Petition

James Anderson to Thomas E. Bramlette

Place of Creation
Mercer 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
BR42-403 to BR42-404
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-3476
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32206234

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James Anderson 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-0001-004-3476 (November 14, 2026).

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To Gov Tho, E, Bramlette,

Your petitioner Jas Anderson of color states that at the present term of the Mercer Circuit Court he was find fifty Dollars in the case of the Com. vs himself & others That sd fine was imposed upon him for having a fight with some other persons of color, Your petitioner states that he is now confined in the Jail of Mercer Co for the payment of sd fine, and that he is verry poor and has a wife and six children dependent on him for support. He therefore prays your Excellency to remit such portions of sd find as is coming to the Commonwealth.

Jas ^his X mark^ Anderson

Att
Robert Gallagher

We the undersigned citizens of Mercer Co untite in the prayer of the above petitioner.

P. B, Thompson Jr att at Law
John H. Fairman Town Marshall
R F Connor D C
Geo. O. Herndon
Robert Gallagher Jailor of M Co
W D James Depety Shriff
H F James S m C
J. W. Cardwell

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Mercer Cir Ct
vs
Jas Anderson
$50