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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-0001-004-0412 BR9-148 to BR9-149

Mercer County, Kentucky Mercer County, Kentucky 1864-01-28 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 1 of page "3": 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.
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To His Excellency Tho E Bramlette Governor of The Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your petitioner Stephen Stone would respectfully State

That on the 6th day of July 1861 he together with Geo W Rue & others became the Securities of Ephraim Brown in a recognisance in the Mercer Circuit Court (in which Court he was Indicted for passing Counterfeit money) I beliveing the sd Brown to be innocent of the charge & that he would appear & stand his trial That before the day of trial The said Brown enlisted in the Union Army in the Volunteer Company of Capt Abram Smith & in the Regiment of Col Bruce in which Service he was on the day he was recognized to appear in the Mercer Circuit Court & still is in sd Service

That subsequently your petitioner & the sd Geo W Rue enlisted in the same Service & were not in Mercer County to attend to prevent the forfeiture of said recognisance That at the April Term of sd Court 1862 said recognisance was forfeited & a Summons ordered to be issued against the parties which was executed

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on your Petitioner & sd Rue and at the October Term 1863 a judgment was rendered against them for the Sum of $250 with $380 costs & Fifa issued on same on the 9th day of Novr 1863 & is now in the hands of The Sheriff of sd County who is pressing the payment thereof

Now your petitioner would represent that owing to their attention being called to the Service in which they were engaged & the general interuption to the operations of The Courts & business and the Knowledge that sd Brown was in the Service of the Country & could not be present to stand his trial they did not appear & show cause (as they should have done) why sd Judgment should ^not^ have been rendered as your petitioner verily believes he could have done indeed your petitioner really has no recollection whatever of the Service of the Summons on him

Now in as much as your Orater petitioner is remidiless except by the interposition of your Excellency all the circumstances considered he asks your Excellency to remit sd Judgment

Respectfully Stephen Stone

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Mercer County Sct Sworn to before me by Stephen St Jany 28 1864 O S Poston M Pullen

of the truth of The above ed facts & thereto said Judgment should be remitted

Ben C. Allin Leiut Jury

We concur in asking a remission of the Judgment

G W Cardwell J. Cozatt N. Harris O S Poston John G. Kyle W. V Trapnols Jno P Haggin D. C. May C A Hardin. Thos Edwards P J M C C John M Pearson E. J. Polk C. S. Abell W. A. Hooe

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Mercer Cir Ct vs Stephen Stone $250 Forfeiture

Remit all except fees & costs

Tho. E. Bramlette.

230th Jany/64