Petition

George Bunch and L. D. Sutton to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-06-14

Date of Creation
June 14, 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
BR14-90 to BR14-91
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-1958
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32204844

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Dates
1865-03
1865-06-14
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George Bunch and L. D. Sutton to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-06-14, 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-0001-004-1958 (November 14, 2026).

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To the Excelence the Govenor of the Commonwealth of Kentuckey your petitianer George Bunch and L. D. Sutton Wold Respectfull Represent to your Excalence that some at the March Turm of the Whitley Circuit Courte 1865 that the Courte Renderdd Judgement against George Bunch for $40,00 for gaiming and that said bunch was a pore man and had alarge famley and that he was at that time unable to pay the same and that to Keepe him out of Jail that L. D. Sutton Replevd the said Judgements and that the said sutton is a pore mand ^&^ has alarge famley and not a man that evr is guilty of gaiming and that unless your Excelence enterpose they will have the Judgements to pay

The primis conciderd the prayers of your Petitioners is that your Excelence remit the fine and set asid the Judgement and Replevin Bond and for all Proper Releaf

Gorge Bunch & L D Sutton

sworn to be fore me by George Bunch and L D Sutton this 14th day of June 1865

D H Leforce J P

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The under signed says that they beleave it wold be an act of Charity to Remit the fine and set a sid the Judgement & Replevin Bond

Names
Isom Jones
Joseph Rakr
Y. R Harman
Ransom Stanford
James Janoby
James, M Larmance
Alex'r Litton
T J meddow
D H Leforce
E E Leforece
G B Baines
J W. Quentemus
T. J. Cox
John Smith
John T Smith
S P Brawner
G Litton s w c
James M Adkins
W C Cox
A, R, Barton

Names
Tyrel Faley clerk
of the Whitley county cour
Jessa Desham
E F Adkins
J, S, P, of wff c
P w woods