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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-0001-004-0032 BR8-47

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. James Humphrey (Carroll County laborer) N00005000 1822? Categories: People

Carroll County, Kentucky, laborer. Kentucky native. Married Pauline Humphrey. Father of Ella Humphrey, Charles D. Humphrey, and Bob Anne Humphrey. Laborer in Carroll County in 1860.

Relationships Social: H. W. Pryor (Carroll County merchant and hog finder) Social: E. P. Hamilton (Carrollton wharf master) Social: Richard William Masterson (Carroll County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: Theodore Wythe Bates (Carroll County farmer) Social: Allen Hanks (Carroll County Court Clerk) Social: Alfred R. Gaunt (Clerk, Carroll Cir. Ct) Social: John Hogan (Carroll Cir. Ct. Clerk ) Social: John James Orr (County Atty., Carroll Co.) Social: Rowland Thomas Vories (Carroll County sheriff) Legal: Allen Hanks (Carroll County Court Clerk) Legal: Alfred R. Gaunt (Clerk, Carroll Cir. Ct) Legal: John James Orr (County Atty., Carroll Co.) Legal: Rowland Thomas Vories (Carroll County sheriff) Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Political: James S. Clark (Likely Carroll County)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District No. 2, p. 212; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District No. 2, p. 43. Rowland Thomas Vories (Carroll County sheriff) N00005004 1815-11-29 1892-05-02 Categories: People

Carroll County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff. Kentucky native. Son of Peter Hamilton Vories and Maryland Lamb Vories. Married Nancy Garriot Vories. Father of John G. Vories, Peter H. Vories, William T. Vories, Rollin T. Vories, Jr., Nannie Vories, Lewis D. Vories, Emma J. Vories, and Iantha Vories. Farmer in Carroll County in 1860. Sheriff of Carroll County in 1861.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: George Washington Murphy (Carroll County, Kentucky, farmer.)

"An Act for the benefit of R.T. Vories, sheriff of Carroll County," in Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, September 2, 1861 through January 8, 1863, (Frankfort, KY: W. B. Hughes, Public Printer, 1861, 1862, and 1863), 13; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District No. 2, p. 59; Find A Grave, "Rowland Thomas Vories (1815 - 1892)," Memorial #25498726, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25498726 (accessed October 5, 2017). Theodore Wythe Bates (Carroll County farmer) N00005218 1815-07-10 1895-01-02 Categories: People

Carroll County, Kentucky, farmer. Indiana native. Married Mary Ann Bates. Father of Leah S. Bates, Mahala Bates, America Bates, Otis Bates, and Mary Bates. Owned six enslaved people in Carroll County in 1850. Farmer in Carroll County in 1860. Owned twelve enslaved people in Carroll County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District No. 2; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Mill Creek Magisterial District, District No. 1, p. 63; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Mill Creek Magisterial District, District No. 1, p. 7; Find A Grave, "Theodore Wythe Bates (1815 - 1895)," Memorial #31462564, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31462564 (accessed 7 May 2017). Richard William Masterson (Carroll County, Kentucky, attorney) N00002090 1817-03-14 1904-12-30 Categories: People

Carroll County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married Margaret "Maggie" J. Wright Masterson on November 16, 1858. Father of Kate J. Masterson. Surveyor for Carroll County in 1848. Census taker for Carroll County in 1850. Attorney in Carrollton, Kentucky in 1860.

Relationships Political: Samuel Stebbins Carlisle (Carroll County farmer) Social: Elijah Frank Nuttall (Henry County, Kentucky, attorney and circuit judge Eighth Judicial District) Social: William Beverly Winslow (Carroll County, Kentucky, attorney and bank president.) Social: Thomas A. Berryman (Owen County, Kentucky, attorney, chair of bd of trustees for Owenton)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Carroll County, Carrollton, p. 14; "Appointments by the Governor," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), September 20, 1848, p. 1; Find A Grave, "Richard William Masterson (1817-1904)," Memorial #31723382, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31723382&ref=acom (accessed March 10, 2017). H. W. Pryor (Carroll County merchant and hog finder) N00005225 1809? Categories: People

Carrollton, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Married Barbara Pryor. Father of Mary Pryor, Rose Pryor, James Pryor, Caroline Pryor, Eva Pryor, and Alice Pryor. Merchant in Carroll County, Kentucky, in 1850. Hog finder in Carrollton in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District No. First, p. 156. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Carrollton District No. 2, p. 17. John Hogan (Carroll Cir. Ct. Clerk ) N00002391 1813 1885-05-30 Categories: People

Carroll County, Kentucky, carpenter. Kentucky native. Married Elizabeth Hogan. Father of Agnes R. Hogan, David H. Hogan, Edwin D. Hogan, and Lizzie Hogan. Carpenter in Carroll County in 1850. Clerk of the Carroll Circuit Court in Carrollton, Kentucky, in 1860 and 1861. Confirmed as a notary public in Carroll County on February 5, 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District No. 1, p. 190. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Carrollton District No. 2, p. 26. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-308. Find A Grave, "John Hogan (1813 - 1885)," Memorial #8208299, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8208299 (accessed October 5, 2017). KYR-0001-017-0062. Alfred R. Gaunt (Clerk, Carroll Cir. Ct) N00005210 1815 1885 Categories: People

