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
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.