Petition from citizens of Blount County to Andrew B. Moore; Undated
Item
Identifier
Q134449_Q134450
Title
Petition from citizens of Blount County to Andrew B. Moore; Undated
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Type
text
Creator
Unknown
Date
Undated
Description
From the Alabama Department of Archives and History Governor A. B. Moore Collection. Petition from citizens of Blount County requesting that the governor follow the reccomendation of the jury in commuting George Russell's death sentence for the murder of John Henry. The petition is signed by the citizens of Blount County.
Format
Petition
Language
English
Place
Blount County (Ala.)
Publisher
Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)
Contributor
Margaret Schultz
Relation
Q134447_Q134448-Q134459_Q134462
transcription
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We the undersigned Citizens of [[Blount County (Ala.)|Blount County]] who heard all or most of the [[Trial|trial]] of said [[Russell, George|George Russell]] and we who have been informed of said trial, not hearing the same in person, concur in the recommendation of the accused petition of the [[Jury|jurors]] who tried said [[Murderers|Russell]]
James B Bently 1
John Anderton 2
W A Latta 3
R tidwell 4
Georg [D?] Staton 5
B f fuller 6
R. D. Long 7
g S haden 8
J A Bankston 9
[T?]= M= King 10
[J?] M= Haden 11
W C Rutherford 12
[I?] Nathaniel girley 13
Henry Poe 14
J H Rutherford 15
T L Reavess 16
Elisha Neyatt 17
John Hyde 18
E. S. Smith 19
John hufstutter 20
Adam Hufstutter 2<s>1</s>2
J S S White 23
[P?] C [?] 23
Harris loggings 24
[T?] [Armead?] 25
Gid K. Posey 25
Wm. Logings 26
Caleb Posey 27
Bevarly Cornelius 29
B B Cornelius 29
Josiah Tidwell 30
Gazzam Tidwell 31
Robert Adams 32
WH. Edwards 33
<s>Aron</s> <s>Clemons</s> <s>34</s>
John Clemons 35
William [H?] Whited 36
James Clemons 37
James Ellis 38
Stephen Garrett 39
Henry T Smith 40
Henderson Snead 41
George W. Brown 42
James Fuller 43
Jason V Glidewell 44
W<sup>m</sup> Anderton 46
C A Burns J. P. for Beet No 3. 48
James Gamble 49
Al Burns 50
[page break]
J. C. Donelson 57
James Kelsoe 52
Isaac Murphree 53
[Ala. Dept. Archives & History CA]
56]
We the undersigned Citizens of [[Blount County (Ala.)|Blount County]] who heard all or most of the [[Trial|trial]] of said [[Russell, George|George Russell]] and we who have been informed of said trial, not hearing the same in person, concur in the recommendation of the accused petition of the [[Jury|jurors]] who tried said [[Murderers|Russell]]
James B Bently 1
John Anderton 2
W A Latta 3
R tidwell 4
Georg [D?] Staton 5
B f fuller 6
R. D. Long 7
g S haden 8
J A Bankston 9
[T?]= M= King 10
[J?] M= Haden 11
W C Rutherford 12
[I?] Nathaniel girley 13
Henry Poe 14
J H Rutherford 15
T L Reavess 16
Elisha Neyatt 17
John Hyde 18
E. S. Smith 19
John hufstutter 20
Adam Hufstutter 2<s>1</s>2
J S S White 23
[P?] C [?] 23
Harris loggings 24
[T?] [Armead?] 25
Gid K. Posey 25
Wm. Logings 26
Caleb Posey 27
Bevarly Cornelius 29
B B Cornelius 29
Josiah Tidwell 30
Gazzam Tidwell 31
Robert Adams 32
WH. Edwards 33
<s>Aron</s> <s>Clemons</s> <s>34</s>
John Clemons 35
William [H?] Whited 36
James Clemons 37
James Ellis 38
Stephen Garrett 39
Henry T Smith 40
Henderson Snead 41
George W. Brown 42
James Fuller 43
Jason V Glidewell 44
W<sup>m</sup> Anderton 46
C A Burns J. P. for Beet No 3. 48
James Gamble 49
Al Burns 50
[page break]
J. C. Donelson 57
James Kelsoe 52
Isaac Murphree 53
[Ala. Dept. Archives & History CA]
Subject
Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873. Capital punishment--Alabama. Murder--Alabama.
Alabama--History--19th Century.
Alabama--History--19th Century.