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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-0001-004-0349 BR9-55 to BR9-56

Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky Thomas Elliott Bramlette (KY governor 1863-67, atty, D.A., col 3rd KY Inf) N001000 1817-01-03 1875-01-12 Categories: People

Twenty-third governor of Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Cumberland County, Kentucky, native. Married to Sallie Travis Bramlette in September 1837. Father of James T. Bramlette, William L. Bramlette, Eugene Bramlette, and Corrina Bell Bramlette. Practiced law in Clinton County, Kentucky, and Columbia, Kentucky. Represented Cumberland and Clinton counties in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1841 to 1843. Commonwealth's attorney of the 8th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1848 to 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in 1850. Circuit judge of the 6th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1856 to 1861. Owned nine enslaved persons in 1860. Served as colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from 1861 to 1862. District attorney of the United States District Court for Kentucky in 1863. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to September 3, 1867. Owned law firm of Bramlette & Van Winkle in partnership with Ephraim L. Van Winkle.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 181A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 335 (p. 2 of 2 on microfilm). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, The Town of Columbia 1st Division, p. 13 (p. 2 of 3 on microfilm). Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 83B. Ross A. Webb, “Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867)” in Lowell H. Harrison, ed., Kentucky’s Governors (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 93-97 Lowell H. Harrison, "Bramlette, Thomas Elliott" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 112-13. John Tuell (Henderson, Kentucky, bricklayer) N00003722 1829? 1864-12 Categories: People

Henderson, Kentucky, bricklayer. Kentucky native. Married to Caroline Thurston Tuell in Hardin County on December 19, 1854. Father of Susan P. Tuell and C. H. Tuell. Bricklayer in Henderson County in 1860. Gentleman of leisure in Henderson County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: Wiley P. Fowler (Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Social: Anthoney Griffin (Henderson County, Kentucky, resident) Social: William D. Wells (Henderson County, Kentucky, resident) Social: F. Weller (Henderson County, Kentucky, resident) Social: C. T. Sandefur (Henderson County, Kentucky, merchant and tailor) Social: William D. Hopgood (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer and wagon yard carpenter) Social: Tilmon Gibson (Henderson County, Kentucky, carpenter) Social: William Duncan (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: William H. Sandafer (Henderson County, Kentucky, carpenter) Social: Arthur Jordan Hicks (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Andrew J. Goode (Henderson County, Kentucky, Merchant) Social: Wiley P. Fowler (Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 10. Kentucky Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1852-1910, Ancestry, Marriages, Hardin County, Kentucky, December 19, 1854. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registrations, 1863-1865, Ancestry, Kentucky, Congressional District 2, Henderson County, Kentucky, 1863, p. 276. Find A Grave, "John Tuell (1829-1864)," Memorial #85255530, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85255530 (accessed July 31, 2017). Anthoney Griffin (Henderson County, Kentucky, resident) N00012438 Categories: People

Henderson County, Kentucky, resident. Signed a petition to Thomas Bramlette on behalf of John Tuell in Henderson County, Kentucky on December 18, 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0349. Andrew J. Goode (Henderson County, Kentucky, Merchant) N00012417 1821? Categories: People

Henderson County, Kentucky, merchant. Virginia native. Married to Mary Goode. Father of Lavinia F. Goode and S. J. Goode. Laborer in Henderson County, Kentucky in 1850. Merchant in Henderson County in 1860. Owned one enslaved individual in Henderson County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson, p. 279A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 27. Arthur Jordan Hicks (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012418 1808-08-08 1906-06-21 Categories: People

Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Eleanor B. Pruitt Hicks in Henderson County, Kentucky on March 13, 1834. Father of Ann E. Hicks, Martha J. Hicks, Mildred C. Hicks, Sarah E. Hicks, and Susan R. Hicks. Farmer in Henderson County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1850. Farmer in Henderson County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1, p. 297A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1, p. 307. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 2, p. 178. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 2, p. 7. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Henderson County Marriages, Film #001944390, p. 12. Find A Grave, "Arthur Jordan Hicks (Aug 8, 1808-Jun 21, 1906)," Memorial #106617448, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106617448 (accessed April 9, 2020). William H. Sandafer (Henderson County, Kentucky, carpenter) N00012419 1813? Categories: People

Henderson County, Kentucky, carpenter. Kentucky native. Married to Permilia Sandafer. Father of Algernon Sandafer, C. H. Sandafer, Eliza Sandafer, John T. Sandafer, Archibald D. Sandafer, L. Sandafer, M. C. Sandafer, Lewis W. Sandafer, William F. Sandafer, William Sandafer, Martha C. Sandafer, and D. C. Sandafer. Married to Sarah Sandafer. Carpenter in Henderson County, Kentucky in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Henderson County in 1850. Carpenter in Henderson County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1, p. 276A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1, p. 479. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 14. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994038, Henderson County Deaths, p. 469. William Duncan (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012420 1815? Categories: People

Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer. Married to M. P. Duncan. Father of Henry Duncan, Martha Duncan, Harriet Duncan, Andrew Duncan, and James Duncan. Farmer in Henderson County, Kentucky 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 80. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 7. C. T. Sandefur (Henderson County, Kentucky, merchant and tailor) N00012435 1816? Categories: People

Henderson County, Kentucky, merchant and tailor. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza Jane Walker Sandefur in Indiana on December 29, 1832. Father of William A. Sandefur, Mary E. Sandefur, B. F. Sandefur, M. C. Sandefur, James F. Sandefur, E. O. Sandefur, Bud Sandefur, E. J. Sandefur, Tandy N. Sandefur, Henry C. Sandefur, Eva Sandefur, and Eugene Sandefur. Merchant and tailor in Henderson County, Kentucky in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Henderson County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 50. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 18. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson, p. 78A. Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001,Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013, Film Number 001310439. F. Weller (Henderson County, Kentucky, resident) N00012436 Categories: People

Henderson County, Kentucky, resident. Signed a petition to Thomas Bramlette in support of John Tuell in Henderson County, Kentucky on December 18, 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0349. William D. Wells (Henderson County, Kentucky, resident) N00012437 Categories: People

Henderson County, Kentucky, resident. Signed a petition to Thomas Bramlette in support of John Tuell in Henderson County, Kentucky on December 18, 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0349. William D. Hopgood (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer and wagon yard carpenter) N00012427 1828? Categories: People

Henderson County, Kentucky, wagon yard carpenter. Kentucky native. Son of Ezra Hopgood. Married to Mary A. Cheaney Hopgood in Henderson County, Kentucky on June 22, 1852. Father of Minerva A. Hopgood, William L. Hopgood, Frances M. Hopgood, and Mary Hopgood. Farmer in Henderson County in 1850. Wagon yard carpenter in Henderson County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 2, p. 504B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 10. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson Ward 4, p. 147B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Henderson County Marriages, Film #001944390, p. 135. Tilmon Gibson (Henderson County, Kentucky, carpenter) N00012422 1818-08-11 1898-08-05 Categories: People

Henderson County, Kentucky, carpenter. Kentucky native. Son of Bailey Gibson and Catherine Gibson. Married to Susan Berry Gibson in Henderson County, Kentucky on October 28, 1851. Father of George Gibson, Elijah Gibson, Millage Gibson, Thomas Gibson, and Malissa Gibson. Carpenter in Henderson County in 1850. Farmer in Henderson County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 2, p. 322A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 54. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Henderson County Marriages, Film #000576460, p. 123. Find A Grave, "Tilmon Gibson (Aug 11, 1818-Aug 5, 1898)," Memorial #72938016, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72938016 (accessed April 9, 2020). Wiley P. Fowler (Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) N00006111 1799-09-02 1881-12-11 Categories: People

Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Tennessee native. Married Sarah S. Barnett Fowler in Livingston County, Kentucky, on February 15, 1848. Father of White Fowler, Gustavas Fowler, and William Fowler. Circuit Judge in Livingston County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned twenty-four enslaved persons in Livingston County in 1850. Attorney in Livingston County in 1860. Owned twenty-five enslaved persons in Livingston County in 1860. Judge for the 14th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1861 to 1866.

Relationships Legal: George Parrish (Crittenden County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: James Beard (Hardin County, Illinois) Legal: G. J. Martin (Crittenden County) Legal: Wiley Pulliam (Crittenden County) Legal: William Mitchell (Livingston County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John Hall (Crittenden County, Kentucky) Legal: David Ellis (farm laborer, Crittenden County) Legal: Hiram Jones (farmer, Crittenden County) Legal: James B. Williams (Crittenden County) Legal: Leason Lawson (Crittenden County) Legal: Alfred Lawson (farmer, Crittenden County) Legal: William Simpson (Crittenden County) Legal: James Metlock (Crittenden County) Legal: William Knight (Crittenden County) Legal: James Guess (Crittenden County, Kentucky, soldier and alleged guerilla.) Social: [Unknown] Clay (Mentioned in a letter from Wylie P. Fowler to Thomas E. Bramlette in 1865.) Social: [Unknown] Barnett (Mentioned in a letter from Wylie P. Fowler to Thomas E. Bramlette in 1865.) Political: Oliver P. Morton (Fourteenth governor of Indiana, attorney, judge, and politician.) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: George Frederick "Fred" Pentecost (Christian County, Kentucky, clerk, soldier, minister.) Legal: Fourteenth Judicial District of Kentucky Legal: Henderson Circuit Court Legal: Tingnal J. Hopkins (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer and bookkeeper.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Smithland, p. 384A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Livingston. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Division 3, p. 333. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Division 3, p. 367A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, District 1, p. 244B. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 304. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series, No. 24 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 304. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 304. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 10. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 354. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Livingston County Marriages, Film 000318176. “Judge Wiley Paul Fowler (1799-1881),” Find A Grave, Memorial 73630120, accessed May 17, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73630120. Henderson, Kentucky P001815 Categories: Places

