Petition

C. W. Stevens et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

1863-10-23

Date of Creation
October 23, 1863
Place of Creation
Hartford, Ohio 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
BR8-237 to BR8-238
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-0149
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32203036
People
Baird, Alexander Barnett
Stogner, Alexander
Stogner, Alfred
Nall, Alfred T.
Gray, Allen B.
Hudson, Allen Porter
Morton, Alonzo L.
Lawton, Charles Joseph
Stevens, Charles Wesley
Hill, Daniel S.
Miller, David A., Sr.
Maddox, E. A.
Murrell, Edward R.
Nall, F. G.
Sullenger, Francis
Hamilton, Garrell S.
Crawford, Granville
Patterson, Griffin
Carling, H. E.
Cook, H. R.
Armendt, Henry
Small, Henry
Stevens, Henry T.
Ford, J. Scott
Hill, J. T.
Thomas, James A.
Bennett, James B.
Gibson, James Ewing
Stevens, John B.
Harrison, John J.
Woodward, John L.
Tracy, John P.
Raley, John
Austin, John T.
Durham, Jonas
Carson, L. R.
Davis, Lea
Armendt, Louis
McDowell, M. P.
Baer, Moses
Thomas, Peter
Felix, Philip
Shanks, Quintus C.
Moseley, Robert
Hood, Robert N.
Row, Robert
Bell, Robert T.
Manzry, S.
Baird, Samuel L.
Levy, Simon
Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
Handly, Thomas
Kerby, Thomas J.
Davidson, W. H.
Lawton, Walter B.
Bryant, William
Graves, William
Potts, William H.
Hardwick, William
Miller, William M.
Rosenberg, William
Places
Hartford, Kentucky
Kentucky
Ohio County, Kentucky
Organizations
Ohio Circuit Court
Dates
1863-10-23
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C. W. Stevens et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1863-10-23, 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-0001-004-0149 (November 12, 2026).

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Hartford Ohio county Ky,
Oct 23rd 1863.
To his Excellency Thomas E. Bramlett
govenor of Kentucky

Your petitioners would respectfully represent that at the last term of the Ohio circuit court James A Thomas a judgment was rendered against. James A Thomas and Peter Thomas for sixty dollars each under an indictment for keeping a tipling house in the town of Hartford, The house was kept by said James, & Peter Thomas was only a small boy who was attending to business for his Uncle James — The circumstances are these. at the commencement of this war we had no one in this town who would sold liquor by the small with the exception of a secesh tavern keeper and we Union men were resolved not to purchase of him, we therefore called upon Mr Thomas to open a liquor establishment, which he did, and did sell it by the small, which we consider was necessary under the circumstances, he considered continued to sell until a loyal tavern keepers opened bars for the purpose, and then he discontinued & has sold none since by the small. Now we do believe this is a proper case for executive clemency, and we ask you to remit the fine as far as you can and you will confer a great favor upon us who was