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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-0001-004-0122 BR8-181 to BR8-182

Munfordville, Hart 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. Franklin Gorin (Jefferson Co, Ky, attorney) N00000330 1798-05-03 1877-12-08 Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney. Barren County, Kentucky, native. Son of John Gorin and Elizabeth Franklin Gorin. Father of Melvina M. Gorin, Franklin Gorin, Underwood Gorin. Married to Frances C. Boardman Gorin in Davidson County, Tennessee, on July 30, 1841. Father of Alice A. Gorin. Married to Deborah P. Campbell Gorin in Warren County, Kentucky, on January 23, 1852. Father of Harry C. Gorin and Anna Gorin. Admitted to the bar in January 1820. Resident in Barren County in 1830. Owned three enslaved persons in Barren County in 1830. Owned Mammoth Cave from 1838 to 1840. Resident in Barren County in 1840. Owned four enslaved persons in Barren County in 1840. Attorney in partnership with John Bell in Nashville, Tennessee. Attorney in Barren County in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Barren County in 1850. Attorney in partnership with Addison M. Gazlay at Gorin and Gazlay in Louisville from 1859 to 1863. Owned five enslaved persons in Jefferson County in 1860. Attorney in partnership with Addison M. Gazlay and Jack Fry in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Joshua Tevis (Louisville, KY, State Rep & US District Atto, Col 10th Ky Cav (USA)) Economic: Andrew Jackson Ballard (Louisville, KY, clerk of US Dist. Ct.) Legal: Andrew Jackson Ballard (Louisville, KY, clerk of US Dist. Ct.) Political: James Harrison (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Political: John Roberts (Louisville attorney) Political: Robert Jackson Elliott (Louisville, Kentucky, city attorney and councilman) Political: Charles P. Rudd (Jefferson County Attorney) Political: William Alexander Hauser (Louisville, KY, attorney) Political: Wilkins George Anderson (Jefferson County) Political: William Fontaine Bullock (Louisville, KY, attorney & judge) Political: H. C. Lindell (Louisville, Kentucky) Political: Logan Adams Wood (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, newspaper editor, bookbinder, and politician) Political: Charles Ripley (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney) Political: Nathaniel Wolfe (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, Ky rep & senator) Political: Alfred Harris (Louisville lawyer) Political: Isaac R. Greene (Louisville attorney) Political: Isaac D. Stone (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney.) Political: Edwin S. Craig (Louisville, KY, Commonwealth’s attorney 7th district & attorney) Political: William W. Fry (Louisville, Kentucky) Political: George William Caruth (Louisville, Kentucky) Political: Byron Bacon (Louisville, KY, attorney) Political: James Guthrie Coke (Louisville Attorney) Political: Samuel Smith Nicholas (Louisville attorney) Political: Patrick Joyes (Louisville Attorney) Political: Reuben Thomas Durrett (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney) Political: Samuel Russell (Louisville banker and attorney.) Political: James A. Beattie (Louisville attorney) Political: Thomas Ware Gibson (Louisville attorney. ) Political: Thomas W. Riley (ex-Mayor of Louisville) Political: James Speed Pirtle (Louisville Banker and Attorney.) Political: William Poindexter Thomasson (Indiana attorney) Political: John Graham Simrall (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney) Political: Charles T. Taylor (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and French consular) Political: William Mix (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney) Political: Isaac Caldwell (Louisville attorney) Political: Samuel S. English (Louisville attorney) Political: Charles B. Cotton (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney.) Political: James Speed (U.S. Atty. General, Louisville, KY atty & state senator) Political: Joshua Tevis (Louisville, KY, State Rep & US District Atto, Col 10th Ky Cav (USA)) Political: Joseph G. Wilson (Louisville KY attorney) Political: John Watson Barr (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney) Political: Joseph Bryson Kinkead (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and US Navy midshipman) Political: Thomas Alexander Marshall (KY Chief Justice) Political: Samuel Stone Bush (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: William C. Wood (Louisville, KY, attorney) Social: John A. M. Foree (Louisville, Kentucky, farmer and attorney) Social: James Harris (Mattoon, Illinois, and Louisville, Kentucky, attorney) Social: R. H. Cochrell (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney) Social: M. S. Fields (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney) Social: Francis Maguire (Louisville atto.) Social: John Fry (Louisville attorney) Social: William W. Shaw (Louisville attorney) Social: Andrew Jackson Ballard (Louisville, KY, clerk of US Dist. Ct.) Social: Joseph P. Gailbreath (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney) Social: C. K. Fairfax (Louisville & Richmond attorney) Social: Caleb Wallace Logan (Jefferson County, KY, attorney & judge) Social: John N. Mattingly (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: Jefferson Brown (AKA Jeff. Brown, Louisville/New Albany attorney) Social: Richard Hilaire Rousseau (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney) Social: Samuel Ayers Atchison, Jr. (Louisville, KY, attorney/Democrat (JR).) Social: Martin Bijur (Louisville, KY, attorney & commwlth atty) Social: Frank Yocum (Jefferson Co, Ky, gardener )

