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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-0001-003-0058 BR5-108

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. John L. Smedley (Mercer County, Kentucky, druggist) N00012478 1797? 1883? Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, druggist. Pennsylvania native. Married to Martha O. "Patsy" Letcher Smedley in Mercer County, Kentucky on April 27, 1820. Father of Sarah Smedley, Charles Smedley, Elizabeth Smedley, Ann Smedley, Ovie Smedley, William F. Smedley, and Mariana Smedley Kyle. Druggist in Mercer County in 1850. Elected President of the Shelby Railroad Company in Shelbyville, Kentucky on April 8, 1852. Druggist in Mercer County, Kentucky in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1860. Elected Sergeant-at-arms of Kentucky House of Representatives c1861-c1863.

Relationships Political: James B. Lyne (Henderson County, Kentucky, resident and assistant clerk of the Kentucky House of Representatives)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 369A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 694. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 47A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film #000191848, p. 724 of microfilm. "Railroad Convention at Shelbyville,"The Louisville Daily Courier(Louisville, Ky.), April 10, 1852, p. 3. Courier-Journal(Louisville, Ky.), August 14, 1863, p. 3. The Frankfort Roundabout(Frankfort, Ky.), September 29, 1883, p. 1. James B. Lyne (Henderson County, Kentucky, resident and assistant clerk of the Kentucky House of Representatives) N00018537 1832? Categories: People

Henderson County, Kentucky, attorney and officeholder. Tennessee native. Son of Mary C. Lyne. Married to Mary A. Hopkins Lyne on April 24, 1860. Father of James Lyne. Married to Caroline Lyne. Father of Catharine Johnson Lyne. Resident of Henderson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned four enslaved persons in 1850. Attended Shelby College in Shelby County, Kentucky, 1852-1853. Resident of Henderson County in 1860. Household owned one enslaved person in 1860. Elected as the Assistant Clerk of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1861. Attorney in Henderson County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson, p. 270A-270B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 51. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 160B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Indiana, Vigo County, Terre Haute Ward 2, p. 440A. Catalogue of Shelby College, Shelbyville, KY.,1853 (Louisville, KY: Journal, 1853), 17. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Henderson County, KY, July 1863, p. 29. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Henderson County Marriages, Film #001944390, p. 71. Indiana Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Indiana State Department of Health and Vital Records, Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, IN, Certificate #38533. “Reported for the Journal,”Louisville Daily Journal(Louisville, KY), September 3, 1861, p. 3. New Orleans, Louisiana P00002303 Categories: Places

City in Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Located on the Mississippi River.

29.9511, -90.0715 USGS: Earth Explorer, "New Orleans, Louisiana," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on April 7, 2020). Joy Juanita Jackson, "New Orleans" in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/New-Orleans-Louisiana) (accessed May 11, 2017). House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky O001020 1792 Categories: Organizations

One chamber of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Comprised of 100 Representatives.

Robert M. Ireland, The Kentucky State Constitution: A Reference Guide (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1999). Kentucky Constitution. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/legresou/constitu/intro.htm (Accessed February 17, 2017). Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky 1864-01-07 Proclamation/Legislation English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. 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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In House of Representatives Thursday, Jan. 7, 1864.

Resolved, That the Governor cause to be fixed, on the 8th day of January, 1864, a national salute of 35 rounds in honor of our National victory achieved over the British forces at New Orleans in 1815; and at the same time the Sergeant-at-Arms of this House cause to be unfurled the National flag, with the stars and stripes.

Adopted: Att: Jas B. Lyne, Clerk

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1864