Petition

Ballard Repass to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-11

Date of Creation
November 1865
Place of Creation
Lawrence 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
BR16-341 to BR16-342
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2700
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32205584

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Dates
1865-11
1865-10
1865-12-02
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Ballard Repass to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-11, 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-0001-004-2700 (November 13, 2026).

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Novr 1865
To his Excellency
Thomas E. Bramlett
Govener of Ky

your Petitioner Ballard Repass Respectfully represents that at the Oct Term of the Lawrence Circuit Court 1865 his appearance was or had been entered to an Indictment charging your Petitioner with Tipling, by one Thomas Walace, who had no authority so to do, he says he was found guilty by default, and did not Know he was tried or that his appearance had been entered, he says he is Quite a boy and is a miserable criple; that if he had been represented

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on the trial or had his witnesses examined he does not believe he would have been fined. He says the fine is unJustly imposed on him and that his unable to pay the same, that he is in the Lawrence county Jail for the same and is in very feeble health, He prays that you will remit his fine and on duty he will ever pray

Ballard ^his X mark^ Repass

Governer Bramlett
Dear Ser

I Know the above facts in substance to be true the Sheriff of Lawrence Mr Allison and the Jailer wants him out and his fine Remited

Yours
J M. Burns

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Ballard Repass
Lawrence Cir Ct
vs
Ballard Repass
$60
Tipling
Remitted 2d Dec/65