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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-0001-004-3442 BR42-351 to BR42-352

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To his Excellency the Govenor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your Petitioner Mathew McCluer would humbly represent to your Excellency That there are Three Indictments in the Bath Circuit Court against him & others one of the Indictments charges your Petitioner with shooting cattle the property Crooks one Indictment charges him with horse Stealing the property of George Ewing & the Third Indictment charges him with horse stealing the property of Saml Clay your Petitioner states that he went down from Morgan County to Boyd County & whileen he was there he Rode a Brown mare that he had bought in Morgan County & while there a man by the name of Muly Hensly told your Petitioner he had some cattle & proposed to have and and hire your Petitioner to help him Drive his cattle to Bath County This same Muly Hensly had in his possession a Brown mare much Large than the one your Petitioner had bought & sold & So it turned out that a man by the name of Crooks followd after the Cattle some two weeks of the Hensley had sold them & claimed the cattle & your Petitioner while in boyd county before he had to drive cattle for Hensly went to Wayne County Virginia & while there sold said mare & was retuning home where he lived to Hensly this man- that your Petitioner had bought & sold was afterward claimed by Saml Clay & the mare Hensly had was claimed by Ewing so Same one send out warrants for the arest of your Petitioner & there the case went to the Grand Jury & indictments found your Petitioner States that he had nothing what ever to do with the mare that is called to Ewing mare never had her in possession never claimed her nor did he claim or have any thing to do with the cattle only as above Stated- he supposes the reason he is indicted that he was seen in Compay with said Hensly at Time he had the property the cattle was drove along the Publick highway in broad day light your Petitioners having no knowledge but that Hensly was the rightfull owner of the cattle, your Petitioner bought the mare he had in his possession Said Hensly. Some time before he went to Boyd supposing Hensley take to the mare was all right your Petitioner

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was acting good faith never for one moment did he entertain an idea that there was anything unfair about the whole transaction believe him & Hensly your Petitioner asks your Excellency to pardon him- he States he is quite young man Just arrived to manhood & Just married and Endeavoring to make an honest Living

Matthew McCluer

The undersigned Joins in the above petition & asks your Excellency to Pardon said Matthew McCluer & they believe the statements in the Petition are Substantially True

Elisha Johnson W W. Burns W. M. Caskey Edward W Adams J W Fugett P. Z. Turner. Mathew Adams sr J. W Perry John Terry A C Neal M. M. Lewis J. M. Parry W R Davidson John Walsh Travis Davis R C Day Thomas Lewis James H Cole david trimble G W Phillips M W Nikell Solomon F Spradlin H. C. Lurnis Dry good merchant Thos.. R.. Oliver Photographer Norman Walsh R. F. Elam P K Elam Joseph perry John T Hazeligg William Coskey A J Parker Jill. Williams Andrew Womack T. A. Jones James.R. Turner M Wm Ward Jailer Mc O. W. Burns Marian Johnson H H Lewis David C Lewis Thomas P Wells

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J. H McClure Marion Lewis W. G. Oakley W. H. Lewis Henry Lewis Gardner Lewis Thomas E Lewis P. J. Livingston J. H. Livingston J. M. Stamper A T Harnes W. H. Cartwell Mathew Adams Jr Amos Davis J N Cottle Jr Sanford, Davis Hiram Green S M Farrish Hugh W McDermete D G Lanter William Walsh

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McCluer Petition