Petition

P. D. Clayton 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
BR15-463 to BR15-464
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2492
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FTP Identifier
32205376

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Dates
1863-03
1865-10-02
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Citation

P. D. Clayton 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-0001-004-2492 (November 15, 2026).

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To his Excellency Thomas E Bramlett
Govenor of the Commonwealth of Ky

We the undersigned Citizens of Webster County and others being personally acquainted with Daniel J Christian the subject of this memorial and the Causes of its presentation would respectfully represent to your honor that at the march term of the Webster circuit court for 1863 the said Daniel J Christian was fined the sum of Sixty dollars for the offence of sellingLiquor ^keeping a tippling house^

now we would represent to your honor that said Christian is a criple having lost partially the use of his right hand that he has a wife and four small children that his Wife is also a criple having lost the use of her right arm that he is a very poor man and of Sober and industrious habits and that what he done was in ignorance of the law and was by him [for the better] to enable him to support his family

we therefore in consideration of the Condition of himself and wife in the name of humanity pray your Excellency to Commute or remit Said fine against the said Daniel J Christian and in duty well ever pary &c

P. D, Clayton
James S Chalkwell
S.. A.. Doris
John pullam
R. P. Howard J peace
Clem Jenkins

G C Gaines
[...][...]
[Tho H Gaines]
Joseph H Mitchell
james Blackwell

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W W Jenkins
J P Wallais
E. N Blackburn
F B Wallace
John Watson
Jas M Dill Clk
[...] [...]
Charles Williams
B D Winstead
Will Greir
Andrew Boyle
Basiel Watson
John Blackwell
J F Hicks
Wm P Newman
R J Harris
Josephus Welch
[...] [...]
W T Vaughn
G, B, Tolley
R [...]
B pullam
[...][...]
B. A. [...]
James R Jones
T D Jenkins
J J [...]
Willis Jenkins
Wesley Curry
Jacob Marlgan

James M Morgan
G George Morgan
John Randals
D T Nall
L Nall
To overfeild
J, S, Thomas
William Muir
R M Corneal
[...] Price
M. W. Marrs
G. F. McClintock
John Nasbitt S W C
John N. Thomason
S. Herrick
John W Melton
H H Smith T J F W C
D H Thomasson C, W, C
C W Cook Judge W, C, C
M C Denis C, W, C, C
Marion Rice

[Page 3] Thomas E Bramlett Govenor Kentucky
Frankfort
Ky

Webster Cir Ct
vs
D J Christian
$60
Tipling
Remit
2d Oct 1865