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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, Military Correspondence, 1863-1867 KYR-0001-003-0012 BR5-16

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky Thomas Elliott Bramlette (KY governor 1863-67, atty, D.A., col 3rd KY Inf) N001000 1817-01-03 1875-01-12 Categories: People

Twenty-third governor of Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Cumberland County, Kentucky, native. Married to Sallie Travis Bramlette in September 1837. Father of James T. Bramlette, William L. Bramlette, Eugene Bramlette, and Corrina Bell Bramlette. Practiced law in Clinton County, Kentucky, and Columbia, Kentucky. Represented Cumberland and Clinton counties in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1841 to 1843. Commonwealth's attorney of the 8th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1848 to 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in 1850. Circuit judge of the 6th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1856 to 1861. Owned nine enslaved persons in 1860. Served as colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from 1861 to 1862. District attorney of the United States District Court for Kentucky in 1863. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to September 3, 1867. Owned law firm of Bramlette & Van Winkle in partnership with Ephraim L. Van Winkle.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 181A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 335 (p. 2 of 2 on microfilm). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, The Town of Columbia 1st Division, p. 13 (p. 2 of 3 on microfilm). Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 83B. Ross A. Webb, “Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867)” in Lowell H. Harrison, ed., Kentucky’s Governors (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 93-97 Lowell H. Harrison, "Bramlette, Thomas Elliott" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 112-13. Wiley Taul Poynter (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier) N00008843 1838-08-14 1896-07-30 Categories: People

Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier. Montgomery County, Kentucky, native. Son of Henry G. Poynter and Ann M. Poynter. Married to Pattie N. Poston Poynter in Clark County on November 24, 1857. Farmer in Clark County in 1860. Served in the 16th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a first lieutenant and quartermaster from September 1862 to January 1863. Served as colonel and Assistant Quartermaster General of Kentucky from January 7, 1865 to March 14, 1865. Cashier of the Clark County National Bank in 1865.

Relationships Military: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 869. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 295. "Death of Dr. W. T. Poynter," Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), July 31, 1896, p. 1. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994032, Clark County Marriages. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), vii, 926. "Dr Wiley Taul Poynter (1838-1896)," Find A Grave, Memorial #100783027, accessed on July 13, 2018, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100783027. Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky O00000389 Categories: Organizations

Chief supply officer of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Civil War-era quartermaster generals: M. D. West, W. A. Dudley (October 3,1861-October 30, 1862), James F. Robinson, Jr. (December 2, 1862-August 31, 1863), Samuel G. Suddarth (September 1, 1863-January 13, 1866). Civil War-era assistant quartermaster generals: Henry J. Lyons (June 1861) and John E. Murrah (September 1865).

Relationships Military: William Thompson Scott (Lexington, KY, 3rd KY Inf lt col & col USA and inventor) Military: Samuel G. Suddarth (Adair Co, KY, atty, Quarter-master general of KY) Economic: William Ambrose Dudley (Lexington, KY, attorney, quartermaster general, and univ trustee ) Military: William Ambrose Dudley (Lexington, KY, attorney, quartermaster general, and univ trustee ) Economic: John B. Lindsey (Versailles, Kentucky, farmer, paymaster & organizer for KY militia) Economic: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Economic: William Stewart (Clerk for Kentucky Inspector General) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: James Fisher Robinson, Jr. (QMG of KY, Gov's son) Legal: Government of the United States of America

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), vii. Works Progress Administration, Military History of Kentucky, Frankfort, Kentucky, Adjutant General of Kentucky, 1939, 169-70. KYR-0001-005-0132. KYR-0001-019-0094. Commonwealth of Kentucky O001025 1792 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Kentucky. Capital at Frankfort, Kentucky. Governor(s): Beriah Magoffin (1859-1862), James F. Robinson (1862-1863), and Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867).

Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380. Malcolm E. Jewell, "General Assembly" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 366. Paul J. Weber, "Court System" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 233. State Arsenal O00010811 1850? 1933? Categories: Organizations

Located in Frankfort, Kentucky. Kentucky legislature allocated funds for construction in 1850. Designed by Nathanial C. Cook. Served as the site for storing weapons and munitions during the Civil War.

Relationships Military: Samuel G. Suddarth (Adair Co, KY, atty, Quarter-master general of KY) Military: Wiley Taul Poynter (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier) Military: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: M. D. West (Quartermaster-general of Kentucky in 1861) Military: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

William B. Scott, Jr., "Old State Arsenal" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 695. Tim Talbott, “State Arsenal,” ExploreKYHistory, accessed June 24, 2019, https://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/225. United States Army O00001186 1775 Categories: Organizations

The organization of infantry, cavalry, and artillery military units in the United States government. Commander(s): Winfield Scott, George B. McClellan, Henry W. Halleck, and Ulysses S. Grant.

Relationships Military: James Olney (possible U. S. soldier) Military: Joel Adams (Lincoln County, KY, farmer & pvt 19th KY Inf USA) Military: Joseph Innes (possible Lincoln County, KY, soldier) Military: Richard D. Cunningham (Colonel, U.S. Army) Military: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Military: Crawford C. Adams (Paulding County, Ohio, resident and soldier.) Military: 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A) Military: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky Military: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Military: Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (Union general, Boyle Co, KY attorney, pres Lou City Railway Co) Military: Marcellus Mundy (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and soldier) Military: Army of the Ohio Military: Military District of Kentucky Military: Luther Thayer Thustin (Louisville US Army Paymaster) Military: Hartwell T. Burge (Muhlenberg, Kentucky, Meth minister; chaplain 3rd KY Cav; colonel 48th KY Inf; comd'r Dpt of OH 1864) Military: Alexander Magruder (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Military: Charles David Pennebaker (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, KY state rep & senator; col 27th KY Inf USA & state military agent) Military: John F. Lay (Breckinridge, KY, soldier) Military: James Murrell Shackelford (Hopkins County, KY, attorney, colonel 25th Inf, 8th Ky Cav, and brig gen. in 1863) Military: Washington Seawell (Union Army, colonel and mustering officer) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Edmund A. Starling (Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, resident and Colonel (U.S.A.)) Military: 35th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: William Forman (Clark County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.) Military: Presley Kimbrell (Powell County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier.) Economic: William Bird Holeman (Frankfort City Marshal and KY Public Printer) Political: Government of the United States of America Military: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Military: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) Military: John Royalty (Barren County, Kentucky, barkeeper) Military: Henry W. Royalty (Barren County, KY, resident) Military: John Mason Marcus (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: Office of Quartermaster of U. S. Army Military: United States War Department Military: Horatio Phillips Van Cleve (Todd County, Minnesota, farmer and soldier (2nd Minn. and General U.S. A.)) Military: [Unknown] Johnson () Military: Wiley Taul Poynter (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier) Military: Lowdy Howard (Jefferson County, Kentucky, apprentice ship carpenter, tobacconist and soldier) Military: Thornton Williams (Scott County, Kentucky, soldier. Formerly enslaved by Urias Offutt, accused of attempted murder.) Political: Urias M. Offutt (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. and slaveholder.) Military: Robert Crooke Wood (Washington D.C., assistant surgeon general, 1854-1865) Military: Madison Mills (New York County, New York, surgeon. US army medical director in St. Louis, MO) Military: Charles Carroll Gray (Ontario County, New York, surgeon. ) Military: Henry Wager Halleck (U.S. Army soldier) Military: Andrew Jackson Smith (United States Army career soldier and commander) Military: Thomas Harvey Harris (Jefferson County, Indiana, book rubber and soldier. Military mayor of Memphis, 1864-1865.) Military: Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (Belvidere, Illinois, lawyer, representative, and soldier) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav)

Richard W. Stewart, ed. American Military History (Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 2009). State Military Hospital O00010983 Categories: Organizations

Union military hospital in Frankfort, Kentucky.

