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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-0001-004-2842 BR17-129 to BR17-130

Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky 1865-12-02 Petition English Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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Mt. Sterling Decr 2nd 1865 To his Excellency The Govenor of Ky --

The undersigned would respectfully state, that some few weeks ago, a youth by the name Jas. A. Landrum, of Wise County of Va came to Ky and was in the town of Mt. Sterling without any means and to keep from starving and to supply his wants he took from ^one^ of the stores in Mt. Sterling some few Dollars in money, wicth which he went & paid his board bill & started home: he is a youth of about 16 years of age he had been with the army; in fact came to Ky to show some men the way & got away from home & its influences, he was led to do wrong -- he is a youth of good paraentage -- his old mother has come here to look after her son, who is in much distress -- Considering the extreme youth, the first offence -- The desire of the mother to take her son back & instruct him in the way he should go & the necessities of the youth at the time -- we (some who

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acquainted with the family) citzens of Montgomery County Ky. would ask that your Honer will do all for the boy for the sake of his old mother, that you feel it ^to^ be your duty, as a kind dispenser of justice There would not be any injury done to any one, but it might be the means of ^saving^ a youth -- The youth is now in jail & required to give bail in the sum of $200 -- which his mother being poor is not able to give -- Whatever you can do for the ^youth^ will meet with the approbation of this community, as they feel it is but justice, that some thing may be done for the boy --

O. S. Tomay W Childers I have Known the boy from infancy he was always a good boy -- Shelton Casssity M, Lacy L,, C,,. Kash I have Known the boy from infancy his character was good S. S. Combs I have known the boy from infancy his character was good J. G. Trumble Henry, R, C Greenwich John Stephens

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Jas N Trumble D S Samuel J Adams N, B, Lloyd [The man who lost the ^money^ C Sheffield J. B. Spratt M. D. N. G Haggan W. A Clark

I am not personally acquainted with the youth named in this petition. I know the family, and it is respectable as much so as any in the state.

This erring boy is the only that has ever caused the family any trouble. He is quite a youth, it will be a lesson to him, and I think wil be radical.

J M. Crawford clk. M Ct. Ct, J, W, Rose Marshal Mt Sterling

Montgomery vs Jas. A Landrum

Accused of larceny & under arrest & imprisonment upon Warrant pardon the offense & remit the penalty

9th Dec/65