Petition

Calvin Vaughn to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-09-22

Date of Creation
September 22, 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
BR15-257 to BR15-258
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2353
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FTP Identifier
32205237

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Dates
1865-09
1865-09-22
1865-09-28
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Calvin Vaughn to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-09-22, 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-0001-004-2353 (November 13, 2026).

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To His Excellency Thomas E Bramlette Governor of the commonwealth of Kentucky your Petitioner Calvin Vaughn would most respectfully Represent unto your Excellency that at the September Term of the Knox Circuit Court 1865 He was fined fifty dollars for Selling Liquor to a miner He says that it is true as he supposes that he Sold a pint of Spirits to a young man by the name of Bryant who as it turned out was not twenty one years of age at the time of selling to him but your Petitioner was not at the time aware of the fact as ^that^ said Bryant was not of age as he had been transacting business for Several years on his own account But says if he had known that He was under age he did not at the time know that it was a violation of law to sell to a minor He further States that the sale was made during the rebelion & during the siege of Knoxville He says that he is a reffugee from Tennesee and knew but little of the laws of Ky That He is a law abiding Citizen

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a very poor man ^having a family to support^ and if He had known that said Bryant was under twenty one years of age and that it was Contrary to law to sell to such he would not have done so under any circumstances He promises not to be guilty of further violations of law and not to trouble your Excellency for the remission of an other fine

The premises considered the prayer of your Petitioner is that you remit said fine for which he will ever feel griatified

Calvin Vaughn

Sworn to before me by Calvin vaughn this 22nd day of of Sept. 1865

H. H. Hunter clk

We are acquainted with the circumstances and are Satisfied that the Statements in the foregoing Petition are true and hope the fine will be remitted

Miner Bryant landlord
George Bryant father of proscutor
Garden Parker
James Poter
John McKan
John Gerdner

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James. P. L. McKechan
C, R, Watkins Esqr
Tazewell Blankenship
Hiram Prichard
James T Watkins
Thomas Baker
Alexander Shelton
Wesley Belein
Blakely Logan
Hiram Logan

Govr Bramlette I hope you will remit the fine mentiond in the petition

H F Finley

Gov Bramlett
Dear Sir

I hope that you will remit the fine against Mr Vaughn respectfully

Granville Pearl

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Knox Cir Ct
vs
Remit
Calvin Vaughn
$50
Selling to Minor
28th Sept/65