Correspondence

James C. Jones and W. A. Brooks to Thomas E. Bramlette

1864-07-13

Date of Creation
July 13, 1864
Place of Creation
Mount Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Correspondence
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]-138 to BR[11]-139
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-1061
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FTP Identifier
32203948

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Dates
1864-07-13
1864-02
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James C. Jones and W. A. Brooks to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1864-07-13, 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-0001-004-1061 (November 12, 2026).

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Mt Vernon Rockcastle cty Ky
July 13, 1864,
Dear Governor

Your old friend and fellow soldier John Rucker was fined in the Rockcastle Circuit Court ^at the last Feby Term^ on two several Inditement one for tiplin & the other for unlawful Gaming, the fine Tipling is $60, and for gameing is $20,

He appeals to your clemency again as he has done on several former occasions

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to have the oforsaid fines remetted,

He says he had a valid defense in both cases, but he was unable to be at court, owing to the fact that he [cundcting] a waggon traine train at the time of court which made it impossible for him to attend court,

He says he great confidence that you will not suffer him to be harrassed by the offices, in the collections of these fines, Yours offectionately

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Jas C, Jones
W. A. Brooks

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Rockcastle Ct Ct
vs
John Rucker

Refused