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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-0001-004-0089 BR8-134 to BR8-135

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. Hugh M. Stitt (Nicholas County, Kentucky, hotel keeper and post master) N00006643 1826? Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, hotel keeper and post master. Kentucky native. Married to Cinderella Fisher Stitt in Nicholas County, Kentucky on October 21, 1858. Father of Lizzie Lee Stitt. Laborer in Nicholas County in 1850. Postmaster in Carlisle in 1860. Owner of Nicholas House tavern in partnership with Leonidas M. Campbell in Nicholas County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas, District 2, p. 405B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Town of Carlisle, District 1, p. 5. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas, Carlisle, p. 277A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nicholas County Marriages, Film #000252410. 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), Nicholas County, KY, May 1863, p. 13, (Accessed via ancestry.com). Leonidas M. Campbell (Nicholas County, Kentucky, hotel keeper) N00006644 1839-12-31 1885-08-09 Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, hotel keeper. Kentucky native. Son of John P. Campbell and Mary A. Campbell. Married to Elizabeth J. Banta in Nicholas County on October 3, 1861. Father of Lucy Campbell. Resident of Nicholas County in 1850. Owner of Nicholas House hotel in Carlisle in 1860. Owner of Nicholas House hotel in partnership with Hugh M. Stitt in Carlisle in 1863.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nicholas County Marriages, Film #000252411. Find A Grave, "Leonidas M. Campbell (1839-1885)," Memorial #112198654, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112198654 (accessed July 31, 2019). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Town of Carlisle, District 1, p. 279. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas, District 2, p. 402B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas, Precinct 4, p. 252A. KYR-0001-004-0089. John Alexander Campbell (Carlisle, Kentucky, court clerk) N00006645 1827 1900-12 Categories: People

Carlisle, Kentucky, court clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Malinda Jane Campbell. Father of Silas W. Campbell, Mary Jane Campbell, James B. Campbell, John W. Campbell, Virgil Campbell. Wagon maker in Nicholas County in 1850. Clerk for the Nicholas County Court in Nicholas County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Leonidas M. Campbell (Nicholas County, Kentucky, hotel keeper) Legal: Hugh M. Stitt (Nicholas County, Kentucky, hotel keeper and post master)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Town of Carlisle, District 1, p. 1. Find A Grave, "John Alexander Campbell (1827-1900)," Memorial #74446132, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74446132 (accessed July 29, 2019). Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas, District 2, p. 392A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas, Precinct 4, p. 271A William Norvell (Carlisle, Kentucky, KY Rep, judge and attorney) N00006646 1803? 1875-09-05 Categories: People

Carlisle, Kentucky, politician, judge and attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Emily G. Summers Norvell in Nicholas County, Kentucky, on March 15, 1836. Father of Lucy S. Norvell, Joseph Norvell, John Norvell, Jenny P. Norvell, Alice R. Norvell, and Mattie E. Norvell. Attorney in Nicholas County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Nicholas County in 1850. Represented Nicholas County in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1833. Represented Nicholas County in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1835. Attorney in Carlisle in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Nicholas County in 1860. Judge in Nicholas County from 1860 to 1861.

Relationships Legal: Leonidas M. Campbell (Nicholas County, Kentucky, hotel keeper) Legal: Hugh M. Stitt (Nicholas County, Kentucky, hotel keeper and post master) Economic: Nicholas County Court Social: Fitch Munger (Nicholas County, KY, attorney) Social: Thomas Edwin Quisenberry (Nicholas County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: William P. Ross (Nicholas County, KY, attorney and farmer) Military: Kentucky Home Guard Legal: Oscar F. Orr (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Legal: James H. Orr (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer, justice of the peace, sergeant and second lieutenant (C.S.A.) ) Legal: Nicholas County Court Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: John W. Campbell (Nicholas County, Kentucky, wagon maker and court clerk)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas, District 2, p. 391A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas, District 2, p. 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 278. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas, Carlisle, p.137A. The Biographical Encyclopaedia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century (Cincinnati, OH: J.M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 778. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nicholas County Marriages, Film #000252402, p. 149. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1874), 651. "William Norvell (1803-1875)," Find A Grave, Memorial #71831491, accessed March 19, 2020, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71831491. George Morgan Thomas (Lewis Co politician; 10th Judicial District Commonwealth’s Attorney) N00002380 1828-11-23 1914-01-07 Categories: People

Lewis County, Kentucky, teacher, politician and commonwealth’s attorney. Lewis County, Kentucky, native. Son of Elijah Thomas and Araminta P. Boggess Thomas. Married to Catherine H. Willim Thomas on July 8, 1850. Father of Bruce Fraser Thomas, Walter William Thomas, Araminta Thomas Pugh, and Mary A. Thomas. Teacher in Lewis County in 1850. Admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1851. Attorney in Lewis County from 1854 to 1858. Representative of Lewis County in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1860 to 1862. Commonwealth’s attorney for the 10th Judicial District of Kentucky in Vanceburg from 1863 to 1869.

