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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-0001-004-0049 BR8-78

Louisville, Jefferson 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. William R. Jacob (Jefferson County, KY, physician ) N00006271 1829-12-27 1867-07-27 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, physician. Kentucky native. Son of John J. Jacob and Lucy Donald Robertson Jacob. Married to Maria B. Hall in Jefferson County on June 16, 1858. Father of Sallie K. Jacob and Elizabeth Jacob. Physician in Louisville in 1850. Employed John Hughes as a servant in 1850. Physician in Louisville in 1860. Employed Margaret Conroy as a domestic servant in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Jefferson County in 1860. Physician in Louisville in 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 42B Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 134 Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 32. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482708, p. 86. Louisville, Kentucky, City Directory, 1861 p. 131 Find A Grave, "William R. Jacob (1829-1867)," Memorial #150270343, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150270343 (accessed July 16, 2019). Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7016153, Jefferson County Deaths, File #13046. James H. Cornell (Louisville, Kentucky, clerk and social house owner) N00005735 1842? 1884? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, clerk and social house owner. Kentucky native. Son of Janette Cornell Roberts. Step-son of William S. Roberts. Married to Evaline D. Powell Cornell in Jefferson County on April 7, 1863. Father of Tilly Cornell and Parker Cornell. Student in Louisville in 1850. River clerk in Louisville in 1860. Owner of Hudson Hall club, a bar and coffee house, in Louisville in 1863.

Relationships Social: John H. Howe (Louisville, KY, painter) Social: William Green Holden (Captain, 23rd KY Infantry and Kenton Co, KY, engineer) Social: W. W. Durand (Louisville, KY, editor) Social: Taylor P. Smith (Louisville butcher) Social: George W. Johnston (Louisville, KY, attorney, politician, and judge) Social: William R. Hydes (Louisville, Kentucky, plasterer and city marshal) Social: George Dennison Prentice (Louisville Journal editor) Social: John Dunlop Osborne (Louisville, Kentucky, newspaper editor and owner) Social: Richard Taylor Jacob (Oldham Co, KY, Col of 9th Cav, Lt. Gov of KY, 1863-1867) Political: James H. Montgomery (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tailor. )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson, Louisville District 3, p. 244B Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson, Louisville Ward 5, p. 141. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 9, p. 218A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film # 000819616. Edwards' Annual Directory to the Inhabitants, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business Firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, for 1865-6 (Louisville, KY: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, Publishers, 1865), 256. Daily Courier, February 1, 1859, p. 1, (accessed via ProQuest Historical Newspapers on July 25, 20). Find A Grave, "James H. Cornell (1842-1884)," Memorial #156623595, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156623595(accessed October 22, 2019). Richard Taylor Jacob (Oldham Co, KY, Col of 9th Cav, Lt. Gov of KY, 1863-1867) N00000240 1825-03-13 1903-09-13 Categories: People

Oldham County, Kentucky, farmer, politician, and soldier. Oldham County native. Son of John J. Jacob and Lucy Donald Robertson Jacob. Married to Sarah Benton Jacob on January 17, 1848. Father of Richard F. Jacob and Elizabeth B. Jacob. Married to Laura Wilson Jacob on June 15, 1865. Studied law under Nathaniel Wolfe in Louisville, Kentucky, from 1845 to 1846. Served in the United States Army as a captain during the U.S.-Mexican War. Farmer in Cooper County, Missouri, in 1850. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Cooper County in 1850. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Oldham County from 1859 to 1863. Farmer in Oldham County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Oldham County in 1860. Presidential elector for John C. Breckinridge in 1860. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a colonel from August 22, 1862 to August 21, 1863. Lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky under Governor Thomas E. Bramlette from 1863 to 1867. Arrested in Kentucky for discouraging the enlistment of African Americans in the United States Colored Troops in November 1864. Exiled to Richmond, Virginia, from November 1864 to January 1865.

Relationships Social: James H. Cornell (Louisville, Kentucky, clerk and social house owner) Familial: William R. Jacob (Jefferson County, KY, physician ) Legal: Laurel Circuit Court Military: 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (Union general, Boyle Co, KY attorney, pres Lou City Railway Co) Military: Charles A. Clarke (Henry County, KY, farmer & lieut & QM in 9th KY) Military: Samuel G. Suddarth (Adair Co, KY, atty, Quarter-master general of KY) Legal: Leslie Combs (Clerk of the Court of Appeals) Military: United States Army Military: Elison H. Carter (Mercer County, KY, blacksmith and private 9th KY Cav USA) Political: Isaac N. Vertrees (McLean Co farmer) Political: John Erwin (McLean County, Kentucky, farmer and fisherman.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Missouri, Cooper County, District 23, p. 128B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Missouri, Cooper County, District No. 23, p. 542. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, p. 913. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, p. 29. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 249-51. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0097. Stephen G. Burbridge to Thomas E. Bramlette, November 12, 1864, The War of the Rebellion: A Complication of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Volume 39, Part 3, (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1892), 760-1. Brad Asher, The Most Hated Man in Kentucky: The Lost Cause and the Legacy of Union General Stephen Burbridge (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2021), 116. Thomas D. Clark, "Richard Taylor Jacob" in in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 462. John E. Kleber, “Richard Taylor Jacob,” The Encyclopedia of Louisville, (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2000), 430. Robert A. Hamilton (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney) N002037 1837? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Son of James Russell Hamilton and Sarah E. Hamilton. Student in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned one enslaved person in Jefferson in County in 1860. Attorney in Louisville in 1860. Household owned four enslaved persons in Jefferson County in 1860. Attorney in Louisville in 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 1, p. 44B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 1, p. 141. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 2, p. 596. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 2, p. 261B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 349A. Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 110, 303. Louisville, Kentucky P00000337 Categories: Places

Seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2527, -85.7585 "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 12, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 179. Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 1863-09-12 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Louisville Sep. 12. 1863 Gov. Bramblette Sir,

This will introduce to you my brother Dr Jacob & James Cornell who will bring you a petition and hope you will give it a favorable consideration.

respectfully,

Richard T. Jacob

Gov Bramlette D Sir

I am personaly acquanted with Jas. Cornell Esq and know him to be an honest upright clever young man -- you can rely upon his statements, I know nothing of his case, But I belive, in fact know him to be a law abing citizen

Respy

Robt A Hamilton