Carroll County, Kentucky, farmer and court clerk. Kentucky native. Married Narcissa Gaunt. Father of John F. Gaunt and James M. Gaunt. Farmer in Carroll County in 1850 and 1860. Owned three enslaved people in Carroll County in 1850. Owned two enslaved people in Carroll County in 1860. Clerk of the Carroll Circuit Court in 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District No. First, p. 159; Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District No. 1; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District No. 2, p. 29; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District No. 2, p. 2; Find A Grave, Alfred R Gaunt (1815 - 1885)," Memorial #31545418, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31545418 (accessed October 4, 2017); KYR-0001-004-0032. E. P. Hamilton (Carrollton wharf master) N00005220 1822? Categories: People

Carrollton, Kentucky, wharf master. Indiana native. Married Hannah Hamilton. Father of Clifford Hamilton, George W. Hamilton, and Mary E. Hamilton. Wharf master in Carrollton in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Carrollton District No. 2, p. 16; G. W. Hawes, G.W. Hawes' Commercial Gazetteer, and Business Directory of the Ohio River (Indianapolis, IN: G.W. Hawes, Publisher, 1861), 146. Allen Hanks (Carroll County Court Clerk) N00002219 1814-02-24 1872-08-09 Categories: People

Carrollton, Kentucky, merchant's clerk and county clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Nancy Hanks. Father of Cyrus Hanks, William T. Hanks, Dudley S. Hanks, and Atha Hanks. Merchant in Carrollton in 1850. Merchant's clerk in Carrollton in 1860. Clerk of the Carroll County Court from 1862 to 1865.

Relationships Political: John P. Beal (Carroll County, Kentucky, farmer, blacksmith and Justice of the Peace)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District No. First, p. 157B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Carrollton District No. 2, p. 4. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 24. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306. “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. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12. Find A Grave, "Allen Hanks (1814 - 1872)," Memorial #31679597, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31679597 (accessed October 5, 2017). John James Orr (County Atty., Carroll Co.) N00005207 1832-05-21 1909-07-27 Categories: People

Carroll County, Kentucky, attorney. Ghent, Kentucky, native. Son of John B. Orr and Eliza Scott Orr. Married Rowena Sanders Orr. Father of Emmett Orr and Felicia Orr. Attended law school at the University of Louisville. Admitted to the bar in 1857. Attorney in Ghent in 1860. County Attorney of the Carroll County Court in Carrollton, Kentucky, in 1862.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Ghent Magistrate District District No. 1, p. 14; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Carrollton, p. 5; "Judge Orr Dies at Carrollton," Louisville Courier-Journal July 28, 1909, p. 8; Find A Grave, "Judge John James Orr (1832 - 1909)," Memorial #22773786, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22773786 (accessed 7 May 2017). Carroll County, Kentucky P00000682 Categories: Places

County in northern Kentucky. Seat at Carrollton, Kentucky. Located at the confluence of the Kentucky River and the Ohio River.

38.6748, -85.0694 Mary Ann Gentry, "Carroll County," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 165. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Carroll County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on March 30, 2020). 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. Carroll Circuit Court O00000365 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 8th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Elijah F. Nuttall and George C. Drane. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): P. U. Major and John L. Scott. Clerk(s): John Hogan and Alfred R. Gaunt.

Relationships Legal: Lewis E. Krutz (Kentucky saw mill operator and tavern keeper) Political: Alfred R. Gaunt (Clerk, Carroll Cir. Ct) Political: John Hogan (Carroll Cir. Ct. Clerk ) Legal: James Humphrey (Carroll County laborer) Legal: William Sams (Carroll County, Kentucky, sawmill operator, barkeeper, and agent of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.) Legal: Robert Alexander Burke (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer, murder suspect, and fugitive from justice.) Legal: John L. Scott (Frankfort, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.) Legal: Thomas Dugan (Portsmouth, Ohio, banker and commissioner of deeds)

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-308; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 24. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306; “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; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-350. Carroll County Court O00000609 Categories: Organizations

Located in Carrolton, Carroll County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Alex A. Lathrop. Clerk(s): John R. Vance, Allen Hanks, and R. F. Harrison.

Relationships Political: Allen Hanks (Carroll County Court Clerk) Political: John James Orr (County Atty., Carroll Co.) Political: Rowland Thomas Vories (Carroll County sheriff)

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-308; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 24. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306; “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; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-350. 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 the Hon -- Bramblette Governer of the Comnth of Kentucky-

Your petitioners would respectfully state that at the Aug term 1862 of the Carroll Circuit Court James Humphrey was fined sixty Dollars for keeping a tippling house.

Your petitioner would state that he is a man of no means, a daily laborer, requiring all he can realize to support himself and family- He can give no security- Your petitioner believe that is sufficient time is granted him he can raise the means to satisfy said fine

Your petitioner therefore pray that a respite of twelve months be granted him-

R. T. Vories s. c. c T. W. Bates R. W. Masterson H W Pryor John Hogan Late Clk A R Gaunt C C C C E. P. Hamilton Allen Hanks C. C. C. C Jno J. Orr Cty. Atto.

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James Humphrey of Carroll Co fined for keeping Tippling house prays for remission of fine.

Refused T. E. Bramlette Sept 7th 1863 Carroll Cir Court