Petition

John Burton, Sr. et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-09-26

Date of Creation
September 26, 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
BR15-386
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2437
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FTP Identifier
32205321

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Dates
1859-11
1865-09-26
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John Burton, Sr. et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-09-26, 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-0001-004-2437 (November 14, 2026).

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To his Excellency Thos E Bramlett Gov of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Your Petitioners John Burton Sr, John Burton Jr, Jesse Burton and Jesse Stephens would Respectfully Represent that at the November Term 1859. of the Morgan Circuit Court that there was a fine imposed by said Court at the aforesaid Term against each of Your Petitioners for $5000 each, upon which Judgments there issued Executions and the same was Replevied about the breaking out of the Southern Rebellion and now there has issued Executions on said Replevin Bonds which is now in the hands of the sheriff of Morgan County who is about to sell the Property of your Petitioners, Your Petitioners would further State that in consequence of the war that, they have been almost reduced to Poverty, and owing to their Present conditions that they are actually unable to pay said fine. Wherefore they humbly ask your Excellency to remit said fines and that all officers be enjoined from the collection of the same and they will forever Pray

John Burton sr
John Burton jr
Jesse Burton
Jesse Stephens

We the undersigned Join in Prayer with the above named Petitioners and ask that the fines against

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Petitioners be remitted and held for naught, That said Petitioners are Very Poor and actually unable to Pay said fines & they have Very large families who are dependent on your Petitioners for a support and said Petitioners has everly been loyal to the Constitution & Government of the United States

Respectfully yours
Sept 26th 1865
Stev Stephens C S
moses scaggs
B Williams
A. F. Fraley
Alvin Sturgeon
Isaac S. Sturgeon
John L. Hanna
A C Fraley
James Fraley
J, K, Howard
Isom Waggener
Ira Isaac Jr
C. W. Carter
S. G. Hunter
Charles Adkins
S D Stanton
Miles Whitt
John Coling C S
John Stephens
James my horn
Wiiliam binion