Petition

Andrew Scott 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
BR10-408
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-0916
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FTP Identifier
32203803

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Dates
1864-05
1864-05-25
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Citation

Andrew Scott 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-0001-004-0916 (November 12, 2026).

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To His Excellency Thos E. Bramlette
Governor of Commonwealth of Ky-

Your Petition Andrew Scott would most respectfully represent that he was find at the late term of the Trimble Circuit Court May term 1864 in the Sum of Twenty Dollars for pitching Dollars or Quoits in the town of Bedford, and persons by having bet on him without his knowledge or consent, He would therefore represent that he was ignorant of the fact, that he was liable to a fine

He would therefore pray your honor to remit said fine or as much thereof as your honor would in your clemency see proper and in duty bound will ever pray &c &c

Andrew Scott

We the undersigned citizens of Trimble county Kentucky Join the petition in his prayer above

S. Gatewood
W F Adcock
Rankin Walsh (of the Jury)
James Sams
F. E. Skidmore
Geo W Pryor
Willis Oliver

A. J. Wright
Shed Barnes Jr
Robt Frost
Wm Stanley
J F Pittmore
W P Maddox
W. Stratton

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Trimble Cir Ct
vs
A. Scott
Gaming

Remit except fees & costs
Tho E Bramlette

25th May/64
$20-