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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-0001-004-3404 BR42-280 to BR42-281

Carter County, Kentucky Carter County, Kentucky 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 "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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 State of Kentucky

Your Petitioners would Respectfully represent to your Excellency that at the ^November^ November Term of the Carter Circuit Court 1863 Joseph Courtnay was fined by Said Court for a Breach of the peace Twenty Dollars Now your petition are well acquainted with Said Courtney. he is a poor man with a family of Small Children and is dependant in his daily labor for a support The facts of the Case are these a Man by the name of Ratcliff was prosecuting a Writ of Forcible Detainer against him to turn him out of doors Ratcliffs Loyalty was doubted and Courtney, not feeling pleasant under the Circumstances gave him a Cursing there being no licks whatever Struck and we think the fees and Costs will be sufficient punishment, to him wherefore we ask that said fine. be Remitted

J. H. Steele. M. D H. B. Eifort Vincent Ferguson T S McClees J P C C L Dodge_ Thomas Smith B. S. Shepherd

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Carter County Relief Refused Tho E Bramlette