James Pennington et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-10-06
- Date of Creation
- October 6, 1864
- Place of Creation
- Danville, Boyle 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
- BR11-455
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-1271
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32204158
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Citation
James Pennington et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1864-10-06, 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-0001-004-1271 (November 12, 2026).
Danville Ky
To his Excellency
The Govinor of Kentucky
The undersigned, James Pennington, represents to your Excellency that at the
He states that he has no mode of relief from said fines but in Executive clemency. That said fines were unjustly imposed: That your Petitioner was not guilty of Keeping a Tipling House, as charged nor was he guilty as he knew, or believed, of any breach of Con. He says he has a defense to said charges, but owing to unavoidable circumstanes he was absent from Court, and that the Counsel employed by him, permitted said Judgment to go by default, thereby rendering this appeal to ^your^ Excellency necessary. That he hopes and promises never again to trouble your Excellency for clemency with like appeal
James Pennington
The following ^persons^ respectfully request your Exceltency the Govinor of Kentucky to grant the appeal contained in above
Felix G. Fox
G W Doneghy
M T. Chapman
E, B, Russel
W, O, Robards
R Survant
W. C. Lamb
W. W Smith
C F Becker
J F Prody
H T Crowder
J W [M ginas]
Charley Rowler
James Rowler
Wm Crowder
William Willson
W M Ramsey
C C Hairigan
C Mont[trow]
W Calvert
James Larene
S g Breward
[F B Sinkhorn]
W C [Jontsen]
Elias McCarty
K D Sinkhorn
W Taylor
S [Jams Croker]
[...] Crowder
Laefyett Baxter
W G Hourigan
Godfrey Isaax
John Waide
M Harman J P M C
C.B overstreit
J L Calvert
A B Smith
J S Willson
J. goodknight
Boyle Cir Ct
vs
Jas Pennington
$100,
Remitted