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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-0001-004-0350 BR9-57

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. Philip Williams (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012433 1814? Categories: People

Bath County, Kentucky, farmer. Married to Eliza Moore Williams in Bath County, Kentucky on March 13, 1837. Father of Corailla Williams, Mary E. Williams, Margaret Williams, William W. Williams, Alvira Williams, Thomas D. Williams, Isaac Williams, Sarah A. Williams, Joseph Williams, Evaline Williams, and Alice Williams. Farmer in Bath County, Kentucky in 1850. Farmer in Bath County in 1860.

Relationships Social: John A. Trumbo (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Newton P. Reid (Bath County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: William F. Atkinson (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Joseph T. Swetnam (Bath County, KY, farmer and soldier) Social: Thomas Fadeley (Bath County, Kentucky, house and sign painter) Social: George L. Coyle (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: B. F. Trumbo (Bath County, Kentucky, clerk) Social: Robert Coulthard (Bath County, Kentucky, merchant) Social: John Miller (Bath County, Kentucky, copper & tin smith and jailor) Social: Benjamin Daniel Lacy (Owingsville, Kentucky, attorney & county atty) Social: Van B. Young (Owingsville, Kentucky, circuit clerk, attorney, and politician)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District 1, p. 92A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 88. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bath County Marriages, Film #000273004, p. 289. Van B. Young (Owingsville, Kentucky, circuit clerk, attorney, and politician) N00003130 1831? Categories: People

Owingsville, Kentucky, court clerk, attorney, U.S. marshal, police judge, and politician. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas I. Young and Elizabeth Young. Married to Mary R. Bell Young in Bath County, Kentucky, on June 26, 1856. Resident of Bath County in 1850. Studied law with Judge Thomas B. Monroe, Sr., in Frankfort, Kentucky. U.S. Marshal in Bath County. Attorney in Owingsville in 1860. Police judge of Owingsville in 1861. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Bath County from 1861 to 1863. Clerk of the Bath Circuit Court from 1862 to 1866.

Relationships Legal: Bath County Court Legal: Richard Apperson, Jr. (11th District Circuit Judge) Legal: Wilkins Warren (Bath County, Kentucky, grocery keeper, 2nd lieut 24th KY Inf & 7th KY Cav USA, accused murderer & fugitive) Legal: Bath Circuit Court Legal: James M. Nesbitt (Bath County, Kentucky, attorney & comm'th atty) Legal: James Andrew Jackson Lee (Owingsville, Kentucky, merchant) Legal: William Penrose Conner (Bath County, Kentucky, sheriff and soldier) Legal: George W. Conner (Bath County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Legal: John A. Turner, Jr. (Bath County, Kentucky, circuit clerk) Legal: Benjamin Daniel Lacy (Owingsville, Kentucky, attorney & county atty) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, 1st Division, p. 109B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath, Owingsville, p. 1. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058, Fayette County Marriages, p. 7 of 29 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). “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), 301-06. “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), 347-50. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky (Louisville, KY: Richard H. Collins, 1877), 47. H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 137. KYR-0001-017-0065. Benjamin Daniel Lacy (Owingsville, Kentucky, attorney & county atty) N00000476 1821 1893-10-27 Categories: People

Owingsville, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Ann Trumbo Lacy in Shelby County, Kentucky, in June 1851. Father of Mary W. Lacy. Married to Mary Louisa Jewett Lacy in Montgomery County, Kentucky, on February 19, 1861. Father of J. Jewett Lacy and Elizabeth O. Lacy. Attended Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from 1841 to 1842. Attorney in Bath County, Kentucky, in 1850. Attorney in Owingsville in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Owingsville in 1860. Attorney in Owingsville in 1865.

