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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-0001-004-0036 BR8-53

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. William M. Bartley (Ripley, OH laborer) N00005427 1840? Categories: People

Ripley, Ohio, laborer. Kentucky native. Son of George Bartley and Narcissa Bartley. Married Sarah E. Bartley. Laborer in Ripley in 1860. Convicted of grand larceny in the Mason Circuit Court in Maysville, Kentucky in August 1863. Imprisoned in the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort, Kentucky, from August 1863 to November 1863. Pardoned by Thomas E. Bramlette on November 5, 1863.

Relationships Familial: Sarah C. Bartley (Ripley, Ohio) Social: Richard W. Watkins (Mason County, Kentucky, grocer) Social: Samuel Hemphill (Ripley, OH, grocer) Social: James Wilson Frost (Ripley, OH merchant) Social: Harvey Palmer (Ripley, OH, house carpenter)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Brown County, Ripley post office, p. 3; KYR-0001-004-0035; KYR-0001-004-0038. John M. Cagen (Brown County, Ohio) N00005442 Categories: People

Signed petition on behalf of Sarah Bartley in Mason County.

Relationships Social: Sarah C. Bartley (Ripley, Ohio) Social: William M. Bartley (Ripley, OH laborer)

KYR-0001-005-0036. Sarah C. Bartley (Ripley, Ohio) N00005423 1842? Categories: People

Ripley, Ohio, resident. Virginia native. Married William M. Bartley.

Relationships Legal: Elijah Connor Phister (Mason County, KY, circuit court judge, attorney, and later? mayor) Familial: William M. Bartley (Ripley, OH laborer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Brown County, Ripley post office, p. 3; John Thompson (Mason County, Kentucky, resident) N00005460 Categories: People

Signed petition on behalf of Sarah Bartley in Mason County.

Relationships Social: Sarah C. Bartley (Ripley, Ohio) Social: William M. Bartley (Ripley, OH laborer)

KYR-0001-004-0036. John Fennel (Brown County, Ohio, laborer) N00005457 1825? Categories: People

Brown County, Ohio, laborer. Ohio native. Married to Martha Stalcup Fennel. Father of Eliza J. Fennel, Clarinda Fennel, William M. Fennel, Charles Fennel, Mary Alice Fennel. Laborer in Brown County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Sarah C. Bartley (Ripley, Ohio) Social: William M. Bartley (Ripley, OH laborer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Brown County, Ripley, p. 59-60. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Ohio, Brown County, Ripley Union Township, p. 342. Ohio, County Marriage Records, Various Ohio County Courthouses, Brown County Marriages, Film #000364719, p. 320, (accessed via ancestry.com). James S. Harding (Brown County, Ohio, stone mason) N00005454 1814? Categories: People

Brown County, Ohio, stone mason. Virginia native. Married to Lavinia Frazier Harding in Brown County on November 24, 1835. Father of Alvira Hardin, Mary Hardin, Hester Hardin, Catherine Hardin, George W. Harding, Isabella Harding, Elizabeth Harding, Laura Harding. Stone mason in Brown County in 1850. Stone mason in Brown County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Sarah C. Bartley (Ripley, Ohio) Social: William M. Bartley (Ripley, OH laborer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Brown County, District No. 12 Byrd Township, p. 117. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Brown County, Ripley, p. 421. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Ohio, Brown County, Union Township, p. 76. Ohio, County Marriage Records (1744-1993), Various Ohio County Courthouses, Brown County Marriages, Film #000384273, p. 15. William Hood (Brown County, Ohio, moulder) N00005451 1831? Categories: People

Brown County, Ohio, moulder. Native of Canada. Married to Catherine Hood. Father of William Hood, Jennet Hood, C. E. Hood, Mary Hood. Moulder in Brown County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Sarah C. Bartley (Ripley, Ohio) Social: William M. Bartley (Ripley, OH laborer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Brown County, Ripley, p. 57. Milton Justus (Mason County, Kentucky, blacksmith) N00005447 1837? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, blacksmith. Ohio native. Blacksmith in Mason County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Sarah C. Bartley (Ripley, Ohio) Social: William M. Bartley (Ripley, OH laborer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Lower District, p. 12. J. H. Thompson (Mason County, Kentucky, resident) N00005446 Categories: People

Signed petition on behalf of Sarah Bartley in Mason County.

Relationships Social: Sarah C. Bartley (Ripley, Ohio) Social: William M. Bartley (Ripley, OH laborer)

KYR-0001-004-0036. Louis C. Holliday (Brown County, Ohio, moulder) N00010446 1838 1904 Categories: People

Brown County, Ohio, moulder. Virginia native. Son of Ann Holliday. Married to Mary P. Holliday. Father of Clara M. Holliday, Benjamin L. Holliday. Moulder in Brown County in 1850.

