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 November 12, 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-0001-004-2274 BR15-119

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To his Exellency Thomas E Bramlett Governer of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your Petitioners citizens of Lawrence County would represent to your Excellency that on the 12" day of July 1865 before the Hon John M Clayton Judge of the Quarterly Court of Lawrence County, Ira Bernard was upon his plea of "Guilty" fined sixty dollars for the offince of Keeping a tipling house. Your petitioners would further represent that this is the frist conviction against the Bernard for Such an offinse, that a military camp has been for a long period at this place and such offense have been countenanced by Many of the Military officers, that order is now restored and the regular process of law enforced, no apprehensions for the peace and order of the Community is now felt, Your petitioners would respectfully request that the Said fine of Sixty dollars be remitted except so far as Thirty percent thereof And as in duty bound your petitioners will ever pray &c

Petitioners Names

The Statements in the foregoing Petition are substantially true & I respectfully recommend that the fine be remitted

R, F. Prichard County attny &c Jno M Clayton J L C C J. M. Allison S L C Wm Bowe John.W. Keller H Hale B Fitzpatrick Petitioners Names J A Wellman J D Wellman Geo. W. Murry J. Spaulding Davis Jack Jasper Williamson Lous manard Levi Muncy John T. Stafford anias Wilkerson Bennet Cox william branham jesse manard

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Petition of the Citizens of Lawrence County To Release a fine of $60 vs Ira Bernard for KeepingaTiplinghouse Remitted 19 Aug/65