Early Governors' Papers

State of Tinasee Lincoln County

the undersigned The Petition of the undersignd cittizens of the County & State afores^d to his Excellency Samuel Houston Esq^r Governor of the s^d State of Tinasee your Petitioners Humbly Sheweth that a Certain Sam^l McClure was apprehended in the town of Fayetteville in the County afo s^d, for haveing kiled a m^r McBride & was convicted for the same for murder your Petitioners beg leave to state that they think & believe from the Best information they can get some Previous altercation did take Place Betweaen s^d McClure & Mcbride in which Probably some threats was made by McClure to kill Mcbride but we think it Probably the affect of insanaty but when the assault & Battery was made by McBride on McClure McClure had turnd his Back & was walking of[f] home when s^d s^d McBride Ran out of his shop dore with his hamer & to[n]gs first threw his Hamer with such violence & striking McClure on his back nock'^d him down & before he had time to Rise threw his toings with such violence struck him on the Head & cut through his hat & into his scu ull Bone which stunted McClure & the s^d McBride being a large strong Robust man & McCure a small man McBrid was able to hold him & Beat him first with one hand & then with the other which he did untill he got his death wound, McClure not being able to get a way, your Petitioners therefore being impres'^d with a belief that the assault & battery was mad by McBride with intent to kill, & that McClure kil^d him in self defence your ^Petitioners therefore Humbly Conceive that it would be unjust to hang McClure under those impressions your Petitioners hope your Excellency in your Clemency will grant a pardon for McClure as by so doing your Petitioners in duty bound shall Ever Pray &c

W^m P. Martin William T Poss Josiah Smith Joel D. Clements James P. Plenco Felix G M^cConnell H M H [Memon?] G W Blakemore John Roberts James Milsted Patrick glisten Zulus Milsted John Milsted Charles M^cKinney John M^cKeney G. W. Lang Milton Posey Orden W Poiter James Laylor James M^cKeney [Roth?] W Woodruff James Cuningham [?] Wallace]] William Swinney Tho^s Laton Jesse Coley James Swinney Benjamin Butler Cread Taylor John Taylor W^m H Taylor John Smith Jonathan C Taylor G W L. F M Taylor Tho^s J Adams John q adams James Adames W^m S Adams Lewis E Meal Taylor Eligia Taylor William Marshall Onean Taylor John S Taylor Jackson Taylor Abslam Taylor

[The first 5 are on the previous page] Nelson Deak 85 John Cork 86 John. S. Hight 87 John A Heard 88 Robert Simpson 89 Thomas [?] 90 Elisha Sims 91 James Bond 92 Jeremiah Cason 93 Joseph Cason 94 James Wilie 95 Joshua Copeland 96 John A. Williamson 97 N. G. Hearn 98 Robert Read 99 Simon Hancock 100 Samuel Hancock 102 Willie W Bell 103 Daniel [?] Robert M^cKee 105 Nathaniel Bell 106 Robert Bell 107 Josiah Smith 108 Roger Williams 109 Samuel Smith 110 Jesse Jackson 111

[The first 5 in the 2nd column are on the previous page] Berry B Shorter 128 Lamuel Hickman 129 William Reed 130 Rufus Dook Emoley Foster Asia Ragesdale Thomas B. Tarver W^m Moss