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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-0001-004-0196 BR8-307

Henderson, Henderson 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. Mariah Dixon (henderson county) N00002903 1793 Categories: People

Henderson County, Kentucky, resident. Maryland native. Married to William Q. Dixon. Mother of Thomas W. Dixon, John Dixon, George Dixon, and Harvey Dixon. Resident of Henderson County in 1850. Resident of Henderson County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: Thomas W. Dixon (farmer, henderson county, KY) Legal: Richard M. Overfield (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Henderson Circuit Court

Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas Q. Dixon and Mariah Dixon. Married to Lydia Dixon. Father of George Washington Dixon, Charles F. Dixon, Harvey Dowen Dixon, and James D. Dixon. Farmer in Henderson County in 1850. Farmer in Henderson County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Henderson Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District No. 2, p. 342. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division No. 1, p. 71. "Thomas W Dixon (1821-1908)," Find A Grave, Memorial #105345665, accessed November 30, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105345665. Adam Rankin (Henderson County, Kentucky, court clerk) N00003723 1836 1901 Categories: People

Henderson County, Kentucky, court clerk. Kentucky native. Son of William Rankin and Frances Rankin. Resident of Henderson County in 1850. Household owned twelve enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1850. Clerk of the Henderson Circuit Court from 1862 to 1870.

Relationships Legal: Henderson Circuit Court Legal: Henry Pointer (Henderson County, Kentucky, blacksmith.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson, District 1, p. 270B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson, Ward 3, p. 12. William T. Samuels, Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, 1866), p. 11. William T. Samuels, Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1867 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, 1867), p. 356. D. Howard Smith, Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1869 (Frankfort, KY: S. I. M. Major, 1869), p. 172. D. Howard Smith, Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1870 (Frankfort, KY: S. I. M. Major, 1871), p. 162. "Adam Rankin (1836-1901)," Find A Grave, Memorial 70425188, accessed December 14, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70425188. KYR-0001-029-0511. Henderson, Kentucky P001815 Categories: Places

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

37.8362, -87.59 Boynton Merill Jr., "Henderson," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E Kleber (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2000), p. 423-24. “Henderson, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed February 26, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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. Henderson Circuit Court O00000397 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 14th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): William P. Fowler. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): L. M. Low, John Barrett, and Benjamin P. Cissell. Clerk(s): T. J. Hopkins and Adam Rankin.

Relationships Economic: Adam Rankin (Henderson County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: Richard M. Overfield (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Mariah Dixon (henderson county) Legal: Benjamin Singleton (Marshall County, Indiana, farmer and soldier) Legal: Milton Young (Henderson County, Kentucky, planter and politician) Legal: Ambrose H. Talbott (Henderson County merchant) Legal: Thomas W. Dixon (farmer, henderson county, KY) Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: John Tuell (Henderson, Kentucky, bricklayer) Legal: James H. Priest (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Thomas Eblen (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: James E. Fagan (Henderson County, Kentucky, plasterer.) Legal: Alfred Oliver (Henderson County, Kentucky, carpenter and farmer.) Legal: Radford Dunn (Henderson County, Kentucky, overseer and farmer.) Legal: Andrew W. Agnew (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: George W. Hunter (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: John W. Chetham (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: James T. Hicks (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: James H. Farley (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Thomas W. Powell (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: John James Towles (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: John Agar, Jr (Henderson County, Kentucky, bricklayer.) Legal: Asa F. Parker (Henderson County, Kentucky, brick mason and brick maker) Legal: Tingnal J. Hopkins (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer and bookkeeper.) Legal: George Frederick "Fred" Pentecost (Christian County, Kentucky, clerk, soldier, minister.) Legal: George A. Sugg (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff.) Legal: Wiley P. Fowler (Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Legal: Robert G. Beverley (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant.) Legal: Henry Lyne (Henderson County, Kentucky, clerk and farmer.) Legal: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Legal: Willis Lago (Woodford County, Kentucky, fugitive from the law) Legal: Thomas Bell Monroe, Jr. (Frankfort, KY, sec state Aug 30, 1859-Oct 1, 1861attorney, politician, CSA major) Legal: Roger Weightman Hanson (Fayette County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier.) Legal: John B. Major (Frankfort, Kentucky, state printer) Legal: Edward Henry Hobson (Green County, Kentucky, merchant, saddler, Brig. Genl) Legal: William H. Spencer (Adair County, Kentucky, druggist; adj, maj, lt colo, & colo 3rd Ky Inf USA) Legal: James Wilson (Henderson County, Kentucky, prisoner) Legal: William Gardner Capps (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, student and corporal (U.S.A.)) Legal: F. G. Nall (Hartford, Ohio County, Kentucky, resident)

“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. H. & M. Yeaman O00008332 1863 Categories: Organizations

Law firm in Henderson, Kentucky. Owners: Harvey Yeaman and Malcolm Yeaman.

Relationships Legal: Henderson Circuit Court Legal: Mariah Dixon (henderson county) Legal: Thomas W. Dixon (farmer, henderson county, KY)

Edmund Lyne Starling, History of Henderson County, Kentucky (Henderson, Ky.: n.p., 1887), 644-45. Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky 1863-10-12 Correspondence 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.

Henderson Ky. 12 Oct. 1863 Thos E. Bramlette Esqr Gov. of Kentucky Frankfort Ky Dear Sir--

We enclose you herewith a petition signed by sundry of our citizens, asking the remission of a judgment in the Henderson Circuit Court, against Mrs. Mariah Dixon, rendered upon a forfeiture of her recognizance as itto witness. Also the affidavit of Mrs Dixon and T. W. Dixon. There papers were prepared in some haste-- but we are satisfied that if you will have patience to give them a careful examination They will present a case calling for the interposition of your Executive Clemency-- If you think proper to remit the Judgment, you will please forward your order to that effect. to ourselves, or to the clerk of the Henderson Circuit Court--

Very Respectfully H. & M. Yeaman