W. H. Fox to Thomas E. Bramlette

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KYR-0001-004-0676

Document Genre

Petition

Repository

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

Collection

Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867

Item Location

BR10-36

Place of Creation

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

26 April 1864

Dates Mentioned

1859-08

1859-10-26

1859

1864-04-26

W. H. Fox to Thomas E. Bramlette, 26 April 1864, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867, BR10-36, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-004-0676, (accessed December 22, 2024).

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To his Excellency
Gov Bramlette

The Undersigned would represent to your Excellency that at the Augt Term 1859 of the Fayette Circuit Court Dudly Kent was fined $250 for Keeping a disorderly house and the undersigned was induced to become his surity on the Replevin bond for the debt -- Kent paid the Costs of the judgment and the part coming to the Attorney for the Com'th and procured from B. Magoffin then Governor of the state a respite of the debt for 12 months which respite is dated on the 26^th day of Oct 1859 and is on file in the records of the Court here -- In the year 1859 Kent left the Country & has not been heard of since & is supposed to be dead, Your Petitioner Supposed that the entire debt had been remitted, but the sheriff recently informed him that he had an execution against Petitioner -- for $175 & int --

Your Petitioner is a poor man and it would almost break him up to pay this debt

He agreed to go on his bond, to save him from prison, Kent was a young man who had no fam
ily -- and who had borne a good reputation until a short time before this indictment

Your Petitioner begs that your Excellency will remit him the amount of the fine --

Lexington Apl 26. '64
W. H. Fox

We solicit the Governor to remit the fine above spoken of --

Davis A Luger

Cha^s S. Bradley
J. H. Harrison DS
Chas F Lowry
John, H, Werts
Tho^s. P. Nichols Deputy ^Sheriff^
D. Bush-
T D. Ballard
N. C. Pruders
Augs Clark
I. T. Edge
H T Duncan
Tho Bradley

A. D. Carr
Geo B Kinkead
M C Johnson
Jno B Norton

I concur in this petition very Sincerely
Leslie Combs

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