter, 1880), 78. William C. Sneed, A Report on the History and Mode of Management of the Kentucky Penitentiary from its Origin, in 1798, to March 1, 1860 (Frankfort: Senate of Kentucky, 1860), 553. Jefferson County, Kentucky 1864-12-12 Petition English Version 2 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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Baird & Price Attys for accused To His Excy. Thomas E. Bramlette Governor of the Commth of Ky --

Your Petitioner Martin Pendergrast was indicted at the now Pending Term of the Jefferson Circuit Court on the charge of Murder. He was charged with having murdered one Patrick Walsh. It was impossible for your Petitioner to get all the facts of the case before the Jury. Yet the Jury found him guilty of Manslaughter and fixed his sentence at two years in the State's Prison -- the punishment for the lightest shade of said offence. It was evident to your Petitioner that he would have been entirelyacquitted had all the facts been before the Jury.

Patrick Walsh was a bully, ruffian, robber, and shoulder-hitter; and was imposing upon your Petitioner, who proved an amiable and peaceable character. He relies on his good character for Executive clemency and prays your Excy's Pardon.

&#9758;The weapon used in killing Walsh was an ordinary knife --

Most respectfully -- Martin Penderast

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Jefferson Cir Ct vs M. Pendergrast

Rejected

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We the undersigned Jurors who tried Martin Pendergrast, and others who are acquainted with the facts of the case referred to in the Foregoing Petition pray your Excy. to Pardon him --.

T. Arterburn. Sr. W L Weller Wm P. Shephard D. K. Stephens George Rhodes John L Hikes Joseph Smith George Swope Luther Wilson

State of Kentucky

I James P Chambers Clerk Jefferson Circuit Court certify that the foregoing nine names arwere the names of jurors in the case of Commonwealth vs Martin Pendergrast convicted of felony at this the October Term of this court Dec 12 1864

att James P Chambers c

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