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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-0001-004-2055 BR14-240 to BR14-241

Rockcastle County, Kentucky Rockcastle County, Kentucky 1865-07-18 Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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State of Kentucky Rockcastle County Sct To His Excellency Govinor Bramlett

Your Petitioner Alexander Hudson of the county of Estill State of Kentucky would respectfully represent to your Honor That At the August Term of the Rockcastle Circuit court 1864 a Judgment for a fine was rendered against him for the sum of four hundred dollars together with cost in favorer of the Commonwealth of Kentucky under the following Circumstances first that your petitioner was the Security in a Recognizance Bond. On an Inditment against one Jefferson Vaughan -- found in the Rockcastle Circuit court. who was charged with horse stealing. The said Vaughan failed to appear. and Judgment was renedered against Your Petitioner with notice being Served. said Judgment was also rendered whilst your petitioner was a Soldier in the 47th Regiment of Kentucky Infantry. Now your petitioner would respectfully ask your honor as the fine is oppressive and the Judgment unjustly rendered

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against him. that he is only the Security for Vaughan his fellow comrad in arms who was in the Service of the united states at the Same time your petitioner was and believed him not Guilty he entered his security he further states that he is a poor man with a Family looking to him for support. If has a fine to pay will Injure himself and Family verry much. The Execution is or has been pressing him and unless an interposition of Your Excellency he will be bound to pay the debt at a Sacrifice of property your petitioner therefore would respectfullly pray your Honor to interpose and remit the fine. or so much thereof as you may think Just and right and as in Duty bound will ever pray &c

Alexander ^his X mark^ Hudson

Alexander Hudson States his foregoing Statements are true. Alexander ^his X mark^ Hudson

The foregoing Petition was Sworn to before me by Alexander Hudson on the 18" day of July 1865

W. W. Fish Clerk of the Rockcastle County Court

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We the undersigned Citizens of Mt Vernon Rockcastle County would respectfully state that we believ it Just and right the foregoing fine should be remitted and respectfully ask Your Excellency to interpose ain favour of the Petitioner. --

This July 1st 1865

E T. Fish G. W. Roberts W, A, Brooks Alfred Smith clk Rockcastle Circuit court

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Rockcastle Cir Ct vs Alex Hudson $400, Forfeiture Respited 12 months 9 Sept/65

His Excellency Governor Bramlet Frankfort Ky

Please address to the clerk of the Rockcastle Circuit court

Alexander ^his X mark^ Hudson

Attest E. T. Fish