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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-0001-004-2931 BR17-264 to BR17-265

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To His Excellency Thos E. Bramlette Governor of Kentucky;

We the undersigned citizens of Clinton and Russell counties, would respectfully represent to your Honor, that at the last term of the Russell Circuit Court, James. M. Smith was sentenced and sent to the State Penetentiary for ten years for taking a small sum of money from William Lucas; and having known him for many years, humbly petition that he may meet with Executive Clemency and receive pardon.

They respectfully represent that before the Rebellion they knew him to be an honest, industrious and sober boy, and that since the Rebellion he has been, all the time, faithful and untiring friend of the union, and served mthe most of the War in the Union army and was a good soldier We further represent that said Smith is a poor boy and under the pressure for the conviction of the violators of law, we believe that said Smith did not have the same chance for a fair trial as he would have had under different circumstances and at a time when this pressure was removed. Said Smith did not have witnesses by which he could have proven important facts in his defense

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We believe that said Smith if liberated would make a peaceable and law abiding Citizen.

We therefore humbly petition your honor to pardon said Smith and restore him to a broken hearted mother, who is dependent, mainly, on him for a Support.

Decr 20th 1865

A. J. Koger L. M. Persell A. W. Smith J. W. Smith F. T. smith Isaac Smith Wm F Koger Charles powers Stephen Coil A. M. Koger J R Troyye J S Hilker George A Jones James Dalten tilford Savage James P Johnson George Smith Lewis C Smith R M Smith Soloman Neal Joseph Vickry Wm H. Huff L, W, Duvall G W Sandusky J, L, Sandusky John Sandusky I. P. Duvall Lewis Huff Wm Petree Joseph Fergason M M Fergason A. J. Huff Samuel Duvall W. C Duvall S. W. Duvall John Culver

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J A Morrison Capt Jas F, Stephenson William Crockett L, C, Story I endorse the petition, with the exception of the long acquaintance. I have known him only since last spring when I saw him in the Army. I never knew any thing wrong of him

Wm Vann