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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-0001-004-0039 BR8-57 to BR8-58

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. Richard Durbin (Edmonson County, Kentucky) N00005515 Categories: People

Edmonson County, Kentucky, resident. Found guilty of selling liquor to a minor and petitioned for remission of his fine in September 1863.

Relationships Legal: William L. Conklin (Grayson County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Legal: William T. Jones (Edmonson County, Kentucky, resident) Social: William L. Conklin (Grayson County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Social: William T. Jones (Edmonson County, Kentucky, resident) Social: Frederick Meredith (Edmonson County, Ky, farmer and postmaster) Social: Bradley Meredith (Edmonson County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Patrick H. Sohan (Edmonson County, Kentucky, postmaster) Social: James Lock (Edmonson County, Kentucky, postmaster and laborer) Social: T. R. [Zetter] (Edmonson County, Ky, resident) Social: S. Brooks (Edmonson County, Kentucky) Social: William Hazelip (Edmonson County, Kentucky, tavern keeper) Social: Jack P. Vincent (Edmonson County, Kentucky, justice of the peace) Social: James Walker Jr. (Edmonson County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Jonathan E. Bacon (Edmonson County, Kentucky, blacksmith and county judge) Social: Aaron Lawson (Edmonson County, Kentucky, farmer and court clerk) Economic: William T. Jones (Edmonson County, Kentucky, resident)

KYR-0001-004-0039. Jonathan E. Bacon (Edmonson County, Kentucky, blacksmith and county judge) N00005019 1815? Categories: People

Edmonson County, Kentucky, blacksmith and county judge. Massachusetts native. Married to Abigail Bacon. Father of Mariah A. Bacon, Eliza R. Bacon, Almora E. Bacon, and Charles S. Bacon. Blacksmith in Edmonson County in 1860. Judge of the Edmonson County Court from 1860 to 1865.

Relationships Political: Robert M. Davis (Edmonson County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Edmonson County, p. 38. “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, Kentucky: 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, Kentucky: 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, Kentucky: 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, Kentucky: 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, Kentucky: 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, Kentucky: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-350. KYR-0001-007-0355. James Walker Jr. (Edmonson County, Kentucky, farmer) N00005516 1815? Categories: People

Edmonson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married Rachel W. Walker. Father of Mary E. Walker, Sarah J. Walker, John R. Walker, Parodine A. Walker, James Walker, Adaline F. Walker, Margaret C. Walker, Milbern W. Walker, William T. Walker. Farmer in Edmonson County in 1850. Farmer in Edmonson County in 1860. Farmer in Edmonson County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Edmonson County, p. 68. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Edmonson County, p. 48. 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), Edmonson County, KY, May 1865, p. 642, (Accessed via ancestry.com). Jack P. Vincent (Edmonson County, Kentucky, justice of the peace) N00005517 Categories: People

Edmonson County, Kentucky, justice of the peace. Signed a petition on behalf of Richard Durbin in Edmondson County on September 23, 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0039. William Hazelip (Edmonson County, Kentucky, tavern keeper) N00005518 1823? 1891? Categories: People

Edmonson County, Kentucky, tavern keeper. Kentucky native. Married to Mary "Polly" Ann Lindsey in Edmonson County on May 7, 1846. Farmer in Edmonson County in 1850. Tavern keeper in Edmonson County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Edmonson County, p. 22B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Edmonson County, Brownsville, p. 34. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Edmonson County Marriages, 1833-1870, Film #001904232, p. 7. Find A Grave, "William "Bill" Hazelip (1823-1891)," Memorial #41257106, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41257106 (accessed May 19, 2020). KYR-0001-004-0039. S. Brooks (Edmonson County, Kentucky) N00005519 Categories: People

Edmonson County, Kentucky, resident. Signed a petition on behalf of Richard Durbin in Edmonson County on September 23, 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0039. T. R. [Zetter] (Edmonson County, Ky, resident) N00005520 Categories: People

Edmonson County, Kentucky, resident. Signed a petition on behalf of Richard Durbin in Edmonson County on September 23, 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0039. Aaron Lawson (Edmonson County, Kentucky, farmer and court clerk) N00000444 1833-01-31 1913-10-18 Categories: People

Edmonson County, Kentucky, farmer and court clerk. Barren County, Kentucky, native. Married to Ursula A. Walker Lawson in August 1858. Father of Sarah A. Lawson, Robert N. Lawson, and Emer Lawson. Apprentice tanner, under William H. Clark, in Barren County in 1850. Farmer in Edmonson County in 1860. Clerk of the Edmonson Circuit Court from 1863 to 1867. Clerk of the Edmonson County Court from 1863 to 1865.

Relationships Economic: Edmonson Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Division 2, p. 461; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Edmonson County, p. 109; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, Caverna, p. 3; Kentucky Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1852-1910, Ancestry, Marriages, Edmonson County, Kentucky, August 1858; William T. Samuels, Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, 1866), p. 11; William T. Samuels, Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1867 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, 1867), p. 355; Kentucky Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates (1911-1955), 1913, Warren County, Kentucky, File no. 28121; Find A Grave, "Judge Aaron Lawson (1833-1913)," Memorial #83391663, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=83391663 (accessed August 16, 2017); KYR-0001-029-0479; KYR-0001-029-0531. Patrick H. Sohan (Edmonson County, Kentucky, postmaster) N00005533 1827? Categories: People

Edmonson County, Kentucky, postmaster. Native of Ireland. Married to Margaret A. Sohan. Father of John J. Sohan and George W. Sohan. Merchant in Edmonson County in 1860. Appointed postmaster in Edmonson County on August 10, 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Edmonson County, p. 115. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, (accessed via Ancestry.com). Bradley Meredith (Edmonson County, Kentucky, farmer) N00005539 1803? Categories: People

