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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-0001-004-1424 BR12-217 to BR12-218

Whitley County, Kentucky Whitley County, Kentucky 1865-01-24 Petition English Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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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Whitley Cir Ct March term/64 To his Excelence of the govenor of the commonwealth of Kentuckey

your petitioner John R Evans and L. T. Barton Wold Respectifull Represent that some in the yeare 18643 that they ware keeping atavern in Londen Kentuckey and that they failed for a certain tim to set up the Tavrn Rates in ther Tavrn house and that at the March Term of Said courte that they was indited for failing to set up the Rates in the tavrn House and on Said judgement inditement a judgement Renderd against them for the Sum of Seventy five dollars and that they did not know that they ware Required to set up said Rates in his tavrn house and had no intention of violating the law and that they are Pore and has not the meanes to pay the debt ^fine^ and to do justice to the Remainder of ther familey

Wheare for they pay that your Excelence Remit the fine and set asid the Judgment and for all Proper Releaf

Evans & Barton

sworn to before me by J R L Q Barton this 24 day of January 1865

C L Crackmore, p j w c --

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The under Signed Say that they are acquainted with the Said Barton & Evans and say that they beleave it wold be an act of charity to Remit the fine and askes that the fine be Remited John Smith J. L McCarty S. P. Browner Joseph Boulton L P. Bird James Siler W. C. Finery J. C. Watkins clk Whitely Circuit court Tyrel Foley Clek Whitely county court

Gov Bramlette I am satisfied that the within petitioners were Ignorant of the fact that they were violating law & think it right that the fine should be remitted & hope your Excellency, will remit same

H F Finley

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Whitley Cir Ct vs John R. Evans & L. T. Barton $75 --

Remit

Remitted 9th Feby 1865