Petition

L. T. Barton to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-09-09

Date of Creation
September 9, 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
BR15-252 to BR15-253
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2349
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FTP Identifier
32205233

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1865-09-09
1865-09-28
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L. T. Barton to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-09-09, 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-0001-004-2349 (November 14, 2026).

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To his excelence Thomas E Bramblet govner of the commonwealth of Kentuck your petitioner L. T. Barton wold Respectfely Represent to your Excelence that at the March term of the Whitley Circuit Court that he was endited by the grandjurry of Whitley Count for the offence of having stabing in sudent heat and passion and without previous malis and at this Court he plea Gilty and was fined by the Court $50,00 he states that he is a pore man and has not the means to pay the fine and do justice to the Remainder for his famley

Whearefore he prayes that your excelence Remit the fine and set a side the judgement and fall Proper Releaf

L, T, Barton

L T Barton sayes that he believes the statement in the foregoing petition to be true

L T Barton

Sworn to before me me by L T Barton this 79th day of sept 1865

J. C. Watkins clk J P

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The under Signed say that they beleave that it wold be an act of charity to Remit the fine and askes that it be done

J T. Freeman
T R Harman
P, W, Meadors
Jack [...]
Ambors Jones
Jermiah Jones
W C Cox Dept S W C

Tyrel Foley clerk of the Whitley county court
Isaiah Bird
J. L. McCarty, Late S. W, C
Thomes Raines
J, C, Watkins clk
W, C, Murphy
Jackson McDowell

Gov Bramlette the Dificulty was when the parties were [...] with liquor & from a misunderstanding between brothers I think you will do right to remit this fine

H F Finley

I concur with Mr Finly
Granville Pearl

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Whitley Cir Ct
vs
Remit
L. T. Barton
$50,
Stabbing
28th Sept/65