Relationships Military: James Andrew Jackson Lee (Owingsville, Kentucky, merchant) Military: William Penrose Conner (Bath County, Kentucky, sheriff and soldier) Military: George W. Conner (Bath County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Military: John A. Turner, Jr. (Bath County, Kentucky, circuit clerk) Social: John A. Ramsey (Bath County, Kentucky, dry goods clerk) Social: John Stewart (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer and private, 10th KY Cav USA) Political: Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, editor and secretary of state)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, 2nd Division, p. 2A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Owingsville, p. 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Owingsville, p. 74A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Owingsville Precinct, p. 59A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Shelby County Marriages, Film #000259290, p. 375 of 848 on microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-58, Montgomery County Marriages, p. 9 of 24 on microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Quinquennial Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the Law School of Harvard University, 1817 – 1889 (Cambridge, Mass: Law School, 1890), 22, 60. Find A Grave, "B D Lacy (1821-1893)," Memorial #172452728, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172452728 (accessed January 31, 2018). KYR-0002-060-0012. Newton P. Reid (Bath County, Kentucky, attorney) N00012439 1820? Categories: People

Bath County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Mary C. Ragan Reid in Montgomery County, Kentucky on October 14, 1821. Father of Elizabeth Reid. Attorney in Bath County, Kentucky in 1860. Owned six enslaved individuals in Bath County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Bath Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Owingsville, p. 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Owingsville, p. 74A. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058, Montgomery County Marriages, p. 5. John Miller (Bath County, Kentucky, copper & tin smith and jailor) N00010471 1826? Categories: People

Bath County, Kentucky, metalsmith and jailer. Kentucky native. Married to Missouri Lee Hornback Miller in Bath County in June 1847. Father of Alberta Miller and Fannie Miller. Tinsmith in Bath County in 1850. Copper and tin smith in Bath County in 1860. Jailer in Bath County in 1862. Jailer in Bath County in August 1864.

Relationships Social: John Stewart (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer and private, 10th KY Cav USA)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Division 2, p. 3A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Owingsville, p. 7. FamilySearch, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," Bath County Marriages, Film # 000273005, image 602 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5ZH-F2T : 16 January 2021), accessed January 27, 2021. “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. KYR-0002-060-0011. Robert Coulthard (Bath County, Kentucky, merchant) N00010472 1824-01-10 1910-11-24 Categories: People

Bath County, Kentucky, merchant. Native of Canada. Father of Mary Coulthard. Attorney in Bath County in 1850. Merchant in Owingsville, Kentucky, in 1860. Clerk of the Bath County Court from 1862 to 1865.

Relationships Political: Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, editor and secretary of state) Political: Benjamin Daniel Lacy (Owingsville, Kentucky, attorney & county atty) Political: John G. Hart (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer and magistrate) Legal: Bath County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Division 2, p. 1B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Owingsville, p. 6. 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), 302. 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), 11. "Robert Coulthard (1824-1910)," Find A Grave, Memorial #135002154, accessed March 15, 2019http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135002154. KYR-0001-031-0092. B. F. Trumbo (Bath County, Kentucky, clerk) N00012431 1831? Categories: People

Bath County, Kentucky, clerk. Kentucky native. Son of Andrew Trumbo and Eloise Trumbo. Married to Eliza Taylor in Bath County on October 18, 1860. Clerk in Bath County in 1850. Resident of Bath County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District 2, p. 2B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bath County Marriages, Film #000273007, p. 111. KYR-0001-004-0350. George L. Coyle (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer.) N00010475 1827? Categories: People

Bath County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Ann Coyle. Father of Johnson Coyle, Margaret Coyle, James W. Coyle, Dulcina Coyle, John Coyle, and Hannah A. Coyle. Farmer in Bath County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 41. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Owingsville, p. 46B. Joseph T. Swetnam (Bath County, KY, farmer and soldier) N00011152 1800-01-02 1886-09-27 Categories: People

