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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-0001-004-1428 BR12-225 to BR12-226

Bedford, Trimble County, Kentucky Bedford, Trimble County, Kentucky 1865-01-23 Petition English Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. 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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Bedford Trimble Co Kentucky Jany 23-1865, To His Excellency Thos E, Bramlett Governor of Kentuck

your Petitioner would respectfully represent that he was fined in three sCases at the October term of the circuit court for Trimble County 1863, fifty Dollars each for Selling liquor to Minors, your Excellency Saw proper in great clemency to respite Said fines twelve Months from that time,

He now humbly asks your Excellency in consequence of his not being aware that he was doing wrong thinking the said Minors were of proper age, and further being a poor man, with a family to support and having had to feed a great many Soldiers & their Horses without any Compensation prays your Excellency to remit Said fine & in duty bound will ever pray &C &C

Francis E. Skidmore

We the undersigned petitioners citizens of Trimble county would respectfully represent that the above

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petitions Statements are true and Join him in his prayre &C &C

Silas Gatewood William Drake J, B, Mount James Stanley Wm O Stanly J H McCarty J. Y. Newkirk Levi M Perkinson L, G, Peck W. P. Maddox A. J. Harmon A. J. Wright Jas. B. Cook John, W, Stewart R T Hall R. Bell J. P. Strother E M Garriott

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Trimble Cir Ct vs F. E. Skidmore 3 judgts $50. each

Remit

21st Feby/65 Sent for fee