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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-0001-004-0183 BR8-291 to BR8-292

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. D. B. Price (Woodford county) N00002947 Categories: People

Charged with trading with Lewis, an enslaved man owned by R.H. Davenport. Subject of a petition from R. H. Davenport et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette from Midway, Kentucky, on October 6, 1863.

Relationships Legal: Woodford Circuit Court Economic: Lewis [unknown] (Woodford County enslaved person)

KYR-0001-004-0182. KYR-0001-004-0183. Lewis [unknown] (Woodford County enslaved person) N00002996 Categories: People

Woodford County, Kentucky, enslaved person. Kentucky native. Enslaved by R.H. Davenport.

Relationships Slavery: R. H. Davenport (Midway, Kentucky, trader)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Midway, p. 9. KYR-0001-004-0183. R. H. Davenport (Midway, Kentucky, trader) N00002948 1811? Categories: People

Midway, Kentucky, trader. Fayette County, Kentucky, native. Married to Sallie Davenport. Father of Ann Davenport, Priscilla Davenport, Mary Davenport, and Charles Davenport. Trader in Midway in 1860. Owned eighteen enslaved persons in Midway in 1860.

Relationships Slavery: Lewis [unknown] (Woodford County enslaved person)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Midway, p. 17. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Midway, p. 9. Charles H. Buford (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer) N00002967 1837-11-18 1870-06-07 Categories: People

Woodford County, Kentucky, resident. Scott County, Kentucky, native. Married to Lucy A. Buford. Resident in Woodford County in 1850.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: Kentucky State Militia

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, p. 449B. Find A Grave, "Charles H. Buford (November 18, 1837-June 7, 1870)," Memorial #15496256, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15496256 (accessed April 5, 2018). William R. Buford (Woodford County) N00002969 1842? Categories: People

Woodford County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Son of William S. Buford. Resident in Woodford County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: William S. Buford (farmer, woodford county) Familial: Charles H. Buford (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, p. 109. William S. Buford (farmer, woodford county) N00002998 1803? Categories: People

Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to M. E. Buford. Father of Charles Buford, Kate Buford, William Buford, Mark Buford, Margaret Buford, and Mary D. Buford. Farmer in Woodford County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: William R. Buford (Woodford County) Familial: Charles H. Buford (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, p. 109. Thomas Jones (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer) N00002999 1830 Categories: People

Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza Maddox Jones. Father of Robert Jones and William Jones. Farmer in Woodford County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, p. 102. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994058, Woodford County Marriages, p. unknown. George W. Gwin (Frankfort, KY, mayor & councilman, merchant, JP) N00002995 1808-02-11 1881-01-24 Categories: People

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, merchant, politician, and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Catherine Gwin. Father of Thomas J. Gwin and Kate L. Gwin. Married to Julia Ann Smith Gwin in Scott County, Kentucky, on October 27, 1853. Merchant in Franklin County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Mayor of Frankfort from 1857 to 1865. Merchant in Frankfort in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Frankfort in 1860. Justice of the peace in Franklin County from 1861 to 1865. Member of the Frankfort City Council in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Samuel Gill (Louisville, Kentucky, railroad superintendent and vet of Mex-Am War) Legal: Peter Dudley (Frankfort, Military Board, Adj Gen'l and farmer) Political: City Council of Frankfort Political: John J. Quinn (Franklin County carriage maker, Justice of the Peace, and Frankfort Police Judge) Political: James Madison Todd (Frankfort, Kentucky, postmaster, grocer, and commissioner) Social: John Jordan Crittenden (Franklin Co, KY, Representative, Senator, & former KY Governor) Political: John Rodman (Franklin County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Franklin Circuit Court Political: Franklin County Court Legal: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Economic: Grandison W. Owen (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 53B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 236. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 501B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 144A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film 000183225. L.F. Johnson, The History of Franklin County, Ky., reprinted edition (Evansville, IN: Unigraphic, 1975), p. 198. Carl E. Kramer, Capital on the Kentucky: A Two Hundred Year History of Frankfort & Franklin County (Frankfort, KY: Historic Frankfort, Inc., 1986), p. 120. "G W Gwin (1809-1881)," Find A Grave, Memorial 74517922, accessed May 24, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74517922. KYR-0001-005-0132. KYR-0001-007-0365. KYR-0001-019-0051. KYR-0001-004-0183. Woodford County, Kentucky P00002992 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Versailles.

38.0526, -84.7299 Ron D. Bryant, "Woodford County," The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 966-67. "Versailles, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 4, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Midway, Kentucky P00002993 Categories: Places

Town in Woodford County, Kentucky.

38.1509, -84.6838 "Midway, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed February 7, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 197. 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. Woodford Circuit Court O00000583 1793 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 13th Judicial District of Kentucky. Judge(s): William C. Goodloe. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): William S. Downey. Clerk(s): Jonathan "Swift" Darneal.

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. 1863-10-07 Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 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 Bramlette:

D. B. Price states that he is a citizen of Woodford County, living near the town of Midway- He was by the Judgment of the Woodford Circuit Courton the 5th day of October 1863 fined Seventy dollars on the charge of dealing with Lewis, the slave of R. H. Davenport. The alleged trading consisted in the purchase of three bushels of hemp seed which were proven, upon the trial, to be worth five dollars per bushel. Petitioner purchased the seed of the negro, but did not suppose at the time that he was doing wrong, as the negro had been in the habit of trading in produce and other articles- He had been allowed from time to time to buy poultry to ship to Louisville and other points, and so much confidence was reposed in his integrity that persons in the neighborhood, including reputable citizens, often times credited him until he got his return of sales- The negro sustained with all in the neighborhood an excellent character- The hemp seed were brought by him to Midway about in day light during business

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hours and purchased by petitioner about 11 oclk A, M. in public, and without any concealment- One of the most respectable citizens of Woodford, and a wealthy farmer, tried to buy the same seed, but failed because petitioner had purchased them- The seed were delivered soon after the purchase, in his store --

He presents with this petition the names of sundry citizens of Woodford County, the most of whom are farmers, and all reputable citizens, including R H Davenport the owner of the Slave and Major Chas H Bufordand W R Buford the sons of W. S. Bufordwho as a member of the grand Jury preferred the charge upon which the indictment was found- The absence of W S Buford. These persons all Know the slave- Some of them are trustees of Midway and one a justice of the peace. The hemp seed were paid for in money,

D. B. Price

Thomas Jones states that the statements of the foregoing petition of D B Price in regard to the purchase of the hemp seed are to his knowledge true- The purchase

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was made as there stated in public. He states also that said slave had been in the habit of trafficking in produce and other things, and that said slave had always sustained a good character for honesty- The said D B Price is a man of good character and a man of limited means, and so far as affiant knows and believes a law abiding citizen. and has

Thos Jones

Subscribed & sworn to before me by D. B. Price and Thos Jones this 7th day Oct 1863.

Geo W Gwin J P.

G W G J P Oct 7/63

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Woodford Co vs

Remit all except costs & fees Oct 7th 1863

Tho E Bramlette Govr

D B. Price $70 -- Dealing with Slaves