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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-0001-004-1676 BR13-154 to BR13-155

Jamestown, Russell County, Kentucky Jamestown, Russell County, Kentucky 1865-04-24 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 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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Jamestown Ky April ^24th^ 1865 Your Excellency Gov Bramlette Sir -- :

on the day of Feb 1864 Licens was granted Green. B. Warren to keep Tavern in Jamestown Russell County Ky and retail spiritous liquors and about 8 4 or 9 5 month of the time for which said licens was granted the said G. B. Warren died leaving his wife Rebecca Warren & 10 children the most of whom were infants and from the best information that the said Rebecca Warren could obtain from her friends and persons whom ought to have known better she was advised that she had a right to sell and retail spiritous liquors under the licens afore said that was procured by her husband in his lifetime for which offence she was indicted at the last october term of this Court for keeping a tipling house for three months in consequence of which circumstances forced her this to confess a Judgement in this Court for the sum of $100) & costs and We the undersigned most respectfully represent to your honor that the said Rebecca Warren is not able to pay the said fine on account of her extreme poverty and do Justice to her little orphan children who look entirely to her for support and that the said offence was committid by her believing that she had a right to do so -- under the said licens till the time for which they were granted to her husband expired and that the said offence was ignorately and not willfully committed Therefore We ask your Excellency to remit the portion of said fine due the commonwealth as We believe the circumstances under which Mrs Warren acted will Justify the same

L. C Winfrey Jas. L. Willoughby P. C. Hardin Joseph Ballenger George Bryan W T Jackman S R C John Johnson DS for RC S P Collins

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I do not know the facts in the case but think it a case admitting executive clemency

T T Alexander

Rebecca ^Warren^ states that the facts stated in this Petition are true to the best of her knowledge

Rebecca ^her X mark^ Warrin

sworn to and subscribed before me April 25th 1865

Jo Ballenger J P. R. C

I regard the petitioner as a fit subject for executive clemency

Jno S VanWinkle Joseph E Hays Jas Garrett Wm E Russell Simoleon Cravens.

I respectfully solicit. the Governor of Ky to grant the prayer of the within Petition

Fon T Fox Judge 6 Judicial Circuit of Ky M H Owsley J. A. Williams

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Russell Co $100 vs R Warren

remitted 3d May 1865

Fine Released Richard T. Jacob Lt. & act. Governor