Petition

John F. Wills et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

Place of Creation
Anderson 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]-142
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-1063
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FTP Identifier
32203950

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Dates
1864-07
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Citation

John F. Wills 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-0001-004-1063 (November 14, 2026).

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To His Excellency Thos E. Bramlette Governor of Kentucky —

The undersigned citizens of Anderson County and neighbours of A C Thomas would respectfully ask of your Excellency to release the said Thomas of a fine of 60 dollars which was adjudged against him at the July Term of 1864 of the Anderson Circuit Court for keeping a tippling House. — We are satisfied that it will be oppressive on him to collect this fine off him — He is a poor man with a family entirely dependant on him for support, which he has to do by his labor — That he is an industrous and sober man, and a good citizen and is far from wishing to violate the law as any man — We therefore earnestly but respectfully ^ask^ that you will release him of his fine, for we know that it will be oppressive and distressing to himself & family for the Same to be collected of him —

S. Y. Willis J. P. A. C
Henry grace
James. P. Moffett
William. gee
[Joseph V Read sr]
[...][Bryant]

John F Wills
James M. Posey
Geo W Mathews c. a. c. c
R M Kerchival s. a. c
Wm Goins
G W. Catlett
[Qes] W Hale
W F Burk

[Page 2]

Anderson Cir Ct
vs
A. C. Thomas
$60.
Keeping Tipling
House

Refused

Lawrenceburg