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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-0001-004-2437 BR15-386

1865-09-26 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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To his Excellency Thos E Bramlett Gov of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Your Petitioners John Burton Sr, John Burton Jr, Jesse Burton and Jesse Stephens would Respectfully Represent that at the November Term 1859. of the Morgan Circuit Court that there was a fine imposed by said Court at the aforesaid Term against each of Your Petitioners for $5000 each, upon which Judgments there issued Executions and the same was Replevied about the breaking out of the Southern Rebellion and now there has issued Executions on said Replevin Bonds which is now in the hands of the sheriff of Morgan County who is about to sell the Property of your Petitioners, Your Petitioners would further State that in consequence of the war that, they have been almost reduced to Poverty, and owing to their Present conditions that they are actually unable to pay said fine. Wherefore they humbly ask your Excellency to remit said fines and that all officers be enjoined from the collection of the same and they will forever Pray

John Burton sr John Burton jr Jesse Burton Jesse Stephens

We the undersigned Join in Prayer with the above named Petitioners and ask that the fines against

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Petitioners be remitted and held for naught, That said Petitioners are Very Poor and actually unable to Pay said fines & they have Very large families who are dependent on your Petitioners for a support and said Petitioners has everly been loyal to the Constitution & Government of the United States

Respectfully yours Sept 26th 1865 Stev Stephens C S moses scaggs B Williams A. F. Fraley Alvin Sturgeon Isaac S. Sturgeon John L. Hanna A C Fraley James Fraley J, K, Howard Isom Waggener Ira Isaac Jr C. W. Carter S. G. Hunter Charles Adkins S D Stanton Miles Whitt John Coling C S John Stephens James my horn Wiiliam binion