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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-0001-004-1351 BR12-103

Thomas Elliott Bramlette (KY governor 1863-67, atty, D.A., col 3rd KY Inf) N001000 1817-01-03 1875-01-12 Categories: People

Twenty-third governor of Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Cumberland County, Kentucky, native. Married to Sallie Travis Bramlette in September 1837. Father of James T. Bramlette, William L. Bramlette, Eugene Bramlette, and Corrina Bell Bramlette. Practiced law in Clinton County, Kentucky, and Columbia, Kentucky. Represented Cumberland and Clinton counties in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1841 to 1843. Commonwealth's attorney of the 8th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1848 to 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in 1850. Circuit judge of the 6th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1856 to 1861. Owned nine enslaved persons in 1860. Served as colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from 1861 to 1862. District attorney of the United States District Court for Kentucky in 1863. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to September 3, 1867. Owned law firm of Bramlette & Van Winkle in partnership with Ephraim L. Van Winkle.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 181A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 335 (p. 2 of 2 on microfilm). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, The Town of Columbia 1st Division, p. 13 (p. 2 of 3 on microfilm). Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 83B. Ross A. Webb, “Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867)” in Lowell H. Harrison, ed., Kentucky’s Governors (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 93-97 Lowell H. Harrison, "Bramlette, Thomas Elliott" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 112-13. James R. Sechrest (Grant County, Kentucky, Farmer) N00001163 1812? Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Jane Wilson Sechrest in Grant County in August 1846. Father of James M. Sechrest, Thomas W. Sechrest, Arbelle Sechrest, Nebraska Sechrest, and John W. Sechrest. Owned four enslaved persons in Grant County in 1850. Farmer in Grant County in 1860. Household owned two enslaved persons in Grant County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Grant Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 107. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 107. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 48. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 38A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Grant County Marriages, Film #000266220. Patrick Upshire Major (Frankfort, Kentucky, attorney and commonwealth's attorney) N00001172 1822 1903-07-03 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, attorney and commonwealth's attorney. Frankfort, Kentucky, native. Son of Samuel I. M. Major and Martha H. Bohannan Major. Member of the Episcopal Church in Frankfort, Kentucky. Educated in the private academy of Burwell B. Sayre in Frankfort. Graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York, in 1842. Founding member of Chi Psi fraternity. Studied law with Thomas B. Monroe, Sr., and Charles S. Morehead. Admitted to the bar in 1844. Member of the Democratic Party. Attorney in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1850. County attorney for Franklin County, Kentucky, from 1852 to 1856. Commonwealth's attorney for the 8th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1856 to 1862. Member of the Masonic Order in Kentucky and International Order of Oddfellows.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Franklin Circuit Court Political: John Rodman (Franklin County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Grant Circuit Court Economic: Grant Circuit Court Social: Richard William Masterson (Carroll County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: Elijah Frank Nuttall (Henry County, Kentucky, attorney and circuit judge Eighth Judicial District) Social: William Beverly Winslow (Carroll County, Kentucky, attorney and bank president.) Social: Thomas A. Berryman (Owen County, Kentucky, attorney, chair of bd of trustees for Owenton) Legal: Owen Circuit Court Legal: John B. McHatten (Owen County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Thomas P. Herndon (sadler)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Missouri, County, St. Louis Ward 3, p. 381B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 241. H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 122-24. "Kentucky Election," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), August 20, 1856, p. 3. "Grand Barbecue at Palsgrove Landing," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), September 8, 1860, p. 1. Find A Grave, "Judge Patrick Upshire Major (1822-1903)," Memorial #69442556, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69442556 (accessed March 3, 2017). John James Landram (Gallatin Co., Ky, Attorney/ Politician/18th Kentucky) N00001171 1826-11-16 1890-11-13 Categories: People

