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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-0001-004-0309 BR8-485 to BR8-486

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 Schofield (Bennett) (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident) N00012252 1813? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Shoemaker in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1860. Incarcerated in the Jefferson County Jail in 1860. Indicted for grand larceny in Louisville on October 21, 1863.

Relationships Legal: W. T. Lewis (Louisville, Kentucky, salesman) Legal: Squire Lochry (Louisville, Kentucky, plasterer) Legal: James Vowles Escott (Louisville, Kentucky, merchant) Legal: Frederick W. Merz (Louisville, Kentucky, iron manufacturer) Legal: D. J. Bowles (Louisville, Kentucky, grain dealer) Legal: Michael S. Gross (Louisville, Kentucky, street brake) Legal: Henry Dennis (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Edward J. Wilson () Legal: R. H. Wagoner (Louisville, Kentucky, juror) Legal: Richard Henry Woolfolk (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: E. J. Wilson (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Frederick Martin Baringer (Jefferson County, Kentucky, gardener) Legal: John B. Whitman (Louisville, Kentucky, real estate agent) Legal: Logan Adams Wood (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, newspaper editor, bookbinder, and politician)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville/Ward 6, p. 249. "Jefferson Circuit Court," Courier-Journal(Louisville, Ky.), October 22, 1863, p. 3. Edward J. Wilson () N00011745 Categories: People

Mentioned in a monetary statement by William Bowling as having stood for and lost the position of colonel of a Kentucky regiment of volunteers, dated February 1, 1864.

Relationships Economic: William Bowling (Carter County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney, and politician.) Military: United States Army Military: John Hunt Morgan (Lexington, Kentucky, hemp manufacturer, Capt Lex Rifles, Col & Brig Gen' 2nd KY Cav CSA)

KYR-0002-222-0065. Michael S. Gross (Louisville, Kentucky, street brake) N00006254 1798-01-08 1865-07-27 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, street brake. Pennsylvania native. Married to Evelina Newman Gross on March 31,1847, in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Father of Michael S. Gross, George S. Gross, Nathan Gross, Mary E. Gross. Printer in Louisville in 1850. Street brake in Louisville in 1860.

Relationships Legal: R. H. Wagoner (Louisville, Kentucky, juror) Legal: Richard Henry Woolfolk (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: E. J. Wilson (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Frederick Martin Baringer (Jefferson County, Kentucky, gardener) Legal: W. T. Lewis (Louisville, Kentucky, salesman) Legal: Squire Lochry (Louisville, Kentucky, plasterer) Legal: James Vowles Escott (Louisville, Kentucky, merchant) Legal: John B. Whitman (Louisville, Kentucky, real estate agent) Legal: D. J. Bowles (Louisville, Kentucky, grain dealer) Legal: Henry Dennis (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Frederick W. Merz (Louisville, Kentucky, iron manufacturer) Legal: Edward J. Wilson ()

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson, Louisville District 3, p. 332B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson, Louisville Ward 6, p. 385. Find A Grave, "Michael S. Gross (Jan. 8, 1798-July 27, 1865)," Memorial #156966847, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156966847 (accessed March 18, 2020). Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482707, p.149. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000818484, p. 230. D. J. Bowles (Louisville, Kentucky, grain dealer) N00012253 1816? 1893-12 Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, grain dealer. Virginia native. Married to Felura Bowles. Father of Ada Bowles. Grain dealer in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Frederick W. Merz (Louisville, Kentucky, iron manufacturer) Legal: R. H. Wagoner (Louisville, Kentucky, juror) Legal: Richard Henry Woolfolk (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: E. J. Wilson (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Frederick Martin Baringer (Jefferson County, Kentucky, gardener) Legal: W. T. Lewis (Louisville, Kentucky, salesman) Legal: Squire Lochry (Louisville, Kentucky, plasterer) Legal: James Vowles Escott (Louisville, Kentucky, merchant) Legal: John B. Whitman (Louisville, Kentucky, real estate agent) Legal: Michael S. Gross (Louisville, Kentucky, street brake) Legal: Henry Dennis (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Edward J. Wilson ()

