Petition

George W. Faulkner to Thomas E. Bramlette

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
BR11-372 to BR11-373
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-1218
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FTP Identifier
32204105

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Dates
1864-09-08
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Citation

George W. Faulkner 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-0001-004-1218 (November 14, 2026).

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To his excellency Thomas E Bramlett. Your petitioner G. W. Falkner states that at the presant term of the Whitly Circuit court he was fined the sum of seventy five Dollars for failing to put up his tavern rates he states that he was entirely ignorant of the law requiring any such thing — that so soon as he asertained that it was his duty to procure from the clerk & put up in the public room of his house the rates as fixed by the County court he done so, he prays your excellency to remit said fine

George W, Faulkner P W

Sworn to by before me by by G, W, Faulkner

J C Watkins clk

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Dear Gov,

I have no dout but the petitioner would have procured the rates and complied with the law if he had known its requirements and I hope your Exceltency will remit said fine

yours Truly
David G Lyttle
Granville PeaL
H F Finley
J, C, Watkins clk

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Whitey Cir Ct
vs
G W Faulkner
$75
Remit
8th Sept/64