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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-0001-004-2948 BR43-21 to BR43-22

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To his excellency Thomas E Bramlett Governor of Kentucky

Your petitioner would respectfully represent to your excellency that at the last october term of the Hart circuit court one John B Dearen was indicted by the grand Jury of Hart county for murder for the Killing of one James Driskel by Shooting him with a pistol a certified Copy of Said indictment accompanies this petition. We further State that the Killing was done ^Entirely in self defense &^ under Such Surrounding circumstances as will not only authorise executive clemency but we believe the peculiar circumstances require it we therefore hope and humbly ask you to grant Said John B Dearen a pardon that he may be released from his present embarrassing condition and restored to his family

Names John. Wm Johnston G, F, Bostick James W Reynolds Plesent Huff John W. Sharp Names Willis Stergan WillisStergan Edward Thompson T. W. Sturgeon Robert T Poor James Bingham

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Ed. Roberson R. C. Hayslip W. W. Pulliam J S Hayslip W. H. Pace. J. B White Nuckols J.. H.. Foster Wm McCauley G, W, Peynter C, H, Griffith Geo T Middleton Thomas... Merry J. P. Self James sturgeon Robert Key P B Hindman J M Mathis Jesse Pulliam willim Quin Robrson Wm S. Overstreet Harison Cox H. T Hull E D Ritchardson R. L. M. Dickerson

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Thomas J Clark A W Dillow gabrial Reyneolds Henry Garrett A Webb W. L. Hamilton James.. D.. Daley Jesse Robertson James.. W.. Sturgeon Simeon. B. Leech W Allen J M Matthews Alfard Denton K D Isibell Alexander Puns James Keith