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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-0001-004-0342 BR9-46

Nelson 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 Marshall Brown (Nelson County, Kentucky, farmer) N00010593 1792-05-01 1879-11-09 Categories: People

Nelson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married Susan Beauchamp Brown in Nelson County, Kentucky on February 26, 1818. Father of Harry Brown, Susan Brown, Edwinia Brown, Catherine Brown, Newell Wilson Brown, and James Harvey Brown. Farmer in Nelson County, Kentucky in 1850. Owned nineteen enslaved persons in Nelson County in 1850. Farmer in Nelson County in 1860. Owned twenty-one enslaved persons in Nelson County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Enoch Edwin McKay (Nelson County, KY, attorney) Legal: James A. Wood (Nelson County, Kentucky, sheriff) Legal: John Darwin Elliott (Nelson county, Kentucky, attorney and clerk) Legal: Nelson County Court Legal: William T. Samuels (Hardin Co, KY, clerk, commissioner, KY State Auditor, state rep, clerk of KY Hse of Rep)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 653. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 2, p. 96. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, p. 178. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, p. 136. Kentucky Marriage Records, Nelson County Courthouse, Kentucky, Nelson County Marriages, Film 000481488, p. 179. Find A Grave, "James Marshal Browne (1792-1879)," Memorial #112410132, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112410132 (accessed April 25, 2019). John A. Mackey (Nelson County, Kentucky, farmer) N00010594 1816? Categories: People

Nelson County, Kentucky, farmer. Mississippi native. Married Lucinda Conner Mackey in Nelson County, Kentucky on January 25, 1838. Father of Walter Mackey, Susan Mackey, Mary Mackey, Rodney Mackey, John Mackey, Margaret Mackey, and Wallace Mackey. Farmer in Nelson County, Kentucky in 1850. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in Nelson County in 1850. Farmer in Nelson County in 1860. Owned nineteen enslaved persons in Nelson County in 1860.

Relationships Social: James Marshall Brown (Nelson County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Enoch Edwin McKay (Nelson County, KY, attorney) Economic: James Marshall Brown (Nelson County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James Marshall Brown (Nelson County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James A. Wood (Nelson County, Kentucky, sheriff) Legal: John Darwin Elliott (Nelson county, Kentucky, attorney and clerk) Legal: Nelson County Court Legal: William T. Samuels (Hardin Co, KY, clerk, commissioner, KY State Auditor, state rep, clerk of KY Hse of Rep)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 619. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, p. 178. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 209. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, p. 116. Kentucky Marriage Records, Nelson County Courthouse, Kentucky, Nelson County Marriages, Film #000481488. James A. Wood (Nelson County, Kentucky, sheriff) N00012683 1815-02-05 1889-02-06 Categories: People

Nelson County, Kentucky, sheriff. Washington, D.C. native. Married to Elizabeth J. Roberts in Bardstown, Kentucky, on April 8, 1860. Father of Elizabeth Wood, Thalia Wood, James Wood, William Wood, and Nannie Wood. Sheriff in Nelson County, Kentucky in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Nelson County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 228. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 32. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nelson County Marriages, Film #001929414, p. 567. Find A Grave, "Col. James A. Wood (1815-1889)," Memorial #84096280, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84096280 (accessed May 17, 2020). “Escaped the Alamo: Col. James A. Wood, Who Claims That He Was One of the Three Survivors of Santa Anna's Massacre, Dies in Bloomfield,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), February 7, 1889, p. 4. William T. Samuels (Hardin Co, KY, clerk, commissioner, KY State Auditor, state rep, clerk of KY Hse of Rep) N00000217 1828? Categories: People

Frankfort, Kentucky, attorney and government official. Kentucky native. Married to Catherine Mulholland Samuels in Hardin County, Kentucky, on May 24, 1850. Father of Hugh Samuels, Robin Samuels, and Fanny Samuels. Attorney in Hardin County in 1850. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Hardin County from 1851 to 1853. Attorney and clerk in Hardin County in 1860. Clerk of the Hardin County Court. Clerk of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Frankfort from September 1861 to 1862. Commissioner for Hardin County to the stockholders' meeting of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in 1862 and 1863. Auditor of Public Accounts of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from August 31, 1863, to 1867.