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, p. 129. Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, p. 157. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Division 1, p. 394B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Glasgow Division 1, p. 190. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 7, p. 525. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 286B. Find A Grave, "Franklin Gorin (1798-1877)," Memorial #7181990, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7181990 (accessed February 11, 2020). Tennessee Marriage Records (1780-2002), Tennessee State Archives, Nashville, Tennessee, Davidson County Marriages, p. 75. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Warren County Marriages, Film #000339890. Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1859-1860 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1860), 102. Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 102. Mary Young Southard and Ernest C. Miller, eds., Who's Who in Kentucky: A Biographical Assembly of Notable Kentuckians (Louisville: The Standard Printing Co., 1936), 538. E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities, Vol. III (Chicago and New York: Lewis Publishing, 1912), 1673-74. Edwards’ Annual Directory to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business Firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville for 1865-6 (Louisville: Maxwell & Co., 1866), 323. KYR-0001-004-0364. William C. Wood (Louisville, KY, attorney) N00000770 1831? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Francis E. Wood. Father of Mary R. Wood, John T. Wood, Carrie E. Wood, and Allice A. Wood. Attorney in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1861.

Relationships Political: Calvin Fairbank (United States abolitionist) Legal: Franklin Gorin (Jefferson Co, Ky, attorney) Legal: Collis Ormsby (Louisville merchant) Legal: R. H. Cochrell (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: H. C. Murrett (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Legal: A. S. Gilmore (Pulaski) Legal: Thomas Antle (Henry Co. farmer) Legal: J. C. Sayers (Rockcastle County, KY, farmer) Legal: F. S. J. Ronald (Louisville tobacco merchant & postmaster) Legal: Robert Jackson Elliott (Louisville, Kentucky, city attorney and councilman) Legal: Thomas J. Elliott (Jefferson County, Kentucky)

Tanner’s Louisville Directory, and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Henry Tanner, 1861), 267. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Missouri, Livingston County, Chillicothe, p. 22. George Twyman Wood (Hart County, Kentucky, court clerk and politician.) N00000775 1796-09-17 1876-02-24 Categories: People

Hart County, Kentucky, court clerk and politician. Virginia native. Son of W. J. Wood and Elizabeth Wood. Married to Elizabeth Helm Wood in Barren County, Kentucky, on February 7, 1821. Father of Henry C. Wood and Thomas John Wood. Father of William C. Wood, George T. Wood, Jr., Mary B. Wood, Henrietta Wood, and Amelia M. Wood. Clerk of the Hart County Court and Hart Circuit Court in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Hart County in 1850. Clerk of the Hart Circuit Court in 1860. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Hart County in 1860. Member of the Military Board of Kentucky from May 24,1861, to August 1862. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Hart County from 1863 to 1865.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: Franklin Gorin (Jefferson Co, Ky, attorney) Political: Franklin Gorin (Jefferson Co, Ky, attorney) Military: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Samuel Gill (Louisville, Kentucky, railroad superintendent and vet of Mex-Am War) Political: John W. Cardwell (Mercer County, Kentucky, bank cashier and merchant) Political: Mercer County Home Guard Social: John Milton Johnson, Sr. (Kentucky physician, scientist, writer, and surgeon (CSA))

