E. H. Hopper et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-01-23
- Date of Creation
- January 23, 1864
- Place of Creation
- Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Petition
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1863-1867
- Box / Folder
- BR5-106
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-003-0068
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32202807
- People
- Wallace, Albert
- Palmer, Alpheus
- Long, Americus V.
- Wyatt, Andrew J.
- McKee, Charles
- Hooser, David J.
- Hopper, Elijah Harrison
- Foulks, Ezra Lewis
- Long, Gabriel B.
- Poindexter, George
- Ellis, Ira Fletcher
- Casky, James
- Buckner, James Francis
- Durrett, John C.
- McGowan, John
- Jones, Lucien A.
- Dryden, Pinkney W.
- Durrett, Richard
- McReynolds, Robert S.
- Younglove, Samuel B.
- Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
- Starling, Thomas L.
- Crabb, Vincent Weathers
- Jones, Wiley B.
- Places
- Christian County, Kentucky
- Clarksville, Tennessee
- Fort Donelson
- Hopkinsville, Kentucky
- Kentucky
- Organizations
- Executive Department, Kentucky (U.S.A.)
- Dates
- 1864-01-23
Citation
E. H. Hopper et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1864-01-23, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1863-1867, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-003-0068 (November 12, 2026).
Hopkinsville Ky
To his Excellency
Gov Bramlette
The undersigned loyal Citizens of Christian County who have always been and expect ever to be for putting down the rebellion represent, That our County is suffering evils ruinous to our Citizens and incalculable in their consequences Some time since two of our Citizens were sent to represent to Your Excellency the serious losses of our Citizens from slaves leaving & going to Clarksville & Fort Donelson, No relief has been obtained but the evil is rapidly on the increase. Some of our largest farmers & best Citizens (loyal men) are losing all except the helpless ones. In a word our County is ruined if the evil is not stopped.
Ruin drives to desperation, Shall we take the law in our own hands? or can the Executive of our state do any thing to arrest the evil We feel that loyalty & protection Should be inseperable & hope his authority will be used for our relief,
E R Cook
A. Wallace
James Casky
Chas McKee
T L Starling
W B Jones
Richd Durrett
Geo. Poindexter
V. W. Crabb
A. J. Wyatt
Saml B Younglove
D. J. Hooser