Early Governors' Papers

Tyre D Green

Petition for Pardon 1818

To his Excellency Joseph M^cMinn

Sir I presided uppon [sic] the trial of the above named Tyre D. Green. I deem the Evidence of his guilt to be satisfactory - and his conduct relative to the commision of the Larceny such as to show that he possessed sufficent discretion to dis^cern between good and evil - It was however proven that he was between the age of 13 and 14 years when he committed the offence - and the conduct of two other men towards him might in some degree have induced him to undertake the commission of the crime for which he was convicted. on account therefore of these latter reasons I think he would be a suitable object of Executive Clemency and I should be gratified to see it exercised in his case.

Your most obt &c. [J.C. Isam?] Judge &c

Nov.^r 11th 1818

Tyre D Green

1818

Pleas at the court house in Nashville in the State of Tennessee and County of Davidson before the Honorable Jacob C Isacks Esq^r one of the Judges of the Circuit Courts for the State aforesaid on the first Monday being the 2.^d day of November in the year of our Lord 1818 and of the Independence of the United States the forty third

The State vs Tyre D Green Ind.^t for horse stealing

Be it remembered that heretofore to wit on Wednesday November 4^th this present Term at Nashville in the State of Tennessee and County of Davidson by the oath of twelve jurors honest and lawful men of the State and County aforesaid then and there elected empannelled [sic] charged and sworn to enquire for the body of the County aforesaid upon their oath present and say that Tyree D Green of said County labourer on the 8^th day of September in the year of our Lord 1818 in the County aforesaid with force and arms a certain gray mare of the value of fifty dollars current money of the State of Tennessee of the proper goods and [?] of Frances Farmer feloniously did steal take and carry away to the great damage of the said Frances Farmer. to the evil example of all

others contrary to the force of the statute in such case made and provided against the peace and dignity of the State Thos. Washington Attorney General of the 7^th district in said state

And the said Tyree D Greene was led to the bar in custody of the Sheriff of Davidson County and thereupon being charged pleaded not guilty to the Indictment aforesaid and for his trial put himself upon the Country and the Solicitor General for the State likewise. Whereupon came a jury of good and lawful men to wit David Vaughn. Edmund Owen Wilson Williams. Jacob Dickerson, Thomas Hopper Absolom Page. George M^cNeill, Thomas Deaderick Greenwood Payne, Andrew Morrison, W^m Harris and Benj^m P. Person who being elected tried and sworn the truth of and upon the premises to speak and having tried the evidence on their oath do say that the said Tyree D Greene is guilty of the horse stealing in manner and form as in the Indictment aforesaid [a?] commend the said Tyree D Greene to the mercy of the Executive - and it being demanded of the said Tyree D Greene if any thing for himself he had or could say why the Court here to judgement of and upon the premises ought not to proceed said he had nothing but what he had before said - Therefore the premises being seen and fully understood - It is considered by the Court that the said Tyree D Greene receive ten lashes on his bare back. that he be brand-