Petition

Thomas W. Matlock to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-06-20

Date of Creation
June 20, 1865
Place of Creation
Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky
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
BR14-174 to BR14-175
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2015
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Thomas W. Matlock to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-06-20, 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-0001-004-2015 (November 14, 2026).

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Princeton, Caldwell County, Ky.
June 20th 1865.
To his Excellency, Thomas E Bramlett,
Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky,

Your petitioner, Thomas W. Matlock, respectfully states that at the June Term 1865 of the Caldwell Circuit Court he was convicted of a violation of the marrage laws of this State in said Court in three cases, in two of which his fine was assed at One Hundred dollars each in the third case at Fifty dollars. Your petitioner would state that his violation of the law consisted in not filing his oath of allegiance in the Clerk's Office of the County in writing as requested by an Act of the Legislature passed on the — day — 1862. He states that he is a Minister of the Gospel, and that the time of selebrating the rights of matrimony between the parties he knew not of the law referred to that as soon as he was informed of the law he complied with the same, by immediately ^filing^ said oath as required by law, and that too before the finding the indictment in the said three cases. He respectfully askes your kind consideration in the matter, and if consistent with just and propriety, that said fines be remitted.

I have the honor to be your servant &c,
L. Pepper Thos. W. Matlock

We are acquainted with the Petitioner and believe his statements are true

L. Pepper Atty
Thos Hunter
J W Clarke
A,, C,, Mayes

M. A. Spellings
J. Y. Chambers
F. W. Darby
E P McGoodwin
W S Marlow P M

[Page 2] J, M, Woolf
F.. W.. Dabney D C. c. c. c.
J W Hayden D C c c c
James R. Hewlett, Atto.
W H Keril T. J. F C C
E Baker Asst Assessor Int. Revenue
Wm Childers Minister of Gospel
James A Carr
A. Reynolds D. S Sheriff
R Barnes
John. J. McLin
R, B, Ratliff
R. H. Baker
J W McCoy Dept Collector
J P Roscoe
J M Harper
James Cantrell
John Satterfield J, P, C, C.
P. Conway
T. H. Tinsley
A. C. Thomson
W H Calvert
T. L. McNary
S, M, Edmunds
Thos D. Lewis
T, B, Pool
A C Meek
B. J. Grubbs C, C, C
Wm Carter, J P C C
Lewis Martin
J. B. Wadlington
W. H. Pool
T A Lowry J, P, c, c
W A Rice
Ennis Hooper
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J. S. Lowry Jailor
P B McGoodwin M D
James. Gale
A N Wing J P c c
J. Gardner
J. N. Turner Presiding Judge of Caldwell County Court,
J. C. Barnes clerk Caldwell County Court

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Caldwell Cir Ct
vs
Thos W Matlock
3 judgt 2 for $100, & one for $50
7 Aug/65
sent for fee
26 July 1865