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Adjutant General's Department RG 401 Applications for
Special Pardons, 1865-1867 The provenance of these records is unknown.
In an Executive Proclamation dated May 29, 1865, President
Andrew Johnson issued a
General Amnesty, which pardoned
most ordinary citizens of the former Confederate States of
America. Persons excluded from this blanket amnesty included
anyone who had held an office
under a rebellious state or
under the Confederacy (e.g., brigadier general, postmaster,
tax collector, etc.); anyone under arrest or bond; anyone
whose property had been or was
being confiscated; members
of Vigilance Committees; anyone who participated in the
shooting, hanging, or hunting down of Union men; anyone
possessing property belonging to
the United States
government; anyone desiring to reinstitute slavery, or to
renew the
rebellion; etc. Anyone who fell within one or more
of the exceptions to the General
Amnesty could take an Oath
of Amnesty as a preliminary step to his application to the
President for Special Pardon. By the Oath of Amnesty the
applicant swore to
"henceforth faithfully defend the
Constitution of the United States and the Union of
the
States thereunder," and to "abide by and faithfully support
all laws and
proclamations which have been made during the
existing rebellion, with reference to the
emancipation of
slaves."
These records are applications for special pardons, and consist of letters and
petitions, with envelopes, occasionally accompanied by an oath of amnesty or a certificate
of oath of amnesty, dated 1865-1867. The individuals involved were requesting special
pardons for alleged disloyalty during the Civil War, referring mainly to either the 1st or
the 13th Exception (to the General Amnesty). The letters and petitions were written by the
applicants themselves, as well as by persons vouching for the applicants, and were
addressed to either Governor A. J. Hamilton (June 1865-June 1866) or Governor J. W.
Throckmorton (June 1866-July 1867). If the Governor recommended a special pardon, the
application would then be forwarded to U.S. President Andrew Johnson. In several cases,
the files contained additional letters addressed to President Johnson. Most files contain
the envelope, and in many cases only the envelope, which contains the history of the
application, including its recommendation or disposition. Notations to this effect on the
envelope include such comments as "statement sufficient (or insufficient),"
"petition defective," "statement sworn to, and applicant vouched for,"
"no objections," "irregular," "seems all right," "seems
free from objection," etc. Information is often included in the letters concerning
the applicant's age, origin, occupation, activities, character, and the like. Arrangement
is alphabetical by the last name of the applicant.
Tony Black April 1993
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Acken, William B.
Adams, Philip H.
Adkins, George B.
Ahrenbech, William
Alexander, W. F. S.
Allen, A. H.
see also Jeffries, James
Allen, S. B.
Allen, S. L.
Allen, Samuel W.
Alston, Philip
Anders, William
Anderson, Isaac
Anderson, James M.
Anderson, T. M.
see also Winston, John L.
Anderson, William G.
Andrews, A. T.
Andrews, Henry B.
Andrews, J. D.
Andrience, William
Armstrong, William B.
Aston, Joseph
Austin, William T.
see also Grube, H. J.
Bacon, C. B.
Bagby, John A.
Baggett, Silas
Baker, William R.
Baldinger, Andrew
Baldridge, W. H. H.
Baldwin, D. J.
Ballard, Collatinus
Barnett, John
Barthold, Charles
Bass, H.
see also Wilkes, H.
Bates, Joseph
Batte, G. A.
see also Jeffries, James
Battle, A. L.
Beall, William P.
Beaty, M. H.
Bell, Edward E.
see also Patton, John F.
Bell, M. F.
Bell, Thomas W.
Bett, Charles S.
Bingham, James P.
see also Wilkes, H.
Binkley, C. C.
Bird, Joseph
Blackshear, Thomas E.
see also Griffin, William H.
Blair, James K.
Blake, B. L.
Blount, Stephen W.
Bolts, W. B.
Bourland, James
see also Wright, William B.
Bowen, Solomon
Bowles, O. P.
Brady, James L.
Bragg, Dunbar
see also Grayson, Thomas B.
Branch, A. M.
Breeding, George W.
Brewer, William
Briggs, Jacob L.
see also Yard, Nathan B.
Bristow, B. W.
Brooks, J. W.
see also Wilkes, H.
Browder, Marion
Brown, J. H.
Brown, John
Brown, Sewall
Browne, G. W. G.
Brownson, Theron
Bryan, Guy M.
Bryan, Moses Austin
Bryarly, Rowland T.
Buckley, C. W.
Buckley, Chester A.
Burke, Andrew J.
Burnett, M. Henry
see also Wright, William B.
Burris, James M.
Buttier, August
Caldwell, T. A.
Camp, Ira B.
see also Griffin, William H.
Campbell, James
see also Terry, A. J.
Campbell, Rufus E.
Cannon, L.
Capriano, J. Ignacio
Carrington, W. H. D.