Gallatin County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and soldier. Warsaw, Kentucky, native. Son of James P. Landram and Maria Brown Landram. Married to Susan M. Swope Landram. Father of Ella Landram and John J. Landram. Served in the 1st Kentucky Cavalry during the U.S.-Mexican War. Elected to the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky as a Whig in 1851. Circuit court clerk in Gallatin County in 1853. Graduated from University of Louisville Law School in Louisville. Attorney in Gallatin County in 1860. Served in the 18th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as lieutenant colonel from February 8, 1862, to February 6, 1863. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky representing Gallatin, Grant, and Boone counties from 1863 to 1867.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Gallatin County, Warsaw, p. 2. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 2-3. John Fiske and James Grant Wilson, ed., Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography, vol. 3, (New York: Appleton, 1889), 605. J.M. Armstrong, "John J Landrum," The Biographical Encyclopedia of Kentucky, 1878. http://www.nkyviews.com/gallatin/pdf/GallatinJJ_Landrum.pdf (accessed on March 3, 2017). Joseph M. Collins (Grant County, KY, Attorney/Merchant) N00001164 1832-06-29 1895-02-14 Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Mary J. Craig Collins in Grant County, Kentucky, on August 20, 1861. Attorney in Grant County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Grant County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Benoni Stewart (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and master commissioner.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Grant County, Crittenden, p. 191. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 6. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994035, Gallatin County Marriages. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Roll #7012982, Covington Deaths, p. 77. Find A Grave, "Joseph M. Collins (June 29, 1832-February 14, 1895)," Memorial #93643345, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93643345 (accessed March 3, 2017). P. W. Geason (Grant County, Ky, petition signer) N00001165 Categories: People

Signed a petition to Thomas E. Bramlette on behalf of James R. Sechrest in Grant County in November 1864.

KYR-0001-004-1351. Thomas J. Dickerson (Grant County, Kentucky, Property Assessor) N00001167 1818-05-22 1885-06-15 Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, property assessor. Kentucky native. Property assessor in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 113. Find A Grave, "Thomas Dickerson (unknown-1885)," Memorial #45688383, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45688383 (accessed March 3, 2017). L. Brown (Grant County, Ky, petition signer) N00001166 Categories: People

Signed a petition to Thomas E. Bramlette on behalf of James R. Sechrest in Grant County in November 1864.

KYR-0001-004-1351. William Franks (Grant County Farmer) N00001170 1816-03-27 1903-03-05 Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Martha Hutchison Franks in Grant County, Kentucky, on January 28, 1839. Father of William A. Franks, Sarah A. Franks, John J. Franks, Vardiman P. Franks, Nancy Franks, Susan E. Franks, Martha E. Franks, Eliza L. Franks, and Daniel C. Franks. Farmer in Grant County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 106. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Grant County Marriages, Film #000266220. Find A Grave, "William Franks (March 27, 1816-March 5, 1903)," Memorial #25574415, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25574415 (accessed June 14, 2018). Berry Wilson (Kenton County, KY, farmer) N00001169 1809? Categories: People

Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth H. Wilson. Father of John B. Wilson. Farmer in Kenton County, Kentucky in 1860.