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville/Ward 2, p. 501. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville/Ward 1, p. 65A. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Roll #7007128, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 265. Henry Dennis (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer) N00006029 1810? 1890-07 Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Frances Dennis. Father of Annie E. Dennis, Mary E. Dennis, Lydia A. Dennis, and Carra Dennis. Farmer in Spencer County in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Spencer County in 1850. Farmer in Jefferson County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: John Welch (Jefferson County, KY, soldier (USA), murder suspect) Legal: Frederick W. Merz (Louisville, Kentucky, iron manufacturer) Legal: R. H. Wagoner (Louisville, Kentucky, juror) Legal: Richard Henry Woolfolk (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: E. J. Wilson (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Frederick Martin Baringer (Jefferson County, Kentucky, gardener) Legal: W. T. Lewis (Louisville, Kentucky, salesman) Legal: Squire Lochry (Louisville, Kentucky, plasterer) Legal: James Vowles Escott (Louisville, Kentucky, merchant) Legal: John B. Whitman (Louisville, Kentucky, real estate agent) Legal: D. J. Bowles (Louisville, Kentucky, grain dealer) Legal: Edward J. Wilson ()

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Spencer County, District 1, p. 89A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Spencer County, District No. 1, p. 9. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Ward 6, p. 375. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Ward 10, p. 360B. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Roll #7007128, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 297. Find A Grave, "Henry Dennis (1810-1890)," Memorial #157799203, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157799203 (accessed December 16, 2019). Frederick W. Merz (Louisville, Kentucky, iron manufacturer) N00012254 1830? 1883-12-08 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, iron manufacturer. native of Baden, Germany. Married to Wilhelmina Sannemann Merz in Louisville, Kentucky, on July 16, 1856. Iron manufacturer in Louisville, Kentucky, from 1860 to 1865.

Relationships Legal: D. J. Bowles (Louisville, Kentucky, grain dealer) Legal: Michael S. Gross (Louisville, Kentucky, street brake) Legal: Henry Dennis (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Edward J. Wilson () Political: James H. Montgomery (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tailor. )

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 4, p. 67. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 6, p. 613. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994041, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 384. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000819605. Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll11, Jefferson County, Kentucky, 1863. Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 12, Jefferson County, Kentucky, 1864, p. 12. Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 11, Jefferson County, Kentucky, 1862. Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 171. Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 438. "Frederick William Merz (1830-1883)," Find A Grave, Memorial 54097912, accessed December 8, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54097912. James Vowles Escott (Louisville, Kentucky, merchant) N00012255 1818-03-26 1892-01-16 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, merchant. Native of England. Married to Catherine Ann Haldeman Escott in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on October 28, 1844. Father of Henry V. Escott, Robert Escott, Walter V. Escott, Ellen Escott, Emily Escott, John Escott, James Escott. Merchant in Louisville in 1850. Merchant in Louisville in 1860. Employed Catherine Halderman in Louisville in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Frederick W. Merz (Louisville, Kentucky, iron manufacturer) Legal: R. H. Wagoner (Louisville, Kentucky, juror) Legal: Richard Henry Woolfolk (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: E. J. Wilson (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Frederick Martin Baringer (Jefferson County, Kentucky, gardener) Legal: W. T. Lewis (Louisville, Kentucky, salesman) Legal: Squire Lochry (Louisville, Kentucky, plasterer) Legal: D. J. Bowles (Louisville, Kentucky, grain dealer) Legal: Michael S. Gross (Louisville, Kentucky, street brake) Legal: Henry Dennis (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Edward J. Wilson ()

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville/District 2, p. 173A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville/Ward 7, p. 484. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville/Ward 9, p. 219A. Find A Grave, "J.V. Escott (Mar. 28, 1861-Jan. 16, 1892)," Memorial #139783386, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139783386 (accessed March 2, 2020). Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482707, p. 184. Squire Lochry (Louisville, Kentucky, plasterer) N00012269 1806-04-28 1870-07-09 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, plasterer. Kentucky native. Plasterer in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Louisville in 1850. Plasterer in Louisville in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Frederick W. Merz (Louisville, Kentucky, iron manufacturer) Legal: R. H. Wagoner (Louisville, Kentucky, juror) Legal: Richard Henry Woolfolk (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: E. J. Wilson (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Frederick Martin Baringer (Jefferson County, Kentucky, gardener) Legal: W. T. Lewis (Louisville, Kentucky, salesman) Legal: James Vowles Escott (Louisville, Kentucky, merchant) Legal: D. J. Bowles (Louisville, Kentucky, grain dealer) Legal: Michael S. Gross (Louisville, Kentucky, street brake) Legal: Henry Dennis (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Edward J. Wilson ()

