Petition

R. B. McCall 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
BR16-9 to BR16-10
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2506
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FTP Identifier
32205390

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Dates
1865-10
1865-10-31
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Citation

R. B. McCall 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-0001-004-2506 (November 14, 2026).

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To His Excellency Thomas E Bramlett Governor of Kentucky the undersigned petitoners citizens of Boyd County Kentucky would respectfully represent that at the October term of the Boyd circuit Court 1865 there was a judgment of the Boyd circuit Court rendered against Robert Eastham for the sum of Three Hundred dollars in forfeited recognizance as security of Robert Christy Your petitioners would further represent that Robert Eastham went said security as they believe in good faith beleiving said Christy innocent and he had no doubt he would appear at Court, he failed to do so Eastham is a good citizen, living law and order and is no friend to the guilty he was innocently decoyed into this suretyship and we pray your Excellency to remitt the forfeiture against him, or so much as can be done under the Law and will ever pray

R B McCall, M, J, C
H. B Brodess Judge B C
A Bagley.
Police Judge of Ashland

Laban T Moore
J, D, Jones County atty
W. A. Hampton clk. B. C. C.
Peter Cooly Jailor
Thomas. J Berry J P B C

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Boyd Cir Ct
vs
Robert Eastham
$300,
Forfeiture
Remitted 31st Oct /65