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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons, Remissions, and Respites, 1862-1863 KYR-0001-029-0543 R4-363

Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky James Fisher Robinson (governor, state senator, businessman, attorney, and farmer) N001004 1800-10-04 1882-10-31 Categories: People

Twenty-second governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, banker, and legislator. Son of Jonathan Robinson and Jane Black Robinson. Married to Susan D. Mansell Robinson on December 26, 1821. Father of Emilie Jane Robinson and James F. Robinson, Jr. Married Willina S. Herndon Robinson on May 30, 1842. Father of Scott Herndon Robinson, John McCracken Robinson, George Sidney Robinson, Madison Johnson Robinson, Stephen Gano Robinson, Willa Ewing Robinson, Philip Eldon Robinson, and Stephen Gano Robinson. Educated at Forest Hill Academy and Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. Trustee of Georgetown College. President of the Farmers' Bank of Georgetown. Represented Fayette and Scott Counties in the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1851 to 1855. Owned thirty-five enslaved persons in 1860. Represented Fayette and Scott Counties in the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1861. Speaker of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 3, 1861, to September 5, 1861. Speaker of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from August 16, 1861, to August 18, 1862. Governor of Kentucky from August 18, 1862, to September 1, 1863. Returned to practicing law and farming on retiring from politics in 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District No 1, p. 216B, 230A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District No 2, pp. 235, 236, 252. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 266. John David Smith, “James F. Robinson (1862-1863),” ed. Lowell H. Harrison, Kentucky’s Governors (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 89-92. William Henry Engle, Pennsylvania Genealogies: Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg: Lane S. Hart, 1886), 553, 556-7. Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster) N00006810 1841-03-16 1917-11-25 Categories: People

Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster. London, Canada, native. Married to Mary Donnelly. Father of Anne Donnelly. Teamster in Kenton County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: Kenton Circuit Court Economic: The Drovers’ Inn

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Kenton County, KY, June/July1863 (Accessed via ancestry.com); Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 7, p. 102; Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), Microfilm rolls #7016130-7041803, Kenton County, 1917, file no. 36899, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky (Accessed via ancestry.com); KYR-0001-029-0543. [unknown] Donnelly (Resident of Covington, Kentucky) N00006813 Categories: People

Resident of Covington, Kentucky, in 1863.

Relationships Familial: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster)

KYR-0001-029-0543. [unknown] [unknown] (Landlord of the Drovers' Inn in Covington, Kentucky, in 1863) N00008296 Categories: People

Landlord of the Drovers' Inn in Covington, Kentucky, in 1863.

Relationships Economic: The Drovers’ Inn Economic: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster)

KYR-0001-029-0543. W. M. Kettell (Resident of Covington, Kentucky) N00006814 Categories: People

Resident of Covington, Kentucky, in 1863.

Relationships Political: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster)

KYR-0001-029-0543. George F. Cooke (Resident of Covington, Kentucky) N00006815 Categories: People

Resident of Covington, Kentucky, in 1863.

Relationships Political: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster)

KYR-0001-029-0543. George James (Resident of Covington, Kentucky) N00006816 Categories: People

Resident of Covington, Kentucky, in 1863.

Relationships Political: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster)

KYR-0001-029-0543. Thomas Reed, Sr. (Covington, Kentucky, cabinet maker) N00006819 1809-06-02 1890-02-27 Categories: People

Covington, Kentucky, cabinet maker. Native of England. Married to Ann Reed. Father of John Reed, Mary Reed, and Thomas Reed, Jr. Carpenter in Covington in 1850. Cabinetmaker in Covington in 1860.

Relationships Political: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 1, p. 220; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 1, p. 16; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 4, p. 28; Find A Grave, "Thomas Reed, Sr. (1809-1890)," Memorial #139477005, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=139477005 (accessed June 2, 2017). S. K. Hathaway (Resident of Covington, Kentucky) N00006820 Categories: People

Resident of Covington, Kentucky, in 1863.

Relationships Political: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster)

KYR-0001-029-0543. [unknown] Lewis (Resident of Covington, Kentucky) N00006821 Categories: People

Resident of Covington, Kentucky, in 1863.

Relationships Political: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster)

KYR-0001-029-0543. [unknown] Stricklands (Resident of Covington, Kentucky) N00006823 Categories: People

Resident of Covington, Kentucky, in 1863.

Relationships Political: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster)

KYR-0001-029-0543. Charles Barlow (Resident of Covington, Kentucky) N00006830 Categories: People

Resident of Covington, Kentucky, in 1863.

