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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-0001-004-0167 BR8-271

Frankfort, Franklin 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. Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident) N00002861 1837? Categories: People

Harlan County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Son of Simeon Pace and Nancy Pace. Married to Levinia Forester in October 1858. Resident in Harlan County in 1850.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harlan County, Division No. 1, p. 81. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Rolls #994027-994058, Harlan County Marriages, p. unknown. Leonard Farmer (Harlan County, Kentucky, attorney) N00002862 1837? Categories: People

Harlan County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Son of Lewis Farmer and Ann Farmer. Attorney in Harlan County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident) Political: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: 1st Harlan County Battalion (U.S.A.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harlan County, Mt. Pleasant, p. 2. John Jones, Jr. (Harlan County, Kentucky, farmer) N00002863 1835? Categories: People

Harlan County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of John Jones, Sr. Farmer in Harlan County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harlan County, p 127. William Clem (Harlan County, Kentucky, farmer) N00002864 1834? Categories: People

Harlan County, Kentucky, farmer. Harlan County native. Married to Elizabeth Hall Clem on August 11, 1853. Father of William Clem and Hezekiah Clem. Farmer in Harlan County in 1860 and 1863.

Relationships Political: Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harlan, p. 7. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Rolls #994027-994058, Harlan County Marriages, p. unknown. 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), Harlan County, KY, July 1863, p. 75, (Accessed via ancestry.com). Lewis Farmer (Harlan County, Kentucky, merchant) N00002865 1796? 1870-04 Categories: People

Harlan County, Kentucky, merchant. Tennessee native. Married to Ann Farmer. Father of Leonard Farmer and Fanny Farmer. Merchant in Harlan County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harlan, Mt. Pleasant, p. 2. U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, District 1, Josh Bell, Kentucky, p. 1. Hezekiah Jennings (Harlan County, Kentucky, tavern keeper and jailer) N00002866 1811? Categories: People

Harlan County, Kentucky, tavern keeper and jailer. Tennessee native. Married to Elizabeth Coldirn Jennings in Harlan County, Kentucky, on January 26, 1836. Father of Sally Jennings, Alice Jennings, Alabama Jennings, Elizabeth Jennings, Hiram Jennings, Mary Jennings, Susan Jennings, William Jennings, and Louisa Jennings. Farmer in Harlan County in 1850. Tavern keeper and jailer in Harlan County in 1860. Jailer in Harlan County in 1863.

Relationships Political: Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Harlan Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harlan County, District 1, p. 33B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harlan County, Mt. Pleasant, p. 319. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harlan County, District 6, p. 43B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, X County Marriages, Film 000834238, p. 302. KYR-0001-004-0167. William C. Farmer (Harlan County, Kentucky, farmer) N00002867 1824-03-26 1910-02-13 Categories: People

Harlan County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Catharine Farmer. Father of Lewis Farmer, Abigail Farmer, Elizabeth Farmer, America Farmer, Leonard Farmer, and Fanny Farmer.

Relationships Political: Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harlan County, p. 3. Find A Grave, "William C. Farmer (March 26, 1824-February 13, 1910)," Memorial #145582302, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145582302 (accessed March 29, 2018). Lewis Farmer, Jr. (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident) N00002868 1848? Categories: People

Harlan County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Son of William C. Farmer and Catharine Farmer. Resident in Harlan County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harlan County, p. 3. Joseph Farmer (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident) N00002869 Categories: People

Signed a petition on behalf of Francis Pace in Harlan County, Kentucky, on October 26, 1863.

Relationships Political: Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident)

KYR-0001-004-0167. Speed Jones (Harlan County, Kentucky, farmer) N00008490 1824? Categories: People

Harlan County, Kentucky, farmer. Married to Mary Jones. Father of Emily Jones, Jane Jones, Sarah Jones, and Milton Jones. Farmer in Harlan County in 1860 and 1863.

