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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-0001-004-1079 BR[11]-165 to BR[11]-166

Whitley County, Kentucky Whitley County, Kentucky 1864-08-24 Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "3": 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 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 Thos E Bramblett. Governer of Kentucky --

Your Petitioner Wm J Cooper would State that in the year 1863. he rented a room from Jas. Faulkner in Whitley County Ky. where or under which roof Sd Faulkner was Selling Spirituos liquors under a regular lincense that at the time he rented he Supposed & believed that he had a right to Sell liquors by the Small under Faulkners license that under that belief he went on to sell liquors

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and that at the April Term of the Whitley circuit court he was Indicted for Selling liquors -- by the Small in two Cases and that at the August Term 1864, a judgment was rendered against him in each for twenty Dollars he here Sends a Copy of the Indictments & judgment is here fwd

He States that he is poor man haveing a wife, & Six Small children that he is not able to pay the fine that he did not intentionaly

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violate the law as Soon as he was informed that he had not the right to Sell liquers he quit & has Sold none since nor will he sell any moore

He asks your Excellency in consideration of the premises his condition & -- to remit the fine

Respy Wm J Cooper

Sworn to before me this 24th Augt 1864

C L Creekmore pwc

we the undersignd Citizens of Whitley County State that

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we are acquainted with W J Cooper the petitioner. herein & that the Statements in his Petition are true as we believe & we Respectfully Solicit your Excellency to grant the pray in sd Petition

Isaac Ellison L, P, Bird W. C Gilliss W. H Randall E. F. Adkins W. H. Wilson S Denham W, C, Murphy J L McCarty sec Isaiah Bird J C Watkins L J Sutton John.. R.. Evans J C Holly