| Madison Ga. |
| July 24th 1765
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His Excellency Andrew Johnson
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| President of the United States |
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| The following statement of
facts with the Prayer herewith contained, is respectfully submitted as
an application for a Special Pardon. |
| The Petitioner, aged 29, at
the commencement of the recent Rebellion, a citizen of Nashville,
Tenn., entered the service of the socalled "Confederate
States" in Sept 1861 as Captain & A. Q. M., & was
afterwards promoted to a Majority in the same Department. |
| In the month of March 1863, he
resigned such Military Commission in the month of April of the
same year was appointed Confederate States Attorney for the Middle
District of Tennessee, which appointment he accepted, but did not take
the oath of office & consequently never entered upon the discharge
of the duties pertaining or incidental to such position. |
| It has been decided by the
officer in command at the point where the annexed oath of allegiance
to the United States was taken, that your Petitioner was entitled to
take the same, not having been installed in office, and consequently
not embraced in the list of exceptions contained in the Proclamation
of your Excellency, known as the "Amnesty Proclamation" but
a "special pardon" is particularly desired by your
Petitioner, if in your judgment, the Public Policy will permit the
granting by Your Excellency of such pardon. |
| He would further add, that
after the payment of his debts and liabilities, he does not believe
the value of his property to be Twenty Thousand Dollars. He has no
well grounded information of the commencement of judicial proceedings
against him, in personam or in reue -- nor does he believe that any
such has been commenced. |
| Submitting the above with the
hope that in the exercise of your clemency & discretion you may
deem it proper & prudent to grant the Special Pardon hereby
respectfully applied for, the Petitioner would add that it is his
earnest desire to become again a true and loyal citizen of the United
States -- to which Government he will give faithful allegiance;
supporting & defending the Constitution thereof & the union of
the States thereunder; all acts of Congress & likewise all
Proclamations of the Chief Executive of the United States & the
constituted authorities of the State where he may reside -- and to
this end makes this, his application. |
| John L. Sehon |