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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-0001-004-3372 BR42-234 to BR42-235

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To his Excellency Thomas E Bramlett Govenor."

Your petitioners would respectfully state to you, that on or about the day of November 1865, one N B Ford was indicted by the grand jury of Caldwell County Kentucky, for shooting a negro man by the name of George Taylor, with intent to kill, the facts are believed to be this." That the said N B Ford caught the said negro with a hog of his." and asked the negro what he was going to do with his pig." and the negro said that it was his. I told him it was not his, but that it was Ford's hog. then the negro said it was ^Mr^ Chambers hog, and that Mr Chambers had told him it was his to catch it & carry it home, Ford then went to Chambers & asked him if he told the negro to catch the pig & Chambers ^said^ no he did not." & Ford went to correct the negro & the negro said a few cross words & broke to run, then it was Ford shot him." said negro has got entirely well and if ensist ^the^ negro has a bad character as a grand rascal &c

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and if consistent with your views & opinions would request you to release him said Ford of the Indictment &c."

E Baker Asst Ass Int. Rev A. G. Ratliff S. T. Mitchesson B. T. Gray J. W. Withers H E Mitchesson P H Darby R. L. Wilson Jesse Cooksey J W Hayden D C

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Caldwell Cir Ct vs N B Ford Indicted for Shooting with intent to kill