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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-0001-004-0358 BR9-69

Eddyville, Lyon 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. Charles N. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, naval officer) N00012690 1840 1871-06-16 Categories: People

Lyon County, Kentucky, resident and soldier. Caldwell County, Kentucky, native. Son of Nicholas T. and Mary J. Braswell. Resident in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned one enslaved person in 1850. Lyon County resident in 1860. Served as an officer in the United States Navy.

Relationships Military: United States Navy Familial: Nicholas T. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer and landlord.) Legal: Jacob T. Young (Lyon County, Kentucky, sheriff)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 327B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 835. Find A Grave, "Charles N Braswell (1840-1871)," Memorial #6656697, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6656697 (accessed May 18, 2020).KYR-0001-004-0358. KYR-0001-029-0393. Nicholas T. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer and landlord.) N00012689 1819-05-14 1893-07-08 Categories: People

Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer and landlord. Smith County, Tennessee, native. Married to Napler Dobbins Braswell in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on July 13, 1841. Father of Charles Braswell and Ida Braswell. Married to Mary J. Hargrave Braswell in Caldwell County on June 25, 1853. Grocer in Caldwell County in 1850. Employed John Bolton and James Back as grocery keepers in Caldwell County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Caldwell County 1850. Landlord in Lyon County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Lyon County in 1850.

Relationships Social: John V. Hildreth, Sr. (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: William Washington Hildreth (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Jacob T. Young (Lyon County, Kentucky, sheriff) Social: Alfred M. Fleming (Lyon County, Kentucky, postmaster and trader.) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 327B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 767. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 416A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p 43A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film 000546372. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film 000851644. "N.T. Braswell (1819-1893)," Find A Grave, Memorial 6656699, accessed January 27, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6656699. John Boyd (Lyon County, Kentucky, resident) N00006396 Categories: People

Lyon County, Kentucky, resident. Signed a petition to Thomas Bramlette on behalf of the estate of Elias Smith in Lyon County, Kentucky, on September 19, 1863. Signed a petition to Thomas E. Bramlette on behalf of Chares Braswell and N. T. Braswell in Lyon County in December 1863.

Relationships Social: Nicholas T. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer and landlord.) Social: Charles N. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, naval officer)

KYR-0001-004-0057. KYR-0001-004-0358. William C. Bigham (Lyon, Kentucky, farmer. ) N00006411 1818? Categories: People

Lyon, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Constable in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Lyon County in 1860.

Relationships Social: John V. Hildreth, Sr. (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: William Washington Hildreth (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Nicholas T. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer and landlord.) Social: Charles N. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, naval officer) Familial: James M. Bigham (Lyon County, Kentucky, clerk and merchant.) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: Elias Smith (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Lyon Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 310B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 769. Silvester W. Howarton (Benton, Kentucky, carpenter) N00007224 1839 1913-06-26 Categories: People

Benton, Kentucky, carpenter. Illinois native. Son of M. A. Howerton. Carpenter in Benton in 1860.

Relationships Social: Nicholas T. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer and landlord.) Social: Charles N. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, naval officer) Social: Elias Smith (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Lyon Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marshall County, Benton, p. 3; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, District 1, p. 5; Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), Lyon County, 1913, file no. 16518, Microfilm rolls #7016130-7041803, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky; KYR-0001-029-0529. William W. Smith (Eddyville, Lyon County, Kentucky, physician) N00012837 1826? Categories: People

Lyon County, Kentucky, physician. Kentucky native. Married to Georgianna Mims Smith in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on January 28, 1850. Father of Wiley C. Smith, Hanson R. Smith, Strother J. Smith, Effie A. Smith, Guy Smith, and R. C. Smith. Physician in Hickman County in 1850. Physician in Eddyville in 1860.

Relationships Social: Nicholas T. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer and landlord.) Social: Charles N. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, naval officer) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: Elias Smith (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Lyon Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hickman County, p. 32A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 763. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville/District 1, p. 17B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 315. James M. Bigham (Lyon County, Kentucky, clerk and merchant.) N00007223 1811? Categories: People

Lyon County, Kentucky, clerk and merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Mary T. Collins Bigham in Lyon County, Kentucky, on August 26, 1855. Father of James Bigham. Clerk in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned one enslaved person in Caldwell County in 1850. Merchant in Lyon County in 1860.

