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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-0001-004-2193 BR14-434 to BR14-435

Laurel County, Kentucky Laurel County, Kentucky 1865-08-24 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 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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To His Excellency Thomas E Bramlette Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your Petitioner Willis T Bunton would respectfully Represent unto your Excellency that at the August Term of the Laurel Circuit Court 1865 Judgment went against him (upon Indictment in favor of the Commonwealth for retailing) for the sum of twenty dollars your Petitioner would further represent that Harvey Haynes Post Sutler at Camp Pitman near London ^in this county^ was selling ardent Spirits there and your Petitioner Telegraph repairer to that place and was frequently there and one day sd Haynes Steped out of the Room where he was retailing and requested your Petitioner to wait upon his guests present which your he did thinking that said Haynes had a perfect right to sell the Liquors and that your petitioner was doing no wrong by Steping in and letting out Whisky as aforesaid never thought of violating law or he woud not have done so The premises considered the prayer of your Petitioner is that you remit said fine for which He will ever

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feel greatful your Petitioner is a Poor man

Willis T Bunton

Willis T Bunton Says the Statements in the foregoing Petition are true

Willis T Bunton

Sworn to before me by Willis T Burton this 24th day of August 1865

Thos J Carnifax P J

We believe the Statements in the foregoing Petition are true and join in the prayer thereof

R Boyd Charles Kirtley

Gov Bramlette I do not believe that Mr. Bunton intended to violate law and hope you will remit the fine

Yours truly H. F. Finley

Gov Bramllete

I concure with Mr Finley

Granville Pearl Wm McKee N, B, Jones C B Faris Robert Hays

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Wm T. Moran

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Laurel Cir Ct vs Willis T. Bunton $20, Remitted 1st Sept/65