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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862 KYR-0001-020-2224 MG24-354 to MG24-355

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The undersigned citizens of Franklin & Scott counties Ky understanding that Ch H Tomlin who is in the Penitentiary of this state for killing Thos Estis has a petition now before the Govenor of Kentucky to pardon said Tomlin. Respectfully remonstate against the pardon

1 Because the petition if we are rightly informed represents Estes to have been a bad man & Tomlin an inoffensive one when the reverse is the truth

2 Because the petition is not signed by persons who knew the parties intimately but by those whose sympathies have been appealed to who live some distance from where Tomlin & Estis lived

3 Because the punishment inflicted on Tomlin if fully borne out to the end of the sentence was & is a light punishment for killing Estis when there was no occasion for shooting him -- When Tomlin was in no danger of being seriously injured himself & he had the benefit of having his own brothers testimony. The only witness present at this killing & who may well be presumed to have given the facts as favorable to his brother Charles as they could be given

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4 The remission of such light punishment for an unnecessary & wanton killing of a peaceable citizen would not do any good but great harm

Wm C Hark Jacob Credell J T Credell Graves Hancock Mareth Gaken Joseph HanCock C M Cridell John Baker T. F. Holder B. H. Yancey T Mc Hudson S. Black Strother Pierce B Macklin Jas. H. Ferguson A. M. Ferguson M R Pierce Samuel Pierce W. J Sebree Jefferson Jones Geo W Cason George R Wood James Sibur Jacob hockensmith M Hancock J B Gatewood R. B. Cruther Bennett Branham James W Lindsay Thomas L. Pittman W R Switzer Niles Brock W. E. Featherton J, A, Seanes James W McCoy Simeon Ellis William Conway James Carter G W Howe John H Howe T Warren G S Sims James B Cridle J. J. S. Stedman John. Smith Sr Jno Morton Lewis Brudel A cohan Len J. Cox E H. Stedman Robt Stone Jas. Whitaker Lafayette Martin R. H. Graves

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Ben Baldon L. Y. Hodges B George puton C. C. Hoover E. H. Black M L Dehoney M A Dehoney N,, B. Risk John A. Carter John S McCoy B F Wilson Josiah Pence J A Crittenom R W Wood A, M, Sherer W. Stephens W L Brockman W Fhrelked Charles Plemerey W M Wilkerson John Stephens J. E. Featherston B. S. Thomason Joel hamelton Thos R Wilkinson J H Jones W. S. Thomason Geo. P. Graves G C Hughes John.S. Hockensmith W R Gaines H H Crutch Joel, S, Heaten John F Church H. S. Gaines John Warhause Micheal Stacer Andrew Larkin A T Stedman Thos L Petty John Petty M Soloven Tomis Hendrix Willis Baker Dudly Baker W. W. Jackson Lewis A Hedrick T E Cannon Elza Thomason Maurice Bell Henry Hockensmith M. V. Sinclair P. Y. Bain S T Gayle J W Bauer S K Lindsey C. C. Black J McAndrew H. M, Cannon John L. Branchand J. B. Geaty Elijah Threlkeld J. R. Casen

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Wm True John Bonds B, W, House R D Bates John House Jonas Bramblet J. B. House H. W. Ford John Gardner Alexander Hamilton John H. Ford Sanford Robinson Thomas Wash Joseph Yates J H. Galwod S. Jones Willis j Dohony H B Glass

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Jos F Mefford B. S. Newton Wm Newton Robard Boldon C. Murphy that Thomas Estes Decesed man was a peaceable man A Calont states that Thos Estes was a peacable man J Hambrick as A Bove Philemon Plummer Samuel Poindexter W H Poindexter Spencer Wigginton Sanford Wigginton John Hucut Jacob Henry Fhommias fangron Sinclair Johnson Hugh Innis Wm T. Bond Henry J. Newton E R Wright Thos Hancock John M Riddel J W Gatewood Wm E Pure Elldridge Branham John Woyt James.E. Howe M B Hunley B. S. Miller William T. Pills J V Adams J H Thomason A. R. Samuel S. B. Triplett J. A. Bell C L Ford J R Mefford W D Poindexter Harrison Bell Levy T. Hirsch J W Lucas Y Hanes Ryonson Samuel lucas W. A. Baker James Welch J. A. Poindexter Wesley Sebree Segrand Lucas E B Duvall R. S. Triplett Willis Jenkins Robert Jinkins Daniel Johnson Wm McMiller States that Thos Estis was a peaceable Man John Calvert O Calvert L A Ford William Hockensmith James green E T. Mefford John W Wayt B F Sailor W H Calvert D husley James Govam S A Branham

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John S Lindsey Alvin moris Willis Hodges James Mccord Philip Mefford Granville Bolden C. Owens A. Riddel P. H. Six David.. Six G. W. Six A Tipton Thomas M Meton Malison Bramlet M W, Curry John R Ferguson Wm Notter T A Notter James Cruin Miles Wigginton J E. Thomason

I do not know anything about a Petition by S Tomlinson, but can State that I knew T. H. Estes well and that he was a Peaceable man and a Gentleman

J. E. Alsop John M Woollard John. R. Housten W. H. Cannon Stephens C Huston Asa M Sincler Benjamin Jones David covenson Peter Crane J H David Sr James Riddled W D Abbott Pat Bradford James H. Mcmillin Jessy Hutson Y. P. Potter Benjamin Riddle Jackson Donovan

I was present at the trial of Tomlinson and believe the punishment was not excessive for the offence proved

W. A Darnaby William M. House Simeon B. Allen J M. Burnett William Palmer Fielder Estes Samuel Estes John W. Estes Wm Owens Wm H Owens

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J Mefford P Sacry J. W Bolden Reuben Jackson William Campbell J. H. Suter Thos Darly James A Graham J L Darly Joseph James Benjamin Sheits John Alsop m g Swigrt H nooblet Ben James Wright henry Bramblet H H, House Wisler Bolden George Riddle S. W. Marston John Clark Kingey Johnson Willis Baker John Williams W Franklen James Monroe H. R. Miller G. W. Black Geo W Lawler P C Jackson Notley Wash W Daly George Newton D Roberts Jno W. Fitemaster W H Sheetz Benjamin Sharp J. F Clubbe Jacob Abram A. P. Slily Waron Parker Thomas W Hancock S Lantern George Lantern Wyatt Parker A J Addison John Church H C Church J S Hawkins Henry Hockersmith Robt Church J James Church John Carter Sen John Macklin S S Ellis S A Houghton

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John. S. Lindsey Alvin moris Wallis. Hodges John. M. Woolten Jno K Houston Wm B. Cannon Stephen C Houston Asa M Penebaker Benjamin Jones James Mccord

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Tomlinson case -- Remonstrance --

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