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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-0001-004-2545 BR16-70 to BR16-71

Knox County, Kentucky Knox County, Kentucky 1865-10-26 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 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 excetrice the govenor of the commowealth of Kentucky your petitioner Gorge W Little and John smith wold Respectfuly Represent to your excelence that they become the surity of one Thomas Graves who was a soldier in the servis of the united states and that the said Graves was enlisted arested in the Knox county Ky for Reciving a horse that had been stollen they state that Said Grave was bound toa by the Examin court for his appearen in the Knox Circuit court ^in a bond of $100,^ and the said Graves being a soldier and in the servis and subject to his comand Failed to appeare in the Knox circuit court for trial at the tim the Bond Required and that the bond was forfeited at the last April turm of said court and at the last september term judgment was Renderd against them for the $100 and cost and that ^they are unable to pay the fine and do justice to the Rest of the familey^

The Primeses considerd the prayer of your petitioner is that your Excelence Remit the fine and set a side the forfeitur and for all proper Releaf

George W Little John Smith

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Sworn to before me this 26 day of Oct 1865

Tyrel Foley clerk

The under signed says that they beleave it wold be an act of Charity to Remit the fines and forfeitur and askes that it be Remited

M R Mahan M Richardson John W Burch M. V. B. Sutton J,, C Foley Nelson Cummins F Nicholson John L Smith James Clarke Franklin Rains Lewes Meadors J. H. Scott M. D Daniel. W. Carroll Lewis Adkins T J Cravins E. F. Adkins John Henson Wm Bowmon Jr

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Knox Cir Ct vs John Smith & Geo W. Little $100, Forfeiture Remit 4th Nov /65