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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867 KYR-0001-004-0293 BR8-464 to BR8-465

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Novr 11th 1863 To His Excellency Thos E. Bramlette Governor of Kentucky

Your petitioner William B. Fitzpatrick of Adair County respectfully represents that at the May term 1863 of the Adair Circuit Court he was fined the sum of one hundred & fifty dollars upon a charge of misdemeanor. He states that he is a young man and has to rely solely upon his own exertions for a support. To pay this amount would involve him to an extent so considerable that he would not be able to recover for several years. Mr Joseph Bowyer & myself had some difficulty on an election day. We each I suppose thought we were right. I thought that he desired to attack me as he in deed & in truth did. I in good faith believing that he would use great violence to me defended myself as I think I should have done & by my presence of mind prevented him from drawing a pistol from his boot. He had one in his boot or concealed about his person. I am a small-feeble man. Bowyer is a very athletic-muscular man & I felt myself in danger in a conflict with him & acted accordingly. I was fined by the jury one hundred & fifty dollars which I think it would be oppressive

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for me to pay as I believe that he Bowyer was more in fault than I was.

Hoping that Your Excellency will remit the part of said fine which goes to the Commonwealth of Kentucky I remain

Respectfully W. B. Fitzpatrick

We were of Counsel for the petitioner & represent that we consider it a proper case for the interposition of Executive clemency

Timoleon Cravens T T Alexander Jas Garnett

We join in the prayer of this petition & believe it is a proper for the exercise of Executive Clemency.

Fon T Fox Judge of the Adair Circuit Ct

Burton Bryant Wm H Cheatham E T. Willis Jas Webb, O. H. McClister Powell Hays C. T. Massie Andrew Webb, John Webb. G W Overstreet Young E Hurt W. D. B Owens Jas Briant J F Bell M Cheatham Jno. S. VanWinkle John W. Butler James T. Page W. T. Smyth F D Rigney Wm Stewart T. Q. Walker Junius Caldwell J. D. Williams

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Jo. Coffey S. H White C. R Page M. E. Miller J N Snow Saml saker Jesse Murrell J, H, Miller Wm P. Dunbar Wm Royse. A. R. Barbee H, P, Willis S H W, N, Robinson Wilson Frirkin Wm S. Tompson Josiah Sparks Alexander Solomon Thos W Montgomery M. H. Turner Euge Triplett Joseph, B, Murrell Levi Conover F W Rice Thomas Washman John Tupman. J, J, Beard C, J, Tayler Eli Wheat

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Subscribers Names Petitioners names, J. J. White Jordan Page J H Abell J. Weirs Charles Massie Wm J. Webb H Logan, J, T, Drake N. S Wheeler A P Brown J H. Reynolds Alfred H Judd Robt L Reynolds Geo, R, Page J F. Bridgewater W E Baker James R Ewing

Adair Cir Ct

Remit all except fees & costs

Tho. E. Bramlette

vs W. B. Fitzpatrick $150 -- misdemeanor 28th Nov/63