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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-0001-004-0325 BR9-22

Williamstown, Grant 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. Benoni Stewart (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and master commissioner.) N00012797 1822? Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and master commissioner. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Stewart. Father of Nathaniel Stewart, Marium Stewart, Elniline Stewart, and Elizabeth A. Stewart. Merchant in Grant County, Kentucky in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in 1850. Master commissioner in Grant County in 1860. Employed William Tulley as a laborer in Grant County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 361A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 112. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 989. Berry Wilson (Kenton County, KY, farmer) N00001169 1809? Categories: People

Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth H. Wilson. Father of John B. Wilson. Farmer in Kenton County, Kentucky in 1860.

Relationships Social: Benoni Stewart (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and master commissioner.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, District 1, p. 427. Lewis Myers (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer.) N00012799 1798? Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Rachael Myers. Farmer in Grant County, Kentucky in 1850. Owned nine enslaved persons in Grant County in 1850. Farmer in Grant County in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in Grant County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Benoni Stewart (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and master commissioner.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 315A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 105. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 971. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 40A. Thomas L. Clark (Grant County, KY, broker) N00002366 1812-11-04 1892-06-24 Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, broker. Pendleton County, Kentucky, native. Married Eliza M. Davis in Grant County, Kentucky, on September 12, 1839. Farmer in Grant County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Grant County in 1850. Broker in Grant County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Grant County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Abram G. Wileman (Pendleton County, Kentucky doctor and major 18th Ky Inf) Social: Benoni Stewart (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and master commissioner.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 357A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 988. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 41A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, X County Marriages, Film 001490815. Thomas A. Franklin (Grant County, KY, farmer, postmaster, & county court clerk) N00002370 1812? Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, farmer, postmaster, and court clerk. Virginia native. Married to Sallie A. Franklin. Farmer in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1860. Postmaster of Stateleys Run in Grant County from November 12, 1861, to February 5, 1862. Clerk of the Grant County Court in 1863.

Relationships Political: Grant County Court Legal: William P. Brumback (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: A. E. Stone (Owen County, Kentucky, farmer.) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Grant Circuit Court Social: Benoni Stewart (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and master commissioner.) Legal: Grant Circuit Court Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 62. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, Grant County, KY, Volume 28, 12 November 1861 (accessed via Ancestry.com). KYR-0001-004-0325. Overton P. Hogan (Grant County, KY, farmer) N00009198 1808-05-29 1885-10-05 Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and postmaster. Married to Sarah Kendall Hogan in Harrison County, Kentucky on January 17, 1833. Father of Elizabeth Hogan, Amanda Hogan, William N. Hogan, Elihu Hogan, Sarah K. Hogan, and Overton P. Hogan. Postmaster in Williamstown from July 21, 1840, to May 30, 1842. Farmer in Grant County in 1850. Employed Thomas A. Barnett as a laborer in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Grant County in 1850. Farmer in Grant County in 1860. Owned twenty enslaved persons in Grant County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Alfred Kendall (Grant County, KY, farmer) Social: Benoni Stewart (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and master commissioner.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 348B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 111, p. 6 of microfilm. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 980. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 8. Marriage Records: Kentucky Marriages, (Richmond, KY: Madison County Courthouse), film no. 000216884, p. 471 and film no. 000216896, p. 108. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971. Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Casey-Graves counties, Grant County, Kentucky, Volume 12A, p. 604 of microfilm. Find A Grave, "Overton P Hogan (1808-1885)," Memorial #118647775, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118647775 (accessed on September 6, 2018). Nathan H. Jeffers (Grant County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) N00006131 1838? Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, circuit clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Susan V. Dills Jeffers on August 13, 1862. Clerk in Grant County, Kentucky in 1860. Clerk of the Grant Circuit Court in Grant County from 1862 to 1866.

Relationships Legal: A. E. Stone (Owen County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: William P. Brumback (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Thomas Renfro (Grant County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Samuel Anderson (grant co. accused murderer) Legal: Grant Circuit Court Social: Benoni Stewart (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and master commissioner.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Grant, Williamstown, p. 991. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #001490815, Grant County Marriages, p. 148. “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. “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), 347-350. Joseph M. Collins (Grant County, KY, Attorney/Merchant) N00001164 1832-06-29 1895-02-14 Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Mary J. Craig Collins in Grant County, Kentucky, on August 20, 1861. Attorney in Grant County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Grant County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Benoni Stewart (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and master commissioner.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Grant County, Crittenden, p. 191. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 6. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994035, Gallatin County Marriages. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Roll #7012982, Covington Deaths, p. 77. Find A Grave, "Joseph M. Collins (June 29, 1832-February 14, 1895)," Memorial #93643345, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93643345 (accessed March 3, 2017). Daniel L. Cunningham (Grant County, Kentucky, wool carder.) N00012764 1833-08-22 1908 Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, magistrate, wool carder, and soldier. Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, native. Married to Rebecca S. Carder Cunningham in Grant County, Kentucky, in December 1854. Father of Robert O'Hara Cunningham, Albon Cunningham, Addie Cunningham, and Frank Cunningham. Magistrate in Grant County from 1854 to 1858. Wool carder in Grant County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Grant County in 1863. Served in the 32nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain.

