Petition

Alfred Brown to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-10-10

Date of Creation
October 10, 1865
Place of Creation
Russell County, Kentucky
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
BR15-417
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2460
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FTP Identifier
32205344

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1865-10-10
1865-10-10
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Alfred Brown to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-10-10, 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-0001-004-2460 (November 13, 2026).

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To Thomas E. Bramlette Esqr Governor of Ky.

Your petitioner Alfred Brown respectfully State that on the 9th day of October 1865 he was arrested and tried before the county Judge of Russell County and by a jury fined the sum of $11:91 cents for a breach of the peace The facts of the case are substantially as follows — he (your petitioner) is a member of Capt Woods Company of State guards and was detailed as a guard at the jail of Russell county and was on duty as a gard at the time when a young man named Davidson (a citizen) Came up to his post and attempted to take his gun away from him and in the tusle for the gun he struck him (Davidson) with the gun —

The premises Considered your petitioner respectfuly asks the remission of said fine and as in duty bound he will every pray &c

Alfed Brown

Sworn to and subscribed by Alfred Brown before me this 10th day of October 1865

George Bryan Exmn ^R C^

We the undersigned Citizens of Russell county Ky. join in the prayer of the above petition of Alfred Brown and respectfully ask that the fine be remitted this 10th Oct 1865

H O Bolin
Lieut W, H, Walker
A, C, Wells
N. G Wells
Theo Jones
J H McBalld
Benjamin Ballenger

B, H, Walker
George Bryan
Green Moore
Wm G. Welson
Wm Lucas
Andrew Webb
A P Simpson
John D Bearnard

[Page 2] Russell County Ct
vs
Alfred Brown
$11.91
Remitted 13 Oct 1865