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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-0001-004-2306 BR15-187 to BR15-188

Whitley County, Kentucky Whitley County, Kentucky 1865-09-18 Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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 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 Excellence the govenor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. You petitioner John Lovett and Paskel G Bryant wold Respectifull Represent to your honor that sometime in the yeare of that they become the surity of one Abel Bryant for his appearence in the Whitley circuit court andthatsaid on a Charge of Robery and that said Bryant on the day of enlisted in the servis of the united states and that served his time out and made a good soldier and at the last turme of The whitley cou circuit Court that the said Bryant failed to come up to court and the Court forfeited the Bond of your petitioner and Rendered a judgement against your petitioner for $100 -- and your petitioner wold Represent to your excelents that they are both verry pore men and has no property out of which they can well spare to make the debt and pay the fine and that they have not the money to pay the fine they say that they are not able to pay the fine and do justice to the Remainder of ther famley

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Whearefore they Pray that your Excelence Remit the fine and set a side the Judgements and for all Proper Releaf

John Lovett P G Bryant

John Lovett says that he belieleav the statement in the foregoing petition to be true

John Lovett

Sworn to before me by John Lovett this 18th day of Sept 1865

J, C, Watkins clkJ P.

The undersigned say that they beleave it wold be an act of Charity to Remit the fine and askes that your Excelence remit the fine

J. C. Watkins clerk Whitley Circuit Court C. D. Creekmore P. J. W. C. C J. E. Harman S W C,, Tyree Faley Clerk Whitley county court G. W. Little Ct. Atty E Litton S W C William B Skeen E F Adkins Jailer. W C P. C. Berry

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James Criscillis W, B, Davis J. L McCarty W, C, Gilliss -- S H Leforce J P John H Farris

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Whitley Cir Ct vs Remit J Lovett & P. G. Bryant $100. Forfeiture 28 Sept/65