Petition

Thomas Kennedy et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

1864-06-03

Date of Creation
June 3, 1864
Place of Creation
Carlisle, Nicholas 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
BR11-11
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-0975
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32203862

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Dates
1864-06-03
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1864
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Thomas Kennedy et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1864-06-03, 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-0001-004-0975 (November 14, 2026).

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Carlisle Ky June 3d 1864
To his Excellency Gov. Bramblette

DrSr On the 25th Ult. Sam Job, a free man of Color of this (Nicholas) County, was tried upon a charge of having committed an assault & Battery and fined Twenty nine dollars & fifty cents & fourteen & a half days imprisonment in the County Jail and in addition to that he was put under bonds to keep the peace and be of good behavior for one year He is about fifty years old — perhaps more — & is very poor

He is now serving out his time in Jail We the undersigned, being citizens of Nicholas County, think that under all the circumstances the punishment inflicted was unusually severe & we recommend the said Job, in an especial manner, to your Clemency and Petition you on his behalf to remit all his said ^money^ fine except the Officers' fees

Yours Truly
Thomas Kennedy
John M Dallas, Jailor
John M Chevis J. P. N. C.
Jno. A Campbell C. n. C. C
W. W. howard Deputy Clerk Nicholas Cir. Ct.
J. L. Arnold C. N. C. C.
(See over)

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R. B. Riddor
Fitch Munger
Jon. H. Seeley
J. F. McMillan
A W Blair S. N. C
W. P. Ross
William Dinsmore

Nicholas County Court
VS
Sam Job (Negro)

Refused
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