Relationships Political: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster)

KYR-0001-029-0543. G. F. Cook (Resident of Covington, Kentucky) N00006832 Categories: People

Resident of Covington, Kentucky, in 1863.

Relationships Political: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster)

KYR-0001-029-0543. Michael Roads (Resident of Covington, Kentucky) N00006831 Categories: People

Resident of Covington, Kentucky, in 1863.

Relationships Political: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster)

KYR-0001-029-0543. T. Edsell (Resident of Covington, Kentucky) N00006833 Categories: People

Resident of Covington, Kentucky, in 1863.

Relationships Political: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster)

KYR-0001-029-0543. H. Edwards (Resident of Covington, Kentucky) N00006834 Categories: People

Resident of Covington, Kentucky, in 1863.

Relationships Political: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster)

KYR-0001-029-0543. John Garrison (Covington, Kentucky, merchant) N00006835 1814? Categories: People

Covington, Kentucky, merchant. New Jersey native. Married to Emma Garrison.

Relationships Political: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster)

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 7, p. 104; KYR-0001-029-0543. William J. Donnelly (Covington, Kentucky, resident) N00006836 1835? Categories: People

Covington, Kentucky, resident. Ohio native. Married to Kate Donnelly. Father of Frances Donnelly. Resident of Covington in 1863.

Relationships Political: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster)

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, p. 49; KYR-0001-029-0543. George Brown (Resident of Covington, Kentucky (Tony's Assessment: George Brown (1837) Tailor, as other tailors signed this petition)) N00006854 Categories: People

Resident of Covington, Kentucky, in 1863.

Relationships Political: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster)

KYR-0001-029-0543. James Sands (Resident of Covington, Kentucky) N00006855 Categories: People

Resident of Covington, Kentucky, in 1863.

Relationships Political: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster)

KYR-0001-029-0543. E. U. Jonston (Resident of Covington, Kentucky) N00006856 Categories: People

Resident of Covington, Kentucky, in 1863.

Relationships Political: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster)

KYR-0001-029-0543. [unknown] Thomas (Resident of Covington, Kentucky) N00006857 Categories: People

Resident of Covington, Kentucky, in 1863.

Relationships Political: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster)

KYR-0001-029-0543. Adna H. Bowen (Covington, Kentucky, tobacconist and soldier) N00006078 1819-06-12 1882-05-03 Categories: People

Covington, Kentucky, tobacconist and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Narcissa Bowen. Father of Mary E. Bowen. Corporal in the 4th Michigan Infantry Regiment. Second and first lieutenant of the 15th Michigan Infantry. Captain of the 11th Michigan Cavalry in August 1863. Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel of the 6th United States Colored Cavalry Regiment from November 1864 to April 1866. Acting Assistant Adjutant General and Acting Assistant Inspector General for the 1st Division of the Department of Kentucky in 1865.

Relationships Political: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster) Legal: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster) Legal: Kenton Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton, Covington Ward 4, p. 12. Find A Grave, "A. H. Bowen (1819-1882)," Memorial #102363952, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=102363952 (accessed June 5, 2017). Statutes of the United States of America Passed at the Second Session of the Sixty-Fourth Congress, 1916-1917, Part Two: Private Acts and Resolutions, Concurrent Resolutions, Treaties, and Proclamations (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1917), 286. Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: 1st through 5th United States Colored Cavalry, 5th Massachusetts Cavalry (Colored), 6th United States Colored Cavalry, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M1817, Roll 0095; Index To Compiled Service Records Of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served In Organizations From The State Of Michigan, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M545, Roll 0005. John Herold (Covington, Kentucky, carding machinist) N00005625 1820? Categories: People

Covington, Kentucky, carding machinist. Native of Bavaria. Married to Christina Herold. Father of Andrew Herold, Mary Herold, Aquilian Herold, and Alexander Herold. Card machinist in Covington in 1860.

