Petition

J. F. Sheriff 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
BR17-16 to BR17-17
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2765
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FTP Identifier
32205649

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Dates
1865-10
1865-12-11
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J. F. Sheriff 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-0001-004-2765 (November 14, 2026).

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To His Excellency
Thos E Bramlett
Govenor of Ky

We would respectfully represent that our friend neighbor and County man William Oldham was the security of his son Lewis C Oldham for his appearance to the Oct Term 1865 of the Grant Circuit Court to answer an Indictment theretofore returned to said Court for an alledged felony committed by sd Lewis C Oldham whilst acting in the Capacity of a Soldier for the sum of four hundred Dollars Lewis C Oldham did not appear and the sd Bond was forfeited Mr Oldham is a clever Gentleman a poor man with seven or eight Small children & to pay said Bond will reduce him & his wife & family to actual want and suffer and has son has left the County and gone west and is out of the control and reach of his father In view of these facts we would ask most respectuflly your Excellency to interfere and cancel the Bond before judgt —

J. F. Sheriff
James M Hume
Jno H Carter
B F Simmons
Geo. H. Norton
Andrew Sheriff

W. W. Clark
O, D, McManama
T. P. Evans
B McGlosson
Preston Isaaks
Jas. F. McIlvain
A Kendall
James M Littell
Lewis Cason

[Page 2]

W. S. landrum
W H Carter
Wm C. Williams
D. F. Hansbrough
W. H. Childers
W G ashcraft
Wm T. Tully
P. S Ransom
T. F. Gouge
Samuel Eckler
D, C, Ferguson
G W Simpson
James Simpson
thomas E williams
A Lingenfelter
U. M. Northcutt
J W Hutchison
A H Vawter
David Boys
W R Ransom
Moses Mccloure
J J Miller
Jonathan Patmor
Theo OHara
W H [...]
J [...]
Abner lingenfelter
James Hedger
S Hedger
Elisha Johns
James. S. Hicks
M Burnett
John W Dunn

Thos A Franklin C. G. C. C
A. M. Childers
[...] [...]
Hiram G Williams
C. Theobald
F. hodge
W N Simpson
J J Landram
W S Rankin

To his Excellency Thos E Bramlet — you will be troubled with a great many Petitions from this place but this is the most meritorious of any & I hope you will find it agreeable to your Judgment & in harmony with your feelings to grant this Pet your obt Servt

W, L, Simmons

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[Page 4] Grant Cir Ct
vs
Wm Oldham
$400,
Forfeiture
Remitted 11 Dec/65