Petition

Thomas Sanders et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

1864-08-13

Date of Creation
August 13, 1864
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
BR11-284 to BR11-285
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-1163
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FTP Identifier
32204050

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Dates
1864-05
1864-08-13
1864-10-19
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Thomas Sanders et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1864-08-13, 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-0001-004-1163 (November 14, 2026).

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To His Excellency Tho E Bramlette
Governor of the State of Kentucky

Your Petitioner Thomas Sanders States that at the May Term 1864 of the Owen Circuit Court The Commonwealth of Kentucky obtained Judgment against him for the finesum of $200 00 fine for permitting gaming on his premises occupied by him in said County

Your petitioner states that he is a very poor man and has a large family entirely dependent on his daily labor for a support: that it will be impossible for him to raise the money to pay said fine and if arrested and imprisoned his family must suffer for food and raiment.

He therefore prays your Excellency to remit said fine and he will ever pray &c
August 13th 1864

Thomas Sanders

The Undersigned state that they are well acquainted with the petitioner Thomas Sanders and Concur in the Statements of his petition above: they believe his case is one especially deserving of the exercise of Executive Clemency

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W, H, Sandford Ck Owen. Cir. Ct
W. B. Roberts:
Geo. S. Low
T. W. Steiner
Geo. C. Robert
W. Seal
W B Vallandingham
Jas M Brown S. O. C.
Ben F. Sidebottom
Laurance Sandford
James Haydon Deputy Sheriff

Gov. I know the above signers of this peittion. Know them to be gentlemen of undoubted varasity — I hope the porr man may be released

truly your
S B English

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Owen Cir. Ct
vs
Thomas Sanders
Remission Entered
delivr. Oct 19th 64
[EDA]
Remit