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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-0001-004-0266 BR8-420 to BR8-421

Harrison 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. James Frazier (Harrison County, Kentucky, resident) N00017427 1839? Categories: People

Harrison County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Enslaved by A. W. Frazier in Harrison County, Kentucky to 1848. Manumitted upon A. W. Frazier's death in 1848. Barber in Harrison County in 1860. Resident of Harrison County in 1862.

Relationships Slavery: A. W. Frazier (Harrison County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Kentucky State Penitentiary Legal: Harrison Circuit Court Legal: James W. Steward (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer ) Legal: Elijah Kirtley (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: John VanDeren (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Aaron H. Wheeler (Nicholas + Harrison County, KY, farmer ) Legal: Robert Scott Holmes (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: James T. Smith (Harrison County, Kentucky, cooper.) Legal: William Hutchinson (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Thomas V. Dills (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, and slaveholder. ) Legal: Lewis Veatch (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.) Legal: Thomas Edwards (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Andrew Jackson Renaker (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Cynathiana, p. 572. KYR-0001-004-0266. KYR-0001-004-0268. A. W. Frazier (Harrison County, Kentucky, resident) N00017437 1848 Categories: People

Harrison County, Kentucky, resident. Resident of Harrison County, Kentucky. Enslaved James Frazier in Harrison County until 1848.

KYR-0001-004-0266. Robert Scott Holmes (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) N00012181 1820-03-18 1869-03-19 Categories: People

Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Samuel Holmes II and Sarah "Sally" Hosick Holmes. Married to Lucy Osgood Adams on March 24, 1837, in Harrison County, Kentucky. Father of Lucy Oldham Holmes Yelton. Married to Elizabeth R. Adams Holmes on December 10, 1849 in Harrison County, Kentucky. Father of Lucina Holmes Rawlins, Wellburn H. Holmes, George Holmes, Hester Stella Holmes Drake, George Waldo Holmes, and Ella S. Holmes Ellis. Farmer in Harrison County in 1850. Farmer in Harrison County in 1860. Employed John T. Beckett as a farm hand in Harrison County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Harrison Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 1, p. 113A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, p. 684. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #000216886. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #000216886. "Robert S. Holmes (1820-Death 1869)," Find A Grave, Memorial #19903780, accessed April 14, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19903780. James T. Smith (Harrison County, Kentucky, cooper.) N00017428 1820? Categories: People

Harrison County, Kentucky, cooper and farmer. Married to Mary Marshall Smith in Harrison County, Kentucky, on June 28, 1847. Father of Martha E. Smith, Samuel Smith, Nancy Smith, William B. Smith, Mollie Smith, Elizabeth H. Smith, and George Smith. Cooper in Harrison County, Kentucky, in 1860. Farmer in Harrison County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: Robert Scott Holmes (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: Harrison Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, p. 591. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Buena Vista District, p. 99A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Harrison County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 227. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #004542906. E. G. Steward (Harrison County, KY, petitioner) N00017438 Categories: People

Signed a Harrison County, Kentucky, petition to Thomas E. Bramlette as a juror on behalf of James Frazier on November 4, 1863.

Relationships Legal: Harrison Circuit Court Legal: Richard B. Carpenter, Jr. (Covington, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney) Legal: James W. Steward (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer ) Legal: Elijah Kirtley (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: John VanDeren (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Aaron H. Wheeler (Nicholas + Harrison County, KY, farmer ) Legal: Thomas Edwards (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Lewis Veatch (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.) Legal: Thomas V. Dills (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, and slaveholder. ) Legal: William Hutchinson (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: James T. Smith (Harrison County, Kentucky, cooper.) Legal: Robert Scott Holmes (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: Andrew Jackson Renaker (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.)

KYR-0001-004-0266. William Hutchinson (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. ) N00017429 1796? Categories: People

Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Agness Faulkner Hutchinson in Scott County, Kentucky, on February 6, 1844. Father of Harriet Hutchinson Hemingway, Sarah Hutchinson, Thomas Hutchinson, Francis Hutchinson, Eliza Hutchinson, Luticia Hutchinson, Jesse Hutchinson, and Agness Hutchinson. Farmer in Harrison County in 1850. Farmer in Harrison County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Robert Scott Holmes (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: James T. Smith (Harrison County, Kentucky, cooper.) Legal: Harrison Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 24B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 16. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film #007731870, p. 530. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Grant County Marriages, Film #007578480, p. 305. Thomas V. Dills (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, and slaveholder. ) N00017430 1824? Categories: People

Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant. Kentucky, native. Married to Ann Mariah Houston Dills in Harrison County, Kentucky on December 20, 1842. Father of Susan C. Dills. Farmer in Harrison County in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1850. Merchant in Harrison County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1860. Farmer in Harrison County in 1864.

