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Petition

Owen W. Walker et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-12-23

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Date of Creation: December 23, 1865
Place of Creation: Madison 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: BR17-219 to BR17-220
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0001-004-2899
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FTP Identifier: 32205782

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Dates: 1865-03; 1865-12-23; 1866-02-28

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Owen W. Walker et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-12-23, 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-0001-004-2899 (November 14, 2026).

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To His Excellency
Thomas E Bramlette Govenor of Ky

We the undersigned citizens of Madison County would respectfully represent that at the [...] term of the Madison Circuit Court 186[...] John Wilson a citizen of this County was indicted in said Court for Larceny and was admitted to bail in the sum of One hundred and fifty dollars And Rice Portwood entered as his surety upon the bond, Wilson is a criple for life was a Member of the 7^th Ky Cavalry, At the March Term 1865 of said Court Judgment was rendered upon a forfeiture of said bond and Portwood will have to pay the Money as Wilson has left the state without any estate here

Portwood is a poor man, with a large familly And we would respectfully request that you remit said fine. We believe it a fit case for Executive Clemency

Decr 23^rd 1865

Owen W Walker
G W Smith
S Smith
D Russell
P P Ballard
R Russel
STurner
Albert J [...]
Jonah Gentry
Claiborne Freeman
J M Hill

Ed W Turner
Tho^s Rice C. M. C
Jas M Kindred S M C
Wm Parker
James Denham
Daniel White
S. D. James
Thomas Pulley
Jason James
N B Jones
Richare Lanter
Warren Harris

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John Burnett
J I. Walker
C. H Breck
John C Terrill
Thos Rowland
John P Jarman
Charles. C. Taylor
John W Cooke
E L Shackelford Jr
Tho^s S Bristow Jr
James Davis
J F Miller
R. D. Davis,
Wm Chenault

W H Francis
Jno. M. Harris
Jno B Francis
John Taylor. P. M
Sam^l Wherrin
John. G. Taylor

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[Page 4] S. F Harben
David Simmons
W. R. Boggs
T. S. Andrews
Isaac Hutchison
Wm Smith. Collins

Madison Cir Ct
vs
Rice Portwood
$150,
Forfeiture
278^th Feby 1866
Remit