Petition

John Fenley et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

Place of Creation
Grant 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
BR42-277 to BR42-278
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-3402
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32206168

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Dates
1853-04
1853-09
1864
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Citation

John Fenley 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-0001-004-3402 (November 14, 2026).

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To his Excellency T E Bramlette,

The Undersigned your petitioners would respectfully represent that Perry Kennady was at the April term of the Grant Circuit Court for 1853 fined the sum of Sixty dollars for keeping a tipling house and at the September term of said court for 1853, he was fined the further sum of Sixty dollars for a like offense. The said Perry Kennady is a poor man has a family of seven children residing with him. has three sons now in the army of the United States and one son who died in the service- his family are dependant upon his daily labor for a support the said Kennady has since the above fines were imposed upon him been a peacable law abiding man, your petitioners would further represent that in their opinion the case of the said Kennady is such as to demand the interposition of your

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excellencys clemency

Wherefore your petitioners would respectfully ask that your excellency remit the fines aforesaid.

John Fenley.M.D
Weden Oneal
G. L. Huey
A. F. Hogsett
M. L. Collins
J B Kniffin M. D.
Jas T. Taylor
D. E. Craig
C D Reed
Jno. J. Smith
B F, Day
L Fenly
L. F. Dickerson
Thos A Franklin C. G. C. C.
N. H. Jeffers clk Grant cir ct
J. W. Linn
J. E. [...]

E. H. Smith
W. T. Simmons

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Grant Cir Ct
vs
Perry Kennady
Refused
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