Relationships Social: James Henry Garrard (Franklin County, Kentucky, salt maker and Kentucky state treasurer) Social: James Crockett Sayers (Kenton County, Kentucky, laborer, farmer, politician, QM & 1st lieut 32nd KY Inf USA) Social: Thomas Turner (Montgomery Co., KY, State Rep & attorney) Social: Thomas W. Owings (Meade co state rep) Social: Richard Aylett Buckner, Jr. (Lexington, KY atty, judge & speaker of State House) Social: Bryan Rust Young (Bardstown state rep) Social: John Kemp Goodloe (Woodford Co State Senator) Social: John A. Prall (Bourbon Co State Senator) Social: James Fisher Robinson, Jr. (QMG of KY, Gov's son) Social: Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, editor and secretary of state) Social: Joshua Tevis (Louisville, KY, State Rep & US District Atto, Col 10th Ky Cav (USA)) Social: Thomas A. Duke (Paducah State Senator & Physician) Social: Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) Social: Richard Clough Anderson, III (Frankfort state rep) Social: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Social: Samuel E. DeHaven (Oldham County State Sen/Rep) Social: Henry Davis McHenry (Ohio Co., KY, state rep & senator) Social: Martin Pickett Marshall (Mason Co. State Senator) Social: Curtis Field Burnam (Madison County. KY, attorney & State Rep) Social: Willis W. Gardner (Union co. State Sen.) Social: Joshua Barnes (Bath Co., KY, State Rep. & doctor) Social: James Calvert (Boone County, Kentucky, sheriff and politician) Social: Richard J. Browne (Washington Co, KY, State Rep & attorney) Social: Nathaniel Wolfe (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, Ky rep & senator) Social: Walter C. Whitaker (Shelby Co. Ky state sen; col & genl 6th Ky Inf & Army of Cumberland USA) Social: John L. Irvan (Calloway Co. state rep) Social: John R. Thomas (Marion Co., Ky, State rep & attorney) Social: Zebulon Ward (Woodford co State Rep & former penitentiary lessee) Social: John S. Van Winkle (Wayne Co state rep) Social: Elijah Gabbert (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and KY state rep) Social: Jonas Martin (Livingston and Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer and politician.) Social: William S. Rankin (Grant County, KY, State Rep) Social: Joshua Fry Bell (Boyle Co., KY, attorney & politician) Social: Isaac Price Miller (Jefferson co. farmer & politician) Social: James Speed (U.S. Atty. General, Louisville, KY atty & state senator) Social: John B. Bruner (Breckinridge Co., KY, atty & state senator) Political: Samuel F. Roberts (Kenton County, KY, farmer and sheriff) Legal: Reuben R. Jones (Meade Co, Ky, sheriff and major) Economic: Office of the Auditor of Public Accounts of Kentucky

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hardin County, Upper or Northern District, p. 306B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hardin County, 3rd District, p. 91. Annual Report of the President and Directors of the Louisville & Nashville R. R. Company, Commencing on the First of July, 1861, and ending on the Thirtieth of June, 1862, (Louisville: Hanna & Co., 1862), 58, 71. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (Frankfort: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 25. Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Hardin County Marriages, 1793-1862, Film #000390788. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, Ky.: Collins & Co., 1882), 307. KYR-0001-037-0253. John Darwin Elliott (Nelson county, Kentucky, attorney and clerk) N00010590 1826-08-28 1897-09-21 Categories: People

Bardstown, Nelson county, Kentucky, attorney and clerk. Kentucky native. Son of Lucinda Beal Elliot and William Elliot. Married Susan Carpenter Elliot in Bardstown, Kentucky on June 26, 1855. Father of Mary E. Elliot, Sam C. Elliot, Lucinda Abel Elliot, Louisa P. Elliot, Sarah Abel Elliot, Maggie Abel Elliot, and Lon Abel Elliot. Resident in Nelson County, Kentucky in 1850. Attorney in Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky in 1860. Clerk of Nelson County c.1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Nelson County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: John A. Mackey (Nelson County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James Marshall Brown (Nelson County, Kentucky, farmer) Economic: Nelson County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 2, p. 748. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, Bardstown, p. 4. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, p. 127. Find A Grave, "John Darwin Elliot (1826-1897)," Memorial #99886046, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99886046 (accessed April 24, 2019). Kentucky Marriage Records, Nelson County Courthouse, Bardstown, Kentucky, Nelson County Marriages, Film 001929414, p. 69. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Hardin County, KY, May 1865, p. 59, (Accessed via ancestry.com). KYR-0001-004-0343. Enoch Edwin McKay (Nelson County, KY, attorney) N00002416 1835-04-07 1913-01-17 Categories: People

