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Petition

Hiram H. Smith et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

1863-10-19

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Date of Creation: October 19, 1863
Place of Creation: Dixon, Webster 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, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867
Box / Folder: BR8-211 to BR8-212
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0001-004-0137
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FTP Identifier: 32203024

Mentioned in this document

People: Cook, Charles W.; Green, Grant; Smith, Hiram H.; Baker, Isaac; Brooks, John A.; Rice, Josiah N.; Jackson, Julius Augustus; Doris, Marion C.; Johnson, Noah N.; Clayton, Philip D.; Maxwell, Pinkney C.; Thornberry, Russell Knight; Herrick, Spencer; Bramlette, Thomas Elliott; Cox, William M.; Sammons, William; Gentry, William W.; Brooks, Yancy W.
Places: Dixon, Kentucky; Henderson County, Kentucky; Webster County, Kentucky
Organizations: Commonwealth of Kentucky; Webster Circuit Court
Dates: 1863-10-19; 1863-08-31; 1861; 1863-10-17; 1862

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Hiram H. Smith et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1863-10-19, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 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-0001-004-0137 (November 12, 2026).

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Dixon Ky Oct 19^th 1863
To his Excellency T E Bramlett
Governor of Kentucky

We the undersigned citizens of Webster County would respectfully represent to your excellency that on the 31^st day of August 1863 an execution issued against N N Johnson late Sheriff of Webster County for the sum of $3348.⁰¹/100 amount of revenue due for the year 1861 with interest and the sum of $669.⁶⁰ damages, & Eight & ⁵/100 dollars costs Upon this execution Mr Johnson has paid the sum of $3129.¹⁰/100 which you will perceive is nearly the amount of revenue due for that year, ^Oct 17^th 1863^ the balance having been paid during the year 1862, ^except $873 ⁰⁰/100 the sheriff of Henderson county^. Now in view of the difficulties under which we know Mr Johnson laboured in the collection of the revenue for that year, we would respectfully ask your Excellency to remit the aforesaid damages or so much thereof as by law you are authorized to do

H H Smith. Master C. M. R
Wm Sammons J [P] W C

R. K. Thornberry

The principal interest & costs have not been paid in this case, and the damages therefore cannot be remitted

C W Cook County Judge
M. C. Doris Circuit& County Clerk
P D Clayton ~~Big Lawyer~~
Jno A Brooks
Y. W. Brooks
S, Herrick

Pinkney Maxwell
Josiah N Rice

J A Jackson

Isaac Baker
Wm M Cox
W W GentryJ P