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, p. 269A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, Munfordville, p. 955. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, District 2, p. 138B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, Munfordville, p. 346A. Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954, Genealogical Society of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT, Barren County Marriages, Film 000209767. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Barren County Wills, vol. 4, May 1856 to September 8, 1884, p. 7. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), vii. "Death of Hon. George T. Wood," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), February 26, 1876, p. 4. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. II (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1874), 322. Dan Lee, Thomas J. Wood: A Biography of the Union General in the Civil War (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2012). "George Twyman Wood (1796-1876)," Find A Grave, Memorial 114277492, accessed August 30, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114277492. James H. Compton (Hart Co. Clerk) N00000981 1840-04-03 1912-10-03 Categories: People

Clerk of the Hart County Circuit Court. Kentucky native. Married to Amelia M. Compton. Father of Mary W. Compton, Sarah M. Compton, and Joel T. Compton.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart, Munfordville, District 2, p. 130. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart, Hammonsville, p. 7-8. Kentucky. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910). Microfilm rolls #994027-994058. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky. Henry M. Shuffett (Hart County, Kentucky) N00000982 1824? Categories: People

Hart County, Kentucky merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Shuffett. Served as clerk of the Hart County Court.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, Woodsonville, District 1. William Gardner (Hart County, Kentucky, judge.) N00005421 1821? Categories: People

Hart County, Kentucky, judge. Kentucky native. Presiding judge of the Hart County Court in 1863. Judge of the Hart County Court in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Washington Mansfield (Louisville, Kentucky, tobacco trader, soldier, and agent.) Legal: Samuel Mansfield (Hart County, Kentucky, farmer)

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart, Munfordville, p. 345B. KYR-0001-004-0122. KYR-0001-005-0118. KYR-0001-006-0107. William B. Craddock (Sheriff of Hart County) N00000983 1833? 1910-09-17 Categories: People

Hart County, Kentucky, Sheriff. Hart County native. Married with two daughters. Served as Lieutenant Colonel in Thirtieth Regiment, Company A.

“Wealthy Citizen Dies: Col. William B. Craddock was Prominent in Hart County,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), September 17, 1910 p. 7. F. A. Smith (Sheriff of Hart County) N00000984 Categories: People

Hart County, Kentucky, sherriff. Sheriff in Hart County from c1861 to c1862.

Relationships Legal: Franklin Circuit Court

“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. KYR-0001-004-0189. Bennett Little Kerr (Hart County attorney) N00000985 1798-05-06 1874-02-13 Categories: People

Hart County, Kentucky, attorney and hotel keeper. Virginia native. Married to Matilda Kerr. Father of John S. Kerr and Alexander G. Kerr.

Relationships Political: Tranedo Bass (Barren County, KY, resident imprisoned in the KY State Penitentiary)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, Munfordville, District 2, p. 133. Find A Grave, "Judge Bennett Littleton Kerr (1798-1874)," Memorial #93592399, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=93592399(accessed July, 31, 2017). H. C. Martin (Munfordville, Kentucky) N00000986 1834 1919-01-06 Categories: People

Munfordville, Kentucky, attorney. Allen County, Kentucky native. Married with four daughters. Graduated from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee in 1860. Captain in the 9th Kentucky Mounted Infantry.

“Capt. H. C. Martin, Lawyer and G.A.R. Veteran, Is Dead,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), January 7, 1919, p. 3. James Craig Rush (Hart County, Kentucky, attorney, Baptist minister, and chaplain (9th Kentucky Infantry).) N00000987 1816-01-14 1899-10-24 Categories: People

Hart County, Kentucky, attorney, Baptist minister, and chaplain. Kentucky native. Son of John Rush. Married to Louisa J. Holderman Rush in Hardin County, Kentucky, on July 13, 1837. Father of Arabella D. Rush, Cadwallader W. Rush, Mollie V. Rush, Mattie Rush, James Peter Rush, and Ella Rush. Attorney in Hart County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Hart County in 1850. Owned Bob [Unknown] in Hart County in 1856. Baptist minister in Hart County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Hart County in 1860. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as chaplain from November 26, 1861, to November 7, 1862. Resigned on account of illness on November 7, 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, p. 264B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, Munfordville, p. 955. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, District 2, p. 138B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, Munfordville, p. 345B. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0234. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994038, Hart County Births. Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954, Genealogical Society of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT, Hardin County Marriages, Film 000390788. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, KY, National 91435, State 1176. "At an Advanced Aged: The Rev. James C. Rush, a Baptist Minister, Dies," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), October 28, 1899, p. 12. J. H. Spencer and Burrilla B. Spencer, A History of Kentucky Baptists from 1769 to 1885: Including More than 800 Biographical Sketches, vol. II (Cincinnati: J. R. Baumes, 1885), 63. "Rev James C. Rush, (1816-1898)," Find A Grave, Memorial 119987484, accessed August 30, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119987484. Munfordville, Kentucky P001823 Categories: Places

Seat of Hart County, Kentucky. Located on the Green River.

