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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-0001-004-2758 BR17-1 to BR17-2

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To His Excellency Thomas E Bramlette Governor of Kentucky

The undersigned citizens of Anderson County would respectfully represent, that, as shown by a copy of this indictment herewith sent, Benj Houser, James Taylor & Wm Harrison Terry Brown, & Lycurgus Hudson were at the last November Term of the Anderson Circuit Court indicted for the murderr of one John Ash -- The circumstances were as follows: The said Houser, Taylor, Harrisson, Brown & Hudson, are citizens of Spencer County Kentucky, and as they were passing along the road they fell in company with a detachment of Federal troops ^Cap N Collins Company 39th Ky Mounted Infty^ on a scout after Guerillas, in the lower part of Anderson County which was at that time a strong hold of different marauding bands then infesting the country and committing depredations of the worst character. -- As the party were going on the road near Van Buren Ash was perceived going out into the Country with a basket, and the Soldiers supposing that he was a Guerilla, halted him & he ran off

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and as he ran the Soldiers Shot & Killed him, neither of the above parties having anything to do with it in any way, & having no power, even if willing, to have prevented the action of the Soldiers in the premises

Wm Searcy B. L. Boston M V Royalty Ben S. Myers Wiley Searcy G L McGinnis

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Such are the facts as I am informed and believes as stated in the foregoing petition I further state that they were acting under the command as I believe of a superior federal officer and as such are not amenable and are therefore entitled to Executive clemency

C H Fenwick

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Mt Eden Spencer County Ky

Refused