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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-0001-004-0088 BR8-132 to BR8-133

Samuel P. Shaver (Foster, Bracken County, Kentucky, merchant. ) N00006642 1834? Categories: People

Foster, Bracken County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Son of Samuel P. Shaver and Jane Shaver. Resident of Bracken County in 1850. Day laborer in Bracken County in 1860. Retail liquor distributor in Bracken County, Kentucky in 1863. Coffeehouse owner in Bracken County in 1863. Rented a room in George Sanders Kimberly's blacksmith shop and apartment building between the dates of January 01 and March 10, 1862.

Relationships Legal: Thornton F. Marshall (Augusta, Bracken County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Legal: Joseph Doniphan (Bracken County, Ky, circuit judge, state rep, mayor, and attorney ) Legal: Bracken County Court Legal: Bracken Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bracken County, p. 426A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bracken County, District 1, p. 245. Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1918 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 15, Bracken County, Kentucky, 1863, (Accessed via ancestry.com). KYR-0001-004-0088. KYR-0001-004-0321. Joseph Doniphan (Bracken County, Ky, circuit judge, state rep, mayor, and attorney ) N00005620 1823-08-19 1873-05-02 Categories: People

Augusta, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and judge. Augusta native. Son of George Doniphan and Mary Doniphan. Married to Elizabeth A. Ward Doniphan on December 16, 1856. Father of Mary S. Doniphan, George Doniphan, and Christina Doniphan. Attended Augusta College in Augusta. Clerk employed by George Doniphan from 1839 to 1842. Admitted to the bar in 1848. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1849 to 1851. Attorney in Bracken County in 1850. Mayor of Augusta from 1852 to 1854. Attorney in Bracken County in 1860. Mayor of Augusta from 1860 to 1862. Judge of the 9th judicial district of Kentucky from 1862 to 1868.

Relationships Legal: Robert Carter Richardson (Covington, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and superintendent of public instruction) Legal: Bracken County Court Legal: Bracken Circuit Court Political: Bracken Circuit Court Legal: Harrison Circuit Court Social: Joseph McCollum (Bracken County, Kentucky, resident and sergeant in 16th Regiment Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.)) Social: Benjamin F. Nelson (Lewis County, Kentucky, farmer and 1st sergeant in 16th Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.)) Legal: Pendleton Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bracken County, Augusta, p. 452A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bracken County, Augusta, p. 24. "Joseph Doniphan" in The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky, Paul A. Tenkotte and James C. Claypool, eds. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2009), 278. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1877), 772. Find A Grave, "Joseph Doniphan (1823-1873)," Memorial #114273737, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114273737 (accessed November 29, 2018). Thornton F. Marshall (Augusta, Bracken County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) N00006578 1819-07-04 1901-03-25 Categories: People

Augusta, Bracken County, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Kentucky native. Married to Anna Eliza Mackie Marshall in Bracken County on October 11, 1841. Father of Mariah Marshall. Admitted to the bar in 1842. Attorney in Augusta in 1850. County attorney for Bracken County, Kentucky, from 1851 to 1859. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Mason County from 1859 to 1863. Attorney in Augusta in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in 1860. Delegate to the Democratic Convention in Chicago, Illinois, in 1864.

Relationships Political: Thomas A. Respass (Mason County, Kentucky, attorney) Political: Isaac Nelson (Maysville, Kentucky merchant) Legal: Bracken County Court Legal: Bracken Circuit Court Social: Charles Henry Lee (Bracken County, KY, attorney) Social: Leonard O. Murray (Bracken County, KY, farmer) Social: Francis Landon Cleveland (Augusta, Kentucky, attorney and politician)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bracken County, Augusta, p. 455A; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bracken County, Augusta, p. 173B; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bracken County, Augusta, p. 141; Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bracken County Marriages, Film #000344097, p. 124 of 403 on microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com); H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 184; "Thornton F. Marshall Dead," Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), March 26, 1901, p. 3. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, _Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1878), 93; Augusta, Kentucky P00006641 Categories: Places

City in Bracken County, Kentucky. Located at the convergence of the Ohio River and Bracken Creek.

38.7717, -84.0058 "A Brief History of Augusta," http://augustaky.com/city-history/ (accessed 27 May 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Augusta, Kentucky" https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on July 25, 2019). Bracken Circuit Court O00000347 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 9th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): S. M. Moore and Joseph Doniphan. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): W. E. Arthur and R. B. Carpenter. Clerk(s): Richard J. Hughey and George B. Poage.

Relationships Legal: William C. Marshall (Bracken County, Kentucky, attorney and Ky state rep) Legal: William D. Ratcliffe (Bracken Co, Ky, tavern keeper & capt 10th Cav USA)

“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. Bracken County Court O00000594 Categories: Organizations

Located in Brooksville, Bracken County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): George W. Hamilton. Clerk(s): Richard J. Hughey and George B. Poage.

“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. Correspondence English Version 1 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 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 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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Hon Thomas E. Bramlett Governr of Kentucky

At the August Term of the Bracken Circuit Court Saml P. Shover was fined in two cases $60- Each for keeping a tipling House -- The cases merit the clemency of the Executive --

The town of Foster Granted Shover license to keep a Coffee House, and Shover supposing that he had complied with the law went on and sold liquor without first having obtained license from the County Court of Bracken & paying the state tax- The Court decided that his town license did not protect him- and he was fined $60-- in two cases making $120 -- We feel sure no criminal act was intended by Mr Shover and that he ought to be released of his fine --

Unwilling to lend our name & aid to Excuse real violators of the law, we appeal to your Excellency in this behalf because of its merit --

Jos Doniphan Thornton F. Marshall

Gov. Bramlette Dear Sir

You will observe from the above communication of the Hon. Jos Doniphan (Judge of the Bracken Circuit Court that Mr Shover obtained & paid for a liscense, & acted in good faith, & without the slightest intention

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of violating the law-- He believed he was authorized to carry on his business of a "Coffee House" under his liscense-- The Liscense as the Judge states was introduced as a defense, but the court properly divided it was no protestion,

I think it a meritorious case, very strongly calling for your intervention -- If you concur with me, please send to me the Evidence of its remission--At Augusta--

Very Respectfully Thornton F Marshall

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Bracken Cir Ct. vs S. R Shover 2 Cases of $60 -- each

Remitted 12th Sept 1863. in part,

Tipling

Set 12th

Remit all except $10 of the fine in each case and costs and attys fees

Tho E Bramlette