Petition

Willis W. McFarland et al. 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
BR15-240
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2341
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FTP Identifier
32205225

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Dates
1865
1865-09-20
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Citation

Willis W. McFarland et al. 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-0001-004-2341 (November 13, 2026).

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To his excellency ThomasE. Bramlett Governor of the commonwealth of Kentucky your Petitioner Willis W. Mcfarland, respectfully shoeth unto your Excellency that at the Fall term of the Whitley Circuit Court 1865, he was fined the sum of fifty five Dollars upon an indictment for carrying concealed deadly weapons, he states that he was under the impression that all indictments for carrying concealed deadly weapons had been dismissed he states that he had a good defence which he could have successfully made to said indictment if he had known it was still on the dockett he states that he is a poor man and he prays your exellency may remit said fine he states that he has now ceased since peace has been made to carry weapons and he therefore prays your Excellency to remit said fine and as in duty to him self & family he will ever pray

Willis W, Mcfarland

W. C. Gilliss
James M Johnson

Granvil Mcfarland
David Y, Lyttle

[Page 2] W. T, Hood
J. M. Steele
A G. Brofford
Thos, Walters
Enoch Smith
Greenberry Hatfield
S G Steele
R M. Steele
W C. Howell
Henry [anders]
James underwood
J. J. Hart

Gov Bramblett

I hope that you will remit the fine against Willis McFarlin

Granville Pearl
James [Nortan]
[Justis Peace]

Whitley Cir Court
vs
Willis Mcfarland
Petition
$55
concealed
Remit
Weapons
20 Sept/65