Petition

John Butcher to Thomas E. Bramlette

Place of Creation
Rockcastle 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
BR12-345
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-1512
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32204399

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Dates
1864-02
1865-02-28
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Citation

John Butcher 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-0001-004-1512 (November 15, 2026).

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State of Kentucky
Rockcastle county
To his Excellency Tho E Bramlett Govr of Kentucky

Your petitioner John Bucher would most respectfully represent to your honour — That at Feby Term of the Rockcastle Circuit court for Feby 1864 there were two Judgts obtained aganst him, on the charge of gaming & the for retailing for $20, cash, I was absent at the of trial being at time engaged as Waggon Master at the time and was on my way to Cumberland-Gap,

I send this by our mutial friend Brooks and would be very much obliged to you, if you remit the fines aforesaid

I remain yours truly
John Bucher

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Rockcastle Cir Ct
vs
John Butcher
$20. each
28th Feby/65

Remit