Petition

George W. Pack et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

Place of Creation
Lawrence 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
BR43-200 to BR43-201
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-3075
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FTP Identifier
32205918

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George W. Pack 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-0001-004-3075 (November 14, 2026).

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To His Excellency
Thos E Bramlett
Governor of Kentucky
Your Petitioners

Would Respectfully Represent that at the October Term of the Lawrence Circuit Court Lee Roberts was Indicted for Carrying Concealed weapons a Coppy of Said Indictment accompanys this Petition We have know Lee Roberts for some years He was during the War a Good Soldier in the 39th KY Co A & had been threatened by two Brothers by the name of Low the Difficulty Orginated in the Arrest while a Soldier of a Rebel Citizen by (Lee Roberts under Orders)

Your Petitioners would Represent that Lee Roberts was a good soldier & should not be Run to costs in this Case as he is & was Justifiable in Carrying the weapons for Self Defense & we Pray Your Excellency To Pardon Said Lee Roberts the Offense

Respectfully Yours
George W Pack
Isaac Pack J P L C
A C Hutchison J. P. L. Co
J. A. Abbott
John Chaffin
Jarrett Short

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Graham Wilson
A J Moore
John Thompson
John J Jordan
J. R. Dean
Jasper Roberts
J B Hutchison
George Carter
H I Stevenson
William Gray
James C Layne
A R Frazier
William Burchett
S. J Yates
G. R. B. Chapman
John C. Miller
A. S. Plaine
M Freese
C. E. Crooks
J. Wyats
F A Clayton
Jno M Clayton J S C L
G Lackey
James A Kilgore
J. Crabtree

Samuel. B. Jones
George D. Arthur
F A Jones
Samuel Wellman

John M. Rice
J. D Foster
D S Tolliver
H Meek DS SLG

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Leo Frank
Geo W [...]

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Lawrence County
Commonwealth
vs
Roberts

Refused