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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-0001-004-0132 BR8-204

Jefferson 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. Caroline Dement (Tennessee/Louisville, KY, enslaved person, contraband, cook, and domestic servant) N002001 1842? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, resident. Enslaved by John Dement in Rutherford County, Tennessee. Married to [Unknown] [Unknown], a contraband hired to work for Charles Levi in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1862. Fled as a contraband to Louisville in September 1862. Cook and domestic servant in the household of Willis Levi Jr., and Anna Levi from September 1862 to February 1863. Convicted of the murder of Blanche Levi in May 1863. Pardoned by Thomas E. Bramlette on September 24, 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Rutherford County, Browns Mill township, p. 58. KYR-0001-020-0131. KYR-0001-020-0134. Blanche Levi (Louisville, Kentucky) N002006 1861-11? 1863-02 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, native. Daughter of Anna and Willis Levi. Died from strychnine poisoning in February 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0131. Willis Levi, Jr. (Louisville, KY, steamboat engineer) N00000995 1836-09-21 1909-12-21 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, steamboat engineer. Kentucky native. Son of Willis Levi. Married to Anna Stutsman Levi in Louisville on August 16, 1860. Father of Blanche Levi and Lillie Ernestine Levi. Student in Louisville in 1850. Family owned three enslaved persons in 1850. Steamboat engineer in Louisville in 1860. Family owned one enslaved person in 1860. Employed Caroline Dement as cook and domestic servant from September 1862 to February 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 8, p. 437B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 8, p. 4 of microfilm. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 8, p. 664. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 61. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 11th Ward, p. 529A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000819613, p. 412. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7017502: All Counties, Jefferson County Deaths File #17136, p. 642. Find A Grave, "Willis Levi, Jr (1836-1909)," Memorial #10423495, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104234952, (accessed August, 7, 2017). KYR-0001-004-0131. Lewis A. Civill (Louisville printer) N002015 1830 1867-01-08 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, printer. New York native. Married to Mary Civill. Father of Frank A. Civill, Lewis A. Civill, and Maggie Civill. Book binder and printer at L. A. Civill & Wood in partnership with Logan A. Wood in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1861.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 5, p. 149. Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 55. "Lewis A. Civill (1830 - 1867)," Find A Grave, Memorial #96283811, accessed 14 June 2016, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96283811. William O. Gardner (Louisville grocer) N002016 Categories: People

Grocer at Gardner & Co. in partnership with Edward A. Gardner in Louisville in 1861.

Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 96. John Sait (Louisville) N002017 Categories: People

Jefferson County resident. Juror in the trial of Caroline Dement in May 1863 in the Jefferson Circuit Court.

KYR-0001-004-0132. Joseph Griffith (Louisville gunsmith) N002018 1801-09-28 1873-10-06 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, gunsmith. Wednesbury, England native. Married to Mary Griffith.

Relationships Social: Thomas J. Juett (Ballard County, Kentucky, saddler and postmaster) Social: M. Murray (Ballard Co., Ky, justice of the peace)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 6, p. 62. “Death of Joseph Griffith,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), October 7, 1873 p. 4. Find A Grave, "Joseph Griffith, Sr. (1801-1873)," Memorial #94862064, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=94862064&ref=acom (accessed August, 9, 2017). Thomas Schorch (Louisville) N002019 Categories: People

Jefferson County resident. Juror in the trial of Caroline Dement in May 1863 in the Jefferson Circuit Court.

Relationships Legal: Robert Wilbourne (Powell County, Kentucky, laborer) Legal: Hezekiah Bowen (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: [unknown] Bowen (Powell County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: William F. Bowen (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Powell Circuit Court Legal: J. Saige Dury (Mount Sterling, Kentucky, attorney and editor) Legal: William Henry Holt (Montgomery County, Kentucky, attorney.)

KYR-0001-004-0132. Samuel Ingrem (Caroline Juror) N002020 1828 Categories: People

Jefferson County resident. Juror in the trial of Caroline Dement in May 1863 in the Jefferson Circuit Court.

KYR-0001-004-0132. Robert Henry Snyder (Jeff Co. Glassworks owner (Krack, Stanger, & CO)) N002021 1822-04-09 1898-10-29 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, glassworks owner. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Jane Snyder. Father of John H. Snyder and Robert B. Snyder. Owner of Krack, Stanger, & Co. glass works in partnership with John A. Krack, John Stanger, and August J. Schaum in Louisville in 1861.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 1, p. 190. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 4th Ward, p. 164. Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 232. Find A Grave, "Robert Henry Snyder (1822-1898)," Memorial #68480300, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Snyder&GSfn=Robert&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=19&GScnty=1044&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=68480300&df=all& (accessed August, 10, 2017). William K. Allan (Louisville grocer) N002022 Categories: People

Grocer at Welman & Allen in partnership with Floyd C. Welman in Louisville in 1866.

Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 259. Edward P. Neale (Louisville hardware merchant) N002023 1822 1908-06-06 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky hardware merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza C. Pulliam Neale. Father of Mary E. Neale, Edward P. Neale, Jr. Operated hardware store, Harvey, Neale & Co., in Louisville in 1861 in partnership with Alexander A. Harvey.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Allen County, unknown district, stamped p. 151. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 8, p. 45. Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 183. Allen County, Kentucky Marriages, 1851-79. County court records located at Scottsville, Kentucky. Accessed via ancestry.com (accessed July 19, 2016). Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky, Film 994027-994058. James P. Chambers (Jefferson Co, Ky, court clerk and attorney) N002041 1830? 1898 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and court clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza Chambers. Father of Samuel Chambers and Henry Chambers. Graduate of University of Louisville law school in 1847. Confirmed as a notary public in Jefferson County on February 5, 1861. Clerk of the Jefferson Circuit Court from 1861 to 1866.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 71. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 7007129: Jefferson County, Books 9-11, p. 445. Catalogue of the Officers and Students in the Law Department of the University of Louisville, Session of 1859-’60 (Louisville: Hull & Brother, 1860), 9. Edwards’ Annual Directory to the Inhabitants, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business Firms, Etc., in the City of Louisville, for 1865-6, eds. Edward, Greenough, and DeVed (Louisville: Edward, Greenough, & DeVed, 1866), 243. Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 54. 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), 303-308. 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), 301-306. 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), 347-350. KYR-0001-017-0062. Kentucky P001800 Categories: Places

State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992). Jefferson County, Kentucky P001005 Categories: Places

County in north central Kentucky. Seat at Louisville. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2542, -85.7594 George H. Yater, "Jefferson County," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 464-67. "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 23, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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. Jefferson County, Kentucky 1863-09-03 Petition English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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To His Excellen cy Thos E. Bramlet Govenor of Kentucky

We the undersigned Jurors who tried Caroline, (a woman of color) charged with the murder of Blanch Levy, Infant child of Willis Levys Esqr, do unite in the prayse of petitioner, & most respectfully request your Excellency to grant her a pardon

L. A. Civill W. O. Gardner John Sait Joseph Griffiths Thomas Schorch Samuel Ingrem R H Snyder Wm K, Allan E P Neale

State of Kentucky Jefferson County } sct.

I James. P, Chambers clerk of the Jefferson Circuit Court in the state aforesaid do hereby certify that the fore going gentleman who signed there names above all were of the Jurors, that tried the case of the Comlh vs Caroline, a woman of color.

Given under my hand this 3d day of Sept 1863

James P, Chambers C. J. C C