Relationships Legal: Laura Willet Brownfield (Mason County) Economic: Laura Willet Brownfield (Mason County) Legal: Leonidas M. Campbell (Nicholas County, Kentucky, hotel keeper) Legal: Hugh M. Stitt (Nicholas County, Kentucky, hotel keeper and post master) Legal: William M. Bartley (Ripley, OH laborer) Legal: Mason Circuit Court Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, District 2, p. 192A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Lewis County, p. 112. "An Incorruptible Democracy," The Evening Bulletin (Maysville, KY), November 10, 1886, p. 2. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities, vol.2 (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1912), 748-51. L.W. Audrey (Nicholas County, Kentucky) N00006647 Categories: People

Signed two petitions on behalf of Dianna Pitts and Wesley Berry in Fleming County, Kentucky, in 1861. Signed a petition on behalf of H.M. Still and S.M. Campbell in Nicholas County September 1863.

KYR-0001-020-0527. KYR-0001-004-0089. Carlisle, Kentucky P00000537 Categories: Places

Seat of Nicholas County, Kentucky.

38.312, -84.0274 "Carlisle, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed December 5, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Joan W. Conley, “Carlisle,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 163. Nicholas County, Kentucky P00000539 Categories: Places

County in north central Kentucky. Seat at Carlisle.

38.312, -84.0274 "Carlisle, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed December 5, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Joan W. Conley, “Nicholas County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 681-82. 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. Nicholas Circuit Court O00000477 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 10th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): E. C. Phister and L. W. Andrews. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): R. H. Stanton and George M. Thomas. Clerk(s): James H. Holladay, James L. Arnold, William W. Howard, and J. M. Chevis.

Relationships Legal: John Delaney (Nicholas County, KY, student) Legal: Noah Goodpasture (Bath County Farmer) Legal: Nicholas House Legal: William Norvell (Carlisle, Kentucky, KY Rep, judge and attorney) Legal: John Alexander Campbell (Carlisle, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: Leonidas M. Campbell (Nicholas County, Kentucky, hotel keeper) Legal: Hugh M. Stitt (Nicholas County, Kentucky, hotel keeper and post master) Legal: George Morgan Thomas (Lewis Co politician; 10th Judicial District Commonwealth’s Attorney) Legal: Michael B. Burns (Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer and farm hand) Legal: Owen Conway (Nicholas County, Kentucky, 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), 303-08. “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. Nicholas House O00010924 Categories: Organizations

Tavern and hotel in Nicholas County, Kentucky. Owners: W.J. Stitt, H.M. Stitt, and Leonidas Campbell.

Relationships Economic: Leonidas M. Campbell (Nicholas County, Kentucky, hotel keeper) Economic: Hugh M. Stitt (Nicholas County, Kentucky, hotel keeper and post master)

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To his Excellency Thos E. Bramlette Governor of the State of Kentucky

Your petitioners H. M. Still and L. M. Campbell would respectfully state that at the present September term of the Nicholas Circuit Court a judgement was rendered against them in favor of the Commonwealth for Sixty Dollars for keeping a tippling house-- They state that they made application for license to keep a tavern at their house in Carlisle, and paid the money to Jno. A. Campbell then clerk of the Nicholas County Court and never knew but that the order had been made until an Indictment was returned against them in Court-- They immediately made application and took out license-- They acted in good faith, and with no intention of violating the law believing that the order granting them license had been made -- They refer to the statement below of Wm Norvell Esqr who was at that time County Judge of Nicholas County They pray that Your Excellency will interpose and remit said fine September, 1863

H. M. Still L. M. Campbell

I think this ought to be remitted

Geo M Thomas Atto for Comth 10th District

I cheerfully recommend this Petition

W. Norvell

I was Judge of the Nicholas County Court, at the time specified in the above petition, and I recollect that Mr. Still applied to me in vacation, for License for the Tavern of Still and Campbell -- and I told him to go to the office, pay the Clerk & tell him to prepare a bond, and I would at any time open Court and grant the License. I suppose the matter was afterward inadvertently omitted by the Clerk and Mr. Still. Sept 1863

W. Norvell.

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Carlisle Sept 30th 1863 Govr. Bramlette Dear Sir

I am quite sure that it will be highly proper exercise of Executive Clemency to remit the fine imposed by Law on Messer Still & Campbell. The State received the Remit. & all was intended correct. and the county Judge & Clerk more to blame than they I hope you well remit this fine

You truly L W. Audrey

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Nicholas Cir Court vs

Remit all except fees costs & fees Oct 16th 1863

Tho E Bramlette Govr of Ky

H. M Still L. M Campbell $60 -- Tipling