Relationships Political: Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harlan, p. 5-6. 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), Harlan County, KY, July and December 1863, p. 86, (Accessed via ancestry.com). John Jones, Sr. (Harlan County, Kentucky, farmer) N00008491 1774? Categories: People

Harlan County, Kentucky, farmer. North Carolina native. Father of John Jones, Jr. Farmer in Harlan County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harlan, p. 127. James Henry Garrard (Franklin County, Kentucky, salt maker and Kentucky state treasurer) N00001049 1810-10-23 1865-08-12 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, salt maker and statesman. Kentucky native. Married to Lettitia J. Garrard. Father of Toleman Garrard, Daniel Garrard, Mittie Garrard, James L. Garrard, Lucy J. Garrard, Florence Garrard, and Ellen W. Garrard. Salt maker in Clay County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned twenty enslaved persons in Clay County in 1850. Member of the Democratic Party in 1857. Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1857 to 1865. Owned three enslaved persons in Clay County in 1860. Ran as a pro-Union candidate in 1861.

Relationships Social: James Crockett Sayers (Kenton County, Kentucky, laborer, farmer, politician, QM & 1st lieut 32nd KY Inf USA) Social: Thomas Turner (Montgomery Co., KY, State Rep & attorney) Social: Thomas W. Owings (Meade co state rep) Social: Richard Aylett Buckner, Jr. (Lexington, KY atty, judge & speaker of State House) Social: Bryan Rust Young (Bardstown state rep) Social: John Kemp Goodloe (Woodford Co State Senator) Social: John A. Prall (Bourbon Co State Senator) Social: James Fisher Robinson, Jr. (QMG of KY, Gov's son) Social: Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, editor and secretary of state) Social: Joshua Tevis (Louisville, KY, State Rep & US District Atto, Col 10th Ky Cav (USA)) Social: Thomas A. Duke (Paducah State Senator & Physician) Social: Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) Social: Richard Clough Anderson, III (Frankfort state rep) Social: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Social: Samuel E. DeHaven (Oldham County State Sen/Rep) Social: Henry Davis McHenry (Ohio Co., KY, state rep & senator) Social: Martin Pickett Marshall (Mason Co. State Senator) Social: Curtis Field Burnam (Madison County. KY, attorney & State Rep) Social: Willis W. Gardner (Union co. State Sen.) Social: Joshua Barnes (Bath Co., KY, State Rep. & doctor) Social: James Calvert (Boone County, Kentucky, sheriff and politician) Social: Richard J. Browne (Washington Co, KY, State Rep & attorney) Social: Nathaniel Wolfe (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, Ky rep & senator) Social: William T. Samuels (Hardin Co, KY, clerk, commissioner, KY State Auditor, state rep, clerk of KY Hse of Rep) Social: Walter C. Whitaker (Shelby Co. Ky state sen; col & genl 6th Ky Inf & Army of Cumberland USA) Social: John L. Irvan (Calloway Co. state rep) Social: John R. Thomas (Marion Co., Ky, State rep & attorney) Social: Zebulon Ward (Woodford co State Rep & former penitentiary lessee) Social: John S. Van Winkle (Wayne Co state rep) Social: Elijah Gabbert (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and KY state rep) Social: Jonas Martin (Livingston and Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer and politician.) Social: William S. Rankin (Grant County, KY, State Rep) Social: Joshua Fry Bell (Boyle Co., KY, attorney & politician) Social: Isaac Price Miller (Jefferson co. farmer & politician) Social: James Speed (U.S. Atty. General, Louisville, KY atty & state senator) Social: John B. Bruner (Breckinridge Co., KY, atty & state senator) Social: John Jordan Crittenden (Franklin Co, KY, Representative, Senator, & former KY Governor) Political: Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident) Military: James F. Tureman (Kenton County, KY, bookkeeper and Quartermaster 22nd Infty USA) Political: James F. Tureman (Kenton County, KY, bookkeeper and Quartermaster 22nd Infty USA) Economic: Western Union Telegraph Company Political: Kentucky State Penitentiary Political: John M. Mills (Frankfort, Kentucky, physician) Political: John S. Hays (Nashville, Tennesse, and Frankfort, Kentucky, minister) Social: John S. Hays (Nashville, Tennesse, and Frankfort, Kentucky, minister) Social: John M. Mills (Frankfort, Kentucky, physician) Political: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Political: A. Scott McGrorty (Boyle County, Kentucky, druggist) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Franklin Circuit Court Political: Thomas Bell Monroe, Jr. (Frankfort, KY, sec state Aug 30, 1859-Oct 1, 1861attorney, politician, CSA major)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Clay County, Kentucky District, p. 102A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Clay County, Kentucky District. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 243-4. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 349B, 350B. "Election Returns," Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), August 16, 1861, p. 1. Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), June 27, 1857, p. 2. "James Henry Garrard (1810-1865)," Find A Grave, Memorial 95589594, accessed July 10, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95589594. [unknown] Powell (probably Frankfort) N00002872 Categories: People