Carter, Robert
Caruth, Walter
Caruth, William
Cates, Rufus
Cavender, O. H. P.
Cawthon, E. W.
Cearnal, A. W.
Chadwick, J. N.
Chambers, B. J.
Chandler, F. W. [Y. W.]
Chandler, W. W.
Cheek, Philip
see also Wilson, Thomas D.
Cherry, Joshua
Clark, John M.
Clark, Patterson
Clarke, Edwin [Edward] N.
C1arke, John A.
Clay, Tacitus
Clement, S. E. (Dr.)
see also Wright, William B.
Clement, William H. (Dr.)
Clement, William H.
Close, Hiram
Clute, John R.
Cochran, Joshua B.
Cockrum, W. W.
see Henderson, H. G.
Coffee, Aaron
see also Wilkes, H.
Cohn, Julius
Cole, Daniel
Cole, James P.
Collier, James G.
Collins, R. M.
see also Wilkes, H.
Collins, Thomas P.
Cox, R. M.
Crawford, Alexander C.
Crosby, James F.
see Toutant, Augustin
Crume, Philip D.
Crump, William E.
Crutchfield, Thomas F.
Cutler, James H.
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Dailey, T. W.
Damon, Samuel
Dancy, John W.
Darden, J. G.
Darden, Stephen H.
Davis, David H.
see also Wright, William B.
Davis, George W.
Davis, William
Dean, John
De Cordova, Jacob
Dennis, J. N.
Devine, Daniel
Dickinson, John
Doom, R. C.
Dorn, Andrew J.
Duer, C. F.
Duffau, Francis T.
Duggan, T. H.
see also Henderson, H. G.
Dumas, J. D.
Dumas, James P.
Duncan, John
Dunlap, William
Dunlap, William W.
Durham, George J.
Durkee, John
Dyer, Isadore
Eccles, J. C.
Echols, John
Ector, M. D.
Edmonson, Lewis E.
Edwards, W. C.
Ellis, Ira
Elzer, W. M.
see Wright, William B.
Engelke, F. A.
Evans, John P.
see also Griffin, William H.
Ewing, John
Ewing, William M.
Fears, Oliver P.
Felder, Gab[riel]
Ferguson, David
Fields, Calvin J.
Fisher, Orceneth A.
Fisher, Samuel W.
Floyd, John B.
Foley, Washington G. L.
Ford, John V.
Fort, J. M.
Foster, James M.
Foushee, John H.
Fowler, John C.
Fox, Henry S.
Freeman, A.
Freeman, William
Fulcher, Churchill
Gaines, W. B. P.
Galbraith, E. D.
see also Wilkes, H.
Garwood, Calvin B.
Gay, J. L.
George, John E.
Gibbs, Sandford
see also Gibbs, Thomas
Gibbs, Thomas
see also Gibbs, Sandford
Gibson, John H.
Giddings, J. D.
Gill, William H.
Glass, William S.
Glasscock, George W.
Goode, R. J.
Gordon, George
Grace, Byrd M.
Gray, Peter W.
Gray, Robert A.
Grayson, Thomas B.
Green, Edward H.
Green, J. L.
Green, W. A.
see also Green, Edward H.
Greer, Elkanah
see also Harris, John A.
Greet, W. C.
see also Griffin, William H.
Gregory, Thomas C.
Griffin, Jack
Griffin, William H.
Grimes, W. B.
Groce, Leonard W.
see also Lewis, Frank J.
Groesbeck, A.
Grube, H. J.
Guinn, James W.
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Hagee, Joel W.
Haldeman, Horace
Hall, M. J.
Hamell, J. B.
Hamblin, William K.
Harman, L. G.
Harral, W.
Harral, Whitfield
Harris, John A.
Harris, L. P.
Harris, T. A.
Harrison, Burr A.
Harrison, Eleanor M.
Harrison, William M.
Hartley, R. K.
Haskell, A. M.
Hawkins, James B.
Hays, James
Heard, Thomas J. (Dr.)
Heard, William B.
Heard, William J. E.
Heffner, William
Hefley, George W.
Heinatz, John
Henderson, H. G.
Henderson, James W.
Hendricks, S. B.
Henry, John A.
Henry, John R.
Herndon, John H.
Higgins, J. C.
Highsmith, W. A.
Hill, A. W.
Hill, George L.
see also Harris, John A.
Hill, John
see also Thomason, J. A.
Hill, John C.
Hill, T. B. J.
Hill, W. P.
Hodge, Galen
Holloway, James G.
Holt, John T.
Hood, John W.
Hooks, Warren
see also Gill, William H.
Hopkins, J. E.
Hopkins, R. M.
Hord, W. H.
Hornsby, W. W.
Horton, Eliza
see Horton, Robert
Horton, Robert
Hughes, Jeremiah E.
