Petition

William Harrod 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
BR10-70 to BR10-71
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-0699
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FTP Identifier
32203586

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Dates
1864
1864-04-07
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Citation

William Harrod 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-0001-004-0699 (November 12, 2026).

[Page 1]

To His Excellency Thos E Bramlette, Governor of Kentucky

Your petitioner William Harrod would respectfully represent that on the 5th Instant 1864 he was arrested and tryed before his Honor Jno. R. Graham Police Judge of the City of Frankfort Kentucky, on the charge of carrying concealed a pistol and upon said charge, he was fined the sum of Fifty Dollars — He would respectfully represent the facts in the case to be as follows — That the said pistol was not the property of this petitioner, that it was handed to him on the morning of the day that he was arrested with direction to carry the pistol- to a neighbor of his living several miles in the country — that after receiving the pistol. Your petitioner drank some liquor. and while under its influence — a dispute arose between he and a friend of his — and the pistol was drawn during the quarrel — that he is a very quiet man — and never before carried a concealed weapon of any kind — that said pistol was given back to him after the trial — and that he carried & handed the same to Lewis Harrod his neighbor, and the owner of the said pistol. Wherefore he prays that your Excellency will limit so much of said fine, as is not due & coming to the officirs of the city & the costs of witnesses-

Respectfully
Wm Harrod

[Page 2]

To the Governor —

We the undersigned Citizens of Franklin County would respectfully write with your petitioner William Harrod in his foregoing petition, we add that said Harrod is a poor man & has a family to support, that he is a very quiet & practible man — and is not in the habit of carrying concealed weapons —

Respectfully
Lloyd Hackett.. JPfC
Richd Hutchuson
Levi Scott
W. T. Ballow
John W Steele
Solomon Steele
Solomon Harlow
John somonous
Peter Bruner
charly [...]
R. L. Bailey
Riley Harrod
Elija Harrod
Iain A Brewer
E Brewer
John Stivers
Barret harod
Charls Harrod
C W [...]
Joseph Peyton
Thos Brewer
Harmon Onan
John Harrod

[Page 3]

Jno. M. Hewitt Jr City Atty
L. N. Harrod
John W Harrod
Robert Sanford
V M Pool
Jerry Sanford
William Bright
F Tracy
Thomas Warring
Wm Bowen
Stephen Allen
G W Roach
M. T. C Mitchell
J D Hackett
J T Snow
N M Bohannon
Dennis Onan

[Page 4]

Police Court of Frankfort
vs
William Harrod.
Petition of the Governor

Remit except fees & costs
Tho E Bramlette
Govr

Concealed Weapons
7th Apl/64