Mentioned in a petition from Leonard Farmer et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette.

Relationships Political: Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident)

KYR-0001-004-0167. Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) N00000230 1818? 1891-05 Categories: People

Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant, sheriff, and penitentiary keeper. Kentucky native. Married to Jane B. Todd. Father of Harriet D. Todd, Ann Innes Todd, John H. Todd, Chapman C. Todd, Harry Innes Todd, Jr., Julia R. Todd, Maria Todd, George Todd, Jennie L. Todd, Mary H. Todd, Kitty Todd, and Crittenden Todd. Merchant in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Merchant in Franklin County in 1860. Sheriff of Franklin County from 1860 to 1861. Owned five enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860. Keeper of the Kentucky State Penitentiary from 1863 to 1871.

Relationships Social: Laban Thomas Moore (Representative, colonel, and Lawrence Co attorney) Economic: Ephraim Whitesides (Frankfort, Kentucky, carpenter and assistant keeper of the penitentiary) Social: John Hopkins Harney (Lou. Democrat publisher) Social: Joshua Fry Bullitt (Louisville. Ct. of Appeals Judge) Social: Alfred Allen (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Social: James Henry Garrard (Franklin County, Kentucky, salt maker and Kentucky state treasurer) Social: James Crockett Sayers (Kenton County, Kentucky, laborer, farmer, politician, QM & 1st lieut 32nd KY Inf USA) Social: Thomas Turner (Montgomery Co., KY, State Rep & attorney) Social: Thomas W. Owings (Meade co state rep) Social: Richard Aylett Buckner, Jr. (Lexington, KY atty, judge & speaker of State House) Social: Bryan Rust Young (Bardstown state rep) Social: John Kemp Goodloe (Woodford Co State Senator) Social: John A. Prall (Bourbon Co State Senator) Social: James Fisher Robinson, Jr. (QMG of KY, Gov's son) Social: Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, editor and secretary of state) Social: Joshua Tevis (Louisville, KY, State Rep & US District Atto, Col 10th Ky Cav (USA)) Social: Thomas A. Duke (Paducah State Senator & Physician) Social: Richard Clough Anderson, III (Frankfort state rep) Social: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Social: Samuel E. DeHaven (Oldham County State Sen/Rep) Social: Henry Davis McHenry (Ohio Co., KY, state rep & senator) Social: Martin Pickett Marshall (Mason Co. State Senator) Social: Curtis Field Burnam (Madison County. KY, attorney & State Rep) Social: Willis W. Gardner (Union co. State Sen.) Social: Joshua Barnes (Bath Co., KY, State Rep. & doctor) Social: James Calvert (Boone County, Kentucky, sheriff and politician) Social: Richard J. Browne (Washington Co, KY, State Rep & attorney) Social: Nathaniel Wolfe (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, Ky rep & senator) Social: William T. Samuels (Hardin Co, KY, clerk, commissioner, KY State Auditor, state rep, clerk of KY Hse of Rep) Social: Walter C. Whitaker (Shelby Co. Ky state sen; col & genl 6th Ky Inf & Army of Cumberland USA) Social: John L. Irvan (Calloway Co. state rep) Social: John R. Thomas (Marion