Relationships Social: John V. Hildreth, Sr. (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: William Washington Hildreth (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Nicholas T. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer and landlord.) Social: Charles N. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, naval officer) Social: Peter Flinn (Eddyville, Lyon County, Kentucky, laborer) Social: Warrick F. Lady (Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer.) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: Elias Smith (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Lyon Circuit Court

Eddyville, Kentucky, merchant. Maryland, native. Married to Frances Mildred Garner Jenkins. Father of Mildred Jenkins, Marshall Jenkins, and Maga Jenkins. Clerk in Caldwell County, Kentucky, for merchants Robert L. Cobb and Gideon D. Cobb, in 1850. Dry goods merchant in Eddyville in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in 1860.

Relationships Social: John V. Hildreth, Sr. (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: William Washington Hildreth (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Nicholas T. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer and landlord.) Social: Charles N. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, naval officer) Social: William Wilson Hollman (Eddyville, Lyon County, Kentucky, machinist and liquor dealer) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: Elias Smith (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Lyon Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 326B Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 762 Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 416A Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 41A Find A Grave, "Octavius Marcellus Jenkins (December 25, 1823-May 3, 1901)," Memorial #6656566, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6656566 (accessed July 24, 2019). Reuben R. O'Hara (Lyon County, Kentucky, retail dealer) N00006363 1807-08-14 1864-09-10 Categories: People

Lyon County, Kentucky, retail dealer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Ann Lyon O'Hara in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on April 25, 1833. Father of James O'Hara, Laura O'Hara, Mary F. O'Hara, John L. O'Hara, and William E. O'Hara. Merchant in Caldwell County in 1850. Owned nine enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Attorney in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860. Retail dealer in Lyon County, Kentucky, in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 391A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 5, p. 125. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 5, p. 273A. Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 1, Lyon County, Kentucky, 1863, p. 4. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film 000851644. "Reuben R O'Hara (1807-1864)," Find A Grave, Memorial 136995922, accessed January 26, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136995922. James O'Hara (Lyon County, Kentucky, merchant) N00007248 1835-06-29 1873-01-03 Categories: People

Lyon County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Son of Reuben R. O'Hara and Mary A. Lyon O'Hara. Married to Mary A. Lyon O'Hara. Attended school in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned nine enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Merchant in Louisville, Jefferson County, in 1860. Household owned eight enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860. Merchant in Lyon County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 391A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 5, p. 125. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 273A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 41A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Lyon County, KY, June 1863, p. 20. "James O'Hara (1835-1873)," Find A Grave, Memorial 6656627, accessed January 26, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6656627. Frederick Henry Skinner (Lyon County, Kentucky, hotel keeper, attorney, and judge.) N00006362 1815 1893-04-06 Categories: People

Lyon County, Kentucky, hotel keeper, attorney, and judge. Caldwell County, Kentucky, native. Married to Helen M. Catlett Skinner in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on July 26, 1843. Father of Thomas C. Skinner, Isabella Skinner, Aurelia Skinner, Marian Skinner, Helen M. Skinner, Giles L. Skinner, and Hylan Skinner. Guardian of Hylan Benton Lyon. Hotel keeper in Caldwell County in 1850. Owned twenty enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Attorney and presiding judge of the Lyon County Court from 1860 to 1863. Owned ten enslaved persons in Lyon County in 1860. Enslaved an additional ten persons as agent for Hylan B. Lyon in Lyon County in 1860. Presiding judge of Lyon County Court in 1861 and 1863.

Relationships Legal: Lyon County Court Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: John V. Hildreth, Sr. (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: William Washington Hildreth (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Nicholas T. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer and landlord.) Social: Charles N. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, naval officer) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Elias Smith (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Lyon Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 329A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 760. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 415B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 45B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film 000851644. KYR-0001-004-0057. KYR-0002-022-0103. Charles Wood (Eddyville, Kentucky, merchant, farmer, and carrier) N00007220 1825? Categories: People

Eddyville, Kentucky, merchant, farmer, and carrier. Caldwell County, Kentucky, native. Married to Mary A. Wood. Father of Edmond Wood, Archer Wood, and Charles Wood. Merchant in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer and carrier in Eddyville in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 328; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Eddyville, p. 105; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 13. John Stacker, Jr. (Lyon County, Kentucky, clerk, merchant, and county examiner) N00012889 1828? 1887-04-25 Categories: People

Lyon County, Kentucky, merchant, county examiner, and postmaster. Pennsylvania native. Married to Mary E. Gracey Stacker in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on January 16, 1854. Clerk in Caldwell County in 1850. Household owned eighty-two enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Merchant in Lyon County in 1860. County examiner in Lyon County in 1865. Postmaster for Eddyville in Lyon County from March 30, 1865, to September 22, 1865.

