Orange County NcArchives Court.....Dale, Horton, Cumming, Davie, Petition For Clemency Unknown
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Source: Colonial Records Of North Carolina
Written: Unknown

Petition from William Horton et al. concerning clemency for William Dale
Horton, William; 
Cumming, William, 1724-ca. 1797; 
Davie, William Richardson, 1756-1820; 
Et Al.
Volume 19, Pages 933-934

THE PETITION OF SUNDRY OF THE INHABITANTS OF HILLSBOROUGH DISTRICT IN BEHALF 
OF WILLIAM DALE.

To the Honourable Alexander Martin, Esquire, Governor of the State of North 
Carolina:

We have the utmost confidence that your Honor will never be wearied with 
exercising the Mercy of Government, happy that the Supreme Magistrate is 
possessed of powers for the benign purposes of softening the rigour of General 
Law and sensible that your Honour will enjoy a pleasure in administering 
Mercy, where it will be done with propriety. We feel assured that the 
following Reasons will induce your Honor to turn off the edge of the Judicial 
Sword from the Unfortunate Object of the Petition; he is now under Sentence of 
Death for horse stealing, which Dureing the Tryal seem’d rather his Misfortune 
than his Crime. The former fairness & Integrity of his Moral Character, his 
firm Attachment to the Cause of Liberty, spirited services in behalf of his 
Country, Join’d with the united Wishes of his neighbours & fellow Citizens we 
doubt not will have sufficient influence with your Honour to avert the 
Execution and Restore the Unfortunate Youth to his Friends & the fond prospect 
of Life.

Wm. Horton, Capt.,
James Scarlett,
Robert Forsyth,
Thos. Johns,
Peter McFarling,
John Carrington, Sen.,
George Carrington,
Nathaniel Carrington,
Henry Hargrove,
Thomas Head,
R. Bennehan,
Wm. Johnston,
Learus Tilley,
Nehemiah Edge,
Archer Harris,
James Clark,
Robert Clark,
Patrick Clark,
Nathaniel Clark,
Thomas King,
Arthur Mangum,
Charles Ashley,
James Ashley,
Richard Rickets,
Jesse Walker,
James Cunington, Esq.,
Thom. Tilley,
John Hunt,
James Vaughan,
Jas. Pearl,
Andrew Brooks,
Wm. Cumming,
John Nickols, J. P.,
William Cain, Esq.,
James Moore,
Edward Wood,
Charles Horton,
Thomas Sutton,
James Bachstar,
James Horton,
John Horton,
Stephen Horton,
Stephen Wilson,
Harrison Wood,
William R. Davie,
John Taylor, J. P.,
William Courtney,
Robert McEntire,
John Kelly,
Patk. St. Lawrence,
John Allison,
Andr. Armstrong,
Benjamin Leonard,
James Bristow,
Thos. Farmer,
Josiah Watts.

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