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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-0001-004-0181 BR8-289

La Grange, Oldham 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. Ashley Williams (Lancaster, Kentucky, wagon maker) N00002912 1818? Categories: People

Lancaster, Kentucky, wagon maker. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Williams. Father of Thomas Williams, Allen Williams, George Williams, Martha J. Williams, Harriett S. Williams, Alexander Williams, John B. Williams, James B. Williams, Daniel W. Williams, and Frank Williams. Wagon maker in Lancaster in 1860.

Relationships Familial: Allen Williams (wagon maker, Garrard county) Familial: George Williams (Lancaster, Kentucky, wagon maker)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, Lancaster, p. 3. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry, New Castle, p. 7. William C. Mahan (clerk, oldham circuit court) N001775 1805-03-17 1873-09-24 Categories: People

Oldham County, Kentucky, trader. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Hunt Mahan. Father of Mary Mahan, James Mahan, Robert Mahan, Edward Mahan, Jane Mahan, Virginia Mahan, and Charles Mahan. Trader in Oldham County in 1860. Clerk of the Oldham Circuit Court in Oldham County from 1862 to 1865.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, p. 46. “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. Find A Grave, "William C. Mahan (March 17, 1805-September 24, 1873)," Memorial #53647209, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53647209 (accessed April 4, 2018). La Grange, Kentucky P00002643 Categories: Places

Seat of Oldham County, Kentucky.

38.4076, 85.3788 Ron D. Bryant, "Oldham County," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), p. 694. 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). Louisville, Kentucky P00000337 Categories: Places

Seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2527, -85.7585 "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 12, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 179. United States of America P001802 Categories: Places

Capital at Washington, District of Columbia.

38.8951, -77.0364 Karl Patterson Schmidt et al., "United States" in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/United-States) (accessed May 26, 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Washington, District of Columbia," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 29, 2020). Garrard County, Kentucky P001011 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Lancaster. Located on the Kentucky River.

37.6195, -84.578 "Garrard County" in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2002), 488-89. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Garrard County, Kentucky" https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on April 13, 2020). Oldham Circuit Court O00000482 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 7th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): P. B. Muir and George W. Johnston. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): E. S. Craig and J. R. Dupuy. Clerk(s): George Keightly, W. C. Mahan, and W. G. Taylor.

Relationships Legal: S. E. [Unknown] (Oldham County, KY) Legal: R. A. Logan (Oldham County, KY, commonwealth's attorney) Legal: Thomas Basye (Oldham County, KY, hotel keeper) Legal: Thomas Armstrong Rodman (Oldham County, KY, merchant and judge) Legal: A. J. Oldham (Oldham County, Kentucky, merchant and court clerk) Legal: John W. Clayton (Oldham County, Kentucky, attorney)

“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. La Grange, Oldham County, Kentucky 1863-10-05 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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La Grange Ky Octr 5th 1863 His Excellency Gov: Bramlett Honrd Sir:

You will find accompanied with this a petition to Your Honer for the remission of a fine imposed on me by a Court and Jurey in Louisville. The circumstance of the case are set forth in the pettition- I could get other good & loyal men to sign the petition but I deem it unnecessary- I am now living in La Grange Ky- If you desire others, I can get the leading Union men of the town to sign it-

I hope this will meet with your approval, for I am poorly able with my large family to support, to pay so large a fine. having been broken up by losses sustained by aggressions committed by the rebels

A. Williams

P. S. I know Mr Williams well, and know him to be a peaceble & loyal Citizen, who was runaway from his home in Garrard Countyonly for his loyalty & desire to submit to the laws of his Country

Respectfully W. C. Mahan, Clk of the Oldham Cir. Ct: