Governor's Pardon
The White House pardons a Turkey at Thanksgiving every year, and in 1887 the Governor of Ohio pardoned Delaney Jefferson Bowling, convicted of murder and sentenced to death. If you would like to learn more about Delaney Bowling, and how he was pardoned after his friend, co-conspirator, and son to the murdered man, couldn’t get his story straight, stop by the Licking County Records and Archives M-F: 8:00am-4:30pm.