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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-0001-004-2718 BR16-370 to BR16-372

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To his Excellency Thomas E Bramlette Governor of Kentucky

Your Petitioner William May states that in the fall of the year 1862 and shortly after Genl Bragg with his Confederate forces ^left Ky^ one of Col Woolfords Company, John W Gully pressed a horse of Cyrus Saunders of Garrard county to go to his regiment near Stanford Ky. He was pursued by Saunders & others and was taken with a writ for Larceny, and the officer of the regiment gave him up to the Civil authorities and he was brought to and put in the Garrard county jail, where he remained for several weeks, when on a pledge he would go to his regiment and continue in the service, your Petitioner became his bail for $150 for his appearance at court, which he attended once or twice and the case was not ready, and finally without fault on the part of your Petitioner, he failed to attend, and the bail bond was forfieted, and is now in judgment. Your Petitioner in his desire to see

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the Federal service prosper, (being an unconditional Union man) he has involved himself as surety aforesaid, and asks that so much of the judgment above named as is in the power of Executive Clemency be remitted

William May

We the undersigned are well acquainted with the Petitioner, and recommend him to Executive Clemency.

G. W. Dunlap W. H. Whurell N Sandifer John W Letcher W D Hopper clerk Garrard Circuit Court Wm H. Kinnaird

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To His Excellency Thomas E Bramlette Esq Frankfort Ky.

Garrard Cir Ct vs Wm May $150 Forfeiture Remitted 10th Nov/65