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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-0001-004-1060 BR[11]-136 to BR[11]-137

Whitley County, Kentucky Whitley County, Kentucky 1864 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 "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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To the excelence of the govenor of the commonwealth of Kentucky

your petitioner Hiram Faulkner wold Respectifully represent to your excelencey that at the August terme of the Whitley Circuit Court that the Grandjury found an enditement against him for gaiming and at the last march tirme the court Rendered Judgement against him for twenty dollars and that he Repaid the same with as his suritey he states that he is a pore man and not able to pay the fine and do Justice to the ballance of his familey he say that he have ever been a union man and submiss to the laws and that he is not a gambler onley axidentley got into this scrape Whearefore he prey that your excelence may interfere withe his ^your^ pardning Power and to Remit the fine and set a side the forfeitu Replevin bond and Judgement and for all Proper Releaf

Hiram Faulkner

sworn to by Hiram Faulkner this 28th day of 1864

W. B. Davis JP

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The under Signed say thay beleave the statements in the foregoing petition and thinkes it wold be an act of charity to Remite the fine

John Smith Michael Richardson A J Hurd P Mendon Joel Baker Joel Wilder Charles P Davis J H Scott Thomas Adkins Thomas Taylor --

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Whitley Cir Ct

H Faulkner $20 Petition

Whitley Co.

Refused July 14th 1864

Address P. O. Whitley C. H.