Thomas Edwards to Thomas E. Bramlette
1865-09-05
- Date of Creation
- September 5, 1865
- 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, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 1863-1867
- Box / Folder
- BR7-156 to BR7-157
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-005-0095
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32206354
Citation
Thomas Edwards to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-09-05, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 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-0001-005-0095 (November 12, 2026).
To
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Mercer County — Sct —
To His Excellency, Thomas E. Bramlette,
Govenor of Kentucky;
Your Petitioner, Mercer County Judge, Thos- Edwards, represents that the following persons have committed a heinous offence against the person of Mrs- Gray by committing a rape upon her person in the presence of her husband whom they had bound and robbed, You are therefore especially petitioned, requested, and implored by me to offer a reward of $500 each for said parties, whose names are Thomas Jenkins, Anthony Smith and John Bishop — The description of them is herewith presented as part hereof —
Thos Edwards P J M C C