Relationships Social: Benoni Stewart (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and master commissioner.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, District 1, p. 427. Barnett S. Franks (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) N00001162 1824 1882 Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Lucretia Sleet Franks in Boone County, Kentucky, on November 1, 1859. Father of Nancy E. Franks, Mary E. Franks, and Francis M. Franks. Farmer in Grant County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Grant County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 96. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 3. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994028, Boone County Marriages, p. 17-18. Find A Grave, "Barnett S. Franks (1824-1882)," Memorial #55082651, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55082651 (accessed March 3, 2017). Thomas Stroud (Grant County, Kentucky, jailer) N00003494 1811 1888-07-12 Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, jailer. Pennsylvania native. Jailer in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 180. Find A Grave, "Thomas Stroud (1811-1888)," Memorial #118762520, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118762520 (accessed April 23, 2018). William Vanlandingham (Grant County, KY, Farmer/Sr.) N00001168 1815-03-26 1884-01-23 Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Parthenia Metcalf Vanlandingham in Pendleton County, Kentucky, in October 1836. Father of Missouri Vanlandingham, William M. Vanlandingham, Americus Vanlandingham, Columbus Vanlandingham, Arabelle Vanlandingham, Cordelia Vanlandingham, and Oregon Vanlandingham. Farmer in Grant County in 1850. Employed Christopher Fletcher as a laborer in Grant County in 1850. Farmer in Grant County in 1860. Captured in Pendleton County on July 14, 1862, and held as a political prisoner at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio, from July 17, 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, District 1, p. 339A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 920. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Pendleton County Marriages, 1801-1929, Film #000272804, p. 199 and 443 of 784 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865, Roll M59824, pp 238-239, “U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865” database, p. 22354 (accessed through Ancestry.com). _Find A Grave, "William Vallandingham (1815-1884)," Memorial #14583563, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14583563 (accessed June 14, 2018). James Price (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) N00008762 1822? Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to America Zinn Price in Grant County, Kentucky, on October 1, 1846. Father of Agnes R. Price, Commodore P. Price, Newton T. Price, Susan E. Price, and Clara F. Price. Farmer in Grant County in 1860. Farmer in Grant County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 118. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Grant County Marriages, Film #001490815. John E. Smith (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) N00008763 1833? Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Martha Smith. Farmer in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 127. George W. Simpson (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) N00008764 1830-03-13 1902-12-30 Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary A. Simpson. Father of Carter S. Simpson, Alice Simpson, William Simpson, and James Simpson. Farmer in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 34. Find A Grave, "George W. Simpson (1830-1902)," Memorial #118662299, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118662299 (accessed June 15, 2018). J. T. [Myer] (Grant County, Ky, petition signer) N00008765 Categories: People

Signed a petition to Thomas E. Bramlette on behalf of James R. Sechrest in Grant County in November 1864.

KYR-0001-004-1351. J. S. [Unknown] (Grant County, Ky, petition signer) N00008766 Categories: People

Signed a petition to Thomas E. Bramlette on behalf of James R. Sechrest in Grant County in November 1864.

KYR-0001-004-1351. [Unknown] [Unknown] (Grant County, Kentucky, petition signer) N00008767 Categories: People

Signed a petition on behalf of James R. Sechrest in Grant County, Kentucky, in October 1864.

KYR-0001-020-1351. J. C. [Unknown] (Grant County, Ky, petition signer) N00008768 Categories: People

Signed a petition to Thomas E. Bramlette on behalf of James R. Sechrest in Grant County in November 1864.

KYR-0001-020-1351. John J. Bromback (Boone County, Kentucky, carpenter) N00008769 1835? Categories: People

Boone County, Kentucky, farm manager. Kentucky native. Son of George W. Bromback and Elizabeth Bromback. Married to Martha Green Bromback in Boone County, Kentucky, on November 11, 1855. Father of Frances E. Bromback and James A. Bromback. Resident of Boone County in 1850. Farm manager in Verona in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boone County, District 2, p. 187B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boone County, Verona, p. 224. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Pendleton County Marriages, Film #000216817. Archibald Lingenfelter (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) N00008770 1825? Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary P. Newton Lingenfelter. Carpenter in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1850. Farmer in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Indiana, Marion County, Indianapolis, p. 292A. Indiana Marriages (1810-2001), vol. 7, Rush County Marriages, Film #001630189, p. 148-49. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Grant County, KY, June and July 1863 (accessed via Ancestry.com). W. Oldham (Grant County, Ky, petition signer) N00008771 Categories: People

Signed a petition to Thomas E. Bramlette on behalf of James R. Sechrest in Grant County in November 1864.

KYR-0001-004-1351. W. Beard (Grant County, Kentucky, petition signer) N00008772 Categories: People

Signed a petition to Thomas E. Bramlette on behalf of James R. Sechrest in Grant County in November 1864.