Bath County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Virginia native. Married to Mary “Polly” Atchison Swetnam in January 1832. Father of Elizabeth A. Swetnam, M. A. Swetnam, John J. Y. Swetnam, William W. Swetnam, Ann E. Swetman, Mary Minerva Swetnam, Charlotte J. Swetnam, Nancy L. Swetnam, Sarah F. Swetnam, and Thomas Swetnam. Appointed lieutenant colonel of the 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia in 1839. Farmer in Bath County in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Bath County in 1850. Farmer in Bath County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Bath County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 77B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 256. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 94. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 83A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 113B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bath County Marriages, 1814-1846, Film #000273004, p. 702 of 848 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (Frankfort: A. G. Hodges, Public Printer, 1838), 378. Find A Grave, "Jos T. Swetman (1800-1886)," Memorial #68470094, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68470094 (accessed October 21, 2019). John A. Trumbo (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012440 1804? Categories: People

Bath County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married Elizabeth Allen Trumbo in Woodford County, Kentucky, on October 30, 1839. Father of Frances A. Trumbo, Susan S. Trumbo, Mary H. Trumbo, and John Trumbo. Farmer in Bath County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Bath County in 1850. Farmer in Bath County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Bath County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District 1, p. 116A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District 1, p. 293. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 211. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 82A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bath County Marriages, Film #000252320, p. 22. Thomas Fadeley (Bath County, Kentucky, house and sign painter) N00012432 1800? Categories: People

Bath County, Kentucky, house and sign painter. Virginia native. Married to Sarah Fadeley. Painter in Bath County, Kentucky, in 1850. House and sign painter in Bath County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Division 2, p. 2A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 24. William F. Atkinson (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012434 1832? Categories: People

Bath County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Maranda Atkinson. Father of Thomas J. Atkinson and John Atkinson. Farmer in Bath County, Kentucky in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 26. 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. Bath Circuit Court O00000358 1811-05-06 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 11th Judicial District of Kentucky. Judge(s): William H. Burns and Richard A. Apperson, Jr. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): James M. Nesbitt and J. Saige Dury. Clerk(s): John A. Turner, Jr., and Van B. Young.

Relationships Legal: John A. Trumbo (Bath County, Kentucky, farm laborer & jury foreman) Legal: George A. Trumbo (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer & supply 2nd lieut 10th KY Cav USA) Legal: J. Saige Dury (Mount Sterling, Kentucky, attorney and editor) Legal: Van B. Young (Owingsville, Kentucky, circuit clerk, attorney, and politician) Legal: David Underwood (Carter County, Kentucky, farm hand) Legal: Jesse Underwood (Carter County, Kentucky, farm hand) Legal: Philip Williams (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Franklin Tincher (Bath County, Kentucky, farmhand and corp 1st Reg Capital Guards, Bath Co Rangers) Legal: George A. Bean (Montgomery County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William Rogers (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer, preacher) Legal: James M. Nesbitt (Bath County, Kentucky, attorney & comm'th atty) Legal: Reuben Gudgell (Bath County, Ky, attorney)

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. John A. Richards, A History of Bath County, Kentucky (Yuma, AZ: Southwest Printers, 1961), 567. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1877), 47. 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 Thomas E Bramlett Govenor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your Petitioner Phillip Williams would most respectfully represent. that at the March Term of the Bath Circuit Court 1858.. the Commonwealth recovered two Judgments against your petitioner for $20. each for gameing= Your petitioner would state that the "Commonwealthisbetter able to losethatamount, than he is to pay it, and he would state that he has long since quit betting, and he prays your excellency to remit said fines- and He will ever pray &c

V. B. Young C. B. C. C B D Lacy N, P. Reid. John Miller Robert Coulthard B F Trumbo George Coyle Jos S Swetnam J A Trumbo Thos Fadeley W F, Atkinson

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Bath Cir Court

Remit except costs & fees -- and hand to Judge Trumbo

Tho E Bramlette

vs P. Williams 3d Dec 1863 Gaming $20,