Early Governors' Papers

Clarksville 8^th Sept. 1830

Dear Sir,

I have interchanged ridings [sic] with Parry W. Hum =phreys Judge of the fifth Circuit for the term of said fifth Circuit which began at Clarksville on the Third Monday in August and ending in Robertson County which commences on the second Monday in October next - in going from Clarksville to Charlotte I had my thigh bone broken, which renders it [probable?] [I will?] be unable to hold the remaining courts of the fifth Circuit it is possible I might be able to hold Robertson Court - I make my communication with a view to the appointment of as special judge to hold the Courts of the fifth Circuit during said interchange or until my present disability is removed

Thos Stuart

His Excellency W^m Carroll

W^m Smith Jn^o Martin Simon Edwards Robt. C. Foster B [Leanwall?] William Lytle, Jr. Robt. Searcy James Dushe James King Tho. Crutcher Geo. B. Curtis William H. [?] Jn^o. Anderson W^m [?] Joseph Hooper R.M. [?] M. Townsend G. Campbell Tho^s. Stuart

To his Excellency Archibald Roan [sic] Esq^r Governor in and over the State of Tennessee the petition of the undersigned On behalf of Peter Bean humbly [co?]presenteth

That the said before named Peter Bean hath [?], at the Honorable [?] [Couch] of [?] continued and held in and for the District of Washington in the State of Tennessee on the [first?] monday of March in the year our our Lord one thousand and Eight hundred and three - been found guilty, by a Jury of his Country, of the crime of petit [sic] larceny on an indictment on that [pursued?] against him - and is now liable to the punishment prescribed by law for such offence

We therefore whose names all hereto Subscribed do think our selves authorised, by the circumstances of the said case of the said Peter Bean, and in consideration of his character, which has been proved to have been good prior to the commission of the offence where with he is now charged and found Guilty - to [Recommend?] him the said Peter Bean to Your Excellency as a proper Object to whom to the benefit of a pardon which you are by the constitution of the state of Tennessee vested with the power of Granting and therefore do [Recommend?] the said Peter Bean to your Excellency as such and pray that Your Excellency may grant such a pardon to him according ly

James Gatbreaith Nathaniel Davis W^m Paine James Foyly

David Kussel James Miller John Johnson Joseph Wilson Jn^o. Adair

Isaac Lane Thomas Stuart Matthew Aiken Hen Harkleroad