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 November 12, 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-0001-004-3046 BR43-158

Carter County, Kentucky Carter County, Kentucky Petition English 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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To His Excellency Thos E Bramlette Governor of the State of Kentucky

your Petitioners Citizens of Carter County would most Respectfully Represent That H A Rice T A Womack David Thompson Alfred Rice Elijah Horton Sr William Osborne Lorenza Porter Dock Johnson & Capt Lyons stand indicted in the Carter Circuit Court With the offence of Arson Committed in April 1864 That at the time said offence was Committed The Defendants Each were regular soldiers in the Confederate army under the Command of Lieut H A Rice That Rice himself set fire to the Courthouse in Grayson which was Extinguished by the Citizens That Rice is Dead and the Records and papers showing that they were Confederate soldiers and Rices Orders to be come to Kentucky have been Destroyed and it will be difficult for them hard to prove those fact That Womack has served two years in the Union Army since then and been Honorably discharged wherefor we most Respectfully ask your Excellency to Repreive them from further prosecution for Said offence

E. B. Wilhoit James Bryson C. S. Counts Jos M Plummer S M Gable

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James J. B. Ward William Bradford H. W. Thomson Geo W Crawford A Rucker Henry Scott John Grizzell James Ward James A. Vincent Joel F Lacey S. Osenton S. S. Greer S. Nethercutt F M mguire T W Everman Joseph A Martin Will Kibby James W Curry C Hanefer B W Ward J S Jacobs C C Fieldes H. D. Rucker Joseph Mauk Richard P. Whitt John S Whitt James Boothe Henry C. T. Whitt William Walace