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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-0001-004-2765 BR17-16 to BR17-17

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To His Excellency Thos E Bramlett Govenor of Ky

We would respectfully represent that our friend neighbor and County man William Oldham was the security of his son Lewis C Oldham for his appearance to the Oct Term 1865 of the Grant Circuit Court to answer an Indictment theretofore returned to said Court for an alledged felony committed by sd Lewis C Oldham whilst acting in the Capacity of a Soldier for the sum of four hundred Dollars Lewis C Oldham did not appear and the sd Bond was forfeited Mr Oldham is a clever Gentleman a poor man with seven or eight Small children & to pay said Bond will reduce him & his wife & family to actual want and suffer and has son has left the County and gone west and is out of the control and reach of his father In view of these facts we would ask most respectuflly your Excellency to interfere and cancel the Bond before judgt --

J. F. Sheriff James M Hume Jno H Carter B F Simmons Geo. H. Norton Andrew Sheriff W. W. Clark O, D, McManama T. P. Evans B McGlosson Preston Isaaks Jas. F. McIlvain A Kendall James M Littell Lewis Cason

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W. S. landrum W H Carter Wm C. Williams D. F. Hansbrough W. H. Childers W G ashcraft Wm T. Tully P. S Ransom T. F. Gouge Samuel Eckler D, C, Ferguson G W Simpson James Simpson thomas E williams A Lingenfelter U. M. Northcutt J W Hutchison A H Vawter David Boys W R Ransom Moses Mccloure J J Miller Jonathan Patmor Theo OHara W H J Abner lingenfelter James Hedger S Hedger Elisha Johns James. S. Hicks M Burnett John W Dunn Thos A Franklin C. G. C. C A. M. Childers Hiram G Williams C. Theobald F. hodge W N Simpson J J Landram W S Rankin

To his Excellency Thos E Bramlet -- you will be troubled with a great many Petitions from this place but this is the most meritorious of any & I hope you will find it agreeable to your Judgment & in harmony with your feelings to grant this Pet your obt Servt

W, L, Simmons

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Grant Cir Ct vs Wm Oldham $400, Forfeiture Remitted 11 Dec/65