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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-0001-004-2769 BR17-24 to BR17-25

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To his excellency Thomas E. Bramlete Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, May the Lord bless and prosper you as the Ruler of this state and grant to you and your family long bliss & happiness in this world and a free and safe admission to the of eternal Glory -- your humble petitioners are Mount Percifull 80 years of age -- and Mary Percifull 66 years of age praying to be heard in behalf of their son James A, Percifull Our yo^u^ngest son who was Lieut captain in the Rebel Army the Lieut captain in whose behalf this suplication is made took the Amnesty oath of the President of the united states and hoped he would be permited to return home to his aged father & mother and 3 little motherless children, but our noon of joy was turned into night by the said James A. Percifull being indicted for treason against the state of Kentucky by the Knox Circuit Court and your petitioners pray your excellency to grant a pardon or amnesty to their son for the treasonable acts charged to have been comited against the state of Kentucky and enable your petitioners to see their child before they die & see witness the meeting between him & his little motherless

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children, think governor how it Pearces our hearts as each day we hear thiese little ^ones^ prapttle the name of a mother dead and a father gone -- Our son has erred but he has shed the blood of no man thank Heaven,! and he is honorable and just to all men but we repeat he has the executive of the nation has forgiven him we belive the Lord has forgiven him and we think the sky of your excellency will not be the less clear when you come to die because you will enable us to say "this our Child was dead and is a live was lost & is found, Your petitioners live in Harlan County Ky

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we the undersigned citizens & neighbours of the petioners & their son believe the statements of the foregoing petition are true & pray to heard in behalf of the petitioners

Robert P Berk 8 R B Chamley 9 James E Boatwright 10 Barnet S Duret 11 Elias Duret 12 Elias R Duret 13 Calvin Duret 14 Barnet Duret 15 Betcher haskins 16 Milton 1 Thomas J Hoskins 2 James 3 John m green 4 Wm Campbell 5 6 James Stweart 7

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please forward your answer in hast

Direct in haste To Mount Percifull Cumberland Ford Ky

Mount Percifull & Mary Percifull

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J w J w Denham 17 w m Denham 18 ambros Miracle 19 Thomas N Miracle 20 James c Miracle 21 Elijah Greene 22 George Haskins 23 Joseph Purcifull 24 Hiram Hoskins 25 Woodard Lyttle Wilkerson Purcifull Zekiel Emrey William Taylor Wiliam Baker William Purcifull Henry Purcifull John Chadwell William Turner C. B. Britton George Turner Asher Howard