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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-0001-004-0001 BR8-1

Taylor 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. Caloway Underwood (Taylor County) N00000512 1814? Categories: People

Taylor County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married Polly Underwood. Farmer in Taylor County in 1850 and 1860.

Relationships Social: Sally Bell (Taylor County) Social: Lewis Bell (Taylor County farmer) Social: Stephen W. Geabhart (Taylor County. Mannsville postmaster) Social: William Burress (Taylor County farmer) Social: James W. Overstreet (Taylor County farmer) Social: James D. Jones (Taylor County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: George W. Redmon (LaRue County) Social: Ralph Watson (Taylor County?) Social: L. B. Stinnett (Green County) Social: William C. Thompson (In or near Taylor County) Social: John Wood (Taylor County) Social: John Horatio Chandler (Taylor County, Kentucky, merchant) Social: `14th KY INF) Social: James B. McWhorter (Taylor County, KY, sheriff and entrepreneur)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, p. 15. William Sprowls (Taylor County) N00000513 1832? 1911-05-11 Categories: People

Taylor County, Kentucky, laborer. Kentucky native. Married Sarah “Sallie” Underwood. Laborer in Taylor County in 1850.

Relationships Social: Sally Bell (Taylor County) Social: Lewis Bell (Taylor County farmer) Social: Stephen W. Geabhart (Taylor County. Mannsville postmaster) Social: William Burress (Taylor County farmer) Social: James W. Overstreet (Taylor County farmer) Social: James D. Jones (Taylor County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: George W. Redmon (LaRue County) Social: Ralph Watson (Taylor County?) Social: L. B. Stinnett (Green County) Social: William C. Thompson (In or near Taylor County) Social: John Wood (Taylor County) Social: John Horatio Chandler (Taylor County, Kentucky, merchant) Social: `14th KY INF) Social: James B. McWhorter (Taylor County, KY, sheriff and entrepreneur)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1963. Microfilm roll # 7016133. File # 12956, May 22, 1911, KDLA. Lewis Bell (Taylor County farmer) N00000504 1810 Categories: People

Taylor County, Kentucky, farmer. Married Sally Bell. Farmer in Taylor County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, p. 14. Sally Bell (Taylor County) N00000505 1820 Categories: People

Taylor County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Married Lewis Bell. Taylor County resident in 1860.

Relationships Familial: Lewis Bell (Taylor County farmer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, p. 14. James D. Jones (Taylor County, Kentucky, farmer) N00000508 1810-02-07 1897-05-29 Categories: People

Taylor County, Kentucky, farmer. Taylor County, Kentucky, native. Married to Elizabeth Allen Jones. Father of David Jones, Holland Jones, Samuel Jones, Mary E. Jones, Bethany Jones, Emily Jane Jones, and James D. Jones. Farmer in Taylor County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Taylor County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: `14th KY INF) Political: Jesse Thomas McCormick (Warren County teacher and Confederate soldier)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, Division 2, p. 128B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, p. 543. "James D Jones, Sr (1810 - 1897)," Find A Grave, Memorial# 94407233, accessed February 24, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94407233. James W. Overstreet (Taylor County farmer) N00000509 1821 Categories: People

Taylor County, Kentucky, farmer and distiller. Virginia native. Married Elizabeth Overstreet. Farmer in Taylor County in 1850 and 1860. Distiller in Taylor County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, unmarked page. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, p. 26. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Taylor County, KY, May 1865, p. 115, (Accessed via Ancestry.com). William Burress (Taylor County farmer) N00000510 1817 Categories: People

Taylor County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married Jane Burress. Farmer in Taylor County, Kentucky, in 1850 and 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, p. 134. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, p. 25. Stephen W. Geabhart (Taylor County. Mannsville postmaster) N00000511 1807 Categories: People

Taylor County, Kentucky, carpenter and postmaster. Virginia native. Married Ellen Geabhart. Farmer in Taylor County in 1850. Carpenter in Taylor County in 1860. Appointed postmaster of Mannsville, Kentucky on July 29, 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, p. 85. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, 145 rolls, Vol. 28, p. 182. Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28. Washington, D.C.: National Archives. James B. McWhorter (Taylor County, KY, sheriff and entrepreneur) N00000495 1826-09-28 1911-03-15 Categories: People