Seat of Henderson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

37.8362, -87.59 Boynton Merill Jr., "Henderson," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E Kleber (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2000), p. 423-24. “Henderson, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed February 26, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Kentucky P001800 Categories: Places

State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992). Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. St. Louis, Missouri P00003268 Categories: Places

City in east-central Missouri. Located on the Mississippi River.

38.627, -90.1994 USGS: Earth Explorer, "St. Louis, Missouri," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on May 4, 2020). Henderson Circuit Court O00000397 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 14th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): William P. Fowler. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): L. M. Low, John Barrett, and Benjamin P. Cissell. Clerk(s): T. J. Hopkins and Adam Rankin.

Relationships Economic: Adam Rankin (Henderson County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: Richard M. Overfield (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Mariah Dixon (henderson county) Legal: Benjamin Singleton (Marshall County, Indiana, farmer and soldier) Legal: Milton Young (Henderson County, Kentucky, planter and politician) Legal: Ambrose H. Talbott (Henderson County merchant) Legal: Thomas W. Dixon (farmer, henderson county, KY) Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: John Tuell (Henderson, Kentucky, bricklayer) Legal: James H. Priest (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Thomas Eblen (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: James E. Fagan (Henderson County, Kentucky, plasterer.) Legal: Alfred Oliver (Henderson County, Kentucky, carpenter and farmer.) Legal: Radford Dunn (Henderson County, Kentucky, overseer and farmer.) Legal: Andrew W. Agnew (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: George W. Hunter (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: John W. Chetham (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: James T. Hicks (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: James H. Farley (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Thomas W. Powell (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: John James Towles (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: John Agar, Jr (Henderson County, Kentucky, bricklayer.) Legal: Asa F. Parker (Henderson County, Kentucky, brick mason and brick maker) Legal: Tingnal J. Hopkins (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer and bookkeeper.) Legal: George Frederick "Fred" Pentecost (Christian County, Kentucky, clerk, soldier, minister.) Legal: George A. Sugg (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff.) Legal: Wiley P. Fowler (Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Legal: Robert G. Beverley (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant.) Legal: Henry Lyne (Henderson County, Kentucky, clerk and farmer.) Legal: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Legal: Willis Lago (Woodford County, Kentucky, fugitive from the law) Legal: Thomas Bell Monroe, Jr. (Frankfort, KY, sec state Aug 30, 1859-Oct 1, 1861attorney, politician, CSA major) Legal: Roger Weightman Hanson (Fayette County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier.) Legal: John B. Major (Frankfort, Kentucky, state printer) Legal: Edward Henry Hobson (Green County, Kentucky, merchant, saddler, Brig. Genl) Legal: William H. Spencer (Adair County, Kentucky, druggist; adj, maj, lt colo, & colo 3rd Ky Inf USA) Legal: James Wilson (Henderson County, Kentucky, prisoner) Legal: William Gardner Capps (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, student and corporal (U.S.A.)) Legal: F. G. Nall (Hartford, Ohio County, Kentucky, resident)

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-308. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 24. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-306. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-350. Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky 1863-12-18 Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.

Henderson Ky. Decr 18th 1863. To His Excellency Govr Bramlette Frankfort Ky. Sir

The undersigned would respectfully state, that under an indictment (for "standing a studHorse without license") in the Henderson Circuit court, he was upon yesterday, by a Jury of the county, fined the sum of Forty Dollars, The facts are briefly these -- The undersigned went to St Louison business, and was detained there for some time by sickness & did not return to Henderson for about eighteen days after his agent commenced to stand the Horse "Highlander". As soon as the undersigned returned. to wit on the 18th June. he procurred license -- The offense was committed on or about the 1st June last, He states that he had no intention to evade or violate the law, and pray that the executive clemency be interposed on his behalf

Very Respectfully. John Taell

The undersigned, members of the jury who found the verdict in the case of Comth of Ky vs Taell would respectfully join in the prayer of the above petition

Morris Griffin A J Goode A. J. Hecks W H Sandefer William duncan C, T, Sandefer F Weller Wm Wells W, G, Hopgood Tilman Gibson

(over)

From all I have learned of the case refered to in the within petition I believe it entitled to the favorable consideration of the Executive

W. P Fowler Judge

Remit except fees & costs Tho E Bramlette