Petition

Hiram Faulkner et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

1864

Date of Creation
1864
Place of Creation
Whitley 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
BR[11]-136 to BR[11]-137
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-1060
Rights
This image and its transcription are freely available to the public. Images appear courtesy of Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Transcriptions and annotations were created by Kentucky Historical Society staff, volunteers, and interns. When referencing this document, please use our preferred citation.; The use of transcriptions, images, or annotations from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce any material on CWGK is required.
FTP Identifier
32203947

The Civil War Governors of Kentucky editors are working on annotations for this document. Check back to explore the people, places, organizations mentioned in this document.

Dates
--08
--03
1864
1864-07-14
Download (XML) Download (PDF)
Citation

Hiram Faulkner et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1864, 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-0001-004-1060 (November 14, 2026).

[Page 1]

To the excelence of the govenor of the commonwealth of Kentucky

your petitioner Hiram Faulkner wold Respectifully represent to your excelencey that at the August terme of the Whitley Circuit Court that the Grandjury found an enditement against him for gaiming and at the last march tirme the court Rendered Judgement against him for twenty dollars and that he Repaid the same with [...] as his suritey he states that he is a pore man and not able to pay the fine and do Justice to the ballance of his familey he say that he have ever been a union man and submiss to the laws and that he is not a gambler onley axidentley got into this scrape Whearefore he prey that your excelence may interfere withe his ^your^ pardning Power and to Remit the fine and set a side the forfeitu Replevin bond and Judgement and for all Proper Releaf

Hiram Faulkner

sworn to by Hiram Faulkner this 28th day of 1864

W. B. Davis JP

[Page 2]

The under Signed say thay beleave the statements in the foregoing petition and thinkes it wold be an act of charity to Remite the fine

John Smith
Michael Richardson
[A J Hurd]
[P Mendon]
Joel Baker
Joel Wilder
Charles P Davis
J H Scott
Thomas Adkins
Thomas Taylor —

[Page 3]
[Page 4]

Whitley Cir Ct

H Faulkner
$20 Petition

Whitley Co.

Refused
July 14th 1864

Address P. O.
Whitley C. H.