Petition

John Pritchett, Sr. et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

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
BR8-305 to BR8-306
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-0195
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32203082
People
Pritchett, Alvey
Woods, B. F.
Dixon, Charles
Boone, George W.
Whitledge, Hiram
Matson, Jacob
Cook, John
Pritchett, John, Sr.
Parnell, Joseph
Powell, L. H.
Powell, L. W.
Oufet, Manul
Dixon, Mariah
Harris, Nathan
Overfield, Richard M.
Brown, Robert
Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
Minton, W. W.
Gibson, William C.
Handley, William T.
Places
Henderson County, Kentucky
Kentucky
Organizations
Henderson Circuit Court
Dates
1862-12
1863-06
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John Pritchett, Sr. et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 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-0001-004-0195 (November 12, 2026).

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To His Excellency

Thos E. Bramlette Esqr
Gov. of Kentucky—

Your petitioners represent that they are well acquainted with Mrs Mariah Dixon of Henderson Countywho is about sixty five years old— a widow, in very limited circumstances, and an illiterate woman— That she was recognised to appear in the Henderson Circuit Court at its December Term 1862 to appear testify in a prosecution against one Overfield— They believe her failure to attend in obedience to the recognizance was owing to her feble health and the inclemency of the weather— At the June term 1863. Judgment was rendered against her for $100, on forfeiture of the recognizance taken at the term preceding— And they believe that the reason she made no defence was because she was not aware that it was necessary They respectfully ask your Excellency to remit the judgement rendered against her

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