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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-0001-004-3097 BR41-253

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To his Excellency Governor Thomas E Bramlette

We the undersigned jurors who were selected to try the issue between The Commonwealth plaintiff an Elisha Lunsford Defendant on an Indictment for Grand Larceny. Would respectfully represent to your excellency that notwithstanding, that we a jurors on our oath said that the defendant was guilty of the charge in the indictment, and we affixed his punishment at one year's confinement in the penitentiary, the lowest period. We would have been glad to have acquitted him if we could have done so and saved ourselves.

The proof before us was that the defendant in a fit of intoxication took from the drawer of his former employer (John Lucas) about five dollars and sixty five cents. ^from^ the drawer from of his former employer at the time he was drinking and very drunk so much so to be incaple discriminating correctly between right and wrong. his character hitherto had been unimpeached. He was among the first of the volunteers in the 7th Regt of Ky Infty under the command of Col T. T. Garrard and by his soldierly bearing won the Respect and confidence of his comrades in arms and was promoted from the ranks to the grade

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sergeant for meritorous conduct. And was honorably discharged after three years service during which time there is not a single act of his to even raise a suspicion against his character We therefore ask Your excellency in the plenitude of Mercy to pardon Elisha Lunsford

Thomas Ruth Willis D Sesermon Harvy Delf John L Coldinn Silas Davidson Ethan Allen James Miller Elijah McGee Robert Hensly Levi Asher

Gov Bramlette

Dear Sir Elisha Lunsford served his country well in the 7th Ky Infantry I knew him in the service and he may have been so much intoxicated that he did not know what he was doing when he took the money if you will pardon him I believe every person will be satisfied

Your friend Truly Granville Pearl