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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-0001-004-0082 BR8-122 to BR8-123

Stanford, Lincoln 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. Garland A. Adams (Lincoln County, KY, farmer) N00002809 1838? 1894? Categories: People

Lincoln County, Kentucky, farmer. Lincoln County native. Farmer in Lincoln County in 1860. Farmer in Lincoln County in 1863.

Relationships Political: Michael Henry Owsley (Cumberland County, Kentucky, attorney, capt & major in 1st & 5th Cav (USA)) Political: Harrison P. Middleton (Lincoln County, KY, sheriff and farmer ) Legal: Joel Adams (Lincoln County, KY, farmer & pvt 19th KY Inf USA) Legal: Joseph Innes (possible Lincoln County, KY, soldier) Legal: Michael Henry Owsley (Cumberland County, Kentucky, attorney, capt & major in 1st & 5th Cav (USA)) Legal: Harrison P. Middleton (Lincoln County, KY, sheriff and farmer ) Legal: Lincoln Circuit Court Familial: Joel Adams (Lincoln County, KY, farmer & pvt 19th KY Inf USA)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, Stanford, p. 68. Lincoln County Historical Society, Lincoln County, Kentucky (Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing, 2002), p. 140. 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), Lincoln County, KY, August 1863, p. 2, (accessed via Ancestry.com). Semi-weekly Interior Journal (Stanford, Ky.), August 31, 1894, p. 3 Ephraim J. James (Lincoln County, laborer) N00006634 1833? Categories: People

Lincoln County, Kentucky, laborer. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth James. Father of William B. James, Mary E. James. Laborer in Lincoln County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: Garland A. Adams (Lincoln County, KY, farmer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, p. 93. Sarah "Sallie" Travis Bramlette (Adair County, KY, First Lady of Kentucky) N00003620 1819 1872-03-04 Categories: People

Adair County, Kentucky, resident and first lady of Kentucky. Tennessee native. Married to Thomas Elliott Bramlette in 1837. Mother of James T. Bramlette, William Bramlette, Eugene Bramlette, and Corrine Bramlette. Resident of Clinton County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned two enslaved persons in Clinton County in 1850. Household employed Matilda Cowan in Clinton County in 1850. First lady of Kentucky from 1863 to 1867.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District 1, p. 181A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District 1, p. 335. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Eighth Ward, p. 83B. Lowell H. Harrison, “Bramlette, Thomas Elliott,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), p. 112. Ross A. Webb, “Thomas Elliott Bramlette,” in Kentucky’s Governors, ed. Lowell H. Harrison (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), p. 93. U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918, Ancestry, Kentucky, 1863, Collection District 2, Division 3, Adair County, Columbia. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), Ancestry, Louisville, Deaths, 1872. Michael Henry Owsley (Cumberland County, Kentucky, attorney, capt & major in 1st & 5th Cav (USA)) N00002811 1834-12-10 1891 Categories: People

Cumberland County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Cumberland County native. Son of Joel Owsley and Mary Owsley. Married to Ellen Letcher Owsley in 1865. Graduate of Centre College in 1854. Graduate of the University of Louisville in 1856. Student in Cumberland County in 1850. Household owned twenty-three enslaved persons in Cumberland County in 1850. Attorney in Cumberland County in 1860. Served in the 1st Regiment Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.) as captain in 1861. Served in the 5th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry as major from March 31, 1862, to September 5, 1862. Commonwealth's attorney for the Sixth Judicial District from 1864 to 1868.

Relationships Legal: Budd Jones () Legal: Russell Circuit Court Legal: Lincoln Circuit Court Legal: William Dollins, Sr. (Garrard County, Kentucky, overseer and farmer) Legal: Garrard Circuit Court Legal: John H. Kennedy (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant) Political: John H. Kennedy (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant) Legal: Augden Bridgewater (Lincoln County, Kentucky, miller) Legal: Jennie Adams (Lincoln County ) Political: Edward Mitchell (Boyle County, Kentucky, clerk and agent for Liverpool and London) Social: Thomas Peyton Hill (Lincoln County, Kentucky, attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Burkesville, p. 279B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Cumberland Division, p. 371 (p. 2 of microfilm). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Burkesville, District 1, p. 659. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, Lancaster, District 3, p. 432B. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 34-35 and 108-09. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 940. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0009. John J. McAfee, Kentucky Politicians. Sketches of Representative Corncrackers and other Miscellany (Louisville, KY: The Courier Journal Job Printing Company, 1886), 128-30. Francis B. Heitman, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, vol. 2, (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1903), 134. Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans who served between 1861 and 1900, Civil War Pensions Index, roll no. 171. “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), 10. “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. Find A Grave, "Judge Michael Henry Owsley (1834-1891)," Memorial #91718641, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91718641 (accessed May 25, 2017). Stanford, Kentucky P00008733 Categories: Places

Seat of Lincoln County, Kentucky.

37.5312, -84.6619 Allan R. Leach, "Stanford" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 846. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 281. "Stanford, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 2, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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. Lincoln County, Kentucky P00005395 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Stanford, Kentucky.

37.5312, -84.6619 Allan R. Leach, "Lincoln County," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2001), p. 557-58. "Stanford, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 2, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Lincoln Circuit Court O00000417 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 6th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Thomas E. Bramlette and Fontaine T. Fox. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Ephraim L. Vanwinkle and Michael H. Owsley. Clerk(s): George H. McKinney, James Huffman, and S. S. McRoberts.

Relationships Economic: Michael Henry Owsley (Cumberland County, Kentucky, attorney, capt & major in 1st & 5th Cav (USA)) Economic: Harrison P. Middleton (Lincoln County, KY, sheriff and farmer )

“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. 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. Stanford, Lincoln County, Kentucky 1863-09-23 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": 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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Stanford Kentucky Septr 23rd 1863 Gov Thos. E. Bramlette Frankfort Ky. Dear Gov-

A forfeiture and Judgment has been obtained in the Lincoln Circuit Court. against Garland Adams in the case of The Commonwealth against E J. James for $100- as surety in said James Bail bond, Adams is an industrious honest & poor young man and was over persuatded to go. James security for his appearance as James was his cousin and the charge petit larceny -- and I think the case one which deserves the exercise of Executive Clemency.

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I therefore hope you will remit one half of said forefeiture as I think he can secure him self in the ballance=

My highest regards to Mrs B- and the rest of your family

Your friend

M, H, Owsley

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Lincoln Co vs Jas L Garland Adams Forfeiture $50, Remitted 28th Sept 1863

Remit 1/2 fine as requested by Comths Atty

Tho E Bramlette