Petition

Marcus Howard et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

1864-10-22

Date of Creation
October 22, 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
BR11-450
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-1267
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Dates
1863
1864-09
1864-10-22
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Marcus Howard et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1864-10-22, 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-0001-004-1267 (November 15, 2026).

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To his Excellency Govr Thomas E Bramlitt
Frankfort Ky,

Your petitioner would state that he is a resident of the County of Bath State of Ky that he has always been a loyal. law abiding citizen, and that he is in the habit of keeping some good bourbon for his own use and that of his particular friends that call to see him, and that in the fall of 1863 two soldiers came to his house and got a dram, and for which offense at the September term 1864 of the Bath Circuit Court he was fined $50 — for said offense, that he considers it a hardship and would petition your excelency to remit said fine —

Marcus Howard

We the undersigned citizens of Bath Co Ky unite in the above petition, Oct 22d 1864=

V. B. Young C. B. C. C
Daniel Harper, S, B, C
Jonas Warner
Fletcher Donalson
Jno Daugherty
Chas Cartmill
Thos, P, Daugherty
Wm Richards
Nimrod Grimsby
J, M, Cartmill
R. Coulthurd C B C C

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Bath Cir Ct
vs
M, Howard
$50,
Remit
8th Nov/64