Petition from citizens of Walker County to His Excellency A.B. Moore; October 8, 1858

Item

Identifier

Q133515_133516

Title

Petition from citizens of Walker County to His Excellency A.B. Moore; October 8, 1858

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Type

text

Creator

Citizens of Walker County

Date

October 8, 1858

Description

From the Alabama Department of Archives and History Governor A. B. Moore Collection. A petition from the citizens of Walker County to Governor Andrew B Moore to requesting the pardon of AJ Sweat who was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced 15 years in prison.

Format

Petition

Language

English

Place

Walker County (Ala.)

Publisher

Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)

Contributor

Parker Hutchens

Relation

Q133517_133518; Q133519; Q133520_133521

transcription

[Jasper (Ala.)|Jasper]] [[Walker County (Ala.)|Walker Co]]

Ala

Oct 8th 1858

His Excellency [[Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873|A.B. Moore]] Governor of Ala

Sir,

I have assisted Mr. [[Sweat, John|John Sweat]] in getting signers* to a petition for the benefit of his brother [[Sweat, AJ|AJ Sweat]]* who was convicted of [[Murder|murder]] the second degree and sentenced for 15 years in the state prison.

I wish* to show* to your Excellency the position of some of signers* to his (petitions/petitioners)*

H.G. Lollar* is [[Sheriffs|sheriff]] of this county

D.L.* Harold* (Clerk or Clark)

__ __ Tax Collector

A R Carmichael Treasure*

Robert Guttery Baptist Minister

Johnson Guttery

B. E. Mullins*

__.A. ____

S.A. Smith*



NEW PAGE



A Williams Methodist Minister

John R. Gamble*

W B Prison*



I do hope your Excellency will feel at liberty to ponder* said Sweat and let him go home to his widowed mother

___ L. Reed*

Et Sheriff of Walker County

Subject

Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873.; Petitions; Crime--Alabama--History; Manslaughter.