Co., Ky, State rep & attorney) Social: Zebulon Ward (Woodford co State Rep & former penitentiary lessee) Social: John S. Van Winkle (Wayne Co state rep) Social: Elijah Gabbert (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and KY state rep) Social: Jonas Martin (Livingston and Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer and politician.) Social: William S. Rankin (Grant County, KY, State Rep) Social: Joshua Fry Bell (Boyle Co., KY, attorney & politician) Social: Isaac Price Miller (Jefferson co. farmer & politician) Social: James Speed (U.S. Atty. General, Louisville, KY atty & state senator) Social: John B. Bruner (Breckinridge Co., KY, atty & state senator) Economic: Kentucky State Penitentiary Political: Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Cornelius Bailey (Henderson County, Kentucky, assistant auditor of KY and attorney) Legal: Franklin Circuit Court Legal: Charles T. Sullivan (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident and inmate) Social: Lewis Cheek (Franklin County, Kentucky, grocer.) Political: George W. Howe (Franklin County, Kentucky, wagon maker, postmaster, and justice of the peace) Political: Franklin Bryan Chinn (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Alexander Hueston Rennick (Franklin County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: William Nichols (Covington, KY steel mill worker)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 56A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 885. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 103. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 501A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 140B. William E. Railey, History of Woodford County, Kentucky (1938; Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company for Clearfield Company, 2002), p. 389. Legislative Document No. 18: Report of the Special Committee on the Penitentiary to the Senate of Kentucky, February 26, 1880 (Frankfort, KY: E. H. Porter, 1880), p. 46. “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), 99. “Todd, Harry Innes, 1818-1891,” Social Networks and Archival Context, http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/ark:/99166/w6z03wcb (accessed January 11, 2017). KYR-0001-004-0177. Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. 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. Harlan Circuit Court O00000402 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 12th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Granville Pearl. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): John Dishman and Hugh F. Finley. Clerk(s): J. B. A. T. Mills and Jonathan K. Bailey.

Relationships Legal: Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: [Unknown] Hall (Harlan County, Kentucky, forfeiter) Legal: [Unknown] Saylor (Harlan County, Kentucky, forfeiter)

“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. Kentucky State Penitentiary O00000266 1798 1884 Categories: Organizations

State prison of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Frankfort, Kentucky. Operated from 1798 to 1884. Keeper(s): Jeremiah W. South (1859-1863) and Harry I. Todd (1863-1871).

