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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-0001-004-2102 BR14-310

Pulaski County, Kentucky Pulaski County, Kentucky 1865-07-21 Petition English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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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Somerset Kentucky July 21st 1865 To his Excelency Thomas E. Bramlette Governor of Kentucky

Your petitioner would respectfully represent to your Exilency That judgment was Confessed by him ^John Custar^ at the July Term 1865 of the Pulaski Circuit Court for $100,. for Keeping a Tipling House Your petitioner States that he ^said John Custar^ was an authorized army Sutler at Point Burnside and paid regular Army License The business was Carried in exclusive by within the limits of the Camp And your petitioner paid the regular taxes as sutler, and supposed that he was doing nothing but what was right and proper.

Under the Circumstances he prays you Exelency to remit the fine.

Resptly John Custar

We Concur in the Statements and prayer of the foregoing petition.

Jno. S. VanWinkle W McKee Fox W. B. Moore H. H. Pettus W. D. Carpenter. (over)

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J. B. Love G, W, Richardson D. F. Bush

Pulaski Cir Ct vs John Custar $100. Watson Ballew $100 Tipling Temple Haynes & David L Clark $100, Breach Peace Remitted 4 Sept/65