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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-0001-004-3394 BR42-266 to BR42-267

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To his Excellency Governor Bramlette-

Your petitioner Martha Hudgins would respectfully represent to your Excellency that her son James K. Hudgins at the last October term of the McCracken Circuit Court was convicted of the crime of Robbery and sentenced to the penetentiary for Eight years and is now in confinement in the penetentiary your petitioner will state that the said James K. is her only son, and has been to her a kind and affectionate son, and she had hopes that he would be the solace and consolation of her old age. She is aged infirm and poor. She has never believed for a moment that her son was guilty of the crime charged against him. She knows that if he is guilty that he was seduced by evil companions yeilding to them only in an hour of strange infatuation. Much as she fondly beleives, he would never suffer under any circumstances to occur again. She beleives that he was raised an honest boy- his father was an honest man. She believes he will yet live to retrieve his character and make for himself the reputation of being an honest man- Taking into consideration his youth- the fact that this is the first the only charge ever made against him. -that his family have allways maintained an honest & respectable condition in Society- her own allmost helpless and forlorn condition

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She has been led to hope that your Excellency will interfere- She therefore respectfully asks your excellency to pardon the said James H. Hudgins-

We the undersigned citizens of Ballard & McCracken counties concur in the above petition, and ask that the prayer thereof be granted-

Dr Wm T.. Ousley 54 L. L. Brummal 55 Gustavus Arnett 56 John Carmon 57 Robert Kidd 58 Louis Arnett 59 Dr northam 60 Dr Drain 61 George Hezter 62 Alford natwood 63 James W Walker 64 James Hook 65 Sampson Heart 66 C Swindle 67 James Madole 68 W.. B.. Middleton 69 J H Buchonan 70 L B Carter 71 L. H. Sublet 72 G M woodward 73 James T Maguire 74 B F Billington 1 J N Neal 2 3 J.. C.. Minor 4 G. W. L. Trice 5 W. D. Dean 6 Daniel Gordon 7 D H Jett 8 J A Cook 9 H Hook 10 J R Henderson 11 W Pugh 12 F. M. Garner 13 A N Burns 14 E Dewey 15 T Kaletsh 16 J Williams 17 J. H. Nucolls 18 J. A. Ashley 19 J. M Ashley 20 F D. Bailey 21

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John Retherford 75 K K Wakefield 76 N Q.. D.. Vaughan 77 John Watson 78 S P Lain 79 L E Ware 80 G T Griffith 81 P A vance 82 Samuel Edwards 83 W P Childers 84 C Talley 85 Samuel Hook 86 Dr Parham 87 S A Nbleet 88 W L Frank 89 L N Billington 90 Alford Trice 91 B. Fauntleroy 92 James Jackson 93 B. F Hille 94 B F Collier 95 L.. V.. McKinney 96 G. Gill 97 W T Adams 98 W S Harris 99 P Ronnels 100 Y M G Bryant 101 A J Hoke 102 M Jeter 22 Andrew Newman 23 J. W. Hammons 24 H. S. Smyth, Jr. 25 J G Hancock 26 Jason Billington 27 Richard Midleton 28 L. Tally 29 W. T. Tally 30 J F Harvey 31 S. L. Sowell 32 A. F. Howles 33 William Kidd 34 J H Crouch 35 R E Sholson 36 Wm H McGee 37 W Shaney 38 A B S P Robertson 39 A T Edgen 40 Ashbrook 41 J P Fugate 42 Wm Denny 43 James Denney 44 J. C. Womble 45 James Scott 46 Samuel Miles 47 Paul W Terrell 48 Jas G Terrell 49 James Hogan 50 Dr McGregery 51 Thomas Allbritton 52 Edmon More 53

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McCracken Co

Refused Tho E Bramlette

1864