Relationships Legal: Robert Scott Holmes (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: James T. Smith (Harrison County, Kentucky, cooper.) Legal: William Hutchinson (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Harrison Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 160A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 406. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Cynthiana, p. 584. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Cynthiana, p. 123A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Harrison County, KY, Month 1864, p. 67. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #000216885. Lewis Veatch (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.) N00017431 1804-11-20 1891-12-18 Categories: People

Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder. Kentucky, native. Son of Thomas Veatch and Jane Stewart Huff Veatch. Farmer in Harrison County, Kentucky, in 1850. Employed Joseph Moffit in Harrison County in 1850. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1850. Farmer in Harrison County in 1860. Owned thirteen enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Robert Scott Holmes (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: William Hutchinson (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Thomas V. Dills (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, and slaveholder. ) Legal: Harrison Circuit Court Legal: James T. Smith (Harrison County, Kentucky, cooper.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 1, p. 72B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 1, p. 376. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, p. 151. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, p. 128B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Cynthiana, p. 156B. "Lewis Veatch (1804-1891)," Find A Grave, Memorial #88505693, accessed April 14, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88505693. Thomas Edwards (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. ) N00017433 1816? Categories: People

Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia, native. Married to Jane Bennett Edwards in Harrison County, Kentucky on January 11, 1837. Father of Ashby M. Edwards, Cornelius Edwards, Amanda Edwards, Atwell Edwards, Sarah Edwards, and Ambrose Edwards. Farmer in Harrison County in 1850. Farmer in Harrison County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Robert Scott Holmes (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: James T. Smith (Harrison County, Kentucky, cooper.) Legal: William Hutchinson (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Thomas V. Dills (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, and slaveholder. ) Legal: Lewis Veatch (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.) Legal: Harrison Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 146A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 506. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #11600. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #001690281, p. 50. Andrew Jackson Renaker (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.) N00017434 1831 1912 Categories: People

Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky, native. Married to Elizabeth Hutcherson Renaker in Harrison County, Kentucky on September 16, 1852. Father of Louisa Renaker, George Thomas Renaker, Noah Edward Renaker, John Newton Renaker, and James Russell Renaker. Farmer in Harrison County in 1860. Employed Absolem Folkner as a farm hand in Harrison County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Harrison Circuit Court Legal: Robert Scott Holmes (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: James T. Smith (Harrison County, Kentucky, cooper.) Legal: William Hutchinson (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Thomas V. Dills (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, and slaveholder. ) Legal: Lewis Veatch (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.) Legal: Thomas Edwards (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. )

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 527. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 116A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #00216896, p. 39. "Andrew Jackson Renaker (1813-1912)," Find A Grave, Memorial #19486460, accessed April 15, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19486460. Aaron H. Wheeler (Nicholas + Harrison County, KY, farmer ) N00015796 1811? Categories: People

Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Susan Reed Wheeler in Mason County, Kentucky, in 1832. Father of Sarah Wheeler, John Wheeler, Levi Wheeler, Judith Jane Wheeler, Arey Ellen Wheeler, Arminda S. Wheeler, Joseph Wheeler, and Julia Wheeler. Married to Rebecca Britain Wheeler in Mason County in November 1854.. Father of Mary A. Wheeler. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1850. Farmer in Harrison County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Harrison Circuit Court Legal: Robert Scott Holmes (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: James T. Smith (Harrison County, Kentucky, cooper.) Legal: William Hutchinson (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Thomas V. Dills (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, and slaveholder. ) Legal: Lewis Veatch (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.) Legal: Thomas Edwards (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Andrew Jackson Renaker (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 443A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, p. 698. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994051, Nicholas County Deaths. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mason County Marriages, Film #000281842. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mason County Marriages, Film #000281844. John VanDeren (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer.) N00017435 1828-01-23 1914-04-07 Categories: People

Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky, native. Son of James VanDeren and Sarah Journey VanDeren. Married to Martha Clay Sanders VanDeren Farmer in Harrison County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Harrison Circuit Court Legal: James T. Smith (Harrison County, Kentucky, cooper.) Legal: William Hutchinson (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Thomas V. Dills (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, and slaveholder. ) Legal: Lewis Veatch (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.) Legal: Thomas Edwards (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Andrew Jackson Renaker (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.) Legal: Aaron H. Wheeler (Nicholas + Harrison County, KY, farmer ) Legal: Robert Scott Holmes (Harrison County, Ky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 1, p. 75A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, p. 665. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, Ky, National #85004, State #1004. Elijah Kirtley (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. ) N00017436 1808 1891 Categories: People

Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Minerva Kirtley in Harrison County, Kentucky, on December 8, 1835.. Father of Mary E. Kirtley and America Kirtley. Farmer in Harrison County in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1850. Farmer in Harrison County in 1860. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Harrison Circuit Court Legal: Robert Scott Holmes (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: James T. Smith (Harrison County, Kentucky, cooper.) Legal: William Hutchinson (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Thomas V. Dills (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, and slaveholder. ) Legal: Lewis Veatch (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.) Legal: Thomas Edwards (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Andrew Jackson Renaker (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.) Legal: Aaron H. Wheeler (Nicholas + Harrison County, KY, farmer ) Legal: John VanDeren (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 163B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 415. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 462. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 108B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #000216896, p. 38. "Elijah Kirtley (1808-1891)," Find A Grave, Memorial #43077012, accessed May 11, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43077012. James W. Steward (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer ) N00015740 1838? Categories: People

Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of James Steward and Susan Steward. Married to Amanda Steward. Father of John Steward, William Steward, and Dianna Steward. Resident of Harrison County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Harrison County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Harrison Circuit Court Legal: Robert Scott Holmes (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: James T. Smith (Harrison County, Kentucky, cooper.) Legal: William Hutchinson (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Thomas V. Dills (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, and slaveholder. ) Legal: Thomas Edwards (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Andrew Jackson Renaker (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.) Legal: Aaron H. Wheeler (Nicholas + Harrison County, KY, farmer ) Legal: John VanDeren (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Elijah Kirtley (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Lewis Veatch (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 135A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 531. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Missouri, Caldwell County, Kidder, p. 147B. James F. Ware (Cynthiana, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) N00011411 1828 1868-03-21 Categories: People

Harrison County, Kentucky, clerk. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas Ware and Harriet Ware. Clerk of the Harrison Circuit Court in 1850. Household owned eight enslaved persons in Harrison County, Kentucky, in 1850. Clerk in Harrison County in 1860. Household owned six enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1860. Clerk of the Harrison Circuit Court from 1861 to 1868.

Relationships Legal: Andrew Harrison Ward (Harrison Co, Kentucky,US & KY representative and attorney) Legal: Richard T. Lindsay (Harrison Co, Ky, resident, clerk & merchant in AR) Legal: Charles T. Wilson (Cynthiana, Kentucky, merchant.) Legal: Joseph B. McClintock (Harrison County, Kentucky, sheriff and farmer) Legal: James Ward (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Harrison Circuit Court Legal: Richard B. Carpenter, Jr. (Covington, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 1, p.61A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Cynthiana, p. 577. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Cynthiana, p. 122A. "Harrison County Items," Louisville Daily Journal, (Louisville, Kentucky, March 28, 1868, p. 1. History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, edited by William Henry Perrin (Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1882), 250. "James F. Ware (1828-1868)," Find A Grave, Memorial 146306713, accessed November 15, 2019, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146306713. KYR-0001-004-0388. Richard B. Carpenter, Jr. (Covington, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney) N00005226 1824? Categories: People

Covington, Kentucky, attorney and commonwealth's attorney. Vermont native. Married to Elizabeth A. Carpenter. Father of Julius Carpenter, Mary E. Carpenter, Nellie A. Carpenter, Lillie A. Carpenter, and Nannie R. Carpenter. Attorney in Covington, Kentucky, in 1850. Commonwealth's attorney for the 9th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1862 to 1865. Investigated for bribery, embezzlement, and failing to appear at court in 1864.