KYR-0001-004-1351. Thomas Gray (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) N00008773 1827 1907 Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Martha Dejarnett Gray in Grant County, Kentucky, on October 28, 1852. Father of Marquis Gray, Thomas E. Gray, Breckinridge Gray, Alvin Gray, and Cordelia Gray. Farmer in Grant County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 64. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Grant County Marriages, Film #001490815, p. 82-83. Find A Grave, "Thomas Edward Gray (1827-1907)," Memorial #131484132, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131484132 (accessed June 15, 2018). Aaron Baronett (Grant County) N00008774 Categories: People

Signed a petition to Thomas E. Bramlette on behalf of James R. Sechrest in Grant County in November 1864.

KYR-0001-004-1351. Richard H. Bromback (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) N00008775 1837-09-08 1928-01-05 Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of William Bromback and Elizabeth Bromback. Married to Sarah M. Ratliff Bromback in Pendleton County, Kentucky, on December 23, 1859. Farmer in Grant County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 122. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Pendleton County Marriages, Film #000272801, p. 195. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7017526, Kenton County Deaths, file #1792. B. Stewart (Grant County, Kentucky) N00008776 Categories: People

Signed a petition to Thomas E. Bramlette on behalf of John W. Marques in Grant County, Kentucky, on November 25, 1863. Signed a petition to Thomas E. Bramlette on behalf of James R. Sechrest in Grant County in November 1864.

KYR-0001-004-0316. KYR-0001-004-1351. Grant Circuit Court O00000384 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 8th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Elijah F. Nuttall and George C. Drane. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): P. U. Major and John L. Scott. Clerk(s): William Smith and N. H. Jeffers.

Relationships Legal: William Duncan (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John D. Duncan (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Isaac Duncan (Grant County) Legal: Overton P. Billiter (Grant County carpenter) Legal: Thomas A. Franklin (Grant County, KY, farmer, postmaster, & county court clerk) Legal: William P. Brumback (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James Harrison Rose (Grant County, Kentucky, carpenter) Legal: William Harrison Rose (Grant County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Thomas Renfro (Grant County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: A. E. Stone (Owen County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: John Marksberry (Grant County, Kentucky, sheriff) Economic: Nathan H. Jeffers (Grant County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Legal: Thomas Iliff (Grant County, Kentucky, blacksmith) Political: Thomas A. Franklin (Grant County, KY, farmer, postmaster, & county court clerk) Political: William Smith (Grant County, Kentucky, circuit ct clerk) Political: Mathew Burnett (Judge of Grant County Court) Political: Winston T. Simmons (Grant County, KY, attorney) Legal: John W. Marcus (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John C. L. Neal (Owen County, Kentucky, carpenter) Legal: William S. Rankin (Grant County, KY, State Rep) Legal: Nathan H. Jeffers (Grant County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk)

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-308. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 24. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-306. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-350. Petition English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 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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To His Excy Gov'r Thos E Bramllett

Your Petitioner would respectfully represent that James Secherst was indicted at the may term 1864 of the Grant circuit for gaming without permission on the premises of another-and was at the October term 1864 fined the sum of seventy dollars $70 00/100, therefore -- The facts in the case were these Several gentlemen played a game of Poker in a Hotel -- One of the Party was the temporary occupant of the Room, and told the others that it would be all right for them to play that he had got the permission of the Land Lord for so doing -- and thencefore mony played, and all were indicted, the rest of the party who made defense were fined some twenty dollars only, while Sechrest, who was absent, made default and in the absence of any defense was fined the said sum of $70,00, In view of these facts and the further fact that James Sechrest is an old, and poor man, and in fact unable to pay said fine without distressing his family we would respectfully recommend, and pray that the said fine, or so much, thereof as to your excellency may seem just be remitted and forever forgiven, and we will ever pray & c~

Names P, U, Major comth Atto pro Tem pore J. J. Landram

J M Collins P W Geason Thos L, Dickerson L Brown Names Wm Franks B. Wilson B, S, Franks T Stroud

William Vanlandingham

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James Price John E Smith George W Simpson J T Myer

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J. C. {Unclear} J J. Bromback A Lingenfelter W. Oldham W Beard Thos gray

Aaron Baronett R H Bromback B Stewart,

Grant Cir Ct vs Jas Sechrest Gaming $70,

Remit

19th Nov/64