Petition

N. N. Wolford et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-03-07

Date of Creation
March 7, 1865
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
BR13-50 to BR13-51
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-1608
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FTP Identifier
32204495

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Dates
1864
1864-11
1865-03
1865-03-07
1865-03-20
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N. N. Wolford et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-03-07, 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-0001-004-1608 (November 15, 2026).

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To his Excellency the Governor of Kentucky
Your Petitioners, N N Wolford
F R Tucker & Matthew Worthington

state in the Spring of 1864 one W B Tucker was arrested charged with killing a negro & being arrested to bail in the sum of $1000 — these petitioners became his sureties for his appearance at the next Term of the Casey Circuit Court; they state at the Nov Term of said court Tucker did appear but was not arrested but was held further on his bond, but they state a short time after said Court said Tucker was about being mobbed & being in great danger of his life he was compelled to leave his house in Casey & flee the country to save his life & in consequence thereof did not appear at the March Term of said Court. and said bond was forfeited. They state the absence of said Tucker was without any fault of them & they pray to be released from the penalties of said bond they file affidavits of Nancy Tucker for Sarah J Thomson & T B Harrison as part hereof

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and they believe the statements therein are true

N N Wolford

sworn to before me by N N Wolford March 7 1865

Z. W. Wash Exr c c,

We Join in the prayer of this Petitioner

Fon T Fox
B M Burdett
atty for Commonwealth
Protem
J. E Huffman
atty at Law
Frank Wolford
atty at Law
M J Dunham Atty
W. C. Myers
McDowell Fogle
Hiram Harris
Joel Sweeney Ct Ct Clk
R Blain

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Casey Cir Ct
vs
Tucker Wolford & Worthington
$1000 —
Remitted
20th Mch/65