Relationships Economic: Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) Legal: Gabriel Endicott (Lawrence County farmer and prisoner for man slaughter) Economic: Ephraim Whitesides (Frankfort, Kentucky, carpenter and assistant keeper of the penitentiary) Legal: Charles Hawkins (Frankfort, Kentucky) Legal: George Knorr (Newport, Kentucky farmer and felon) Legal: Angelo Devoto (Louisville, Kentucky, confectionery shop owner) Legal: James Duddleson (stub, mercer or boyle county) Legal: James Savage (Wayne County farmer and penitentiary inmate) Legal: James Johnson (Campbell County, Kentucky, prisoner) Economic: James Landon Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky farmer and clerk) Economic: Robert W. Lawler (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Legal: William J. Tice (Steele) (Jefferson Co, Frankfort, and Covington, KY) Legal: Felix McDermot (Kenton County laborer and prisoner for grand larceny) Legal: David Schroeder (Louisville, Kentucky, butcher) Legal: Thomas Edrington (Louisville, Kentucky, carpenter and convict) Legal: Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Thomas Birmingham (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Legal: Daniel Bush (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Legal: William Nichols (Covington, KY steel mill worker) Legal: Charles T. Sullivan (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident and inmate) Political: James Landon Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky farmer and clerk) Political: Robert W. Lawler (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Political: John T. Hockensmith (Franklin County, KY, prison guard) Political: Luther S. Prentiss (Franklin County, KY, miller) Political: Robert W. Willhoit (Franklin County, Kentucky, petitioner ) Political: R. K. Taylor (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard. ) Political: James Gallahue (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard. ) Political: Thomas J. Frazier (Breathitt County, Kentucky, postmaster, politician, judge, and Register of the Land Office) Political: L. Tobias (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Legal: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Wesley [Unknown] (Caldwell County, Kentucky, enslaved man) Legal: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Legal: Hezekiah Alexander Jr. (Meade County, Kentucky, resident. ) Legal: William Duerbeck (Ohio River boat steward.) Legal: John Smith (Mont Wilson) (Frankfort, Kentucky, inmate.) Legal: Austin Bingham (Trigg County, Kentucky, laborer. Convicted of murder in 1859.) Legal: Jeremiah W. South (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer and keeper of the State Penitentiary) Legal: John J. Dyer, Jr. (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff.) Legal: William Johnson (Convicted of grand larceny in Franklin Circuit Court in 1863.) Legal: Daniel W. Clark (Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Stephen W. Duval (McLean County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.)

Calvin Fairbank, Rev. Calvin Fairbank During Slavery Times: How He “Fought the Good Fight” to Prepare “The Way” (Chicago: R. R. McCabe & Co., 1890), 54-56; 104-117; 139-46. J. W. South. “Report of the Keeper and Lessee of the Kentucky Penitentiary to the General Assembly, September 13, 1861,” Legislative Document Series, No. 7 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 3-13. Report of the Special Committee on the Penitentiary to the Senate of Kentucky, February 26, 1880, Legislative Document No. 18 (Frankfort: E. H. Porter, 1880), 78. William C. Sneed, A Report on the History and Mode of Management of the Kentucky Penitentiary from its Origin, in 1798, to March 1, 1860 (Frankfort: Senate of Kentucky, 1860), 553. Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky Petition 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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To his Excellency Governor Bramlett, Frankfort Kentucky

We, the undersigned Petitioners would respectfully inform Your Excellency that at the April Term of the Harlan circuit Court 1861, Francis Pace, a citizen of this county was convicted of the Crime of Bigomy and sentenced to Three years confinement in the Kentucky PenitentiaryWe, inform Your Excellency that at the time He was convicted He was verry young verry ignorant and verry poore, had but few Friends, had no counsel and in fact, He did not know what plea or what proof was necessary to Acquit him. We further inform Your Excellency that we, believe He was not guilty as charged and that if He had been tried fairley He would not of been convicted, but even should He be guilty we think Two years and Six Month at hard labour is severe a Punishment enought to satisfy the Commonwealth for the crime-- We have never seen but one Woman who said she was his wife and if He had any other We think she is satisfied with his absence and denies his being her husband --

We, hope your Excellency will extend to the poor and needy that a Degree of Charaty which is vested in you by the Constitution.

We tharefore Hope and petition your Excellency to pardon the said Pace,

Leonard Farmer John Jons Jr William Clem Lewis Farmer

Hy Jennings (Jailer) Wm. C. Farmer

Lewis Farmer Jr

Jos. Farmer Speed Jones Jno Jones sr.

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Harlan Cir Ct vs Francis Pace Bigomy Pardoned 26th Oct/63

Oct 26th 1863

This Petition contains no sufficient reason for executive clemency. Where unjust conviction is relied upon, the evidence must be set forth that the Govr may form his own judgement; the application was rejected but from the representations and upon application of Col Jas Garrard, Esq Powell & theKeeper of the Penitentiary, a pardon is ordered.

Tho E Bramlette Govr of Ky