Taylor County, Kentucky, sheriff and entrepreneur. Casey County, Kentucky, native. Son of William T. McWhorter and Mary E. McWhorter. Married to Mary A. Douglass McWhorter in Taylor County on November 17, 1852. Sheriff of Taylor County in 1863. Auctioneer in the firm of Cowhead & McWhorter Co. with Thomas E. Cowhead in Taylor County in 1863 and in 1865. Partner in a confectionery in Taylor County with Samuel Morton in August 1864. Carriage maker in Campbellsville, Kentucky, in 1865.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Thomas Cox (Taylor County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Legal: Edward Yates (Taylor County Farmer) Legal: James C. Wood (Taylor co., KY) Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Taylor Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, p. 56. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Taylor County Marriages, 1840-1950, Film #000983727, p. 52, p. 120 of 433 of microfilm. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), NAI: 4213514, Taylor County, KY, N.D., Vol 3 of 3. p. 115 (Accessed via Ancestry.com). “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-306. U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918. Original data: Records of the Internal Revenue Service. Record Group 58. Taylor County, Kentucky, 1864, p. 5. (Accessed via Ancestry.com). U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918. Original data: Records of the Internal Revenue Service. Record Group 58. Taylor County, Kentucky, 1865, p. 96. (Accessed via Ancestry.com). U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918. Original data: Records of the Internal Revenue Service. Record Group 58. Taylor County, Kentucky, 1865, p. 101. (Accessed via Ancestry.com). John Horatio Chandler (Taylor County, Kentucky, merchant) N00003522 1839-12-25 1911-02-21 Categories: People

Taylor County, Kentucky, merchant. Taylor County native. Son of John B. Chandler and Mary Ann Smith Chandler. Married to Connie Hord Chandler in Taylor County on April 10, 1862. Merchant in Taylor County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Thomas Cox (Taylor County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Legal: Edward Yates (Taylor County Farmer) Legal: James C. Wood (Taylor co., KY) Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, Campbellsville, p. 41. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Taylor County Marriages, p. 180-81. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7016131, Taylor County Deaths, file #4942. John Wood (Taylor County) N00000498 Categories: People

Signed the Taylor County, Kentucky, petition of Caloway Underwood and William Sprowls.

KYR-0001-004-0001. William C. Thompson (In or near Taylor County) N00000499 Categories: People

Signed the Taylor County, Kentucky, petition of Caloway Underwood and William Sprowls.

KYR-0001-004-0001. L. B. Stinnett (Green County) N00000500 1828 Categories: People

Green County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Farmer in Green County in 1863.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Green County, KY, September 1863, p. 179. (Accessed via Ancestry.com). Ralph Watson (Taylor County?) N00000501 Categories: People

Signed the Taylor County, Kentucky, petition of Caloway Underwood and William Sprowls.

KYR-0001-004-0001. George W. Redmon (LaRue County) N00000502 1825 Categories: People

LaRue County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Farmer in LaRue County, Kentucky, in 1850 and 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, LaRue County, unmarked page. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, LaRue County, Hodgenville, p. 10. C. Hoskins (Taylor County?) N00000503 Categories: People

Signed the Taylor County, Kentucky, petition of Caloway Underwood and William Sprowls.

KYR-0001-004-0001. Taylor County, Kentucky P00000681 Categories: Places

County in south central Kentucky. Seat at Campbellsville.

37.3434, -85.3419 "Campbellsville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed February 14, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names, (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 290. Campbellsville, Kentucky P00000507 Categories: Places

Seat of Taylor County, Kentucky.

37.3434, -85.3419 Betty Mitchell Gorin, "Campbellsville," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1993), 156. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), p.47. "Campbellsville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed February 14, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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. Confederate States Army O00000506 1861 1865 Categories: Organizations

Military forces of the Confederate States of America, administered by the Confederate War Department. Commander(s): General Robert E. Lee (1862-1865).

