Petition

Charles Gullett to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-11-30

Date of Creation
November 30, 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
BR17-86
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2816
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FTP Identifier
32205700

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Dates
1865-11
1865-11-30
1865-12-18
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Charles Gullett to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-11-30, 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-0001-004-2816 (November 13, 2026).

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To his Excellency Thos. E. Bramlett Gov of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Your Petitioner Charles Gullitt Respectfully States that at the November Term 1865 of the Magoffin Circuit Court he was fined $70, for selling whiskey, says the whiskey for which he was fined. was sold during the late Rebellion when the Country was infested with a armed men who wielded things in their own way and a refusal would be early punishment, Says that he is a very poor man & has a family who are wholly dependent upon his daily labor for a sustenance; and that it will bring Misery upon himself & family if he is forced to pay said fine. he therefore appeals to Your highness and asks that said fine be remitted & that all persons be restrained & prohibited from the collection of the same

Charles Gullett

We the undersigned Join in prayer with said Petitioner and ask that said fines be remitted and that all persons be Restrained from collecting the same

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November 30th 1865

Jno Harkins
John Power
C W Patrick
Wm H Holt
Wm L Hurst
Wiley Patrick
[...] Cook
Allen Patrick
Samuel Patrick
Samuel Gullett
Lewis Gullett
Martin, V, Salyer
A, J Patton
A. B. Salyer

W. J. Coffee S, M, C
Thos B Keeton

Magoffin Cir Ct
vs
Charles Gullett
$70,
Tipling

I endorse the within as being a correct version of the facts &c

J. S. Dury
Comth Atty.

Remitted 18 Dec /65