Early Governors' Papers

To his Excellency The Governor of The State of Tennessee.

We your petitioners respectfully represent to your Excellency that from a statement made by James Trimble and Robert H Adams, Esq^r.(who [wear? we are?]] council for James H Hindman in the case where the said Hindman has been convicted of manslaughter,) of the evidence given on the trial, and from a petition sign'd by a number of respectable citizens of the town of Nashville Setting forth the evidence on the trial of the case. we are induc'd to solicit your Excellency to grant him a pardon for that part of punishment yet to be inflicted.

Thos. Campbell Jn H? Montgomery Jesse Beene Nat. Dodson James M.? Campbell Thomas N. Clark John Brown William H? Clellan Solomon [illegible] James Standifer W. Brown W^m B. Senior Tho^s C Clark John M^cEwen [Ja^s G. Williams?] Walter King Richard Meredith Calum Morgan

[H? JC?] Mitchell Tho Brown J. [Perris?] [N. Perris?] Sam^l Eskridge J. N. Gamble Will^m Lyon

This ? from the Statement of the [Evidence?] which I have Seen made out by the council for Hindman I consider it a case of justifiable Homicide therefore I Signe [sic] this petition

John M Campbell John S. Fulton A. Hutchinson James Park John [C?] John Sutherland Jr D [C?] Roane

To his Excellency the Governor of the State of Tennessee

We your petitioners respectfully Represent to your Excellency that from a Statement made by James Trimble and Robert H Adams Esqr.^s (who were Council for James H Hindman in the case where said Hindman has been convicted of manslaughter) of The evidence given on The trial, and from a petition signed by a member of respectable citizenry of the town of Nashville, setting forth the evidence on the trail of the case, we are induced to solicit your Excellency to grant him a pardon for that part of the punishment yet to be inflicted.

Tho^s J Campbell Jn^o A Montgomery Jesse Beene Nat. Dodson James M Campbell Thomas N Clark John Brown William M^cClellan Solomon [Geren?] James Standifer William Brown William B Lenoir

Thomas C Clark John M^cEwen James G. Williams Walter King Richard Meredith Calvin Morgan James C Mitchell Thomas Brown John Purris William Purris Samuel Eskridge