Relationships Political: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster) Legal: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster) Legal: Kenton Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 5, p. 276; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 5, p. 54. Benjamin B. Weidler, Sr. (Covington, Kentucky, cigar store owner) N00004621 1815-09-11 1874-02-06 Categories: People

Covington, Kentucky, cigar store owner. Pennsylvania native. Married to Sarah A. Wayman Weidler. Father of Lenora Weidler, Henrietta Weidler, Laura Weidler, Mary B. Weidler, Rial C. Weidler, Sallie Weidler, Benjamin B. Weidler, Jr., John W. Weidler, and Jesse B. Weidler. Tobacconist in Covington in 1850. Cigar store owner in Covington in 1860.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster) Legal: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster) Legal: Kenton Circuit Court Social: James C. Howard (Kenton County, Kentucky, clerk, magistrate, Justice of the peace and public servant)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, p. 236; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, 2nd ward p. 74; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, p. 17; Find A Grave, "Benjamin B. Weidler (1815-1874)," Memorial #86308594, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86308594 (accessed August 23, 2017). J. C. Bryan (Resident of Covington, Kentucky) N00006858 Categories: People

Resident of Covington, Kentucky, in 1863.

Relationships Political: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster) Legal: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster) Legal: Kenton Circuit Court

KYR-0001-029-0543. George H. Kole (Covington, Kentucky, tailor) N00006859 1827? Categories: People

Covington, Kentucky, tailor. Hanover native. Married to Mary Cole. Father of Clara Cole, Henry Cole, Elizabeth Cole, and Ann Cole. Tailor in Covington in 1860.

Relationships Political: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster) Legal: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster) Legal: Kenton Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 1, p. 39-40; KYR-0001-029-0543. Emanuel Wolf (Kenton County, Kentucky, gardner) N00006860 1825? Categories: People

Kenton County, Kentucky, gardner. Ohio native. Married to Ophelia Troutwine Wolf on November 3, 1851. Father of Albert Wolf, Anna Wolf, Charles Wolf, and George Wolf. Gardener in Kenton County in 1850.

Relationships Political: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster) Legal: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster) Legal: Kenton Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, District 1, p. 55; Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, District 127, p. 37; Kentucky, County Marriages, 1783-1965, Ancestry, Boone County, Kentucky, November 3, 1851; KYR-0001-029-0543. Covington, Kentucky P00000936 Categories: Places

Seat of Kenton County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River and Licking River.

Relationships Economic: John R. Ricke (Covington, Kentucky, city clerk) Economic: Andrew H. Herod (Kenton County, Kentucky, jailer) Economic: C. A. Preston (Covington, Kentucky, attorney and mayor)

39.0837, -84.5086 "Covington, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. John E. Burns, "Covington," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 236. Commonwealth of Kentucky O001025 1792 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Kentucky. Capital at Frankfort, Kentucky. Governor(s): Beriah Magoffin (1859-1862), James F. Robinson (1862-1863), and Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867).

Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380. Malcolm E. Jewell, "General Assembly" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 366. Paul J. Weber, "Court System" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 233. Kenton Circuit Court O00000410 1840 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 9th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): S. M. Moore and Joseph Doniphan. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): W. E. Arthur and R. B. Carpenter. Clerk(s): N. B. Stephens and B. W. Foley.

