PARDONS GRANTED by the GOVERNOR
Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Michigan
Published 1867 by J.A. Kerr & Co., Printers to the State.
As you view this material, please be aware that this covers the whole State
of Michigan.
There is no further information given about any of those persons convicted
of the following crimes, nor is there information about where those convicted
of the crimes lived at.
Pardons Granted By Gov. Austin Blair, whose term commenced Jan., 1861, and Expired Dec., 1864. |
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| William Hardy | Jan 3, 1861 | Having in possession counterfeit money with intent to pass |
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| Allen Parker | Oct 1859 | 3 years | Jan 15, 1861 | Assault & battery with intent to commit a rape |
| Thomas Smith | Apr 1856 | 15 years | Jan 15, 1861 | Burglary & larceny |
| Walter Wait | Mar 1860 | 2 years | Jan 26, 1861 | Larceny |
| Andrew J. Howard | Jan 1859 | 5 1/2 years | Feb 22, 1861 | Assault & battery with intent to murder |
| Edward Coulton | Apr 1857 | 5 years | Mar 13, 1861 | Larceny |
| Charles Bostwick | Oct 1860 | Mar 22, 1861 | Assault & battery with intent to murder | |
| Alanson E. Norton | Mar 1856 | 7 years | Apr 5, 1861 | Incest |
| Lorenzo D. Whipple | Apr 1855 | 7 years | Apr 5, 1861 | Having in possession counterfeit coin with intent to pass |
| Emma Fuller Mary Plume |
Apr 9, 1861 | Prostitution | ||
| Joseph Williams | Aug 1858 | 6 years | Apr 13, 1861 | Larceny |
| Eli W. Kitchen | Jan 1861 | Apr 22, 1861 | Burglary & assault with intent to murder | |
| Samuel Smith | Apr 23, 1861 | Burglary & assault with intent to murder | ||
| Francis F. Moore | Dec 1860 | 3 years | May 2, 1861 | Bigamy |
| Henry Pamacott | Jan 1860 | 4 years | May 2, 1861 | Receiving stolen property knowing it to be stolen |
| Benjamin Patterson | Sep 1856 | 7 years | May 9, 1861 | Assault & battery with intent to murder |
| David Dixon | Jan 1860 | 4 years | May 10, 1861 | Receiving stolen goods knowing them to be stolen |
| John Waterman | Dec 1854 | 8 years | May 18, 1861 | Robbery |
| Asa P. Moorman, Jr. | May 1859 | 10 years | May 23, 1861 | Burglary & larceny |
| Seth T. Hall | Sep 1858 | 5 years | July 8, 1861 | Arson |
| John A. McNair | Jul 1857 | 5 years | July 10, 1861 | Passing counterfeit gold coin |
| Darius Chapman | Jun 1860 | 3 years | July 15, 1861 | Burglary & larceny |
| Thomas Garey | Jun 1859 | 10 years | July 16, 1861 | Arson |
| James Fairfax | Jul 1856 | 12 years | July 16, 1861 | Breaking & entering a house and attempting to steal therein. |
| Esther Fuller | Nov 1858 | 10 years | July 16, 1861 | Larceny |
| Daniel S. Graham | Apr 1857 | 5 years | Aug 5, 1861 | Larceny |
| Eli Gregory | May 1859 | 3 years | Aug 26, 1861 | Grand larceny |
| Jacob Brackman | Sep 1860 | 4 years | Sep 6, 1861 | Arson |
| Jineas? Martin | Oct 18__ | For life | Sep 6, 1861 | Malicious trespass |
| Andrew Sutherland | Feb 1861 | 1 year | Sep 6, 1861 | Murder in the second degree |
| Martin Murphy | Sep 10, 1861 | Petit larceny | ||
| Henry Thompson & Truman H. Wheeler | Sep 1859 | 90 days | Sep 17, 1861 | Assault & battery |
