Petition

Newton Whitehead to Thomas E. Bramlette

Place of Creation
Mount Vernon, Rockcastle 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
BR8-335
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-0215
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32203102

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Dates
1863-02
1863-10-07
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Citation

Newton Whitehead 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-0001-004-0215 (November 14, 2026).

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Mount Vernon Rockcastle Co Ky
To The Hon the Govenor of Kentucky

your Petitioner Newton Whitehead states that at the February Term 1863 ^of Rockcastle Circuit Court^ he was fined ^$20.^ for retailing whiskey together with some others during the rebel Excitement. The Govenor was petitioned in several cases alike all the ballance were remitted if your Petitioners fine was remitted. it fell into the hands of the Rebels and was destroyed. He asks your honor to remit his fine as he is a very Poor man and the armies have taken nearly everything he has. we think it would be an act of charity to remit it as in duty bound we will ever pray

Newton Whitehead

We the under signed know the above facts to be true and ask you to remit his fine

B K Bethurum Judge of the Rockcastle county court
Wm McClure sheriff R. C.

James G Carter
Edwin Shivel
J. J. Williams
W. M. Fish Clerk Rockcastle County Court
E T Fish clerk Rockcastle circuit court
W. A. Brooks

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Rockcastle Cir. Ct

Simply from the Consideration of the well known suffering of the people in this section the fine is ordered to be Remitted except costs & fees.
Oct 7th 1863

Tho E Bramlette

N. Whitehead
$20 —
Tipling