Relationships Social: Abram G. Wileman (Pendleton County, Kentucky doctor and major 18th Ky Inf) Political: Grant Circuit Court Social: Benoni Stewart (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and master commissioner.) Legal: Grant Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 989. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 602A. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 2D. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Grant County Marriages, Film 000266220. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 917. "D.L. Cunningham," The Williamstown Courier (Williamstown, KY), May 30, 1901. "Daniel L. Cunningham (1833-1908)," Find A Grave, Memorial 119769631, accessed January 30, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119769631. .KYR-0001-004-0305. John Marksberry (Grant County, Kentucky, sheriff) N00010953 1835? Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, sheriff. Sheriff in Grant County in 1863.

Relationships Social: Benoni Stewart (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and master commissioner.)

“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), 103. KYR-0001-004-0060. Williamstown, Kentucky P00002296 Categories: Places

Seat of Grant County, Kentucky.

38.6381, -84.5605 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 122. “Williamstown, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed March 3, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Grant County, Kentucky P00000938 Categories: Places

County in northern Kentucky. Seat at Williamstown.

38.6381, -84.5605 "Grant County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 383. “Williamstown, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed March 3, 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). 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. Grant Circuit Court O00000384 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 8th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Elijah F. Nuttall and George C. Drane. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): P. U. Major and John L. Scott. Clerk(s): William Smith and N. H. Jeffers.

Relationships Legal: William Duncan (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John D. Duncan (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Isaac Duncan (Grant County) Legal: Overton P. Billiter (Grant County carpenter) Legal: Thomas A. Franklin (Grant County, KY, farmer, postmaster, & county court clerk) Legal: William P. Brumback (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James Harrison Rose (Grant County, Kentucky, carpenter) Legal: William Harrison Rose (Grant County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Thomas Renfro (Grant County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: A. E. Stone (Owen County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: John Marksberry (Grant County, Kentucky, sheriff) Economic: Nathan H. Jeffers (Grant County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Legal: Thomas Iliff (Grant County, Kentucky, blacksmith) Political: Thomas A. Franklin (Grant County, KY, farmer, postmaster, & county court clerk) Political: William Smith (Grant County, Kentucky, circuit ct clerk) Political: Mathew Burnett (Judge of Grant County Court) Political: Winston T. Simmons (Grant County, KY, attorney) Legal: John W. Marcus (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John C. L. Neal (Owen County, Kentucky, carpenter) Legal: William S. Rankin (Grant County, KY, State Rep) Legal: Nathan H. Jeffers (Grant County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk)

“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), 303-308. “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. “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), 347-350. Williamstown, Grant County, Kentucky 1863-12-14 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 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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Williamstown Grant County Ky December 14th 1863 To HCon Thomas, E, Bramlett Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky,

Your Petitioners State that at the last October Term of the Grant Circuit Court, that there was a Judgement rendered agst them for a fine of Twenty Dollars and costs, for Gameing on the premises of others. They Say that They were only playing a small game. of Poker for amusement, merely betting enough to keep the game. anddidnot. and did not suppose They were Violating and did not intend to violate law. They say that they are Poor men, and illy able to pay said fine, that They are married men and Fathers of large Families, dependant Solely, upon them for Support-- that they meet with one or two of their Neighbor,s and engaged in the game merely to while away the tedium of the night. last Spring. therefore as they intended to do no wrong and set no bad example to the Young. and areis really to poor to pay the fine without Serious grievance to their Families. They pray Your Honor to Remit. and acquit them from the payment of the same--

Benoni Stewart B. Wilson

We whose names are hereunto subscribed Joyn in the prayer of Your Petitioners and Say that they are

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Poor men with large Families, and present fair grounds. for the interposition of Your Clemency on that score. and Respectfully ask, that their fine may be remitted.

Lewis Myers T. L. Clark T. A. Franklin, C. G, C. C O P Hogan N. H. Jeffers clk, G. c, c, J M Collins atto D L Cunningham J, P, G, C John Marksbury S G C

Grant County

Refused T E Bramlette