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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-0001-004-1680 BR13-161

1865-04-24 Petition English 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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To His Excellency Thomas E Bramlette Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

your Petitioner James B Gatliff would Respectfully represent unto your Excellency that at the April Term of the Knox Circuit Court 1865 Judgment went against him for twenty five dollars for Standing a Stud horse without a License for so doing your Petitioner would further represent that He paid the internal revenue tax for the Standing of said Horse and would at the same time or previous thereto have paid the State tax but was informed by the assessor of Knox county that it was ^his^ my duty to List with him ^the assessor^ the highest price at which ^the^ horse was let which was five dollars which was done by your Petitioner and the Said assesser further told him that the Sheriff would in due time call and collect the amount in duetime as other taxes your Petitioner thought he was chargable with that as other taxes and did not think of violating law that he is a Law abiding man a poor man and has a large and dependant family the premises Considered the prayer of your Petitioner is that you remit said fine for which he will ever fell greatful --

James B Gatliff

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Sworn to before me by James B Gatliff this 24th day of April 1865

J. C. Watkins clk

April 24 1865

We believe the Statements in the foregoing Petition are tre & join in the prayer ^thereof^

J. C. Watkins clerk Whitly Circuit court H. D.Harman J. S. McCarty J W Burch M. V. B. Sutton Jackson McDowell Jasper, F, Freeman Tyre Baker

This fine ought to be remitted.

M. L. Rice W. C. Gilliss A. J. Curd

I think this fine ought to be remitted

H. F. Finley

I believe the Statements of the petitioner are true and and concur in the opinion that the fine ought to be remitted

W. HRandall

Gov Bramblet

I hope that you will remit this fine

G Pearl

Remitted Richard T. Jacob Lt. & act. Gov.