James B. Gatliff et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

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KYR-0001-004-1680

Document Genre

Petition

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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

BR13-161

Date of Creation

24 April 1865

Dates Mentioned

1865-04

1865-04-24

James B. Gatliff et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 24 April 1865, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867, BR13-161, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-004-1680, (accessed November 5, 2024).

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To His Excellency Thomas E Bramlette Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

your Petitioner James B Gatliff would Respectfully represent unto your Excellency that at the April Term of the Knox Circuit Court 1865 Judgment went against him for twenty five dollars for Standing a Stud horse without a License for so doing your Petitioner would further represent that He paid the internal revenue tax for the Standing of said Horse and would at the same time or previous thereto have paid the State tax but was informed by the assessor of Knox county that it was ^his^ my duty to List with him ^the assessor^ the highest price at which ^the^ horse was let which was five dollars which was done by your Petitioner and the Said assesser further told him that the Sheriff would in due time call and collect the amount ~~in duetime~~ as other taxes your Petitioner thought he was chargable with that as other taxes and did not think of violating law that he is a Law abiding man a poor man and has a large and dependant family the premises Considered the prayer of your Petitioner is that you remit said fine for which he will ever fell greatful --

James B Gatliff

Sworn to before me by James B Gatliff this 24^th day of April 1865

J. C. Watkins clk

{Revenue Stamp}< April 24 1865 >

We believe the Statements in the foregoing Petition are tre & join in the prayer ^thereof^

J. C. Watkins clerk
Whitly Circuit court
H. D.Harman
J. S. M^cCarty
J W Burch
M. V. B. Sutton
Jackson M^cDowell
Jasper, F, Freeman
Tyre Baker

This fine ought to be remitted.

M. L. Rice
W. C. Gilliss
A. J. Curd

I think this fine ought to be remitted

H. F. Finley

I believe the Statements of the petitioner are true and and concur in the opinion that the fine ought to be remitted

W. HRandall

Gov Bramblet

I hope that you will remit this fine

G Pearl

Remitted
Richard T. Jacob
Lt. & act. Gov.

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