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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-0001-004-0315 BR9-7

Madisonville, Hopkins 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 Thomas Lawton (Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer and tavern keeper.) N00012217 1834? Categories: People

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer and tavern keeper. Kentucky native. Married Nancy L. Hewlett Lawton in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, on April 2, 1857. Father of Clyde A. Lawton, Charles A. Lawton, and Sarah A. Lawton. Laborer in Daviess County in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860. Tavern keeper in Hopkins County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: Hopkins County Court Legal: Hopkins Circuit Court Social: George Washington Noel (Hopkins County, Kentucky, physician and postmaster) Social: John Baylis Earle (Hopkins County, KY, attorney and coal baron) Social: James M. Compton (Hopkins County justice of the peace and circuit court clerk) Social: Otway Waddill (Hopkins County attorney) Social: William L. Gordon (Hopkins County attorney) Social: Richard "Dick" J. Littlepage (Hopkins County, Kentucky, county clerk) Social: John W. Poe (Hopkins Co., KY, farmer) Social: Dixon Browning (Hopkins Co., KY, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, District 2, p. 422A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 632. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, South Carrolton, p. 434B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County Marriages, Film #000557316, p. 125. KYR-0001-004-0314. Wiley P. Fowler (Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) N00006111 1799-09-02 1881-12-11 Categories: People

Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Tennessee native. Married Sarah S. Barnett Fowler in Livingston County, Kentucky, on February 15, 1848. Father of White Fowler, Gustavas Fowler, and William Fowler. Circuit Judge in Livingston County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned twenty-four enslaved persons in Livingston County in 1850. Attorney in Livingston County in 1860. Owned twenty-five enslaved persons in Livingston County in 1860. Judge for the 14th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1861 to 1866.

Relationships Legal: George Parrish (Crittenden County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: James Beard (Hardin County, Illinois) Legal: G. J. Martin (Crittenden County) Legal: Wiley Pulliam (Crittenden County) Legal: William Mitchell (Livingston County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John Hall (Crittenden County, Kentucky) Legal: David Ellis (farm laborer, Crittenden County) Legal: Hiram Jones (farmer, Crittenden County) Legal: James B. Williams (Crittenden County) Legal: Leason Lawson (Crittenden County) Legal: Alfred Lawson (farmer, Crittenden County) Legal: William Simpson (Crittenden County) Legal: James Metlock (Crittenden County) Legal: William Knight (Crittenden County) Legal: James Guess (Crittenden County, Kentucky, soldier and alleged guerilla.) Social: [Unknown] Clay (Mentioned in a letter from Wylie P. Fowler to Thomas E. Bramlette in 1865.) Social: [Unknown] Barnett (Mentioned in a letter from Wylie P. Fowler to Thomas E. Bramlette in 1865.) Political: Oliver P. Morton (Fourteenth governor of Indiana, attorney, judge, and politician.) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: George Frederick "Fred" Pentecost (Christian County, Kentucky, clerk, soldier, minister.) Legal: Fourteenth Judicial District of Kentucky Legal: Henderson Circuit Court Legal: Tingnal J. Hopkins (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer and bookkeeper.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Smithland, p. 384A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Livingston. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Division 3, p. 333. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Division 3, p. 367A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, District 1, p. 244B. 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), 304. 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), 304. 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), 304. 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), 10. 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), 354. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Livingston County Marriages, Film 000318176. “Judge Wiley Paul Fowler (1799-1881),” Find A Grave, Memorial 73630120, accessed May 17, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73630120. John Barrett (Commonwealth's Attorney) N00006000 Categories: People

Livingston County, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney. Commonwealth's attorney for the Fourteenth Judicial District from 1862 to 1865.

Relationships Legal: Livingston Circuit Court Legal: Richard L. Threldkeld (Livingston County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Legal: Anthony Birdwell (Livingston County farmer and slaveholder) Legal: Andrew Cheek (Livingston County, Kentucky, resident.) Legal: Littleton R. Cheek (Livingston County tinner) Legal: James W. Cade (clerk of Livingston Circuit Court) Legal: David B. Sanders (Livingston County, Kentucky, physician.)

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 24. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-306. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12. Madisonville, Kentucky P00002614 Categories: Places

Seat of Hopkins County, Kentucky.

37.3281, -87.4989 "Madisonville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 5, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 185. Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. 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). Hopkins County Court O00000632 Categories: Organizations

Located in Madisonville, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Samuel Morton. Clerk(s): Orlean Bishop, John G. Bailey, Thomas W. Campbell, and W. W. Cook.

Relationships Legal: James A. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 355-59. 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. 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. Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky 1863-11-26 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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MadisonvilleKy. Nov. 26th 1863 Frankfort Ky. Gov -- Bramlett Dear Sir

Jas. T. Lowton was fined at the present term of this court $75. for a failure to post in his room as a Tavern Keeper the rates priced by the county court.

I know Mr Lowton to be an explanry, quiket, and law abdiding citizen and would not knowingly violate, or disregard any of the provisions of the penal statutes

He made no defence and asks that his case may be emposed of under the circumstances according to the clemency of the laws. If his case is within the range of Executive power I should be pleased, and think the interest of the community would not be impaired, if the fine can be remitted

Most respectfully your obdt servt W P Fowler

I concur in the above Jno Barret Comlths atty --