Hughes, Lemuel P.
Hughes, Reece
Hughes, William
Hughes, William P.
Hughes, William V.
Huston, E. G.
Ireland, John
see also Henderson, H. G.
Jackson, Alexander M.
Jackson, F. M.
see also Wilkes, H.
Jackson, S. S.
Jackson, William H.
James, John
Jefferson, J. R.
see Henderson, H. G.
Jeffries, A.
Jeffries, J. T.
see also Jeffries, James
Jeffries, James
Jemison, E. S.
Johns, C. R.
Johnson, Barney L.
Johnson, James H.
Johnson, M. T.
Johnson, R. D.
Jones, Churchill
Jones, Henry N.
see also Griffin, William H.
Jones, J. C.
Jones, John H.
Jones, Thomas H.
Jones, William C.
Jones, William H.
see also Heard, T. J.
Jones, William J.
Joyce, Hardin
see also Harris, John A.
Judd, Henry K.
Kampmann, John H.
Karner, John
Kenedy, Mifflin
Kennady, William
see also Wilkes, H.
Kennedy, John
Kennymore, J. C. P.
Kerr, William P.
King, John A.
King, Richard
Kirby, Zared E.
see Nichols, E. B.
Kirkpatrick, Hugh
Kleberg, Robert
Kleiber, Joseph
see also Maxan, Nestor
Klyce, William M.
Knowles, Reuben
Kuhnel, John
Kuykendall, Joseph
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Landus, William
Lane, Walter P.
Lathrop, A. S.
see also Wilkes, H.
Latimer, A. H.
Ledbetter, Hamilton
Leeper, M.
Leigh, W. B.
see Toutant, Augustin
Lewis, David
Lewis, Frank J.
see also Groce, Leonard W.
Lewis, John M.
Lewis, Samuel K.
Lockhart, W. A.
Logan, John D.
see also Maclin, Sackfield
Long, Medicus A.
Lubbock, John B.
Lubbock, William M.
Lufkin, A. P.
McAlpine, Dugal[d]
see also Griffin, William H.
McCall, J. L. L.
McCampbell, John S.
McClanahan, John M.
McClenny, S. G.
McClung, Josiah M.
McCraven, _____ (Dr.)
McCulloch, Henry E.
see also Henderson, H. G.
McDow, Alexander
McGowen, A.
McGrew, John
see also Terry, A. J.
McIntosh, William
McLeary, Samuel D.
McLeod, James
McMahan, W. W.
McMorris, H. W.
McNeil, John G.
Maclin, Sackfield
Manton, Edward
Marchbanks, George F.
Marsh, Shubael
Martin, James H.
Martin, William P.
Massie, J. C.
Masterson, James
Maxan, Nestor
Mays, L. M.
Menger, W. A.
Meredith, Joseph B.
Merrill, Nelson
Meyer, A.
Milburn, W.
Miller, John T.
Miller, William B.
Millican, C. C.
see also Wilkes, H.
Mills, David G.
Mills, Robert
Mims, A.
see also Wilkes, H.
Minter, Joseph F.
Moody, James H.
Moore, A. W.
Moore, James C.
Moore, John M.
Moore, N. J.
Moore, Thomas
Morris, A. T.
Morris, W. H.
Moseley, James W.
see also Wright, William B.
Moseley, Sam F.
Mosely, T. D.
Motley, R. H.
Mound, W. L.
Murphy, James M.
Murphy, John C.
Murray, W. T.
Myers, David V.
Nance, Ezekiel
Nash, G. E.
Nelson, Thomas C.
Newell, J. G.
Newell, John D.
see also Herndon, John H.
Newton, E .W.
Newton, James
see also Heard, T. J.
Ney, Joseph
Nichols, E. B.
Nichols, Josiah
North, J. R.
Nunneley, W. L.
Oatman, John
Oldham, William
Osterman, Rosanna
Overton, J. D.
see also Jeffries, James
Palmer, Daniel M.
Palmer, George W.
see also Maclin, Sackfield
Parramore, W. W.
Patten, George W.
Patten, John F.
Patton, Moses L.
Patton, Robert J.
see also Wright, William B.
Payne, William M.
Pearce, N. B.
Peareson, E. A.
Peareson, P. E.
Perry, William
Perryman, L. J.
see also Henderson, H. G.
Pfeuffer, George
Philips, William J.
Pijuese, George W.
Pinchback, John
Pinney, Henry
Pitts, W. A.
Pool, Sanford V.
Pool, Valentine B.
Pope, John H.
Powell, Adrian
Power, Charles
Pruitt, Ira
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Randal, Dudley
Randolph, H.
see also Thomason, J. A.
Randolph, W. H.
Randon, David
Raymond, James H.
Reagan, John H.
Reaves, Stephen
Rector, Nelson L.
