Ben Montgomery to Thomas E. Bramlette
- Place of Creation
- Frankfort, Franklin 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
- BR17-43
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-2780
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32205664
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- Dates
- 1865-12-07
Citation
Ben Montgomery 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-0001-004-2780 (November 13, 2026).
Frankfort
To his excellency the Governor of Kentucky
The undersigned states that he is and was a Soldier in theCompany K 55 Ky Mounted Infantry and when the regiment was mustered out he was in Hospital at Covington — He came here with Lt [...]Phips who stopped here for a few days — While here he had a pistol [...]in his custody which he had taken to clean & repair and while he had it he was arrested ^& fined in the police Court of Newport^ for carrying a concealed weapon & put in prison & there kept until he replevied the debt being told that was all that he could do to get out of Jail — He desires to go to Louisville & be mustered out and asks that said fine be remitted — He was not aware that he was violating any law having said pistol
Ben Montgomery
I know the above Ben Montgomery and that he is a soldier He belonged to the Company I was in as Lieut — & has not yet been mustered out — I hope the govenor will remit the fine as asked
J M Ward, Late 1st Lieut
55th Ky Co K
Frankfort City Ct
vs
Ben Montgomery
$50,
Concealed Weapon
Remit