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 November 12, 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-0001-004-0564 BR9-394

Taylor County, Kentucky Taylor County, Kentucky 1864-03-28 Petition English 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 Thomas E Bramlette Gov Ky

Your petitioner Samuel Mapin a citisen of Taylor County Ky States that at the Sept Term ^1863^ of the Taylor Circuit Court he was presented to the Grand Jury within and for the body of Said county and that Said Grand Jury found an Indictment against him charging him with assaulting & Beating one William Blakey He further State that at the March Term of Said court he was tried by a Jury and fined fifty dollars upon Said Indictment He Stats the facts in the case to be these: That in a lively Jovial & Spirited conversation with Said Blakey he placed his hand upon Said Blaky and pushed him but that he had no evil design whatever in So doing that he had no intention at the time of committing an assault and entertained no ill will towards the prosecuting witness. that he & Said Blakey took oysters togethr immediately aftr the occurance and that these are all the facts in the case.

He Therefore believes Said fine to believe ^be^ wholy unjust Wherefore he prays that your excellency will remit Said fine in accordance with the pour in you vested by the Statutes of this commonwealth in Such cases made & provided.

Samuel Mapin

State of Ky court of Taylor

Samuel Mapin Stats that the facts contained in the forgoing petition are true.

Samuel Maupin

Subscribed & Sworn to befre me by Samuel Mapin this 28th March 1864

Wm Dearen J. P. T. C

We the undersigned citisens of Taylor county Ky are acquainted with your petitioner Samuel

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Mapin and believe him entitiled to credit when on oath and would therefore present him to the favourable consideration of your Excellency.

J H Chandler Rep R G Jeter D. M. T. C J. B. McWhorter Sheriff

Taylor Co

Refused Tho E Bramlette