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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-0001-004-1874 BR13-443 to BR13-444

Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky 1865-05-26 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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Greenville Muhlenburg County Kentucky May 26th 1865 To His Excelency Thomas. E. Bramlette Govener of the State of Kentucky

Your Petitioners Respectfully represent to your Excelency that in the month of September last two men by the name of Shepherd Clark & Thomas Howard whilst passing through this county in a destitute condition without money or clothes Stoped at the farm home of Phinas Latham in said county & took and carried off Some clothing, one of the value of $8 the other of the value of 17 Dollars & converted them to their own use.

Said Clark & Howard ware commitedtoJaol apprehended and tried before an examining Court and commited to Jaol, but permited to give bail each in the Sum of $300 & after remaining in Jaol some weeks your Petitioners entered as bail for Stephen Clark one of Said Prisoners, who was released from jaol and imediately afterwards entered the federal army & is now a Soldier in the 26th Regt Ky vols Your Petitioner States that at the Nov term of the Muhlenburg Circuit Court Said Clark not haveing appeared in discharge of his bail, the bond was taken as forfeited and Summons issued ^against^ your Petitioners, and that at the May term of 1865 of said court Judgment was awarded against your Petitioners for the amount of Said bond & an exicution has issued on said Judgment and the Sheriff is now harrassing your Petitioners.

They state that they are poor men and if compelled to pay said Judgment will be put to great inconvenience & trouble.

Wherefore they earnestly entreat your Excelency to remit that part of the find going to the State

T. E. Fulkerson W. H. Hermon C L McCown J V. Fentress

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Muhlenburg County State of Kentucky

We the undersigned Citizens of Muhlenburg County earnest recomend to your Excelency,s Clemency the above Petitioners & respectfully ask that you will grant that Petition

J. E. Pittman county Atty Jesse M Reno Cir court Clk B J Shaver P J M C C Tho. J. Jones Clerk County Court -- Jas. R McIntire Sheriff Muhlenburg Co J. R. Strange T. M. Allison F. B. Hancock P. H. Baker W. D. Lindsey. J. P. M. Co. Ky Geo D Park John Clark J P C Co Ky Thos Bruce P. M. south Carrollton Ky Samuel E Smith W H Faris, A. Liter,, E W Coombs Assistant Assessor of Government Tax L W Kinchloe

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We the undersigned citizens of ohio county have known T E Fulkerson for many years and ask the Governor to Grant his the above Petition

A. L. Morton Clk ohio Cir court C. J. Lawton police Judge of Hartford A B Baird P M Hartford Ky E. R. Maxwell Notary Public Ohio Co. Gibson Wm Hardwick J. T. Benton S C. Cou ohio co Sam Cox Depty Clk O. C. C. Jas A Thomas Wm Graves John P Tracy jailor O C R S. Moseley Clk O, C, C, Jas, B, Bennett W G Davis Wm W Briggs