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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-0001-004-3268 BR42-71 to BR42-72

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to his excellency Thomas E Bramlette Governor of Kentucky

Your petitioners John Chumbly Britton Chumbley Martin Chumbley & John Chainey would respectfully represent that they are indicted in the Russell circuit court for the murder of John Pitman they state that they are not guilty of the charge but that Pitman was killed by some of his own party in a fight that they commenced with the petitioners in their own cornfield the deceased came to where petitioners were at work with several men to mob the Petitioners - who are peaceable men and have been union soldiers during the whole war they say that prejudice against union soldiers makes it necessary to ask for executive clemency and request your pardon

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We the undersigned recomend the petitioners to the pardon of your excellency.

G. E. Weddle Wm McQuerry Nelson Eads R Henderson G Garner F A Taylor A McWilliams J. S. Meddle H. P. Jones Wm Vanhoozer Jessy Norfleet A. S. Ard Wm Dodson Wiley Yarten John N Aut T.. Holmes William Weddle Ruen Carter Alvin Tarter N J Burton Taylor Dye G. W. Garner David Brewer William Buckheart Henry Gose John Emerson Reuben Ard J M Ard Frank Wolford C. J. John M Weddle John C. Cook Perry Weddle D. M. Rainwater R. B. Isaac F. Brown Abraham W Ison Isaac.. F. Asay John Hilson C T Taylor A S ray Clark thomas William foster George Eastham lewis Eastham S. W Goins E S Tartar William M Thomas J tartar Richard raburn John Price Thomas Price A D Taylor W H Logan P Tafer James K Holder D Weddle

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W G Cundiff V. L. Lester C P Eastham C C Dess F. H. Saevers M. Dick J. Barry John. A. Jasper H F McBath A Chumbley Andrew Chinn Andrew Chumbley Robert Russell Larkin B Collins John R John Kissel F V. Logan James M Smith S D Combs John Russell S P Lahan Tarter Ivy Tarter James Norfleet David Cowan Thomas tarter Y B Turpen Wm Chumbley Jacob W. Brown Pulaski