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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-0001-004-0989 BR11-33 to BR11-33A

Foster, Bracken County, Kentucky Foster, Bracken County, Kentucky 1864-06-10 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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Foster Bracken Co. K.y June 10th ^1864^ Hon. Thomas E. Bramlette Govenor K.y

At the last August term of the Bracken Circuit court G. S. Kimberly was adjudged guilty of keeping a gambling House in the Town of Foster ^K.y^ and was fined $200.00 we at that time made you what we then thought to be a true statement of the case, and petitioned Executive clemency in his be half. in answer to which we learn that you respited the collection for one year from date.

We are now ready and do hearby reaffirm the statements made in our former petition with the following addition that Mr Kimberly was on the 6th day of June Drafted into the service of the U. S. A. for the period of 3 years. we reaffirm our statement that we do not believe Mr Kimberly Guilty of the crime Judged against ^him^ and that he is a peacible Industrious and hard work man and will if taken to the Army Necessaryly have to leave his family in embarrassed circumsances We would therefore respectfully but most earnestly ask you to remit said fine entirely, or so much of it as the power vested in you will permit Hopeing you will not disregard our earnest petion we respectfully leave the matter with you

S. Buskitt J. L. McCormick S. W. Foffet Joseph Pettit Robert Neal H.. J. Carnes G. G. Watson G H Spee Wm Pugh G. T. Schoolfield sen A. W. Schoolfield D McMoth G. T. Schoolfield Jr. Stephen H Thomas A J Markley A. I. Pepper

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Bracken Circuit Court VS G. S. Kimberly Gambling House

Remit

$200 -- remitted 11th July/64