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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-0001-004-2835 BR17-118 to BR17-119

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To His Excellency Thomas E Bramlett Governor of Kentucky

Your Petitioners the undersigned would respectfully represent that at the February term of the Fleming Circuit Court James Weaver was found guilty of the offence of Horse Stealing and Sentenced to the Penitentiary for a term of four years under the following Circumstances Said Weaver was a Soldier in the 53D Regiment of Ky Volunteers of the Army of the United States and at home on furlow and while at home he took horses from what he termed Sympathizers with the rebellion and rode there about publickly alleging as a reason that the rebels had killed his horse while at meeting and that he had a right to appropriate the use of the horses of Sympathizers Said Weaver never disposed of any of the horses and always Considered an honest upright Young man We do not believe

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Said Weaver is a dishonest man neither do we believe he intended to Steal or that he was feloniously guilty of the offence for which he was sentenced We there fore recomend him to Executive favor Hoping your Excellency will interpose in his behalf and restore him to his friends believing as he is a very young man that he might yet be made a good Citizen We are very respect fully your Obt ^fellow^ Citizens --

Elihu Price Capt 7 Ky Cav Co H Solomon P Herndon Jeremiah Harvin Michael Graves G A Cord F W Prater Wm J. Cord William F Price James M. Price C M. Roe Thos. Stanfill James B Ferguson Francis Ferguson William Burniss Henry Cassidy Wm H. H. Bentley M. P. Wallingford ^capt^ Wm P. ODoherty 1st Sergt ^7 Ky Cav,^ Jas S Stuart Isaac Hughes Will R Nash Stuart Elias A. Young Wm S. P,, G,, Merrifield J S Wrenchy C J Prynes A. B. Lowman David Jolly R S Nash Richard Downy

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John Doyl John Royse Francis Jones W. Griffith James M Roberts Hiram Roberts Gordon Franklin H, Purvis E. W. Markwell R Sutton J T Jones D F Carpenter J S Nash W F Jones William J.. R.. Chandler Hunt Miles Hurst George Gulley M H Jarvis William griffith Joseph Hicheson S. J. Carpernter Tolliver Grigsby Howard M Marshal Dickenson John P Paton Richard R Carpenter Lewis F Evans Capt Co E 39th Ky E M W Berry Charles Turner Williams Collens Walter W Hurst Geo. E. Reeves Samuel Mitchel Samuel Mitchel ^Jun^

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Hugh S Young J P F C M. T. Evans Osher Timmons W Wells Samuel E Patton John Forman U. E. Owsley Davud Douglass Thomas B Barnatt F M Thomas George Harriss Ruphes stigall N F Hurst J George Douglass James M Edwards G. P. Krell John M Gray Capt 10 Cav Richard A Ross I Kelly John A H O Jesse J Hughs Samuel Faucett Chas G, Nute Jno. N. Proctor Jr. John A. K Wm Ewing Isaac Sapp William Cassidy John Stuart John Sherwood A. J. OBannon Andrew. J. OBannon Milton Williams Henry Cassity Jno. S. Hood Chs. W. Rice C. E. Proctor C W Darnelle W, R, Knight David Adams Y T Young Moses Jackson James Low George H Cambell Matheson Floyd Joseph Jackson G W Burgess John L May James F. Denton W. M. Hammonds John Sapp J, C, Overley O. H. Dewey Samuel Gray George H. Carnifex M G Hammonds J, N. Burk Samuel H. Humphries W Burgess