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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-0001-004-0949 BR10-460 to BR10-461

Madison County, Kentucky Madison County, Kentucky 1864-06-27 Legal/Financial 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 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Madison Circuit Court Comth agst } Indict Tippling House G. N. Wood

The affiant Wood states that at the March Term of the Madison Circuit Court for 1862. The Grand Jury for said County found a true bill against him for Keeping a Tippling House

That said case was postponed from time to time till the March Term of said Court 1864 at which court a Judgment was rendered against him by default for $60 & costs

He states that the reason he was not in attendance at the court aforesaid he was confined to his bed by sickness and that he was wholly unable to attend. He says he is not guilty as charged in the indictment and that upon a trial the Commonwealth would have utterly failed to make out a case against him

He states that he did not violate the law and that it is hard he should be fined on account of his physical disability to appear and make his just defense

In addition to this affidavit he will obtain the statements of his attending physician and his neighbors for the truth of the above statements

He states that he is in bad health and that he is a very poor man with three motherless children to

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maintain

G N Wood

Sworn to before me by G N Wood this 27th June 1864

att J M Shackelford C M C C

To his Excellency the Governor of Kentucky We the undersigned would Join with the petitioner Wood for the reasons stated in his foregoing affidavit to in asking your executive clemency in in the premises and ask you to remit said fine

J M Shackelford R. H. Johnson R.. G.. Burton James H. Embry C J Walker C F Burnam J.. W. Caperton Willard Davis G E Billingsley N. Jones C C Ball Joseph Jones

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I was the attending physician of the affidavitant of Wood and state that he was sick and confined to his room at the March Term of the Madison Cirucit Court 1864 and that he was wholly unable to attend as said term of the Court.

Jake White Jr M. D

Sworn to before me a J P of Madison County by Dr Jake White Jr June 27, 1864,

Daniel Tuder J. P. By Geo E Simmons

We the undersigned neighbors of the said G. N. Wood state that he was sick and confined to his room and was unable to attend the Madison Circuit Court at its March Term 1864

Q U Samuel Andrew. J. Munday William Haden Jas. Y. Peyton A Hicks Wm Dozier

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Madison Cir Ct vs G. N. Wood Tipling Remit$60 12th July/64