Reed, Erastus
Reilley, B.
Reily, Richard
Rhodius, Christopher
Richardson, W.
Rippetoe, A. H.
Roberts, Judge
Roberts, Oba
Robertson, E. S. C.
Robertson, H. C.
Robertson, J. B.
Rogers, M. C.
Rohde, H. D.
Rooke, Thomas
Rose, H. R. T.
Ross, L. S.
Ross, Nathan
see also Wright, William B.
Routt, J. W.
Rowe, Shadrack
Rowntree, J. L.
Rowton, E. S.
Rugeley, John
Runge, Henry
Runge, Herne H.
see also Runge, Henry
Rushing, J. C.
Russell, D. C.
Russell, James W.
Russell, T. S.
Rust, Edwin
Ryan, M. K.
Ryon, William
Sabin, C. B.
see also Trube, Henry J.
Sampson, Henry
see also Whitfield, J.W.
Sanders, L. A.
see also Henderson, H. G.
Sandridge, A. J.
see also Harris, John A.
Saul, Charles
Scott, Sam T.
Scott, Sarah
Sergeant, W. M.
Sexton, F. B.
Seymour, Sidney
Shanklin, Gordon W.
Shaw, P. V.
Sledge, William M.
Shepherd, James M.
Simonton, James
Smith, George A.
see also Wilkes, H.
Smith, Harvey
Smith, J. Carroll
Smith, Junius W.
Smith, Q. W.
Smith, Thomas M.
Smith, William D.
Smith, William R.
Smyth, Andrew F.
Sneed, Dick
SoRelle, W. J.
Sorley, James
Speaks, John
Spencer, Joel
see also Terry, A. J.
Spivey, Temple
Spurgin, Nicholas
Stapp, Darwin M.
Stapp, Sinclair
Starr, James H.
Steele, Moses E.
Steele, William
Steiner, J. M.
Stephens, A. G.
Stevens, A. G.
see also Stephens, A. G.
Stevens, David T.
Stewart, Charles B.
Stewart, Thomas D.
Stockdale, Fletcher S.
Stratton, Asa E.
Stubblefield, John J.
Sullivan, J. S.
Sutherland, Walter S.
Sutherland, William
Swain, W. F.
Swan, Orange
Swanson, W. C.
Sweatt, Quincy A.
Sweeney, Thomas J.
see also Terry, A. J.
Sweeny, John
see also Wilkes, H.
Swisher, John M.
ADJ G-6
Tabor, John W.
Talbot, Matt, Jr.
Tankersley, James H.
see also Wilkes, H.
Tannehill, Pleasant T.
Taylor, C. H.
Taylor, F. M.
Taylor, H. D.
Taylor, Ward
Teagarden, O.
Templeton, Thomas W.
Terry, A. J.
Thatcher, John
Thaxton, William
Thomas, R. J.
Thomason, J. A.
Thompson, E. J. C.
Thorp, J. L.
see also Wilkes, H.
Todd, J. D.
Torrans, William P.
Toutant, Augustin
Trigg, M. W.
Trube, Henry J.
Turner, J. A. S.
Turner, T. M.
Tyler, Charles M.
Upson, C.
Van Alstyne, William A.
Vance, James
see also Vance, William H.
Vance, William
see also Vance, William H.
Vance, William H.
Voigt, Frederick
Waller, Edwin
Walsh, William C.
Walton, Park M.
Wangemann, Ernst
Ward, W. R. D.
Warren, W. G.
Washington, Thomas P.
Waters, J. D.
Watkins, J. C.
Waul, Thomas N.
Waybourn, W. T.
Weatherred, Francis M.
Webb, William G.
Wedeskind, John F. W.
Werner, Joseph
West, John C.
Westall, A. E.
Whitaker, Willis, Sr.
White, George
White, George W.
White, Thomas A.
Whitfield, J. W.
Wiedenfeld, Theodore
Wiggins, W. H.
Wilkes, H.
Williams, George
see also Wilkes, H.
Williams, J. H.
see also Williams, W. H.
Williams, John A.
Williams, John H.
Williams, L. L.
Williams, R. H.
Williams, Sim M.
Williams, Thomas G.
Williams, W. H.
Wilson, Moses G.
Wilson, Thomas D.
Wilson, William C.
Wilson, William S.
Wimbish, James A. (Dr.)
Winn, John A.
Winston, John L.
Winston, T. W.
Witt, W. H.
Wofford, R. B.
Womack, Jesse
Wood, Augustus H.
Wood, William D.
Wortham, William
Wright, G. W.
see also Wright, William B.
Wright, M. H.
Wright, Travis G.
see also Wright, William B.
Wright, William B.
Yarborough, George
Yard, Nathan B.
see also Briggs, Jacob L.
Young, F. L.
Young, J. M.
see also Henderson, H. G.
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