Petition

L. VanHook 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
BR10-283 to BR10-284
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-0832
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FTP Identifier
32203719

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Dates
1864-05
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Citation

L. VanHook 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-0001-004-0832 (November 14, 2026).

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To his Excellency Gov. Thos. E. Bramlette

Your petitioners would respectfully represent that at the May term 1864 of the Harrison Circuit Court a judgement was rendered upon a forfeited recognizance in the case of the commlth of Ky. against Wesley Barnett & Jno. A. Kirkpatric who were sureties for Jno. W. Philips indicted for the murder of Henry Whalen We believe that said sureties used extraordinary efforts to have Philips brought to trial in said case he had been once tried and the jury disagreed: the sureties are peaceable good citizens and we think their case is a proper one for the exercise of executive clemency we therefore respectfully ask that said judgement for $1000 — be remitted except the percentage of Comlths' atty & officers fees

L VanHook
Jno. M. Kimbrough
David Veach
Charles T. Wilson Clk H Co Ct.
James G. Wall
J F Ware. Clk H Circt Ct —
C. Walton
Jno. L. Mager
J. S. Frizell
C. G. Land
T. V. Dills

John Bruce
John[St John]
Wm McHowse
Morrison Smith
H Kimbrough
F. M. Gray
G. H. Given
T. R. Rankin
J W Fightmarter
P. Wherritt
Wm. T, Magee
J B McClintock S H C

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Harrison Circuit Court
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Wesley Barnett &
Jno A Kirkpatrick

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