Relationships Social: Sarah C. Bartley (Ripley, Ohio) Social: William M. Bartley (Ripley, OH laborer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, p. 227. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Ohio, Brown County, Aberdeen Huntington Township, p. 72. Find A Grave, "Louis C. Holliday (1838-1904)," Memorial #79658212, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79658212 (accessed February 28, 2019). John P. Parker (Brown County, Ohio, moulder and laborer) N00010445 1824? Categories: People

Brown County, Ohio, moulder and laborer. Alabama native. Married to Maranda Parker. Father of John P. Parker, H. G. Parker, Charles C. Parker, Horatio W. Parker, Hortenth Parker. Laborer in Brown County in 1850. Moulder in Brown County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Sarah C. Bartley (Ripley, Ohio) Social: William M. Bartley (Ripley, OH laborer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Brown County, District No. 12 Ripley Township, p. 86. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Brown County, Ripley, p. 421. William P. Marshall (Mason County, Kentucky, resident) N00010444 Categories: People

Signed petition on behalf of Sarah Bartley in Mason County.

Relationships Social: Sarah C. Bartley (Ripley, Ohio) Social: William M. Bartley (Ripley, OH laborer)

KYR-0001-004-0036. George W. Thompson (Mason County, Kentucky, school teacher) N00010443 1837? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, school teacher. Kentucky native. Son of Eliza Thompson. School teacher in Mason County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Sarah C. Bartley (Ripley, Ohio) Social: William M. Bartley (Ripley, OH laborer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 2, p. 113. Benjamin C. Smith (Brown County, Ohio, farmer) N00010442 1826? 1873-05-14 Categories: People

Brown County, Ohio, farmer. Ohio native. Married to Sarah Keechter Smith in Brown County on May 19, 1851. Father of James Theo Smith, Sarah A. Smith, Hannah E. Smith, Benjamin C. Smith, Frank Smith. Farmer in Brown County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Sarah C. Bartley (Ripley, Ohio) Social: William M. Bartley (Ripley, OH laborer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Brown County, Green, p. 285. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Ohio, Brown County, Green, p. 28. Ohio, County Marriage Records, Various Ohio County Courthouses, Brown County Marriages, Film #000384274, p. 219. Find A Grave, "Benj C. Smith (Birth-May 14, 1873)," Memorial #123456703, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123456703 (accessed February 28, 2019). E. H. Morgan (Mason County, Kentucky, resident) N00010441 Categories: People

Signed petition on behalf of Sarah Bartley in Mason County.

Relationships Social: Sarah C. Bartley (Ripley, Ohio) Social: William M. Bartley (Ripley, OH laborer)

KYR-0001-004-0036. Chambers T. Shaw (Brown County, Ohio, cooper) N00010440 1836 1915 Categories: People

Brown County, Ohio, cooper. Ohio native. Son of Sylvester Shaw and Elizabeth Shaw. Married to Mary E. Berry Shaw in Brown County on June 13, 1856. Father of Belle Shaw, William S. Shaw, Thomas Shaw. Cooper in Brown County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Sarah C. Bartley (Ripley, Ohio) Social: William M. Bartley (Ripley, OH laborer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Brown County, District No. 12, Russelville, Byrd Township, p. 19. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Brown County, Ripley, p. 46. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Ohio, Brown County, The Village of Russellville Jefferson Township, p. 26. Find A Grave, "Name (Birth-Death)," Memorial #11845137, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11845137 (accessed February 28, 2019). Ohio, County Marriage Records, Various Ohio County Courthouses, Brown County Marriages, Film #000384274, p. 196. William Sowers (Brown County, Ohio, farmer, basket maker, and soldier) N00010439 1837-10-19 1911-10-05 Categories: People

Brown County, Ohio, farmer, basket maker, and soldier. Ohio native. Son of Benjamin Sowers and Mary Sowers. Farmer in Union, Brown County, in 1860. Basket maker in Vinton County in 1863. Served as private in the 172nd Ohio Infantry (U.S.A.).

Relationships Social: Sarah C. Bartley (Ripley, Ohio) Social: William M. Bartley (Ripley, OH laborer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Brown County, Union, p. 527. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Brown County, Jefferson Township, p. 144. 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), Vinton County, OH, June 1863, p. 39, (Accessed via ancestry.com). Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Ohio, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M552, Roll 0102. Find A Grave, "William Sowers (October 19, 1837-October 5, 1911)," Memorial #40833540, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40833540 (accessed February 28, 2019). John Y. Crosby (Mason County, Kentucky, resident) N00010438 Categories: People

Signed petition on behalf of Sarah Bartley in Mason County.

Relationships Social: Sarah C. Bartley (Ripley, Ohio) Social: William M. Bartley (Ripley, OH laborer)

KYR-0001-004-0036. E. D. Williams (Brown County, Ohio, carpenter and engineer) N00010437 1805? Categories: People

Brown County, Ohio, carpenter and engineer. Virginia native. Married to Mary Williams. Father of Harrison Williams, Mary Williams, Sarah Williams, Rebecca Williams, Hannah B. Williams. Carpenter in Brown County in 1850. Engineer in Brown County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Sarah C. Bartley (Ripley, Ohio) Social: William M. Bartley (Ripley, OH laborer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Brown County, District 12, Aberdeen , p. 192. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Brown County, Ripley, p. 62. 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. Mason County Court O00000661 1789-05-26 Categories: Organizations

Located in Maysville, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): W. H. Savage. Clerk(s): Robert A. Cochran and George W. Sulser.

