Thomas J. Iliff to Thomas E. Bramlette
1863-12-09
- Date of Creation
- December 9, 1863
- Place of Creation
- Grant 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
- BR9-107
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-0381
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32203268
- People
- McMilian, Abraham
- Sipple, Allen W.
- Foree, Ambrose
- Webster, Bevin
- Collins, Fountain Riddle
- Comely, G. M.
- Berkley, Henry
- Leary, Henry
- Elliston, James D.
- Ford, James
- Oldham, James S.
- Ford, James W.
- Foree, Joel
- Lambert, John B.
- Leary, John James
- Metcalfe, John
- Mitchell, John
- Elliston, Joseph T.
- McMilian, Joseph T.
- Brown, Joshua J.
- Collins, Lewis F.
- Downs, Lewis S.
- Foree, Lewis W.
- Jones, Myrix J.
- Jeffers, Nathan H.
- Webster, Nathaniel Harrison
- Craig, Oliver H.
- Jump, Pendleton
- Danelos, R.
- Hutton, Samuel
- Berkley, Samuel T.
- Jackson, Simeon
- Berkley, Spencer
- Franklin, Thomas A.
- Crawley, Thomas
- Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
- Iliff, Thomas
- Conley, William D.
- Collins, William H.
- Hendrix, William H.
- Montgomery, William N.
- Elliston, William P.
- Garnett, William W.
- Dates
- 1863-12-09
Citation
Thomas J. Iliff to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1863-12-09, 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-0001-004-0381 (November 12, 2026).
To His Excellency Gov Thos. E. Bramlett
Your PetitionerThomas J Iliff of Grant County Kentucky- doth hereby respectfully represent unto Your Honer that He has been Indicted for the offense of Killing a Neighbors horse by Shooting &.&. He States emphatically that He is not guilty of Said offense and that Said Indictment was procured by Malicious Persons & for Malicious purposes, and that at the time of His trial for Said offense it was impossible for him to Show His innocence by proof. He an had an only witness by which He Could have Shown His innocence Conclusively by, the Man who was really guilty of the offense, was His witness & it was impossible to procure him. His Attorney advised him to go to trial & he was fined $88- & costs he represents that He is wholy unable to pay the fine He is a Verry poor Man & a large Family to Support by His Own labor & if He is forced to pay the Same, His family must Suffer- He therefore Petitions Your honor for the remission of Said fine & he will ever pray &.&. His Neighbors Jon us herewith in the above Petition & asks the remission of said fine, & also State that they belive the facts Set out in Said Petition to be true,
Thomas. J. Iliff
Wm D. Conley
Lewis W. Foree
M. F Jones
Grant County
I Simein Jackson of Grant County State of Kentucky do hereby state that I was present when the horse was Shot for which Thomas Iliff was Indicted & fined in the Grant Circuit Court and I further State that I Know He did not Shoot the horse nor neither is He guilty in any manner of Said Charge.
Simeon ^his X mark^ Jackson
Attest A W Sipple
State of Kentucky Grant County
The above affidavit was Subscribed And Sworn to before me by Simein Jackson this
A. W. Sipple J, P, G, C
A. W. Sipple.
J. J. Brown
Harrison Webster
A McMilian
W N Montgomery
N. H. Jeffers clerk Grant cir. ct.