Edmonson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Gemima Meredith. Father of Charles Meredith, Frederick Meredith, Bradley Meredith, Woodford Meredith, Washington Meredith, Sarah Meredith, Elizabeth Meredith, Nancy Meredith, Rosannah Meredith. Farmer in Edmonson County in 1850. Farmer in Edmonson County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Edmonson County, p. 41A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Edmonson County, p. 12. James Hayes Vincent (Bee Spring, Ky, farmer) N00011007 1816-09-15 Categories: People

Bee Spring, Edmonson County, Kentucky, farmer. Tennessee native. Married to Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jones Vincent. Father of Reuben Vincent, Esther Vincent, Thomas Vincent, John Vincent, William Vincent, Robert Vincent, Leander Vincent, Elizabeth Vincent, Sarah Vincent, James Vincent, Nancy Jane Vincent. Married to Sarah Vincent. Farmer in Edmonson County in 1850. Farmer in Edmonson County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, County, City/District, p. 33A-33B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, County, City/District, p. 22. Find A Grave, "James H. Vincent (Sep. 15 1816-Death)," Memorial #47304641, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47304641 (accessed September 6, 2019). Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Rolls #994027-994058, All Counties, Film 7029566. Frederick Meredith (Edmonson County, Ky, farmer and postmaster) N00005548 1831? Categories: People

Edmonson County, Kentucky, postmaster. Kentucky native. Son of Bradley Meredith and Gemima Meredith. Married Eliza Carrol Meredith in Edmonson County on September 2, 1856. Laborer in Edmonson County, Kentucky in 1850. Appointed United States Postmaster in Bee Spring, Edmonson County, Kentucky on August 22, 1854. Farmer in Edmonson County in July 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Edmonson County, p. 41A. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058, Edmonson County Marriages, p. 7. _Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, [M841, pg. 62], (accessed via Ancestry.com). 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), Edmonson County, KY, May 1865, p. 116, (Accessed via ancestry.com). William T. Jones (Edmonson County, Kentucky, resident) N00005550 1850? Categories: People

Edmonson County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Son of Jacob Jones and Rachel Jones. Resident in Edmonson County in 1850. Resident in Edmonson County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Edmonson County, p. 10A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Edmonson County, pp. 87-88. William L. Conklin (Grayson County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) N00005552 1812-02-04 1893-07-31 Categories: People

Grayson County, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Ann Cunningham Conklin. Father of Elizabeth Conklin, Ellen Conklin, William A. Conklin, John W. Conklin, and James Conklin. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Grayson County in 1841. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Grayson County in 1848. Attorney in Grayson County in 1850. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Grayson County from 1853 to 1857. Attorney in Grayson County in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Grayson County from 1861 to 1863. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Grayson County from 1865 to 1867.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grayson County, p. 78B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grayson County, Leitchfield, p. 350-351. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grayson County, Leitchfield. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7017486, Grayson County Deaths, File #27759. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1882), p. 293. Find A Grave, "William L. Conklin (February 4, 1812-July 31, 1893)," Memorial #82059899, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82059899 (accessed November 29, 2018). Kentucky P001800 Categories: Places

State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992). Bee Spring, Kentucky P00010858 Categories: Places

Town in Edmonson County.

37.2895, -86.2847 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 18. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Bee Spring, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on July 1, 2019). Edmonson County, Kentucky P00000441 Categories: Places

County in western Kentucky. Seat at Brownsville. Located on the Green River.

37.1942, -86.2158 Ron D. Bryant, “Edmonson County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2015), p. 284. USGS: Earth Explorer, “Edmonson County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on March 3, 2020). Edmonson Circuit Court O00000374 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 4th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Asher W. Graham. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): W. B. Jones. Clerk(s): T. B. McIntire and Aaron Lawson.

Relationships Legal: William Age (Edmonson County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James J. Bryant (Warren County, Kentucky, shoe maker)

“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. 1863-09-23 Petition English Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "1": 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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Sept 23d 1863 To his Excellency The Governor of Ky

your petition Richard Durbin states at the September ^term^ Inst of the Edmondson Equity & Criminal Court he was found guily of Selling Spiritious Liquor to a minor He states that a neighbor his sent a boy for a quart of whisky & your petitione sent it to him by said boy, & for that he was fined $50 & costs

your peitioner states he is poor has a large family to support & prays your honors clemency in the remission of said fine & will ever paray

Richard Durbin

The undersigned state that they are neighbors of Richard Durbin & that they believe the statements made by him are true & they Join him in his prayer for the remission of said fine

J E Bacon P J C C C Jas Walker Jun J. P. Vincent J P E C W Haslip S Brooks T R Zetter

James Lock Aron Lawson P H Sohan P. M Bradley Meredith James Vincent

Direct to Bee Spring Ky

I Certify that I am personly aCquainted with those men and now them to be Honerable union men and I Join Mr Durbin in his Prayer for Remission of Sd fine F, Meridith P M

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The undersigned States he was counsel for the petitioner that upon trial of the case it was proven by Wm Jones that his father and a neighbour sent him to the house of the petitioner for a quart of whickey which he got and paid for and took home without drinking any of it to this father,s that he was a miner this is substantially the case Mr Durbin is poor & ill able to pay the fine I hope Executive clemency will be extended he deserves it

W L Conklin

Edmonson

Remit all except costs & fees --

T E Bramlette Oct 5h/63 vs Richd Durbin