Relationships Legal: Abner Hall (Mason County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John Morgan (Mason County, Kentucky, cooper) Legal: William J. Thurman (Mason County, Kentucky, cabinet maker, justice of the peace, and postmaster)

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1874), 554. Kentucky State Penitentiary O00000266 1798 1884 Categories: Organizations

State prison of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Frankfort, Kentucky. Operated from 1798 to 1884. Keeper(s): Jeremiah W. South (1859-1863) and Harry I. Todd (1863-1871).

Relationships Economic: Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) Legal: Gabriel Endicott (Lawrence County farmer and prisoner for man slaughter) Economic: Ephraim Whitesides (Frankfort, Kentucky, carpenter and assistant keeper of the penitentiary) Legal: Charles Hawkins (Frankfort, Kentucky) Legal: George Knorr (Newport, Kentucky farmer and felon) Legal: Angelo Devoto (Louisville, Kentucky, confectionery shop owner) Legal: James Duddleson (stub, mercer or boyle county) Legal: James Savage (Wayne County farmer and penitentiary inmate) Legal: James Johnson (Campbell County, Kentucky, prisoner) Economic: James Landon Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky farmer and clerk) Economic: Robert W. Lawler (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Legal: William J. Tice (Steele) (Jefferson Co, Frankfort, and Covington, KY) Legal: Felix McDermot (Kenton County laborer and prisoner for grand larceny) Legal: David Schroeder (Louisville, Kentucky, butcher) Legal: Thomas Edrington (Louisville, Kentucky, carpenter and convict) Legal: Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Thomas Birmingham (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Legal: Daniel Bush (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Legal: William Nichols (Covington, KY steel mill worker) Legal: Charles T. Sullivan (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident and inmate) Political: James Landon Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky farmer and clerk) Political: Robert W. Lawler (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Political: John T. Hockensmith (Franklin County, KY, prison guard) Political: Luther S. Prentiss (Franklin County, KY, miller) Political: Robert W. Willhoit (Franklin County, Kentucky, petitioner ) Political: R. K. Taylor (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard. ) Political: James Gallahue (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard. ) Political: Thomas J. Frazier (Breathitt County, Kentucky, postmaster, politician, judge, and Register of the Land Office) Political: L. Tobias (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Legal: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Wesley [Unknown] (Caldwell County, Kentucky, enslaved man) Legal: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Legal: Hezekiah Alexander Jr. (Meade County, Kentucky, resident. ) Legal: William Duerbeck (Ohio River boat steward.) Legal: John Smith (Mont Wilson) (Frankfort, Kentucky, inmate.) Legal: Austin Bingham (Trigg County, Kentucky, laborer. Convicted of murder in 1859.) Legal: Jeremiah W. South (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer and keeper of the State Penitentiary) Legal: John J. Dyer, Jr. (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff.) Legal: William Johnson (Convicted of grand larceny in Franklin Circuit Court in 1863.) Legal: Daniel W. Clark (Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Stephen W. Duval (McLean County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.)

Calvin Fairbank, Rev. Calvin Fairbank During Slavery Times: How He “Fought the Good Fight” to Prepare “The Way” (Chicago: R. R. McCabe & Co., 1890), 54-56; 104-117; 139-46. J. W. South. “Report of the Keeper and Lessee of the Kentucky Penitentiary to the General Assembly, September 13, 1861,” Legislative Document Series, No. 7 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 3-13. Report of the Special Committee on the Penitentiary to the Senate of Kentucky, February 26, 1880, Legislative Document No. 18 (Frankfort: E. H. Porter, 1880), 78. William C. Sneed, A Report on the History and Mode of Management of the Kentucky Penitentiary from its Origin, in 1798, to March 1, 1860 (Frankfort: Senate of Kentucky, 1860), 553. 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 Honorable, The Governor of the State of Kentucky.

Your Petitioner respectfully represents that she is the wife of William Bartley, lately convicted by the Mason County Court, now in the Penitentiary at Frankfort, Kentucky, that she, with two small children, have been left without any means of support whatever & that her health does not admit of her working for a living

She furthur represents, that, though in this instance her husband may have erred and deserved punishment, yet he has always been kind to his family & supplied them with the necessaries of life

The present, is the first time, that she has ever heard him charged with theft & so far as she knows, he has heretofore bourn a good character for honesty,

She earnestly asks you to remember mercy, if not for his sake, at least for her sake & for the sake of her two children & grant him a pardon, in order that he may return home.

Sarah ^her X mark^ Bartley

Attest

John M Cagen

We,The undersigned, represent that they are personally acquainted with William Bartley & his wife Sarah Bartley and believe the statements made by her to be true or substantially true

John Thompson John ^his X mark^ Fennel Jas S Harding Wm Hood J M Justus J. H. Thompson

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Lewis c Halliday John, P, Parker- William. P. Marshall George Thompson Benjn Smith E, H, Morgan Chambers Shaw William, Sowers John. Y. Crosby E D Williams