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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-0001-004-0059 BR8-90

William P. Brumback (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) N00006438 1819? Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Brumback. Father of Richard H. Brumback, Nancy J. Brumback, Zerilda Brumback, Elizabeth Ann Brumback, Julia Brumback, Susan Brumback, Ellen Brumback, Mary Brumback. Farmer in Boone County in 1850. Farmer in Grant County in 1860.

Relationships Social: James Harrison Rose (Grant County, Kentucky, carpenter) Social: William Harrison Rose (Grant County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Thomas Renfro (Grant County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: A. E. Stone (Owen County, Kentucky, farmer.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boone, District 2 p. 183B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant, p. 958. KYR-0001-004-0059. A. E. Stone (Owen County, Kentucky, farmer.) N00006434 1832? Categories: People

Owen County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah W. Stone in Grant County on February 28, 1860. Farmer in Owen County in 1860.

Relationships Social: James Harrison Rose (Grant County, Kentucky, carpenter) Social: William Harrison Rose (Grant County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: William P. Brumback (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Thomas Renfro (Grant County, Kentucky, resident)

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Grant County Marriages, Film # 001490815. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant, District 2, p. 247. Thomas Renfro (Grant County, Kentucky, resident) N00006435 Categories: People

Failed to appear at Grant Circuit Court in Grant County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: William P. Brumback (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: A. E. Stone (Owen County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: William P. Brumback (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: A. E. Stone (Owen County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: James Harrison Rose (Grant County, Kentucky, carpenter) Social: William Harrison Rose (Grant County, Kentucky, resident)

KYR-0001-004-0059. KYR-0001-004-0060. KYR-0001-004-0061. William Harrison Rose (Grant County, Kentucky, resident) N00006436 1841? Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Son of James Harrison Rose and Sarah Rose. Married to Lucy Ann Baker Rose in Mercer County on May 14, 1863. Resident in Grant County in 1850. Resident in Grant County in 1860. Arrested for burglary with his father James Harrison Rose in Grant County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant, p. 317A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant, p. 896. KYR-0001-004-0061. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Grant County Marriages, Film #000191864. James Harrison Rose (Grant County, Kentucky, carpenter) N00006437 1813? Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, carpenter. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Rose. Father of William H. Rose, John F. Rose, Margaret A. Rose, Sarah H. Rose, James E. Rose, Charles R. Rose, Nancy F. Rose, Emma C. Rose. Carpenter in Grant County in 1850. Carpenter in Grant County in 1860. Arrested for burglary with his son William Harrison Rose in 1863.

Relationships Familial: William Harrison Rose (Grant County, Kentucky, resident)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant, p. 317A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant, p. 896. KYR-0001-004-0061. Thomas A. Franklin (Grant County, KY, farmer, postmaster, & county court clerk) N00002370 1812? Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, farmer, postmaster, and court clerk. Virginia native. Married to Sallie A. Franklin. Farmer in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1860. Postmaster of Stateleys Run in Grant County from November 12, 1861, to February 5, 1862. Clerk of the Grant County Court in 1863.

Relationships Political: Grant County Court Legal: William P. Brumback (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: A. E. Stone (Owen County, Kentucky, farmer.) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Grant Circuit Court Social: Benoni Stewart (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and master commissioner.) Legal: Grant Circuit Court Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 62. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, Grant County, KY, Volume 28, 12 November 1861 (accessed via Ancestry.com). KYR-0001-004-0325. 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. 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. Grant Circuit Court O00000384 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): William Smith and N. H. Jeffers.

Relationships Legal: William Duncan (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John D. Duncan (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Isaac Duncan (Grant County) Legal: Overton P. Billiter (Grant County carpenter) Legal: Thomas A. Franklin (Grant County, KY, farmer, postmaster, & county court clerk) Legal: William P. Brumback (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James Harrison Rose (Grant County, Kentucky, carpenter) Legal: William Harrison Rose (Grant County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Thomas Renfro (Grant County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: A. E. Stone (Owen County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: John Marksberry (Grant County, Kentucky, sheriff) Economic: Nathan H. Jeffers (Grant County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Legal: Thomas Iliff (Grant County, Kentucky, blacksmith) Political: Thomas A. Franklin (Grant County, KY, farmer, postmaster, & county court clerk) Political: William Smith (Grant County, Kentucky, circuit ct clerk) Political: Mathew Burnett (Judge of Grant County Court) Political: Winston T. Simmons (Grant County, KY, attorney) Legal: John W. Marcus (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John C. L. Neal (Owen County, Kentucky, carpenter) Legal: William S. Rankin (Grant County, KY, State Rep) Legal: Nathan H. Jeffers (Grant County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk)

“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. 1863-08-22 Legal/Financial 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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W P Brumback & A E Noth Stones states on oth that they were the sureties in a Bond to the commonwealth of Ky for the appearance of Thomas Renfro in the first day of term of the Grant circuit to answer to a charge of felony That Renfro failed to attend on trial & the Bond was forfeited and at the last term of the Grant circuit court a judgment was rendered against them for the sum of $500,00 & costs They say that they are poor men that the money can be made but that it will be oppresive to them & their families They further state that the said Bond was taken by an examining court & that no indictment was found against said Renfro They also ^state that^ Harrison Roses & his son J H Rose was arrested & held by the same Court Examining court for they ^same^ offence to appear for trial in the circuit court That the Roses were unable to give Bond remained in Jail until the Grand Jury were was discharge & no indictment was found against either of them and they wer discharged without trial They further state that they are in no way indemnified by the said Thomas Renfro for the amount of said judgment against them

William P Brumback

Sworn to before me this 22 August 1863

T. A. Franklin Examiner

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Grant Cir Court vs Renfro, &c $500 -- Remitted 5th Sept/63

Recd 5th Sept 1863 Remit $350500 of the forfeiture -- ^except fees & atty cost^ and give six months stay on the balance Tho. E. Bramlette