Petition

William Patrick to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-06

Date of Creation
June 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
BR14-81
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-1953
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32204839

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Dates
1865-03
1865-06
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Citation

William Patrick to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-06, 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-0001-004-1953 (November 12, 2026).

[Page 1]

To the Excelence the govenor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky your petitioner William Patrick wold Respectifully Represent to your honr Excelence that he at the Ma^r^ch term ^1865^ of the Whitley Circuit Court that the granjury found an inditement against against him for an adultery and that he being unable to prove that he was not gilty just ^enterd his appran^ce^ &^ pled gilty and the court Renderd judgement against him for twenty dollars he states that the he served a tour in the servis of the united states and that he is a pore mand and has not the means to pay the judgement and to do justice to his famley

Wheare fore he pray that your Excelents Remit the fine and set aside the Judgment and and for all proper Releaf

Wm Patrick

Sworn to before me by Wm Patrick this [...] day of June 1865

H F Finley

[Page 2]

The under signed says that it they beleave that it wold be na act of charity to Remite the fine and ask your Excelence to Remitt the same

John Smith
Isaiah Bird
Jasper. T. Freeman
Joel Baker
Seth Freeman
P W Me[...]
M, E, White
C L Creekmore
Alexr Litton
S P Browner
ML[...]
M L Davis

Whitley Cir Ct
vs
Wm Patrick
$20,
Refused