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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-0001-004-0304 BR8-479

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. William T. Martin (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer) N00013974 1833-01-26 1869-09-15 Categories: People

Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Nimrod Martin and Elizabeth Martin. Married to Mary Coit Martin in Woodford County on August 9, 1859. Student in Woodford County in 1850. Farmer in Woodford County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Woodford County in 1860. Farmer in Woodford County in 1863.

Relationships Political: Lee Atwell (Woodford County, Kentucky, resident and jailor)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 1, p. 434B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 825. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 491B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Woodford County Marriages, Film #000252320. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Woodford County, KY, September 1863, p. 226. "William T. Martin (1833-1869)," Find A Grave, Memorial #196947144, accessed January 28, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196947144. John W. Combs (Woodford County, Kentucky, resident and sheriff) N00013972 1825? Categories: People

Woodford County, Kentucky, resident and sheriff. Kentucky native. Resident in Woodford County, Kentucky in 1850. Resident in Woodford County in 1860. Sheriff in Woodford County from September 6, 1862, to 1863.

Relationships Social: William T. Martin (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Moses Nathan Hall (Woodford County, Kentucky, waggoner, farmer, and town marshal) Political: Hezekiah H. Culbertson (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, and police judge) Political: Leonidas B. Peters (Woodford County, Kentucky, clerk and postmaster) Political: William T. Martin (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Lee Atwell (Woodford County, Kentucky, resident and jailor) Legal: D. P. Hites (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Robert McConnell (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 2, p. 473A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 825. “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), 243. “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), 243. KYR-0001-031-0042. Leonidas B. Peters (Woodford County, Kentucky, clerk and postmaster) N00013975 1821? Categories: People

Woodford County, Kentucky, clerk and postmaster. Kentucky native. Married to Ermine K. Creel Peters in Woodford County on June 9, 1853. Father of Fannie Peters, Charles Peters, Roger H. Peters, and Walker Peters. Clerk in Woodford County in 1850. Clerk in Woodford County in 1860. Postmaster in Woodford County in 1863.

Relationships Social: William T. Martin (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Lee Atwell (Woodford County, Kentucky, resident and jailor)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 2, p. 460A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 833. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 523B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Woodford County Marriages, Film #000482707, p. 211. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Woodford County, KY, June 1863, p. 75. Jonathan "Swift" Darneal (Woodford County, KY, circuit court clerk) N00015929 1826-04-12 1900-06-12 Categories: People

Woodford County, Kentucky, court clerk. Woodford County, Kentucky, native. Son of Jacob Darneal and Patsy Darneal. Married to Catherine C. "Kate" Hunter Darneal in Woodford County, Kentucky, on January 8, 1856. Attorney in Woodford County in 1850. Clerk of the Woodford Circuit Court in Woodford County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Woodford County in 1860. Clerk of the Woodford Circuit Court in Woodford County in 1863. Clerk of the Woodford Circuit Court in Woodford County in 1864.

Relationships Political: Lee Atwell (Woodford County, Kentucky, resident and jailor) Political: John W. Combs (Woodford County, Kentucky, resident and sheriff) Social: William T. Martin (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 1, p. 427B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, p. 927. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, p. 513A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 527B. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994058, Woodford County Marriages. KYR-0001-004-0304. KYR-0001-004-0681. Hezekiah H. Culbertson (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, and police judge) N00013976 1825-08-10 1895-03-08 Categories: People

Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, and police judge. Ohio native. Married to Susan Kinkead Culbertson in Woodford County, Kentucky, in September 1847. Farmer in Woodford County in 1850. Merchant in Woodford County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Woodford County in 1860. Chairman of the Versailles Board of Trustees in Woodford County in 1861. Merchant in Woodford County in 1863. Police judge in Versailles from November 7, 1862, to 1863.

Relationships Social: William T. Martin (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Lee Atwell (Woodford County, Kentucky, resident and jailor) Political: Moses Nathan Hall (Woodford County, Kentucky, waggoner, farmer, and town marshal) Political: Leonidas B. Peters (Woodford County, Kentucky, clerk and postmaster) Political: William T. Martin (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Versailles Board of Trustees Political: Versailles Police Court Political: Jonathan "Swift" Darneal (Woodford County, KY, circuit court clerk) Military: Kentucky State Militia Military: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 2, p. 496B-497A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 823. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 489A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 502A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Woodford County, KY, July 1863, p. 69. "H. H. Culbertson (1825-1895)," Find A Grave, Memorial #140018044, accessed January 28, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140018044. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Woodford County Marriages, Film #000252322. KYR-0001-004-0304. KYR-0001-017-0151. KYR-0001-031-0037. Moses Nathan Hall (Woodford County, Kentucky, waggoner, farmer, and town marshal) N00013977 1830-09-18 1892-09-22 Categories: People

Woodford County, Kentucky, waggoner and town marshal. Kentucky native. Married to Malinda S. Filson Hall in Woodford County, Kentucky, on September 25, 1855. Father of A. E. Hall, Nattie Hall, Mollie Hall, and Bartie Hall. Waggoner in Woodford County in 1860. Employed John Taylor as a waggoner in Woodford County in 1860. Farmer in Woodford County in 1863. Town marshal of Versailles in 1863.

Relationships Social: William T. Martin (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Lee Atwell (Woodford County, Kentucky, resident and jailor)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, p. 962. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 530A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Woodford County Marriages, Film #000252320. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Woodford County, KY, July 1863. "Moses Nathan Hall (1830-1892)," Find A Grave, Memorial #195620006, accessed January 28, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195620006. KYR-0001-004-0304. Lee Atwell (Woodford County, Kentucky, resident and jailor) N00013973 1829? Categories: People

Woodford County, Kentucky, jailer. Kentucky native. Resident of Woodford County, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident of Woodford County in 1860. Jailer in Woodford County in 1863.

Relationships Social: William T. Martin (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 2, p. 494A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 834. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 511B. KYR-0001-004-0304. Versailles, Kentucky P00002991 Categories: Places

Seat of Woodford County, Kentucky.

38.0526, -84.7299 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 304. “Versailles, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed March 13, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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/. 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). 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. 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. Petition English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. 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 Thomas E. Bramlette Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky,

Your petitioners would respectfully represent the case of William T. Martin of Versailles Woodford County Ky,

At the October Term of the Woodford Circuit Court 1863, the said Martin ^having confessed Judgment^ was fined the sum of five hundred dollars for dealing Faro, He is poor and possessed of no means of support than his own exertions upon which he and his family rely. He has also met with a severe accident in the breaking of his leg which will forever disqualify him from physical labor and render him a cripple for life. We recommend him as a proper subject of executive clemency and pray you will remit that part of the fine over which you have power.

J W Combs Sheriff of Woodford County L B Peters Postmaster

Swift Darneal Clerk of the Woodford Circuit Court. H H Culbertson Poliece Judge of Town of Versailles M N Hall Town mrshal Lee Atwell Jailor of Woodford County

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Woodford Cir Ct vs

Remit all except fees & costs. Nov 4th 1863.

Tho E Bramlette

W T. Martin $500 -- Gaming

W T Martin Versailles Ky