Petition

John A. Peebles et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-11-21

Date of Creation
November 21, 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
BR16-331 to BR16-332
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2693
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Dates
1865-11
1865-11-21
1865-12-13
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John A. Peebles et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-11-21, 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-0001-004-2693 (November 13, 2026).

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To his Excellency Thomas E Bramlette
Governor of the State of Kentucky —

The undersigned citizens of Adair County represent that W. S Turpin was by a Judgments of the Adair Circuit Court rendered at the MayNov term ^1865^ fined one hundred & sixty Dollars in the cases of selling spirits to slaves and one for selling to a Soldier making the aggregate aforesaid. We regard the cases proper for Executive clemency and pray the remittance thereof except fees & costs & as in duty bound we will ever pray —

Nov 21st 1865
Case Nos 1, 2 & 7 are for selling spirits to a slave & No 8 is for selling spirits to soldiers &c

Jno. A. Peebles
W E Baker
Eugene Triplett
Ethan Smith
J W Suddarth
D. Griffith
Alexander Harvey
Jo. Coffey
Wm E Russell
J Burton
Wm H Walker

Timoleon Cravens
Burton Bryant
John Murrell
Wm Curry
A. P. Broward
James Vigas
[Thoms D Riggle]
P. C. Hardin
A H Judd
I. C Winfrey
James. R Ewing
C R Page

[Page 2] M M B, Robertson
Horace K Buckner
William H Roach
J J. D. Royse
Wm O. Murrel
W. H. Hudson
Thos. T. Willson
John H White
John W Bennett
Peter Bryant
John M Bryant
James H Bernard
W. DeB Owens
T. Q. Walker
H. G. Atkins
S K Rhorer
J. W. Irvine
J. C. White
C. T Massie
Joseph, H, Miller
E, T Willis
B R Willis
J R Sharp
I. M. Young
J. K. A. Strange
A Gilmer
W. K. Long
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Adair Cir Ct
vs
Wm S Turpin

3 judgts for $50. each. Selling Liquor to Slaves & one for $10. to Soldiers

Remitted 13 Dec/65
Remit