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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-0001-004-2588 BR16-139 to BR16-140

Taylor County, Kentucky Taylor County, Kentucky 1865-10-19 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 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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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State of Kentucky Taylor County To His Excellency Gov Bramlette

Your Petitioner Mary Gill states that she is a poor widow woman with four children living with her & dependant upon her for a support, that her only son grown & on whom she relied for a support, by Judgent of Taylor Circuit at its March Term 1865 was sent to the state Prison or Penitenchry for three years. That he was sent to Frankfort at once & is now serving his time,

Your Petitioner beleves in her very hart that he is innocent of the Crime of Burglary for which he is convicted, she prays your honor to Pardon & release her said son from the said Judgement & Imprisonment, and for which she will every pray &c

Mary Gill

Subsribed & sworn to before me by Mary Gill on this 19th day of October 1865 J. R. Robinson J. P. T. C.

We the Jury who tried the case of James L. Gill above named now believe he deserves Executive clemency, & pray the Governor to Pardon & release James L. Gill from the Penitenchry

attest J. R. Robinson JR Oct 19, 1865 Washington ^his X mark^ Roots J M Yates J N Marstis S. S. Aspen G. H. Dearen John A. Russell Jas. W. Caldwell R H Spurling

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We the citizens of Taylor County join Mary Gill in her Prayr for the Pardon & release of her Son James C Gill from the Penetenchry

J. B. McWhorter S. T. C Jos H Chandler Wm ,E, Parrott J. N. Turner P. L. Netherland G W Redmon Thos R Wright clk Cir Court A. F. Gowdy J. R. Robinson

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Taylor Cir Ct vs Jas L Gill Mch term/65 3 years Pardoned 2d Nov /65