Relationships Legal: Arthur J. Harrington (Jefferson County, KY, printer and soldier) Legal: Charles W. Quiggins (Hardin County, KY, carpenter and soldier) Legal: Jesse J. Craddock (Hart County, KY, farmer and lieutenant colonel) Military: Wiley Taul Poynter (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier) Military: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky

KYR-0003-101-0009. Kentucky State Guard O00000303 1860-03-05 1865-03-04 Categories: Organizations

The volunteer and active militia from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Existed from 1860 to 1865. Commander(s): Simon Bolivar Buckner, John W. Finnell, Daniel W. Lindsey.

Relationships Military: 38th Regiment Kentucky Militia Military: Greenfield M. Witten (Floyd County, Kentucky, soldier, merchant, and businessman) Military: Alexander G. Hamilton (Floyd County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: Robert S. Friend (Floyd County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier) Military: Edwin Trimble (Floyd County, Kentucky, soldier) Military: Alexander L. Martin (Floyd County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: George C. Hallet (Fulton Co, KY, colonel, county atty, and city judge) Military: W. Francis Buckner (Hickman, Kentucky, civil engineer) Military: George M. Wilburn (Hickman, Kentucky, carpenter) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: James Andrew Jackson Lee (Owingsville, Kentucky, merchant) Military: William Penrose Conner (Bath County, Kentucky, sheriff and soldier) Military: George W. Conner (Bath County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Military: John A. Turner, Jr. (Bath County, Kentucky, circuit clerk) Military: Benjamin Daniel Lacy (Owingsville, Kentucky, attorney & county atty) Military: Kentucky Home Guard Military: Francis M. Vaughn (Kentucky soldier) Military: John F. Lay (Breckinridge, KY, soldier) Military: Simon Bolivar Buckner (Kentucky inspector general and general CSA) Military: William Stewart (Clerk for Kentucky Inspector General) Military: James A. Stamper (Owsley County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: [unknown] Drerren (Soldier, 71st Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia) Military: Frederick B. Merimee (Lebanon, Kentucky, merchant) Military: William J. Lisle (Marion County, Kentucky, attorney & captain 10th KY Inf USA) Military: Wiley Taul Poynter (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier) Military: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky Military: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Military: Willis Lago (Woodford County, Kentucky, fugitive from the law) Military: Thomas Bell Monroe, Jr. (Frankfort, KY, sec state Aug 30, 1859-Oct 1, 1861attorney, politician, CSA major) Military: Roger Weightman Hanson (Fayette County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier.) Military: John B. Major (Frankfort, Kentucky, state printer) Military: Edward Henry Hobson (Green County, Kentucky, merchant, saddler, Brig. Genl) Military: James Wilson (Henderson County, Kentucky, prisoner) Military: William Gardner Capps (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, student and corporal (U.S.A.)) Military: F. G. Nall (Hartford, Ohio County, Kentucky, resident)

“An Act for the Better Organization of the Kentucky Militia,” Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Passed, vol 1 (Frankfort: J. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 142-171. “Kentucky State Guard,” The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 513. Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky 1863-10-07 Correspondence English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 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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Quarter Master Generals Office Frankfort Oct 7 1863 To His Excellency Thos E Bramlette Govr of Ky Sir

I have the honor to report that during the month of September I audited and passed for payment out of the Recruiting Fund, claims which for convenience are classified as follows viz

Arsenal467.43Army Contingencies1448 20Clothing22 00Camp Equipage214 48Fuel141 25Forage590 22Hospital50 00Office Expense135 75Telegraphing340 49Printing84 22Recruiting48 75State Gaurd7 50Salaries1297 48Straw12 00Subsistence1667 12Transportation1527 47 $8054 36

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This report embraces only those claims presented between the 1st and 30th days inclusive of September. and amount in the aggregate to Eight Thousand and fifty four dollars and thirty six cents --

Resply & W. T. Poynter Auditing clerk of Q. M. G. Office

Report of W. T. Poynter of claims passed by him for payment during the month of September 1863