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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-0001-004-0355 BR9-65 to BR9-66

Henderson, Henderson 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. John Tuell (Henderson, Kentucky, bricklayer) N00003722 1829? 1864-12 Categories: People

Henderson, Kentucky, bricklayer. Kentucky native. Married to Caroline Thurston Tuell in Hardin County on December 19, 1854. Father of Susan P. Tuell and C. H. Tuell. Bricklayer in Henderson County in 1860. Gentleman of leisure in Henderson County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: Wiley P. Fowler (Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Social: Anthoney Griffin (Henderson County, Kentucky, resident) Social: William D. Wells (Henderson County, Kentucky, resident) Social: F. Weller (Henderson County, Kentucky, resident) Social: C. T. Sandefur (Henderson County, Kentucky, merchant and tailor) Social: William D. Hopgood (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer and wagon yard carpenter) Social: Tilmon Gibson (Henderson County, Kentucky, carpenter) Social: William Duncan (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: William H. Sandafer (Henderson County, Kentucky, carpenter) Social: Arthur Jordan Hicks (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Andrew J. Goode (Henderson County, Kentucky, Merchant) Social: Wiley P. Fowler (Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 10. Kentucky Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1852-1910, Ancestry, Marriages, Hardin County, Kentucky, December 19, 1854. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registrations, 1863-1865, Ancestry, Kentucky, Congressional District 2, Henderson County, Kentucky, 1863, p. 276. Find A Grave, "John Tuell (1829-1864)," Memorial #85255530, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85255530 (accessed July 31, 2017). 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. Robert T. Glass (Henderson County, Kentucky, attorney) N00010548 1834? Categories: People

Henderson County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Son of Owen Glass and Elizabeth H. Glass. Married Sophronia B. Alves Glass in Henderson County on September 4, 1860. Student in Henderson County in 1850. Household owned thirteen enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1850. Graduated from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, in 1853. Served in the Henderson County State Guard as third lieutenant from May 24, 1859. Attorney in Henderson County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Henderson County in 1860. Household owned an additional thirteen enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1860. Attorney in Henderson County in 1863.

Relationships Social: Grant Green (Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, attorney, Kentucky Secretary of State, and Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts) Social: Walter Alves Norwood (Henderson County, Kentucky, physician) Legal: John Tuell (Henderson, Kentucky, bricklayer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson, Division 1, p. 563. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson, District 1, p. 478, p. 5 of 33 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 4. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 152B, p. 28 of 45 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Henderson County Marriages, Film #001944390, p. 73, p. 771 of 773 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Centre College Catalogue, (Danville, KY, 1864), 24. 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), Henderson County, KY, July 1863, p. 18, p. 405 of 629 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Edmund L. Starling, History of Henderson County, Kentucky (Henderson, Kentucky, 1887), 202, 744. Henderson County, Kentucky P00002891 Categories: Places

County in western Kentucky. Seat at Henderson. Located on the Ohio River.

37.8362, -87.59 "Henderson, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed February 26, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. "Henderson County," The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 424. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 137-38. 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). 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. Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky 1863-12-18 Petition 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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Henderson Ky. Decr 18th 1863. To His Excellency Govr Bramlette Frankfort Ky Sir

Enclosed find Petition of John Tuell of Henderson together with endorsation of the Jury who tried the cause, and recommendation of Hon W P. Fowler &c.

Mr Tuell is a good citizen, but poor in this "worlds goods". The payment of the fine of $40 would oppress him greviously

He hopes that your Excellency will afford him the relief asked,

Very Respectfully Robt Glass Atto for Tuell