Correspondence

A. J. Moore, B. R. Bethman, and A. Smith to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-10-17

Date of Creation
October 17, 1865
Place of Creation
Mount Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Correspondence
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
BR7-174 to BR7-175
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-005-0110
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32206367
People
Moore, A. J.
Smith, Alfred
Bethman, B. R.
Pope, Jeremiah
Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
Gasswell, William
Places
Mount Vernon, Kentucky
Rockcastle County, Kentucky
Organizations
Rockcastle County Court
Dates
1865-10-17
1861
1865-10-20
1864-01-09
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A. J. Moore, B. R. Bethman, and A. Smith to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-10-17, 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-0001-005-0110 (February 16, 2026).

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Mt Vernon Rockcastle Co
Oct 17th /65 Ky
Gov

Thos E. Bramlette
Sir

Your excellency will recolect that in the year of 1861 or two your though your record will Show the date Your excellency issued a proclamation offering two hundred and fifty dollars reward for the apprehension of one Jerry Pope for the murder of William Gasswell of this county Now for the purpose of apprehending the Said Jerry Pope and bringing him to Justice we the undersigned would umbelly ask your excellency to renew the aforesaid reward that Justice may be done

Yours truly

A. J. Moore C. Atty R
B. R. Bethman J. R. C.
A SmithC R C C

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I B. R. Bethman certify that the aforesaid Jerry Pope has never been arrested to my Knowledge and is Still running at large

B. R. Bethman

County Judge of Rockcastle

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Reward $250,
for Jeremiah Pope
Extended for 12 months from 20th Oct/65


the reward having been first offered by Gov Robinson & by Gov Bramlette extended on 9th Jany/64 for 12 months