Thomas L. Roberts 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
- BR13-57 to BR13-58
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-1611
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32204498
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- Dates
- 1865-03-10
Citation
Thomas L. Roberts 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-0001-004-1611 (November 14, 2026).
State of Kentucky
Hopkins County
To his excellency, The Govenor of Kentucky,
Your petitioner Thos L Roberts would humbly say that he is a Tavern Keeper in the Town of Charleston Hopkins County. and as such has endeavoured to perform all the duties so as to keep a good and orderly place of rest for the weary Traveller, but through ignorance and not from any mootive to violate the regulation of the statute of the state, he failed to have Tavern rates place up in his house for this he has been presented by a Grand Jury of his County, Confessed the truth of the charge, and fined seventy five Dollars, he now appeals to your excellency for relief, from said fine, and for the Support of Said appeal would say that he is & has been no violator of any law of his Country and is & has been a poor man struggling to support respectably a family, dependant upon him for maintainance, humbly asking for relief
he begs to subscribe himself
your obt Sevt,
Thomas L Roberts
his X Mark
att Saml. B Greenfield
We concur in the facts stated in the forgoing petition and Join in the prayer thereof
William Tomblinson
William H Sales
Sam Martin
A. Sisk —
G W P Burton
S W offutt
Perry Mcculy
Sam H Noel
Henry, T. Browning
Jno T Bunch
Saml BGreenfield
Henry Howton
M B Ethridge
James Howton
J M Southard
Abel Teague
George H. Miles
M H Lynch
Jasper N Wooldridge
N. M. Easthey
J P Downey
B J Prictchett
George Spooner
James Kinnett
M. D. offutt
M G Bourland
J. L. Robertson
C. H. Young
W. A. Morton
A. W. Earle
Daniel Henry
T.. S Graddy
H B Ashby
Hopkins Cir Ct
vs
Thos L. Roberts
$75
Remit
sent for fee