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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-0001-004-2887 BR17-198 to BR17-199

Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky 1865-12-30 Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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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Louisa Lawrence County Kentucky 30 Dec 1865 To His Excellency Thomas E Bramlette Governor of Kentucky Frankfort Ky Sir

The undersigned citizens of Lawrence County would represent unto your Excellency that David Bates and Garred Peters citizens of this County were by the Grand Jury of Lawrence County Indicted fcharged with Horse Stealing Your Petitonr will State that the offense charged consisted in the taking of a Horse in this County by said Peters & Bates whilst they were in the regular Confederate Service and that the takeing of the same was done by said Parties ^& Bates^ under orders of this Superior office We State that these young men were raised in this County and have always conducted thenselves as good Law abiding citizens Except joning the Rebellion -- & they were never before this time indicted for any offense whatever ever but are now and always have been moral & correct young men They are not conducting themselves as good citizens & we believe that Your Excellency

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ought to Pardon them of said offense by which they are indicted and as in duty bound we will ever pray you mercy &c

Names S Short Jake Rice J WJones F. R. Moore M B Goble Thos Wallace John H Allison S L C R H Meek H. G. Swetnam D C Orork J W Shannon Wm F Moore W. H. Burgess Geo W Gallup

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Lawrence Cir Ct vs David Bates & others To } Petition Indicted for Horse Stealing Governor 23" Jany 1866 Pardon offense