| Walter W. Cartwright & Charles Solis | Dec 1860 | Sep 24, 1861 | Larceny | |
| Hiram Ackley | Mar 1860 | 5 years | Sep 27, 1861 | Burglary |
| Edward A. Jones | Mar 1860 | 5 years | Oct 6, 1861 | Burglary & larceny |
| Lorenzo Clark | Sep 1857 | 5 years | Oct 19, 1861 | Passing counterfeit bill |
| Elisha Wait | Feb 1859 | 5 years | Nov 19, 1861 | Obtaining goods under false pretenses |
| Joel Rabideaux | May 1860 | 5 years | Nov 20, 1861 | Placing an impediment on the R.R. track |
| Francis Cardinal | Apr 1858 | 5 years | Nov 20, 1861 | Incest |
| George Charles | May 1861 | 1 year | Nov 20, 1861 | Assault & battery |
| William H. Wheeler | May 1853 | 10 years | Nov 20, 1861 | Assault & robbery |
| James L. Lushpaugh | Jan 1860 | 4 years | Jan 28, 1862 | Larceny |
| Syephen A. Caner | Feb 1861 | 2 1/2 years | Feb 17, 1862 | Seduction |
| Louis Johnson | Jun 1855 | 15 years | Feb 20, 1862 | Incest |
| Dennis Daly | Feb 1860 | Feb 26, 1862 | Larceny | |
| William Oatley | Aug 1861 | Mar 19, 1862 | Larceny | |
| Daniel D. Tompkins | 1858 | 5 years | Mar 23, 1862 | Larceny |
| Bezael Shippy | Aug 1859 | 5 years | Mar 26, 1862 | Arson |
| Patrick Everson | Apr 1855 | 15 years | May 10, 1862 | Highway robbery |
| William H. Logan | Dec 1858 | 5 1/2 years | Jun 12, 1862 | Assault & battery |
| Norman Dexter | Oct 1858 | 7 years | Jun 12, 1862 | Burglary |
| Harvey Loveland | Mar 1861 | 2 1/2 years | Jun 12, 1862 | Larceny |
| Luther Goodwin | May 1857 | 7 years | Jun 13, 1862 | Forgery |
| Caroline Decker | Jun 1862 | 3 months | Jun 27, 1862 | Assault & battery |
| Nathan Moore | Apr 1856 | 15 years | Jul 7, 1862 | Burglary & larceny |
| Henry Mills | Aug 11, 1862 | Assault & battery | ||
| Stephen Sharp | Jul 1857 | 10 years | Aug 25, 1862 | Murder in the second degree |
| Samuel F. Cook | Jul 1857 | 10 years | Sep 22, 1862 | Burglary |
| John H. Coe | Dec 1859 | 5 years | Oct 3, 1862 | Arson |
| Hiram Sischo & Albert Hall |
1855 | 10 years | Oct 3, 1862 | Rape |
| Charles O. Arnold | Mar 1862 | 2 years | Oct 3, 1862 | Manslaughter |
| Rush M. Greenfield | Jun 1857 | 15 years | Oct 20, 1862 | Manslaughter |
| Darwin N. Patterson | Oct 1859 | 5 years | Oct 20, 1862 | Arson |
| Thomas Fryer | Oct 1857 | 10 years | Oct 28, 1862 | Assault & battery with intent to murder |
| Julius Seeley | Sep 1859 | 7 years | Oct 28, 1862 | Perjury |
| William Alpin | Feb 1862 | 2 years | Nov 7, 1862 | Burglary |
| John Riley | Sep 1862 | 90 days | Nov 12, 1862 | Assault & battery |
| James Ramsay | Oct 1857 | 10 years | Nov 19, 1862 | Assault with intent to murder |
| Judith Irish | Mar 1860 | 5 years | Nov 19, 1862 | Assault & battery with intent to murder |
| Joseph B. Rowland | Aug 1858 | 5 years | Nov 24, 1862 | Larceny |
| Edgar Young | Mar 1861 | 2 years | Nov 24, 1862 | Grand Larceny |
| Robert Hundemaker | May 1861 | 3 years | Dec 2, 1862 | Larceny |
| John Langdon | Apr 1856 | 15 years | Dec 2, 1862 | Burglary & larceny |
| John Enydman | 60 days | Dec 2, 1862 | Assault & battery | |
| Edward Manning | Dec 1859 | 8 years | Dec 6, 1862 | Larceny & perjury |
| James Collins Charles Anderson Levi Classon |
