Petition

Thomas Cantrel to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-08-16

Date of Creation
August 16, 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
BR15-40
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2224
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32205108

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Dates
1863-10
1865-05-16
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Citation

Thomas Cantrel to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-08-16, 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-0001-004-2224 (November 15, 2026).

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To His excellency Thos E. Bramlet Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your Petitioner would respectfuly represent unto your excellency that at the October term 1863, of the Lawrence Circuit Court a Judment was rendered against your petitioner for sixty dollars upon the charge of Keeping a Tipling house he made no defence to the Indictment knowing that he was guilty. but in excuse of the offence would state that he has a family that are dependent entirely upon his labour for a support, The war had prostrated business of every sort in Sandy Valley it was impossible to get work and to prevent starvation from visiting my wife and children I resorted to the sale of whiskey, for this I was Indicted and fined it was my first offense and shall be the last, If the collection of the Judgment is enforced I will have to go to Jail, and the little that I have will be [...] from my wife and children. The consideration of the premises I earnestly invoke the executive Clemency and as in duty will every &c,

August, 16th 1865,
Thomas Cantrel

We the undersigned are acquainted with the petitioner and know that his case is deserving of executive interfrarence

J, F, Stewart
M B Goble
Francis Dobbins

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John Dobbins
W, B, D, Davis
Wesley Morre
Garland J Morre
Charles D. Swim
Thomas T Wadkins
B Fitzpatrick
Tomas Jefferson Burgess
H C Smith
Wm Nesbitt
S. T. Moore
C B Moore
Bennet Cox
Wm Mckinster
ed mc graman
J D Moore
Charles Spencer
Thompson Miller
J. W. Jones