J. H. Wilkinson, Affidavit
1866-09-15
- Date of Creation
- September 15, 1866
- Place of Creation
- Trigg County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Legal/Financial
- 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
- BR12-43 to BR12-43A
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-1313
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32204200
- People
- Wilkinson, James H.
- Dates
- 1866-09-15
Citation
J. H. Wilkinson, Affidavit, 1866-09-15, 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-0001-004-1313 (November 12, 2026).
I J. H. Wilkinson Presiding Judge of the Trigg County Court certify that at the time when Messr Ledford & Baker made application for License as stated in the foregoing petition, the opinion was entertained & acted ^upon^ by myself & the then clerk of the County Court Mat McKinney that it was only necessary for the applicant to procure "Merchants License to retail" for which the tax is five dollars — instead of State License. The same opinion was entertained by members of the bar at this place. Acting upon these views we did issue the wrong License to Ledford & Baker, it was through our mistake as to the law, and not through any fault of theirs that the law was violated
Given under my hand this
J. H. Wilkinson P. J T C C