<title type="main">Alanson Trigg to Thomas E. Bramlette

To his Excellency

Thomas E Bramlette Governor of Kentucky

Your Petitioner Alanson Trigg a citizen of Barren County Kentucky respectfully represents that he has been fined by the judgement of the Warren Equity & Criminal Court upon one or more Indictments for allowing as was charged two of his slaves towit Jerry & Beverly to go at large & hire themselves out in violation of law The Indictments were tried at the last term of said Court when it was impossible for your petitioner now more than 70 years old to attend said Court & the trial He will cause to be presented herewith a copy of the record verifying the fact that he has been fined as above stated by the judgement of said Court. Your Petitioner is informed that his said slaves have wives in Warren County where your Petitioner once owned & carried on a farm, which he sold a few years ago. After the sale your Petitioner thro humanity to his slaves & in order that they might remain convenient to their wives hired Jerry to John Petty & Beverly to Hendrick notes were regularly given for the hire of ^said^ slaves until 1862 & the present year & for these years he was informed by correspondence & messages that said Petty & Hendrick would keep the slaves on hire as they thertofore had done The troubles growing out of the situation of the Country & other causes created great difficulties in the management of slave property & your Petitioner readily relied on the information he received that said Petty & Hendrick would keep the slaves as above stated & your Petitioner did not go to Warren to see about the matter. Your Petitioner

states positively that it never was his intention to violate the law & to allow his slaves to hire their own time & to go at large & hire themselves to others & had he been able to attend the trial & give information to the lawyer who defended him he believes the jury would not have found as they did. Under the circumstances he prays your Excellency to remit the fines. In testimony of which he hath hereto set his name this 26th of September 1863

Alanson Trigg

I request the Governor to grant the prayer of the foregoing Petition

J. R. Underwood

I know Mr Trigg well -- & somthing of the facts connected with this case & I feel honestly that it is indeed one of the cases in which the Governor should interfere & remit the fines --

Col. 11th KY Inf)

Warren C. C.

Remit fine except costs & fees and send to Hon J. R. Underwood Bowlingreen Ky

Tho E Bramlette Govr

Alanson Trigg $80 -- 7th Oct/63