Relationships Legal: Samuel H. Bannister (Kenton co farmer) Legal: John B. Stephens (Kenton co farmer) Legal: Benjamin Wilshire (Independence, Kentucky, blacksmith.) Legal: Edward A. Lamb (Kenton co farmer) Legal: Richard Mann (Covington, Kentucky, shoemaker) Legal: James L. Valandingham (Kenton Co farmer) Legal: R. Lipscomb (Kenton Co.) Legal: G. W. Miller (Campbell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Jesse Halton Stephens (Kenton Co farmer) Legal: Samuel Fleming Jones (Kenton Co farmer) Legal: Jordan Harris (Kenton Co farmer) Legal: Andrew J. Morris (Kenton County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Bernard Topmiller (Cincinnati, Ohio, machinist) Legal: Henry Topmiller (Cincinnati, Ohio, plasterer) Legal: Henry H. Hellmann (Covington, KY, grocery merchant) Legal: Isaac Sutton (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, mineral water maker and business owner) Legal: J.H. Meyers (Kenton County, Kentucky, brewer) Legal: James Steers (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster) Legal: William W. Rogers (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, master brick mason) Legal: Michael Moore (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, contractor ) Legal: John O'Donnell (Covington, Ky, merchant) Legal: John Buckner Lendrum (Covington, Ky, justice of the peace, mayor pro tem, and bookkeeper) Legal: John Herold (Covington, Kentucky, carding machinist) Legal: James G. Arnold (Kenton County, Ky, merchant) Legal: John Wesner (Ludlow, Kenton County, Kentucky, shoe maker) Legal: Moses Swim (Covington, Kenton County, carpenter) Legal: Peter Longshore (Covington, Ky, medicine maker, teamster) Legal: Joseph Doniphan (Bracken County, Ky, circuit judge, state rep, mayor, and attorney ) Legal: Robert Carter Richardson (Covington, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and superintendent of public instruction) Legal: Simeon Sheppard (Kenton County) Legal: Samuel W. Bloom (Cincinnati, OH, police officer) Legal: Samuel B. Laird (Covington, Kenton County, KY, tobacconist and cigar maker) Legal: Napoleon B. Stephens (Kenton County, Kentucky, county and circuit clerk) Legal: William Chester (Kenton County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: William Bridges (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, tobacconist ) Legal: Green Clay Smith (Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky attorney, politician, and soldier) Legal: Robert K. Sumerwell (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: S. Smith (Kenton County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Robert Center (Kenton County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Lucien Smith (Kenton County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Willis Daniel (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, master carpenter) Legal: Francis M. Rogers (Kenton County, Kentucky, bricklayer) Legal: Thomas Dempsey (Covington, Kentucky, master tobacconist) Legal: Adam Glore (Kenton County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Hiram Bond (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, master stone cutter) Legal: James A. Bowen (Kenton County, Kentucky, tobacconist) Legal: William H. Taylor (Kenton County, Kentucky, clerk, 1st lieut & pvt 2nd Ky Inf, ) Legal: William Maloney (Kenton County, Kentucky, brick mason) Legal: Van B. Wood (Covington, KY, carpenter) Legal: Wilson H. Horn (Kenton County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Alfred Brown (Kenton County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: James McPherson (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, Collector) Legal: Clinton Butts (Kenton County, Kentucky, tobacconist, merchant, marshal, and magistrate) Legal: James Calvert Foy (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, stable keeper and officer (U.S.A.)) Legal: Daniel W. Clark (Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Samuel McClelland Moore (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, circuit judge) Legal: Alexander Campbell Ellis (Kenton County, Kentucky, deputy circuit clerk) Legal: Bushrod W. Foley (Covington, Kentucky attorney and mayor.) Legal: John T. Levis (Kenton County, Kentucky, cotton manufacturer and railroad president.) Legal: Michael Swiere (Covington, Kentucky, carpenter.) Legal: Henry Mondiek (Covington, Kentucky, teamster and grocer.)

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 24. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. The Drovers’ Inn O00006811 1856 1863 Categories: Organizations

Inn and stock-yard located in Covington, Kentucky, from 1856 to 1863. Proprietor(s): Benjamin Elliston (1856) and Bill Worley (1859).

“Home Again!,” Cynthiana News (Cynthiana, Ky.), August 28, 1856, p. 1; KYR-0001-029-0543; "Stock Sales.," The Penny Press (Cincinnati, O.), September 7, 1859, p. 3; The Daily Press (Cincinnati, O.), June 23, 1859, p. 3. Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky 1863-08-01 Petition English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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To His Excellency J F Robinson -- Governor of the State of Kentucky:

Your Petitioner, Charles Donnelly, respectfully represents that he was tried before the Kenton Circuit Court at Covington at its June Term 1863 for a Breach of the Peace and fined $25 and costs. Your Petitioner is a laboring man with a family and a resident of the City of Covington. The proof in the case showed that Petitioner at the time of the offence was a hostler at the Drover's Inn and that the difficulty was not begun by himself and that he took no part in it until his brother was knocked down and lying upon the floor when he attacked the assailant as he believed he ought to do in defence of his brother. The assailant of his brother had first offered to strike Pettitioner but had been prevented, and Petitioner had gone to another part of the room and was engaged in settling his accounts with the Landlord of the Hotel when he heard the noise of the assault upon his brother and then rushed forward to protect him. Your Petitioner respectfully represents that so much of the fine as goes to the Commonwealth's Attorney together with the costs

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will be sufficient punishment in any view of his conduct, and he prays a remission of the remainder of the fine, or that the Executive clemency should be extended to him in some form. Covington Ky August 1, 1863

C, Donnelly,

We, the undersigned citizens of Covington respectfully Join in the prayer of Petitioner,

W M Kettelle Geo. F Cooke, Geo James Thad Reed S K Hathaway Capt. Lewis Col. Stricklands Chas Barlow G, F, Cook Michall Roach

T. Edsell H Edwards J. Garrison W, J, Donnelly Geo Brown Jas. Sands Dr E, U, Jonston

Capt. Thomas A H Bowen John Herold B, B Weedles --

J C Bryan } Jurors George H. Kole Emanuel Wolf } Jurors