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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-0001-004-3022 BR43-130 to BR43-131

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To His Excellency Thomas E Bramlette Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your Petitioner William K McCracking would respectfully represent that at the August term of the Laurel Circuit Court from 1864 His Son Wm G. McCracking was tried found guilty and Sentenced to four years confinement in the State Penitentiary (for the Crime of Grand Larceny he was charged with Stealing one Hundred dollars from John Mardis) He says that in pursuance of said Judgement or Sentence his son the said Wm G. McCracking was taken to the Penitentiary and has been there confined at hard Labor ever since He says that his son was under a good reputation up to the time he was charged with taking the money for the taking of which he was sent to the Penitentiary that he was about nineteen years old at the time he was convicted that he was a weak minded boy far below the average of Boys of his age He says that he thinks that he has suffered Enough already and that he thinks that he will not again be guilty of a Similar crime as he was never before

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charged with having committed an offense or crime against the law your Petitioner is a poor old man having a large family all of whom are of good character save the one which is now confined in the State Penitentiary and he was up to the time he was charged with Stealing as aforesaid.

The premises considered the prayer of your Petitioner is that you Pardon his erring son and restore him to his Parents for which he will ever feel Greatfull

William K McCracking

We have Examined the foregoing Petition and believe the Statements therein contained are true and Earnestly request your Excellency to Pardon Wm G McCracking the Person named therein from further confinement in the Penitentiary

R Boyd C B Faris R L Ewell C L C C M. L. Rice C Pitman J. H. Carrier Jailer J T Brown

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B. M. Porter Wm H B Wadkins Jesse Bowling Elijah Bowling Sr Wm H. McWhorter Noris Black Thomas. C. Patoar Samuel Scoomner Landon G Gains R M Hill James H McNeill Jeremiah Lawson Jr John Clay S E S McNeill Levi Rees henry S Slagel James W. Faris Jonathan McNeill Richard Parley John Pitman Clk Laurel Co Court Wm J Moren Judge Laurel county court P. A. Harris. m. d. James B Cloyd William H Porter Riley Wadkins William H Swanner R Swanner H H Cathers John R Lewis James W Cethers L. B. Patton John A Pearl J W Swann E Boling Chap Watkins Georg Watkins James M Parter William T Centers Elisha Bowling Gerge W Patton John W Porter Granvil Black W T. Elza W. B. Estes. C A. Pearl. J B Faris