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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-0001-004-3113 BR41-280 to BR41-281

Carter County, Kentucky Carter County, Kentucky Petition English Version 2 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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To His Excellency Thos E Bramblett Governor o the Commonwealth of Ky

Your Petitioner James W Womack would respectfully represent that he Stands indicted in the Carter Circuit Court for the Murder of Thos OBrien, he would represent that OBrien was a reckless drunken dangerous man, and on Several Ocasions had threatened to kill your Petitioner, and your Petitioner for days had absented himself from his home to avoid a difficulty and at Last upon the Evening of the unfortunate occurrence while in his own house he was assaulted by the Deceased, and in his necessary Self defence was compelled to Shoot him. Your Petitioner would say that he is young and poor and this is the only difficulty that he ever had in his life and he prays your Excellency to grant him a pardon

We the Undersigned Citizens of Carter who are acquainted with the circumstances Join in the prayer of the foregoing Petition and reccomend this as a fit case for the interposition of the Executive

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A. J. Scott Henry Gee Henry Scott R M Jones Will Kibley John Ratcliff Lamack Virgin Hugh M. Curry Peter Haner Heny a davis James W Curry Martin M Pugh John Rister John Carpenter Samuel Boons G P. Anglin T. Y. Anglin W. H Campbell Elzy Everman Simon John Baer John Holly John kelly Senior William L Anglin John Anglin Abehraim Anglin Abram Anglin Josphis Mead Thomas B Plummer

Philip B. Hord B. W. Ward L. Dawson G H J. B. Ward Samuel Osehlan James Ward H C Frizell Eliek Hannahs John Hannahs P. F. Crawford G W Alexsander Grenup Alexsander W G Ball George W Walker Andrew T Kitchen Jasper Clay Charles Kitchen William Jas W Thompson James M Blackenbucker Ben Harper James Harper John Blanckebacer William R Walker Silas Walker Amdias Walker A H Salammainass M G Clay

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Leadner Cassity Amos Davis Joseph Carter J B Davis C M C Garner dyne Ezekiel MClure P. J. Livingston Jno T Hazelrigg David Maggard Squire Frazier William L Stephens M. B McClure David Henry A. J. Parker William Williams Wm Ward G D Hullip J. B. Fuggett W D Havens H H Lewis J Hellagan W W Tungelt C T Adams Lillein Haney Bhurr Cottle P. B. Turner Anderson Williams W. M. Gray A C Neal S R. Turner Q W John Ratliffe S W Branen William Jarvis S H Osborn Harry Castle R C Day

Carter Cir Ct vs Jas W. Womack Refused