Petition

M. C. Johnson et al. to James F. Robinson

Place of Creation
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Petition
Repository
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection
Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons, Remissions, and Respites, 1862-1863
Box / Folder
R3-427 to R3-428
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-029-0291
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32211493

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Dates
--02
--03-07
1863-03-13
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Citation

M. C. Johnson et al. to James F. Robinson, Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons, Remissions, and Respites, 1862-1863, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-029-0291 (November 13, 2026).

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The Undersigned Citizens of Lexington represent to the Governer of Kentucky that Frank Tankersley has been fined in the Lexington City Court in February, $50. & costs for carrying a concealed weapon, and was on the 7" day of March committed to the work house. He is a poor young man, not yet of age, with no friends or relations who have any means to pay the fine; & unless relieved by Your Excellency he will be kept in the work house several months —. He has no father or mother, & an only sister ^about 18 years old^ who has no depdendence but him, her other brothers being in the Union Army.

The youthfulness of Tankersley & the dependence of his young sister on him appeal strongly to the clemency of Your Excellency.

We respectfully request that his fine may be remitted —

M C Johnson
Wm Shuffeley
Chas H Wickliffe
Geo R, Letcher
W Lyons
E D Sayre
F Worsham

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Lexington City Ct
$50. } Weapons

Fine Remitted
J F Robinson

Frank Tankersley
Iss" Mar 13. 1863