Wilson Halland to Thomas E. Bramlette
- Place of Creation
- Wolfe 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
- BR43-217
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-3086
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32205923
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Citation
Wilson Halland 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-0001-004-3086 (November 13, 2026).
To his Excellency Thos E Bramlett Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Your Petitioner Wilson Halland respectfully represents that on the [...] day of [...] 18 [...] that he was tried and convicted for the offense of a breach of the Peace and fined the sum of ($12,50) Twelve dollars and fifty cents; Your Petitioner further represents that one [...] abused and insulted his wife and family and for which your Petitioner knocked him down; and for so knocking him down the above fined was imposed against this Petitioner in the Court of Stephen Lolsan a Justice of the Peace of Wolf County Ky, He further states that he is a very Poor Man and has a large family of little children who are dependent upon him for a support and that He has very little or no means to pay said fine with and He asks for the interpositions of executive clemency and that said fine be remitted and all Persons be restrained & prohibited from the collection of said fine & will forever pray
Wilson Halland
We the undersigned join in prayer with said Petitioner & ask that siad fine be remitted and we further state that said Halland is an industrious & good citizen & will ever pray for the remission of said fine
Stephen Tolson G. P. W. C
H E Shackelford C. W. C
C. M. Hanks [...]
M. L. L. Key
J Wiley [...]
H. T. Horton
Wm M. Stamper
B F Munsey
Caleb May cty Judge
Coonrad Cable
Jesse Mc pherson
G. Evans
John Falkner
Hanson drake
James Shomake
John C moore
G. W. Cox. D C. W. C. C
Justice Court
Wolfe Co
vs
Wilson Halland
Refused
