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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-0001-004-3255 BR42-51 to BR42-52

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Carter County Ky Mr T E Bramlett

Govenor of Ky to your excellency the under signed Petitioners your Honor to use your hand of mercy in favor of there Petition in this cause and they as there is one Robert Alexander of our county was fined ten Dollars for intr Rupting Publect worship in our county and we woull Repsent to your honor that that he did not do it intentionally if he Did it at all the Proof was not of Sutch a caracter that woud warrant a conviction under it and the Jury did not under stand the law fully on the Subject and was Predgist to wards his cause and there mines was mis led there fore they would asque your honor to use your hand of mercy in his favor

Isom Daniel James H. M. Dean James.M. Bond Henry Lawson James S. Henderson Solomon J Ward Thos W. Banfield R. J. Henderson James Hollan O. J Smith James Henderson Samuel Henderson George W Bond Gona Brinigar Robert D. Erwin James H Armstrong B. M. Taber D R Eliott Burden Wm. R. Willburn B S Bond J. W. Williams Vincent Geeson J. B. Williams T. Thomas N. M. Williams R. s. Williams Solomon Brinagar Morgan Brinigar James M Mead

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Stephen Mckinney c c c

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Olive Hill Carter County Ky

Mr Thomas E Bramlet sir I would Say to ^your^ Excellency that that the facts Set forth in this petition is true and I think that you would not do the citizens of our county any wrong in Remitting this fine against Robert Alexander in favor of the Commonwealth if so I would not asque you to Do so for I have been Serving those Same citizens as Justice of the Peace for ten years and and Know them all well and I was present at the trial and know the facts Set forth in the petition to be true

By so doing you would Do your humble Petitioners a great favor

Harvey Henderson Judge Carter Co. Court

Thos E Bramlet Governer of Ky

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Carter Cir Ct R Alexander court scct Petitions