Relationships Military: William Harris (possible confederate soldier) Military: United States Army Military: John L. Morrison (La Salle County, Illinois, farmer and soldier) Military: Marshall Wright Chapin (Monroe County, Michigan, farmer and soldier.) Military: William E. Hobson (Warren County, Kentucky, soldier.) Military: John Hunt Morgan (Lexington, Kentucky, hemp manufacturer, Capt Lex Rifles, Col & Brig Gen' 2nd KY Cav CSA) Political: John Hunt Morgan (Lexington, Kentucky, hemp manufacturer, Capt Lex Rifles, Col & Brig Gen' 2nd KY Cav CSA) Military: [Unknown] Cameron (Confederate soldier) Military: Richard Montgomery Gano (Texas, Confederate brigadier general) Military: Jefferson Davis (CS President) Military: Confederate States of America Military: Congress of the Confederate States of America Military: Provisional Council Military: Provisional Government of Kentucky Political: Provisional Council Military: The People's Bank of Kentucky Military: Branch Bank of the Farmers' Bank at Princeton Military: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Hopkinsville Military: Committee on Banks Military: Northern Bank of Kentucky Branch at Glasgow Military: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Bowling Green Political: John Watkins Crockett, Jr. (McCracken & Henderson cos, KY, attorney and representative (Confederate)) Political: John Burton Thompson, Jr. (Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Provis Govt page) Political: James Preston Bates (Barren Co, Ky, attorney, postmaster, and prov govt) Political: Joseph B. Burnside (Garrard County, KY, trader, prov govt council rep ) Political: Horatio Washington Bruce (Jefferson County, KY, Representative (Confederate), attorney) Political: Eli Metcalfe Bruce (Kentucky merchant, philanthropist, soldier, Representative (Confederate)) Political: Jordan T. C. Moore (Todd Co, Ky, farmer, minister, and prov govt) Military: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Military: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) Military: James H. Orr (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer, justice of the peace, sergeant and second lieutenant (C.S.A.) ) Military: Reddick Nichols (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and)

Henry Putney Beers, The Confederacy: A Guide to the Archives of the Government of the Confederate States of America (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1968, reprinted 1986), 259. Taylor County, Kentucky Petition 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 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 Commonwealth of Kentucky -- Your Petitioners Cal Underwood & Wm Sproul respectfully state, that they were indicted by the Grand Jury of Taylor County at a former term of the Court for a Breach of the Peace upon the testimony of Lewis Bell and his wife, and at the September Term 1863 Inst. upon a trial of the case, they were fined Ten dollars each. Your petitioners state that the verdict of the Jury was wholly unexpected to them, as they were concious of having been guilty of no breach of the Peace, nor was any such thing intended. Nor could it rationally be construed into a breach of the Peace on the part of said Underwood & Sproul. The proof in the case was simply, that Underwood & Sproul stoped at the house of said Bell, on their way home from the camp at Campbellsville where they had been to visit sons and neighbor boys who were in the army. and having imbibed a little freely, they felt funny good natured and frolicsome. having some of the ardent along with them, they asked Bell to drink out of their bottle, which he did, they then gave all of their children a drink, and last offered the old lady some, and she having become offendid at some remarks that had been made about her sons who were in the Confederate army. struck the bottle with violence knocking it out of Sprouls hand, and spilling some of the liquor in her own face and breaking the bottle. No one was mad on the

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occasion but Mrs Bell. she ordered your petitioners Underwood & Sproul out of the house, and they immediately obeyed, and went out. she closed the door on them, then took a gun from the rack, and shot through the door at them but they were gone. there was no proof that your peititioners Sproul & Underwood did or said any thing in anger, or intended harm or wrong in any respect. May it therefore please your Excellency the premises considered to remit the fines aforesaid, and as in duty bound they will ever pray &c.

C,, Underwood Wm Sprowls

The undersigned neighbors and County men of the above Petitioners, join with them in the above petition, and request that the fines above stated be remited.

Jas Jones

J W Overstreet

Wm Burress

S. W. geabhart J. B. McWhorter `14th KY INF) J H Chandler John Wood Wm C Thompson L. B. Stinnett Ralph Watson G. W Redmon C Hoskins J W Overstreet

Taylor Co

No grounds presented for Executive clemency

Sept 22nd 1863 Tho E Bramlette