Meredith Peyton to James F. Robinson
1863-07-15
- Date of Creation
- July 15, 1863
- 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
- R4-253
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-029-0469
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- FTP Identifier
- 32211671
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Citation
Meredith Peyton to James F. Robinson, 1863-07-15, 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-0001-029-0469 (November 13, 2026).
To his Excellency Govr Robinson —
Meredith Peyton your petiton states that he was at the last term of the Franklin Circuit Court fined in the sum of $20 — and also between twelve & $15, costs. The offence of which he was charged was selling liquor. Your petitoner lives about ten or twelve miles from Frankfort on the waters of Flat Creek. He is a man of very limited means, and he knows not how to pay the fine except by sacrifice; he is ill able to bear as he has a large family, to support.
He has never been before the Court before for any offence for violating the law, before and hopes never to be again. He is ^now^ and has been heretofore a law abiding ^man^, is industrious and hardworking — is not and has never been a dissipated in any respect whatever —
He respectfully asks that the fine be remitted excepting the costs &c which he will endeavor to pay.
Meredith ^his X mark^ Peyton
Sworn to before me this
James Harlan Jr C. C, C, K, D,
We the undersigned unite in the petition of Meredith Peyton.
H I Todd
D Meriwether
W F Parrent
R E Collins
R, B. Gillson
John M Harlan
Remit all except costs &c
T. E. Bramlette
Govr
Franklin Cir Ct
$20 —
Remitted