Site of the Battle of Munfordville from September 14, 1862, to September 17, 1862.

37.2723, -85.8911 Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky, vol. II (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1878), 332. "Munfordville" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 661-2. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Munfordville, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on January 14, 2020). 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. Jefferson Circuit Court O001000 1850 Categories: Organizations

Part of the 7th Judicial District of Kentucky. Serves Jefferson County, Kentucky, with courthouse at Louisville. Judge(s): Peter B. Muir, George W. Johnston. Commonwealth's Attorney(s): Edwin S. Craig, James R. Dupuy. Clerk(s): James P. Chambers

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, 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. Edwards’ Annual Directory to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business Firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville for 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough, & Deved, pub., 1866), 155. J. D. Campbell’s Louisville Business Directory for 1864, ed. J. D. Campbell (Louisville: L. A. Civill, Publisher, Bookseller, Printer and Bookbinder, 1864), 70. Tanner’s Louisville Directory, and Business Advertiser for 1861, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 324. Hart Circuit Court O00000404 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 4th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Asher W. Graham. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): W. B. Jones. Clerk(s): George T. Wood and James H. Compton.

Relationships Legal: William Gardner (Hart County, Kentucky, judge.) Legal: Henry M. Shuffett (Hart County, Kentucky) Legal: James H. Compton (Hart Co. Clerk)

“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. Hart County Court O00000639 Categories: Organizations

Located in Munfordville, Hart County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): William Gardner. Clerk(s): James A. Dawson, H. M. Shuffitt, J. A. Waldeck, and J. M. Bents.

Relationships Political: H. M. Shuffitt (Clerk, Hart County Court) Economic: James H. Compton (Hart County- deputy clerk, Hart County Court) Legal: William Gardner (Hart County, Kentucky, judge.) Legal: Ben Johnson (Hart County, Kentucky, saddler and fugitive from justice.) Legal: Washington Mansfield (Louisville, Kentucky, tobacco trader, soldier, and agent.) Legal: Samuel Mansfield (Hart 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), 303-308; “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. Munfordville, Hart County, Kentucky 1863-10-28 Correspondence English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 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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Munfordville. Oct 28th. 1863. To/ His Excellency Thomas E Bramlett. Govenor of Kentucky. My Dear Sir.

Mr Franklin Gorin who stands charged in the Jefferson Circuit Court for shooting and wounding W. C. Wood is personally well known to me and has been from his childhood, has never been a violater of the laws, has always been obedient to the laws of this Commenwealth; is a man of the highest honor, of pure and incorruptable integrity. Was never guilty of a mean or dishonorable act during his long and useful life, and did not commit the act of shooting Mr Wood from any malice or previous motive, the affair being one of sudden passion and impulse --. I respectfully ask your Excellency to interpose and exercise the poweryou alone possess, and pardon Mr Gorin immediately. I ask not this alone on account of Mr Gorins long life of usefulness and his unspotted character, but because I believe I believe the public interest would not suffer by your pardoning Mr Gorin.

I am very Respectfully. G. T. Wood

Munfordville. Oct 28th/ 1863.

We are intimately and well acquainted with Mr F Gorin and believing the statements made by

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Mr Wood to be true, we respectfully ask your Excellency to immediately extend to Mr Gorin the exercise of the pardoning power.

Respectfully,

Jas H Compton Clerk Hart Circuit Court

Henry M Shuffett clerk Hart County Court Wm Gardner Presiding Judge of the Hart County court W B. Craddock Sheriff of Hart County F A Smith B. L. Kerr Atty for Hart Co H C Martin. Atty at Law Munfordville Ky

Jas C Rush