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

be inflicted on him by burning in the hand ^& the imprisonment should be remitted or pardonedSeptember 28.^th 1820. And they will pray &c

W^m Moore (Juror) Nathaniel B. Buckingham Juror Alexander M. Lin Juror Jas Martin Juror M. Mickelroy Juror Francis Wyatt Juror - John J Whitaker Juror Wilson Frost Juror Vance Greer Juror Benjamin Whitaker Juror Rich^d [Flyne?] Juror [Chilsph Koovill?] Juror Jno Greer Shff Henry Allen C. Boyles Henry Kelso [Harry Helman?] Will E. Kennedy Argyle Campbell Joshua Haskell William C. Kennedy John Whitaker Charles M^cKinney W^m Dickson

Joseph Hinkle Price M. Garner Samuel Ragsdale George [Coatt?] John Cunningham Cornelius Stater Alexander Moore R. Dickson J. P. M^cConnell R. H. M. [Ewen?] T. A. Pugh B. [illegible] James Gibson Jn Holshousen [J? Embry?] J. Solomon John B. Holloway William Wyatt [illegible] W^m C. Jackson Isaac Estill