<title type="main">William R. Thompson to E. L. Van Winkle

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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-0001-004-0097 BR8-145

Shepherdsville, Bullitt County, Kentucky Ephraim L. Van Winkle (Pulaski Co, KY, attorney & Sec. State) N001777 1827-07-20 1866-05-23 Categories: People

Pulaski County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and statesman. Wayne County, Kentucky, native. Son of Micajah Van Winkle and Mary Phillips Van Winkle. Married to Ellen Eliza Phillips Van Winkle. Father of Milton E. Van Winkle, Mary E. Van Winkle, Lucy A. Van Winkle, and Betty Van Winkle. Attended the Monticello Academy in Wayne County, Kentucky. Graduate of the Louisville School of Law in 1850. Attorney in Wayne County in 1850. Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Wayne County in 1855. Commonwealth's attorney for the Sixth Judicial District in 1856. State elector for Constitutional Union Party candidate John Bell in 1860. Attorney in Pulaski County in 1860. Employed James Cowan as a day laborer in Pulaski County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Pulaski County in 1860. Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to May 23, 1866.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, Division No. 2, p. 242B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Somerset, p. 155. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Somerset District 1, p. 195A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Pulaski County, KY, July 1863, p. 163. "Ephraim Van Winkle," Office of the Kentucky Secretary of State, accessed September 22, 2021, https://web.sos.ky.gov/ofx/secsofstate?id=39. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Rolls 994057, Wayne County Births. Richard A. Wise (Bullitt County, KY, farmer and justice of the peace) N00006708 1820-10-03 1869-10-15 Categories: People

Bullitt County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Kate T. Snapp Wise in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on February 20, 1857. Step-father of Cora K. Snapp. Father of S.R. Wise. Farmer in Bullitt County in 1860. Employed J.W. Hoglan as a farm laborer in Bullitt County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Bullitt County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: George Jackson (Bullitt County, Kentucky, laborer) Legal: Hillary G. Jackson (Bullitt County, Kentucky, laborer & private 26th KY Inf USA) Legal: George Jackson (Bullitt County laborer) Social: B.H. Crist (Bullitt County farmer) Social: Lewis Leach (Bullitt County, Kentucky, hotelkeeper)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bullitt County, District 3, p. 804. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482708, p. 230-31. Find A Grave, "Richard A. Wise (1820-1869)," Memorial #28826225, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28826225 (accessed April 12, 2019). KYR-0001-004-0095. Hillary G. Jackson (Bullitt County, Kentucky, laborer & private 26th KY Inf USA) N00006718 1845? Categories: People

Bullitt County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John Jackson and Catherine Jackson. Laborer in Bullitt County in 1860. Served in the 26th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from October 8, 1864, to July 10, 1865.

Relationships Social: Lloyd Friddle (Bullitt Co: Shepherdsville, Ky, town marshal) Social: Jesse Griffin (Bullitt County ) Social: William A. Rouse (Bullitt County farmer) Social: Ken Chapeze (Bullitt County attorney) Social: Sam Ahlock (Bullitt County ) Social: Robert Brashear (Bullitt County farmer) Social: Charles Lee (Bullitt County farmer and slaveholder) Social: Richard H. O. Simmons (KY Bullitt County farmer) Social: Benjamin F. Troutman (Jefferson Co, Ky, wheelwright; Bullitt County, Ky, wagonmaker) Social: Michael Troutman (KY Bullitt County wagonmaker) Social: A. D. Coffey (Bullitt County, KY, physician) Social: William O. Barbour (Bullitt County, Ky, resident ) Social: John L. O'Brian (Bullitt County, Ky, clerk ) Social: Edward H. McCormick (Bullitt County, Kentucky, confectioner) Social: Nat. P. Saunders (Bullitt County examiner) Social: Charles R. Samuels (Bullitt Co, Ky, circuit & county court clerk) Social: Westly Phelps (Bullitt County, Ky, farmer and slaveholder) Social: R. J. Meyler (Bullitt County, Kentucky, attorney and circuit clerk) Social: William R. Thompson (Bullitt County, Kentucky, attorney and farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bullitt County, p. 203A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bullitt County, District No. 3, p. 797. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 716. George Jackson (Bullitt County, Kentucky, laborer) N00006719 1845? Categories: People

Bullitt County, Kentucky, laborer. Kentucky native. Son of John Jackson and Catherine Jackson. Resident of Bullitt County in 1850. Laborer in Bullitt County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bullitt County, p. 203A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bullitt County, District No. 3, p. 797. 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. Shepherdsville, Kentucky P00006770 Categories: Places

Seat of Bullitt County, Kentucky.

37.9884, -85.7158 Tom Pack, "Shepherdsville," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia John E. Kleber, ed., (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 817-18. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Shepherdsville, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 15, 2019). Bullitt County, Kentucky P00006090 Categories: Places

County in north central Kentucky. Seat at Shepherdsville.

37.9842, -85.6846 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 40. USGS: Earth Explorer, “Bullitt County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on April 1, 2020). Government of the United States of America O00002945 1776-07-04 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the United States of America. Comprised of the Legislative Branch, Judicial Branch, and Executive Branch. Capital at Washington, District of Columbia.

Relationships Military: 68th Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia Economic: Hiram Barney (New York attorney and customs collector) Political: Leonard B. Cox (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Political: William Scott Botts (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: George Jackson (Bullitt County, Kentucky, laborer) Political: Hillary G. Jackson (Bullitt County, Kentucky, laborer & private 26th KY Inf USA) Legal: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Military: Thornton Williams (Scott County, Kentucky, soldier. Formerly enslaved by Urias Offutt, accused of attempted murder.) Political: Urias M. Offutt (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. and slaveholder.) Military: George W. Rasure (Floyd County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Military: Amaziah "Samuel" Rasure (Washington County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Military: David Rasure, Jr. (New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Political: Nelson Trusler (Connersville, Indiana, attorney, politician, and soldier) Political: Robert Alexander Dowell (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Oliver P. Morton (Fourteenth governor of Indiana, attorney, judge, and politician.) Political: John Walter Rutherford (Crittenden County, Kentucky, barkeeper and merchant)

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Shepherdsville sept 16 1863 A. V. Vanwinkle Esq Dear Sir.

Enclosed I send you the letter of R. A. Wise Esq showing the amount of the fine against Hilary Jackson and George Jackson, as you directed. I enclosed a petition some days ago, to the Gov. praying the remission of the fine. They are a poor widow's sons, and she & they are unable to pay the fine, and she is dependent on their labour for a support. Besides I have no doubt they will try to avoid difficulties here after, and this occurred at the election & grew out of politics, the Jacksons being strong Union boys, & were imposed upon.

Yours &c WmRThompson

Bullitt Co vs H & G Jackson $30,00

Turn to Pet and Remit all but costs --

T. E. Bramlette