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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-0001-004-0272 BR8-432 to BR8-433

Robert Greenwell Johnson (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. ) N00017439 1828 1913-12-23 Categories: People

Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. Scott County, Kentucky, native. Son of Daniel Johnson. Married to Cynthia Jane Gardener Johnson in Scott County, Kentucky, on December 25, 1850. Father of George Johnson, Fanny Johnson, Margie A. Johnson, Edward Johnson, Mary Johnson Robey, Nancy M. Johnson Robey, and John Johnson. Laborer in Scott County in 1850. Farmer in Scott County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Scott Circuit Court Legal: Charles Murphy (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 476B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 949. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, Stamping Ground District, p. 319B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film #000183225. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #33417. "Mrs. Mary Robey," The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), May 4, 1938, p. 16. "Nancy Maria Johnson Robey (1861-1908)," Find A Grave, Memorial #79910345, accessed April 16, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79910345. Jeremiah Haner (Scott County, Kentucky, hotel keeper) N00017440 1828? 1901-01-15 Categories: People

Scott County, Kentucky, hotel keeper. Kentucky, native. Married to Mary Lucas Haner in Scott County, Kentucky, on October 29, 1851. Father of Harriet Haner Thomason, Bledsoe Haner, Meleta Haner Northcutt, Bluford Haner, and Anna Haner. Saddler in Scott County in 1850. Household owned three enslaved persons in Scott County in 1850. Hotel keeper in Scott County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Robert Greenwell Johnson (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Scott Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 476B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 28. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 951. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, Stamping Ground Precinct, p. 326B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film #007731872. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film #007731872. "Veteran Hotel Keeper Dead," Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), January 16, 1901, p. 2. "Meleta Haner Northcutt (1859-1954)," Find A Grave, Memorial #112758160, accessed April 16, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112758160. John "Jack" Sinclair (Scott County, Kentucky, slave) N00012426 1837? Categories: People

Scott County, Kentucky, enslaved person. Enslaved by John Thornton Sinclair in Scott County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Jerry Haner (Scott County, Kentucky, hotel keeper) Legal: Scott Circuit Court Legal: Manlius V. Sinclair (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Robert Greenwell Johnson (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Slavery: John Thornton Sinclair (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer, slaveholder, and prisoner of war)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 938. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 223A. Twelfth Manuscript Census of the United States (1900), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 5, p. 2B. KYR-0001-004-0272. KYR-0001-004-0354. John Thornton Sinclair (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer, slaveholder, and prisoner of war) N00017441 1839-01-24 1899-06-08 Categories: People

Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky, native. Married to Mary Elizabeth Massie Sinclair in Scott County, Kentucky on December 18, 1865. Resident of Scott County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Scott County in 1860. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a second lieutenant from September 2, 1862. Captured at Buffington, Indiana, on July 19, 1863 to June 1865. Reported as a prisoner of war at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Fort Delaware, Delaware.

Relationships Legal: Scott Circuit Court Familial: Manlius V. Sinclair (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 473B-474A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 938. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0035. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film #007731872, p. 28. U.S. Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M598, War Department Collection of Confederate Records, p. 147. "LT John Thornton Sinclair (1839-1899)," Find A Grave, Memorial #99033108, accessed April 16, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99033108. Manlius V. Sinclair (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012424 1832? Categories: People

Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Henrietta Josephine Gorham Sinclair in Scott County, Kentucky, on October 2, 1851. Father of John W. Sinclair, Mollie A. Sinclair, Waller R. Sinclair, Medora A. Sinclair, Benjamin W. Sinclair, Callie M. Sinclair, Eliza L. Sinclair, and Richard Sinclair. Scott County, Kentucky resident in 1850. Household owned twelve enslaved persons in Scott County in 1850. Farmer in Scott County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Scott County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Scott Circuit Court Social: John "Jack" Sinclair (Scott County, Kentucky, slave)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 473B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, p. 649. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 939. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 223. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, Georgetown, p. 277B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film #000183225, p. 226. Charles Murphy (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. ) N00017442 1822-03-26 1893-06-15 Categories: People

Scott County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky, native. Son of John Murphy and Rachel Kyle Murphy. Married to Martha Wash Murphy in Scott County, Kentucky, on July 31, 1846. Father of James Murphy, Frances Ann Murphy Hamilton, Lucy Jane Murphy, John Murphy, Mary Elizabeth Murphy Traylor, and Martha Murphy Hudson. Farmer in Scott County in 1850. Employed Henry Estes as a laborer in Scott County in 1850. Farmer in Scott County in 1860. Employed Mary Edward in Scott County in 1860. Justice of the Peace in Scott County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 470A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 941. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film #00773172. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film #00773172. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film #0056855959. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film #00773872. "Charles Murphy (1822-1893)," Find A Grave, Memorial #23028882, accessed April 16, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23028882. KYR-0001-004-0272. 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. Stamping Ground, Kentucky P00003990 Categories: Places

City in Scott County, Kentucky.

38.2717, -84.6863 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 281. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Stamping Ground, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 28, 2019). Scott Circuit Court O00000576 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): James Y. Kelley and John W. Holloway.

Relationships Legal: W. T. McHenry (Frankfort, Kentucky, laborer) Legal: Charles H. Tomlinson (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer, laborer, and prisoner) Legal: Frank Waters (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Richard H. Higgins (Louisville, KY bank teller)

“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), 303-08. “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), 301-06. “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), 347-50. 1863-11-28 Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "4": 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 "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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R, G, Johnson States that in the Spring of the year 1860 he purchased at Barroom of Jerry Haner In Stamping Ground; a Bottle of whiskey and gave Said Bottle of whiskey to Jack a Slave the property of John T Sinclair, that a Short time afterwards said Haner came into the Bar Room and Inquired of his Bar Keeper if he had sold a Bottle of whiskey to said Slave the Bar Keeper Said he had not. he Johnson then asked Said Haner why he asked the question Haner Replied that M. N. Sinclair had caught said Jack with a Bottle of whiskey comeing from towards said Haner house he Johnson then told Haner that he had purchased said whiskey and given it to Jack He further States that at the sitting of the next circuit Court he understood that said Sinclair had reported said Haner to the Grand Jury and that Said Haner was Indited for said offence, that for Several courts after he was Summoned by Haner to testify in Haners behalf on Said Indictment That the cause was allways put off on account of the absence of said Sinclair, that he did not attend the last court supposeing that it would be put off as it had before been done

R. G. Johnson

Sworn to before me by R. G. Johnson this 28th day of Nov 1863 Charles Murphy J P S C

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Scott Cir Ct vs

Remit all except costs & fees, Dec 12th

Tho E Bramlette

132th Dec/63 J. Haner Tipling