Petition

D. D. Brown et al. 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
BR12-204 to BR12-205
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-1415
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FTP Identifier
32204302

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D. D. Brown et al. 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-0001-004-1415 (November 12, 2026).

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To His Excellency Thomas E. Bramlette
Govener of the Commonweth of Kentucky.

Your Petitiones Citizens of Allen County Kentucky Beg leeve to represent to your Excellency That Thomas J. Cockrill Robinson Brown & Thomas Fisher citizens of Allen County Kentucky went the surity or bail of one John C. Wray who was under arrest charged with Treesan, to answer the charge in the Circuit Court. They State that since that time Judgement had been rendered upon bail bond in the sum of Five Thousand Dollars, the full amount of said bond which amount is they believe fully as much as they are now worth both real & personal They refer to the facts set forth in the petition of said Cockrill &c for the circumstances connected with the forfeiture of said the fact of his said Wrays death &c which they believe to be true They state that to require the said Parties to pay the full amount of said bond would entirely break them up and lieve their little families in neerly a starving condition and that in Equity Justice & good conscience they aught not be required to pay the same and that it is a case well worthy the Executive Clemency. They therefore prey that your Excellency remit that the portion of said bond by law belonging to the State of Kentucky as they believes Justice & Mercy from the

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from the circumstances in this case demand it for which they will ever pray &c.

Subscribers names
D. D. Brown
J. E. Brown
W, C, Brown
Edward Bradley
Charles J. Bradley
Francis Cooper
Allen page
Jos. fifer cole
William M Alexander
E J Johnston
B. C. Johnston
C Z. C. Alexander
Wm. C. Bond
B D alexander
William C Cole
A. Cole
H. Cole
B. P Meador
cyrus Pitchford
Joel F. Pitchford
J K P Marion
William Simmons
B C House
M D Tracy
T J Brown
R U Brown
Amos Cook
James Cook
William McReynolds

Subscribers names
C W, Hatler
J, W, Morgan
W, M, Lee
D E Brown
David Stewart
R N Stewart
Isaac F Lee
Daniel Pitchford
George Cliburn
T, J, Carpenter
Joseph M,, Cliburn
William C Cliburn
C,,C,, Sikes
Thos, R, Dixon
M Francis
Matthew Johnson
Joseph Tracy
John Shaw
Sion Cook
R N Howel
R M Moore
[...]
James James Howel
J P White
Alvin Mahana
P, T, Stinson
James Bush
Augustis Siddons
John H Johnson
F. M. Binson

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Subscribers names
W, R, Downing
W H [Alanith]
W. G. Ellis
B Downing Jr
Josiah. T. Hagan
J J Calvert
B,, W,, Stone
William M R Austin
James Shockley
J W Calvert
M C Howard
James A Shaw
Thos C Johnson
C, A, Massey
H., H., Aristide
Jefferson Celsor
Benjamin Downing
J R Leay
J T Gillenwaters
Thos Canuth
J,, D,, West
Wilis,, Shockly
W,, C,, Bently
John B Beneaser
F.. M.. Conier
J. T. Bandy
J. M. A. Jones
James Shaw
William Johnson
Jos Carter
Johnathen White
Nathan White

Subscribers names
John,, White
[D m] Shaw
James W Hudson
m Shaw
William Daniel King
T. F. Franklin
Wm Orr
John Dyson
W, D, Meador
William Stinson
W., T., Stinson
W. H. Downing
W A Austin jr
G M Carver
H C Bishop
Saml, T, Hughes
J,, S. Barlow
D G Pain
W W sockley
J L Pully
William J Fletcher
Thomas S Fletchre
William Stinson Jr
James Ellis
John, A, Dunn
Wm, H, Hughes
W A Austin
N C Kuykendal
W J Burren
J,,F,, Meador
D. D. Swindle
J. H. Swindle

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Oliver Brown
J T Carter
J M Brooks
John Brawner
Wm H Brown Sen
H W Brown
H Brown
W A Brown
W. P. Wilburn
H T Tracy
A E Rhoads
H Brown
Wm H. Brown Jr
J. W. Brown
H. J. Brown
William J Brown
S. B. Brown
C. H. Alexander
L. R. Meador
J. P. Pulliam
T P Brown
V D Brown
F.. Gatewood
Luther Porter
Samuel Swearingen