1862 | 6 months | Dec 12, 1862 | Assault & battery |
| George Hundricks | May 1861 | 2 years | Dec 24, 1862 | Obtaining goods by false pretenses |
| William Henry Warren | Sep 1861 | 2 years | Dec 29, 1862 | Stealing in an office in the day time |
| Peter Higgins | Nov 1862 | 2 years | Jan 19, 1863 | Adultery |
| Robert Fuller | Jun 1859 | 30 years | Jan 23, 1863 | Burglary & larceny |
| William Fay | 1862 | Mar 3, 1863 | Larceny | |
| Nathaniel McOmber | Feb 1862 | 3 years | Mar 25, 1863 | Adultery |
| George White | Jun 186_ | 3 years | Mar 25, 1863 | Robbery |
| Edmund I. Bobier | Apr 1858 | 10 years | Apr 15, 1863 | Arson |
| William Bobier | Apr 1858 | 10 years | Apr 15, 1863 | Arson |
| D.G. Quinn | Mar 1863 | 75 days | Apr 22, 1863 | Assault & battery |
| John Cook | Jul 1858 | 8 years | Apr 30, 1863 | Forgery |
| Patrick Connell | Apr 1857 | 12 years | Apr 30, 1863 | Murder in 2nd degree |
| Cornelius Jackson | May 1862 | 3 years | Jun 3, 1863 | Polygamy |
| Sidney B. Bean | Jun 1862 | 2 years | Jun 19, 1863 | Malicious destruction of personal property |
| George Elliott | 1855 | 15 years | Jun 19, 1863 | Rape |
| James S. Hanford | Jul 1856 | 10 years | Jul 7, 1863 | Uttering and passing counterfeit bank bills |
| Benajah D. Seaman | Sep 1860 | 5 years | Aug 8, 1863 | Larceny |
| Michael Dougherty | Jun 1859 | 5 years | Aug 29, 1863 | Arson |
| Edgar A. Brundage | Jul 1858 | 15 years | Aug 29, 1863 | Entering a shop with intent to commit a felony |
| Edgar M. Bartoe | Jul 1858 | 10 years | Aug 29, 1863 | Entering a shop with intent to commit a felony |
| John Jero | 1863 | 3 months | Sep 8, 1863 | Assault & battery |
| Benjamin Ganison | Jun 1862 | 3 years | Sep 8, 1863 | Seduction |
| John McKinney | May 1862 | 7 years | Sep 17, 1863 | Embezzlement |
| Peter Jordan | 1866 | 10 years | Sep 3, 1863 | Burglary |
| Charles W. Barner | Sep 1861 | 10 years | Oct 23, 1863 | Larceny |
| Henry Thompson | Aug 1861 | 3 years | Oct 28, 1863 | Receiving stolen goods knowing them to be stolen |
| Hardley Staley | Jul 1857 | For life | Oct 28, 1863 | Burglary & assault |
| David Campbell | Aug 1860 | 5 years | Nov 3, 1863 | Burglary |
| Dewitt C. Anderson | May 1863 | 8 months | Nov 7, 1863 | Keeping a house of ill fame |
| John L. Green | Feb 1863 | Nov 19, 1863 | Burglary | |
| William Scrimshaw | May 1862 | 5 years | Nov 20, 1863 | Murder in the 2nd degree |
| Patrick Haggerty | Sep 1860 | 4 years | Dec 4, 1863 | Having in his possession a counterfeit bill with intent to pass the same |
| William Williams | Jan 1860 | 15 years | Dec 18, 1863 | Assault & battery with intent to murder |
| Thomas, Saul | May 1863 | 3 years | Dec 24, 1863 | Passing a counterfeit bank bill knowing the same to be counterfeit |
| John Willson Catherine Willson |
Nov 1863 | 6 months | Dec 28, 1863 | Assault & battery |
| Anson A. Fuller | Jun 1860 | 5 years | Jan 23, 1863 | Larceny |
| James Williams | Sep 1862 | 2 1/2 years | Feb 22, 1863 | Larceny |
| August Becker | Jun 1863 | 15 years | Mar 17, 1863 | Burglary & larceny |
| Frank Weitz | Jun 1863 | 12 years | Mar 17, 1863 | Burglary |
