Petition

L. A. Byron et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-04-26

Date of Creation
April 26, 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
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BR13-225
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-1727
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1865-04-26
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L. A. Byron et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-04-26, 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-0001-004-1727 (November 15, 2026).

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To the Honble Thomas E Bramlette
Govr of Kentucky

The undersigned petitioners would represent that in January 1865. that before County Judge a Justice of Peace of Clay county Lucinda Collins was fined the sum of ten dollars for an Assault committed on the person of Mrs Margret Reid a woman of notorious bad character in the Country; An Execution has issued on the Judgment, And payment will be coerced if not stopped by the Clemency of the Governor

Lucinda Collins is quite a poor woman with quite a large family of small children She stands fair in reputation and has the name of a quiet and peaceable neighbor, we therefore ask that the fine be remited this 26th April 1865

L. A. Byron
Thos Cook.
H L White
Ed Gibson

{Revenue Stamp}S. C.
26 April 1865

[Page 2]

Refused
Richard T. Jacob
Lt & Act. Gov

Clay co
vs
Lucinda Collins