Relationships Legal: Isaac Nelson (Maysville, Kentucky merchant) Legal: Thomas A. Respass (Mason County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Pendleton County Court Political: Thomas A. Respass (Mason County, Kentucky, attorney) Political: Isaac Nelson (Maysville, Kentucky merchant) Legal: Samuel Thomas Hauser, Sr. (Pendleton County, Kentucky, attorney and county judge) Legal: George Herendon (Campbell County Election Officer) Legal: John Wiggins Flora (Campbell County, KY, judge, farmer, Election Officer) Legal: Campbell Circuit Court Legal: Coleman Shaw (farmer) Legal: Thomas Hays (Campbell County resident) Legal: John J. Nelson (Campbell County resident) Legal: Benjamin J. Beall (Campbell County, Kentucky, farmer, clerk pro tem, and JP; captain 10th & 14th KY Cav CSA) Legal: George Washington Carmack (Campbell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Bracken Circuit Court Legal: Thomas J. Terry (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: George Ennis (Harrison County, Ky, resident) Legal: David A. Grimes (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: Marquis "Marcus" Lafayette Broadwell (Cynthiana, Ky, judge) Legal: John James McClintock (Harrison County, Ky, farmer and clerk) Legal: Thomas R. Rankin (Harrison County, Ky, hotel keeper) Legal: Joseph B. McClintock (Harrison County, Kentucky, sheriff and farmer) Legal: Thomas W. Hedges (Harrison County, Ky, physician ) Legal: George W. Berry (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: William G. Courtney (Harrison County, Ky, farm hand) Legal: Benjamin F. Dills (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: William A. Hinkson (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: Robert Scott Holmes (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: Richard J. Levi (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: Charles Green Land (Cynthiana, Kentucky, mayor and clerk) Legal: Fleming Cummins (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: James H. Debrular (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: Jesse B. Hickman (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: William Hutcherson (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: David Dills (Harrison County, Ky, laborer) Legal: Thomas A. Rankin (Harrison County farmer) Social: John White Stevenson (Covington, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Legal: Kenton Circuit Court Legal: George Sidle (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Harrison Circuit Court Legal: William W. Trimble (Harrison County Lawyer) Legal: Lorenzo Dow Croninger (Covington, Kentucky, master printer) Legal: Thomas T. Sharp (Covington, KY, capt 7th KY Cav USA) Legal: James W. Steward (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer ) Legal: Elijah Kirtley (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: John VanDeren (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Aaron H. Wheeler (Nicholas + Harrison County, KY, farmer ) Legal: Andrew Jackson Renaker (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.) Legal: Thomas Edwards (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Lewis Veatch (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.) Legal: James T. Smith (Harrison County, Kentucky, cooper.) Legal: William Hutchinson (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Thomas V. Dills (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, and slaveholder. ) Legal: Ninth Judicial District of Kentucky Political: John Brough (Twenty-sixth Governor of the State of Ohio, newspaper editor, railroad president, and politician.) Legal: Moses Nelson (Preble County, Ohio, carpenter and agent of the State of Ohio.) Legal: Andrew J. Surface (Ohio farmhand and soldier.) Legal: Elizabeth Snyder Surface (Ohio resident.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, p. 318B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston Ward 2, p. 54A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Kenton County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 40. 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. Report on the Committee of Circuits on the case of R. B. Carpenter, Esq., Attorney of the Ninth Judicial District, Legislative Document No. 24 (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865). Harrison County, Kentucky P00002873 Categories: Places

County in northern Kentucky. Seat at Cynthiana.

38.3904, -84.2941 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 132. “Cynthiana, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed November 11, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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). Covington, Kentucky P00000936 Categories: Places

Seat of Kenton County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River and Licking River.

Relationships Economic: John R. Ricke (Covington, Kentucky, city clerk) Economic: Andrew H. Herod (Kenton County, Kentucky, jailer) Economic: C. A. Preston (Covington, Kentucky, attorney and mayor)

39.0837, -84.5086 "Covington, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. John E. Burns, "Covington," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 236. Cincinnati, Ohio P00001208 Categories: Places

Seat of Hamilton County, Ohio. Located on the Ohio River.

39.1031, -84.512 "Cincinnati, Ohio," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 13, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; Their Past and Present, Including Biographies and Portraits of Pioneers and Representative Citizens (Cincinnati: S.B. Nelson, 1894), 17. 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. Harrison Circuit Court O00000405 1793 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 9th Judicial District of Kentucky. Judge(s): Samuel M. Moore and Joseph Doniphan. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): William E. Arthur and Robert B. Carpenter. Clerk(s): J. S. Boyd and James F. Ware.

