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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-0001-004-0072 BR8-104 to BR8-104A

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. Thomas E. Reed (Fulton Co, KY, sheriff and farmer) N00006599 1828? Categories: People

Fulton County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Mary E. Reed. Father of John C. Reed, Mary E. Reed, Farmer Reed, James B. Reed, Albert Reed, Thomas E. Reed. Farmer in Fulton County in 1860. Sheriff in Fulton County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: John Boyer (Fulton County, KY, farmer) Legal: Charles Jefferson Coker (Fulton County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: C.J.F. Wilson (Fulton County, KY, grocer) Legal: E.W. Stephens (Fulton County, KY, farmer) Legal: Robert W. Easley (Fulton County, KY, farmer) Economic: John Boyer (Fulton County, KY, farmer) Economic: Charles Jefferson Coker (Fulton County, Kentucky, farmer) Economic: C.J.F. Wilson (Fulton County, KY, grocer) Economic: E.W. Stephens (Fulton County, KY, farmer) Economic: Robert W. Easley (Fulton County, KY, farmer) Legal: Loyd Ray Brown (Fulton County, KY, resident )

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fulton County, p. 410. KYR-0001-004-0072. Loyd Ray Brown (Fulton County, KY, resident ) N00006598 1845? 1921-11-28 Categories: People

Fulton County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Son of Shad Brown. Mentioned as charged with petit larceny in a petition to Thomas Bramlette in 1863.

Find A Grave, "Loyd Ray Thurman Brown (1845-1921)," Memorial 84194756, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84194756 (accessed February 7, 2020). Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7017469: All Counties, Fulton County Deaths, Death Certificates, 1921-1922, p. 811 of microfilm, File #806. KYR-0001-004-0072. Robert W. Easley (Fulton County, KY, farmer) N00006600 1820? 1881? Categories: People

Fulton County, Kentucky, farmer. Tennessee native. Son of Benjamin Easley and Nancy Easley. Farmer in Fulton County in 1850.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fulton County, p. 131A. Find A Grave, "Robert W. Easley (1820-1881)," Memorial 162005836, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162005836 (accessed February 7, 2020). E.W. Stephens (Fulton County, KY, farmer) N00006601 1821-11-06 1887-05-07 Categories: People

Fulton County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Virginia Garth Stephens. Father of Inez G. Stephens, Emma B. Stephens, Sarah Elizabeth Stephens, and Mattie W. Stephens. Farmer in Fulton County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fulton County, p. 416. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fulton County, District 2, p. 229B. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Rolls #994027-994058, Fulton County Births, 1856, p. 2. Find A Grave, "Edmund Ware Stephens (1821-1887)," Memorial 100750014, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100750014 (accessed February 7, 2020). C.J.F. Wilson (Fulton County, KY, grocer) N00006602 1830? Categories: People

Fulton County, Kentucky, grocer. Kentucky native. Married to Amanda Wilson. Father of Charles Wilson and Mary Wilson. Grocer in Fulton County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fulton County, City of Hickman, p. 516. Charles Jefferson Coker (Fulton County, Kentucky, farmer) N00006603 1812-10-04 1876-01-05 Categories: People

Fulton County, Kentucky, farmer. Tennessee native. Married to Eliza C. Coker. Father of Napoleon Coker. Married to Mary H. Coker. Farmer in Smith County, Tennessee, in 1850. Farmer in Fulton County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Smith County, North of Cumberland and East of Caney Fork Rivers, p. 284A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fulton County, p. 475. Find A Grave, "Charles Jefferson Coker (1812-1876)," Memorial 36239144, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36239144 (accessed June 22, 2020). John Boyer (Fulton County, KY, farmer) N00006604 1814? 1873-03 Categories: People

Fulton County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Lucinda Boyer. Father of William Boyer, Lucinda Boyer, Sarah Boyer, John Boyer, and Millard Fillmore Boyer. Married to America Jane Fleetwood Boyer in 1860. Father of Nannie Caldonia Boyer. Farmer in Fulton County in 1850. Farmer in Fulton County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fulton County, p. 119A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fulton County, p. 474. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fulton County, District 3, p. 238A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Hickman County Marriages, Film #000321385, p. 13. _ Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Fulton County Wills, 1845-1923), p. 102 of microfilm (Accessed through ancestry.com on February 7, 2020. _Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7020663: All Counties, Fulton County Deaths, p. 2844 of microfilm, File #9827. Fulton County, Kentucky P00000889 Categories: Places

Furthest west county of Kentucky. Seat at Hickman. Located on the Mississippi River.

36.563, -89.1325 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 111, 138. Ron D. Bryant, “Fulton,” The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 360-361. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Fulton County, Kentucky " https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on February 7, 2020). 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). 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. Fulton Circuit Court O00000380 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 1st Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): R. K. Williams and Charles S. Marshall. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Thomas H. Corbett, P. D. Yeiser, and W. W. Tice. Clerk(s): John R. McGehee and W. A. Brevard.

Relationships Legal: Thomas J. Wallace, Sr. (Hickman, Kentucky, brick mason) Legal: John W. Cole (Hickman, Kentucky, brick mason) Legal: John Mayhan (Fulton County, Kentucky, railroad agent and bar keeper) Legal: Montreville G. Wilson (Hickman, Kentucky, brick mason)

“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), 303-08. “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), 301-06. “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), 347-50. Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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 His Excellency Thomas E Bramlette Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

The petition of the undersigned securities of Thomas E Reed, late Sheriff of Fulton County Kentucky Respectfully Represents

That a certain action, in the name of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, was brought in the Fulton Circuit Court, on the official bond of Thomas E Reed late Sheriff of Fulton County for having taken insufficient security in the case of the Commonwealth agt Lloyd Brown, charged with petit larceny. The bail taken by the Sheriff was a married woman. The said Lloyd Brown, it afterwards appeared was removed by his father from the Commonwealth, he. the said Lloyd Brown, being a very small boy. At the next term after his commitment & the execution of the bond with security as aforesaid. his bond with such security as aforesaid, was forfeited, and afterwards, upon the hearing of the same, the bail was discharged, on account of her being a married woman.

Several Terms of the Court thereafter, and as soon as could be done. by said Lloyd Brown, he returned to Fulton County, voluntarily, and gave bail for his appearance at the September Term 1863 of the Fulton Circuit Court- when and where, the charge coming on for trial, he was discharged. It

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will thus be seen, that no wrong was done to the Commonwealth.

Now your petitioners respectfully further represent. That in the action brought in the name of the Commonwealth against Thomas E Reed late Sheriff, the process was served on them & them alone and returned "not found", as to said Thomas E Reed, late Shff as aforesaid, who had left this Commonwealth. As such securities. they have had to pay other and great sums of money, so that their case is a peculiarly hard one. They therefore humbly pray Your Excellency to remit to them the judgt obtained against them in the case aforesaid, at the September Term 1863 of the Fulton Circuit Court. And as in duty bound they will ever pray &c.

Robt,, W,, Easley E W Stevens C J F Wilson C. J. Coker John Boyer

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Fulton Cir. Court

Remit the Judgt for the sureties --

Sept 29th 1863 T E Bramlette vs Securities of Shff Fulton Co