Petition

Levi Hoskins to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-12-18

Date of Creation
December 18, 1865
Place of Creation
Harlan 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
BR17-191
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2883
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FTP Identifier
32205766

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Dates
1865-12-18
1865-09
1865-01-05
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Levi Hoskins to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-12-18, 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-0001-004-2883 (November 14, 2026).

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Harlan County Kentucky
Dec 18th 1865
To His Excellency
Thos E Bramlette Govenor

Sir — your Petitioner Levi Hoskins most respectfully states to your excellency that at the September Term of the Knox circuit court 1865 he was fined in the Sum of Twenty Dollars for retailing spirits Your Petitioner States that he was fined for selling when there was no courts being held by cause of the rebellion & that he did not wish to violate any law but happened to have Some whisky & let Some go by the Smalls not thinking it was wrong — your Petitioner further states that he is a cripple & is very Poor having a large family to Support and that it would be very hard upon himself & family to have the said fine to pay — your Petitioner therefore most respectfully but earnestly askes your Excellency to remit the said fine

Very Respectfully
Levi Hoskins
Cumberland Ford Ky

We the undersigned citizens most respectfully ask your excellency to remit the said fine

Names
James Culton
Jno W Culton
Thomas M. Lock
John A,, Ward
Alexander Lock
Isaac ,S, Horn
C. E. Hurst
John T. Horn
H. L. Ward
John. R. Rice
James. R. Elliott
Elmore Hampton
A C Hayse
John Elliott
A. S. Haskell
R Hayse
William Hays
Wm virmilloun
T. S. Ward
Wm Bingham
Moses Dorton

Names
Edward North
Moses Hutchins
Wm F M Wilson
Wm Hendrickson
John Hendrickson
Jefferson Miller
Joseph Baker
John Baker
Harden Goodwin
Wm S [Lefevers]
Nelson Durham
Israel Woollum
Ja J CamBull

[Page 2] Knox Cir Ct
vs
Levi Hoskins
$20,
Tipling
Remitted
5th Jany/65