Nelson County, Kentucky, attorney. Nelson County native. Son of E. H. McKay and Anna S. M. Anderson McKay. Married to Ophelia Wilson McKay. Attorney in Nelson County, Kentucky in 1860. Confirmed as a notary public in Ohio County, Kentucky on February 5, 1861.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 249. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7016189, Nelson County Deaths, File #2577. KYR-0001-017-0062. 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). Nelson County, Kentucky P001012 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Bardstown.

37.7647, -85.4788 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 210. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Nelson County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on November 5, 2019). Bullitt County, Kentucky P00006090 Categories: Places

County in north central Kentucky. Seat at Shepherdsville.

37.9842, -85.6846 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 40. USGS: Earth Explorer, “Bullitt County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on April 1, 2020). Spencer County, Kentucky P00001881 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Taylorsville.

38.0317, -85.3425 "Spencer County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber, (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 841-42. "Taylorsville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 29, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Nelson County Court O00000671 Categories: Organizations

Located in Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Thomas P. Linthicum. Clerk(s): B. L. Blakey, John S. Bean, Ed. Turner, and E. P. Turner.

Relationships Economic: James M. Nicholls (Nelson County, Kentucky, farmer)

“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. 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. Nelson County, Kentucky 1863-12-30 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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Dec 30th 1863 J M B.

State of Kentucky Nelson County, } Sct. To his Excellency, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky-

The petitioners James M. Brown and John A MacKay would respectfully state that in the year 1853, they, as partners owned and Stood a Jack-ass in this County at the price of $ each Mare. put -- They paid said sum of $ as tax due the State, to the Sheriff of Nelson County and obtained said Sheriff's receipt therefor, and they say said tax money was paid unto the State Treasury by sd Shff upon his settlement with the Auditor --

But they say on account of their failing to obtain a License from the Clerk of the County Court as required by Law they were endicted by the Grand Jury and fined $25.00 and Costs- and this Judgment for Twenty five Dollars in favor of the Commonwealth, still Stands against them uncollected but in full force. ^except $5.00 paid the Commonwealths attorney which he agreed to take in full of his claim -- ^ The Costs, including the taxes fee to the Commonwealths Attorney, have been paid-

Now your petitioners say the way they were led into ^this^ difficulty was as follows- After having paid the tax to the State and obtained the sheriffs Receipt therefore, they proceeded to the County Court Clerk of the County. J. D. Elliott Esq then acting and duly qualified as such officer -- and

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Offered to take the requisite oath and obtain a License as required by the Statute. and then enquired of said clerk what the fee would be for his services- He replied one Dollar- that the County Seal had to be affixed to sd License & the tax on the seal would be 50 cents and the Clerks fee 50 cents- making the Dollar -- Your Petitioners replied that such additional tax and charges were not imposed upon the people of Bullitt or Spencer Counties by their Clerks -- that they had never before been required to pay the same- did not believe it was right, and would not pay it. And they therefore failed to get the Clerk's License to stand sd Jack.

Your petitioners allige that many and they believe most of the County Court Clerks of the State even to this day do not affix the County Seal to such Licenses, and only charge 25 cents fee for a License

Wherefore. Your Petitioners ask to be releasd and discharged from the payment of said fine or Judgment for $25.00 They pray for the exercise of the remiting power vested in ^the^ Governor by the Constituion- as proper and Just in this matter. They filed herewith a certificate copy of the Judgment afsd marked (A)

James M. Brown

Sworn to before me by James M Brown this 30th December 1863,

E, E, McKay Notary Public of Nelson County,

E. E. McKAY NOTARY PUBLIC NELSON COUNTY, KY.