Relationships Legal: George Washington Burns (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Alfred L. Hyatt (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John H. Jackson (Harrison County, Kentucky, 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, 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. Confederate States Army O00000506 1861 1865 Categories: Organizations

Military forces of the Confederate States of America, administered by the Confederate War Department. Commander(s): General Robert E. Lee (1862-1865).

Relationships Military: William Harris (possible confederate soldier) Military: United States Army Military: John L. Morrison (La Salle County, Illinois, farmer and soldier) Military: Marshall Wright Chapin (Monroe County, Michigan, farmer and soldier.) Military: William E. Hobson (Warren County, Kentucky, soldier.) Military: John Hunt Morgan (Lexington, Kentucky, hemp manufacturer, Capt Lex Rifles, Col & Brig Gen' 2nd KY Cav CSA) Political: John Hunt Morgan (Lexington, Kentucky, hemp manufacturer, Capt Lex Rifles, Col & Brig Gen' 2nd KY Cav CSA) Military: [Unknown] Cameron (Confederate soldier) Military: Richard Montgomery Gano (Texas, Confederate brigadier general) Military: Jefferson Davis (CS President) Military: Confederate States of America Military: Congress of the Confederate States of America Military: Provisional Council Military: Provisional Government of Kentucky Political: Provisional Council Military: The People's Bank of Kentucky Military: Branch Bank of the Farmers' Bank at Princeton Military: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Hopkinsville Military: Committee on Banks Military: Northern Bank of Kentucky Branch at Glasgow Military: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Bowling Green Political: John Watkins Crockett, Jr. (McCracken & Henderson cos, KY, attorney and representative (Confederate)) Political: John Burton Thompson, Jr. (Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Provis Govt page) Political: James Preston Bates (Barren Co, Ky, attorney, postmaster, and prov govt) Political: Joseph B. Burnside (Garrard County, KY, trader, prov govt council rep ) Political: Horatio Washington Bruce (Jefferson County, KY, Representative (Confederate), attorney) Political: Eli Metcalfe Bruce (Kentucky merchant, philanthropist, soldier, Representative (Confederate)) Political: Jordan T. C. Moore (Todd Co, Ky, farmer, minister, and prov govt) Military: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Military: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) Military: James H. Orr (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer, justice of the peace, sergeant and second lieutenant (C.S.A.) ) Military: Reddick Nichols (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and)

Henry Putney Beers, The Confederacy: A Guide to the Archives of the Government of the Confederate States of America (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1968, reprinted 1986), 259. 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. Harrison County, Kentucky 1863-11-04 Petition English Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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Harrison County Kentucky November 4th 1863. To His Excellency Thomase E. Bramlette, Governor of the Commonwealth of Ky.

We the undersigned jurors would most respectfully state to his Excellency Thomas. E. Bramlette Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky that we were impanneled and sworn on the 3rd day of November to try a case of the Commonwealth against James Frazier a free man of color. Indicted ^in the Harrison Circuit Court^ for unlawfully coming into the state under the 6th Section of an act Approved March 3rd 1860. The evidence was that in September ^& October^ 1862, at the time this part of the state was occupied by the rebels, that many of the citizens left the county, some going to Covington Some to Cincinnati. That the Deft. went to Covington, got employment about the Hotel, & conducted himself with respect and propriety, that many of the citizens of the county were in Covington & Cincinnati from the 1st of September to the 20th of October and that they did not see him in Cincinnati once. One credible wit-

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=ness testified that he saw him in Cincinnati once during that time & only once, another heard him say in conversation that he had been in Cincinnati. It was also proved that he was free under the will of A. W. Frazier probated in 1848. Under the law and facts we felt bound to find him guilty, Upon these facts we extended to him all the mercy the law would allow, and feeling that it is a case worthy of further mercy we would most respectfully recommend him to the mercy and clemency of the Executive.

R S Holmes Jas T Smith E G Steward Wm Hutchens T. V. Dills Lewis Veatch Thomas Edward A J Rennekar Aaron H. Wheeler John Van Deven Elijah Kirtley J W Steward

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I, James. F. Ware Clerk of the Harrison Circuit Court do certify that the foregoing is a true list of the jurors in the case of the Commonwealth of Kentucky vs James Frazier a free man of color, and that they returned a verdict of guilty and assessed his punishment at one years confinement in the penitentiary. Novr 4. 1863

James F Ware Clerk Harrison Circuit Court

The statement in the above petition of the facts as proved upon the trial are is Substantially correct

R B Carpenter Comths Atty.