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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-0001-004-0620 BR9-483 to BR9-484

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To his Excellency the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky The undersigned Petitioner respectfully represents that at the March Term of the Laurel Circuit Court 1864 The Grand Jury for said County returned an Indictment against him for failing to keep up Tavern within his tavern house, being advised that such failure was a violation of law he at once entered his appearance and plead guilty to the charge and the law & facts being submitted to the Court, Judgment was rendered against him for the sum of seventy five dollars. He states that by such failure he had no intention whatever of violating or evading the laws of the county, in fact he did not know that such failure was a violation of law.

Wherefore he prays Your Excellency to remit said Judgment

John Pitman

Sworn to before me by John Pitman 25th March 1864

C B Davis Clk

We the undersigned citizens of Laurel County are well acquainted with John Pitman who is a law abdiding good citizen and one of those men who never intentionally evades or violates the Laws, we have every reason to believe his statements above are true and pray your excellency to remit said Judgment

C B Davis Wm T. Moren R. Boyd Granville Pearl Mark Hardin R Baird James Jackson W P Evans A, B. King

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Laurel Cir Ct vs

Remit except fees & costs Tho E Bramlette

John Pitman $75 -- 21st Apl/64