| George Hervey | Mar 1857 | Life | Mar 17, 1863 | Feloniously, entering a dwelling house in the night time being armed |
| Bridget Mathews | Jan 1863 | 3 years | Mar 24, 1863 | Manslaughter |
| George Hervey | Dec 1854 | 35 years | Mar 27, 1863 | Burglary |
| William Hicks | Oct 1861 | 5 years | Apr 6, 1863 | Incest |
| John Stone | May 1861 | 8 years | Apr 7, 1863 | Larceny |
| Henry B. Farrington | Mar 1863 | 2 years | Apr 13, 1863 | Passing a counterfeit bank bill |
| Allen J. Hartinge | Jun 1861 | 10 years | May 16, 1863 | Murder in the 2nd degree |
| Swanton Bateman | Dec 1859 | 10 years | May 19, 1863 | Robbery |
| Edwin Bolles | Mar 1863 | May 20, 1863 | Larceny | |
| Thomas Burrows | Mar 1864 | 6 months | May 29 1863 | Assault |
| Thaddeus W. Emmons | May 1864 | 75 days | Jun 2, 1863 | Petit larceny |
| Thomas Carmon | Feb 1861 | 14 years | Jun 16, 1863 | Manslaughter |
| Benoni Hays | Nov 1859 | 6 years | Jun 17, 1863 | Passing counterfeit bills |
| Bartholomew Linebam | Nov 1863 | Jun 22, 1863 | Larceny | |
| Richard Betallick | Jun 1860 | 8 years | Jul 12, 1863 | Assault with intent to murder |
| James P. Hannah | Feb 1860 | 10 years | Jul 13, 1863 | Arson |
| Edward Errinhart | Jun 1858 | 40 years | Jul 23, 1863 | Burglary & larceny |
| John Waddell | Jul 1864 | 90 days | Jul 26, 1863 | Larceny |
| James Scott | Oct 1859 | For life | Aug 1, 1863 | Burglary & assault with intent to commit rape |
| Albert Jones | Jun 1862 | 3 years | Aug 5, 1863 | Larceny |
| George W. Rosier | Jan 1860 | 15 years | Aug 15, 1863 | Arson |
| James M. Thurston | Sep 1861 | 7 years | Aug 15, 1863 | Arson |
| Willliam Cartwright | Jun 1860 | 9 years | Aug 22, 1863 | Burglary & larceny |
| Hugh Duffee | Oct 1862 | Aug 20, 1863 | Larceny | |
| Mary Bush | May 1864 | 10 months | Aug 25, 1863 | Keeping a house of ill fame |
| John Cahoon | Aug 1862 | 3 years | Aug 29, 1863 | Grand larceny |
| George Martin | Feb 1863 | 5 years | Aug 29, 1863 | Burglary & larceny |
| Thomas H. Barney | May 1861 | 5 years | Sep 14, 1864 | Passing counterfeit bills |
| Patrick Dailey | Aug 1862 | 4 years | Sep 14, 1864 | Assault with intent to murder |
| John Powers | Oct 1857 | For life | Sep 26, 1864 | Murder |
| Daniel Misner | Jun 1861 | 5 years | Sep 26, 1864 | Assault with intent to commit a rape |
| James Johnson | Mar 1858 | For life | Sep 26, 1864 | Assault with intent to murder |
| Foster Mosely | Jun 1863 | 2 years | Oct 3, 1864 | Larceny |
| John Lee | Dec 1862 | 5 years | Oct 13, 1864 | Larceny |
| Silas Babcock | Jan 1861 | 7 years | Oct 26, 1864 | Assault with intent to murder |
| Alva Wilson | Mar 1859 | 15 years | Nov 18, 1864 | Arson |
| Judson W. Burdick | Sep 1864 | Nov 26, 1864 | Forgery | |
| John Henry | Apr 1864 | 7 years | Dec 2, 1864 | Burglary & larceny |
| Barney Bailey | Jul 1863 | 5 years | Dec 5, 1864 | Burglary |
| Dayton, George | May 1857 | 12 years | Dec 12, 1864 | Burglary & larceny |
| William Smith | Apr 1860 | 15 years | Dec 13, 1864 | Placing obstructions on railroad track |
| Abram VanCuen | Mar 1860 | 15 years | Dec 22, 1864 | Assault with intent to murder |
| Horatio Cummings | May 1860 | 7 years | Dec 22, 1864 | Rape |