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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-0001-004-2481 BR15-447

Pulaski County, Kentucky Pulaski County, Kentucky 1865-10-07 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. Bramlette Governor of the Commonwealth of the Kentucky

The undersigned Polly Estep your petitioner would respectfully state to your Honor that at the March term 1865 of the Pulaski Circuit Court she was indicted by the Grand Jury of Pulaski County for the offense of adultery and that at the Sept term 1865 of s'd court judgment for the sum $20 -- was taken against her by default; and state that she was not guilty of the offense charged in s'd indictment and she made no defense to same because she was informed and believed that the charge had to be proven before a judgt would be rendered and was satisfied and knew that no such proof could be made; and she further states that she is an unmarried woman and was at the time the offense was alleged to have been committed and as she is informed and believes could not be guilty of the offense charged. Under the foregoing circumstances your petitioner respectfully asks your Honor to remit the s'd fine of $20 --

Polly Estep

Sworn to before me by Polly Estep this 7th day of Oct. 1865

John Wize J P

We the undersigned respectfully ask your Honor to remit the fine as asked by Polly Estep in the above petition

James H Phelps

the above name is the witness that the Inditment was found

J davison E. S, Salyer Robert Jinkens Henry Dykes W. H. Davidson george A Phelps

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I know Somethng of the circumstances under which the Judgement was obtained and I know that Miss Estep is poor and not able to pay the fine and no one wants to see her go to Jail I therefore Join in the petition for remitting the fine

W. B. Moore

answer this in haste my post office address is Shopville

Pulaski Co Ky Polly Estepp

Pulaski Cir Ct vs Polly Estep $20, Adultery Remitted 17th Oct /65