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville/Ward 7, p. 347B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville/Ward 7, p. 864. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville/Ward 7, p. 514. Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 153. Find A Grave, "Squire Lochery (1806-1871)," Memorial #75853672, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75853672 (accessed March 5, 2020). Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Film #7007126, Jefferson County Deaths, p.84. W. T. Lewis (Louisville, Kentucky, salesman) N00012271 1838? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, salesman. Indiana native. Married to Kate L. Hughes Lewis in Louisville, Kentucky, on December 10, 1862. Salesman in Louisville in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Frederick W. Merz (Louisville, Kentucky, iron manufacturer) Legal: R. H. Wagoner (Louisville, Kentucky, juror) Legal: Richard Henry Woolfolk (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: E. J. Wilson (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Frederick Martin Baringer (Jefferson County, Kentucky, gardener) Legal: Squire Lochry (Louisville, Kentucky, plasterer) Legal: James Vowles Escott (Louisville, Kentucky, merchant) Legal: D. J. Bowles (Louisville, Kentucky, grain dealer) Legal: Michael S. Gross (Louisville, Kentucky, street brake) Legal: Henry Dennis (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Edward J. Wilson ()

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville/Ward 6, p. 254. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482709, p. 134. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #,000819615 p. 335. [unknown] Weaver (Jefferson Co, Ky, wagon master) N00012272 Categories: People

Mentioned as a wagon master in a petition written to Thomas E. Bramlette on behalf of William Schofield (Bennett) in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1863.

Relationships Legal: William Schofield (Bennett) (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident) Social: Henry Dennis (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer)

KYR-0001-004-0309. Oakland Race Course P00012270 Categories: Places

Site of a former race course in Louisville, Kentucky. Location served as a Union cavalry remount during the Civil War.

37.0, 86.0 George H. Yater, "Oakland Race Course" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 687. Gail Henson, "Cabbage Patch Settlement" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 149. 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. Jefferson County Court O001839 Categories: Organizations

Located in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Andrew Monroe. Clerk(s): Charles M. Thruston and T. Jackson Conn.

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. Edwards’ Annual Directory...in the City of Louisville for 1865-6, ed. Edwards, Greenough, & Deved (Louisville: Maxwell & Co., 1866), 155. J. D. Campbell’s Louisville Business Directory for 1864, ed. J. D. Campbell (Louisville: L. A. Civill, Publisher, Bookseller, Printer and Bookbinder, 1864), 70. Tanner’s Louisville Directory, and Business Advertiser for 1861, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 323-24. Petition English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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To His Excellency Gov. Thomas E. Bramlette. Gov. of Ky.

We the undersigned Jurors, of the Jury who tried and convicted Wm Schofield, at the October term of the Jefferson Criminal Courtfor 1863; and whose petition for his pardon accompanies this, would respectfully recommend his case to the your Excellency as one of. merit; and one in which Executive clemency would be proper.

Respectfully. Edwd J. Wilson M S. Gross D J Bowles Henry Dennis F. W Mertz J. V. Escott Squire Lochry W. T. Lewis

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This is to certify that I was one of the Jury who tried the afsd Wm Schofield; I was about Oakland about the time the money was alledged to have been Stolen; I knew Weaver^he was a wagon master^ The man who lost the money, or Said he lost it. I heard Weaver tell about it frequently; and he never heard him tell the Same Story twice; he was So frequently drunk; and he told so many different tales about it; and he had around him Such a bad Set a men; that I was led to beleave that it was uncertain whether he lost it atall; or if he did he, I am Satisfied knew nothing aboot who got it. I was on the Jury and was greatly Surprized that Schofield plead guilty; but having plead guilty we could not do any thing else but find him So. I Sign the petition with pleasureand earnestly ask your executive clemency..

Henry Dennis