Petition

Elisha Williams and William Wyatt to Thomas E. Bramlette

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
BR15-189 to BR15-190
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2307
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32205191

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Dates
1865-09
1865-09-05
1865-09-20
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Citation

Elisha Williams and William Wyatt to Thomas E. Bramlette, 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-0001-004-2307 (November 13, 2026).

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To his Excellency Thomas E Bramlette Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your petitioners Elisha Williams and William Wyatt most respectfully ask a remission of a judgment rendered in the Jefferson circuit Court against them in favor of Said Commonwealth at its september term 1865 on the 5th day of september for the Sum of five hundered dollars founded on a scrie facias on a forfeited recognizance as bail of one Luther Hays charged with filony

Your petitioners saith they entered as bail for the appearance of said Hays to answer this Said charge in Said court but after they entered as bail and before the day of appearance said Hays entered the Army of the United States ^[...]^ So that Your petitioners could not produce him

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in view of the foregoing facts they ask your excellency to remit all of said judgment except the fees of the Commonwealths attorney and costs and your petitioners will every pray &c

Elisha Williams
William Wyatt

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Jefferson Cir Ct
vs
Remit
E. Williams & Wm Wyatt
$500.
Forfeiture
20 Sept/65
Fee paid
hand to Mr Barrett