Relationships Social: John V. Hildreth, Sr. (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: William Washington Hildreth (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Nicholas T. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer and landlord.) Social: Charles N. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, naval officer) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: Elias Smith (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Lyon Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 382A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 770. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 43B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film 000546372. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Lyon County, Kentucky, vol. 28, p. 126. "John Stacker (1828-1887)," Find A Grave, Memorial 55453805, accessed June 17, 2020, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55453805. KYR-0001-004-2297. Elzathan Smith (Lyon County, Ky, carpenter and grocer) N00006422 1817-05-17 1864-02-07 Categories: People

Lyon County, Kentucky, carpenter and grocer. Allen County, Kentucky, native. Married to Arisba M. Smith. Father of William T. Smith, Caroline M. Smith, Frances M. Smith, Samuel H. Smith, Mary F. Smith, and Bishop Smith. Carpenter in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Grocer in Eddyville in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 329B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 761. "Elzathan Smith (1817-1864)," Find A Grave, Memorial #32487392, accessed December 6, 2021, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32487392. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Lyon County Administrators Bonds,vol. 1-2, 1854-1890, p. 301. Caleb Warfield (Lyon Co, Ky, brick layer) N00012873 1814? Categories: People

Lyon County, Kentucky, bricklayer. Kentucky native. Master bricklayer in Lyon County, Kentucky, in 1860. Employed Alexander Drake and Amos C. Perkins as laborers in Lyon County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Lyon County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Nicholas T. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer and landlord.) Social: Charles N. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, naval officer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 760. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 415B. Alfred Brock (Eddyville, Kentucky, painter) N00003871 1803? Categories: People

Eddyville, Kentucky, painter. Virginia native. Married to Nancy J. Brock. Father of John H. Brock, and Ellen J. Brock.

Relationships Legal: Uriah L. Kevil (Caldwell Co, Ky, farmhand) Legal: Lyon Circuit Court Legal: Jacob Doudel Yeiser (Eddyville, Kentucky, druggist and physician) Legal: Alexander H. Dudley (Lyon County, Kentucky, court clerk) Social: Alexander H. Dudley (Lyon County, Kentucky, court clerk) Social: Nicholas T. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer and landlord.) Social: Charles N. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, naval officer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 13; KYR-0001-029-0538. John W. Clark (Eddyville, Kentucky, merchant and postmaster) N00003027 1827? Categories: People

Eddyville, Kentucky, merchant and postmaster. Ohio, native. Married to Lucy Ann Clark. Father of Elizabeth A. Clark. Postmaster in Eddyville from June 1858 to August 1861. Merchant in Eddyville in 1860.

Relationships Social: Thomas J. Gregory (Lyon County, Ky, farmer) Social: Thomas W. Grimmer (Lyon County laborer) Social: Elzathan Smith (Lyon County, Ky, carpenter and grocer) Social: George C. Lester (Clerk in Eddyville, Kentucky) Social: William M. Bowman (Clerk in Eddyville, Kentucky) Social: James M. Lester (Lyon County, Kentucky, merchant.) Social: William C. Bigham (Lyon, Kentucky, farmer. ) Social: George R. Dupuy (Lyon County, KY, tobacco stemmer and mechanic) Social: James N. Gracey (Lyon County merchant) Social: Urey Henry (Lyon County, Kentucky, retail dealer) Social: James N. Holloway (Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer.) Social: William B. Wadlington (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer and 1st lieut 48th Ky Inf USA) Social: John Boyd, Sr. (Lyon/caldwell co. farmer) Social: Linah M. Cobb (Lyon County, Kentucky, clerk) Social: William W. Pinner (Lyon County, Kentucky, physician) Social: Thomas P. Paine (Lyon County, Kentucky, master carpenter and manufacturer) Social: Finis A. Wilson (Lyon County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: Alford H. Champion (Lyon County, Kentucky, physician.) Social: David L. Gardner (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and farm laborer) Social: William H. Long (Lyon County, Kentucky, dry goods merchant and post master) Social: Robert Hayden (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer) Social: David S. Hollman (Lyon County, Kentucky, stone mason) Social: Littleton F. Cash (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: William M. Wyatt (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Joel Howell (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Alfred M. Fleming (Lyon County, Kentucky, postmaster and trader.) Social: Preston M. Hildreth (Lyon County farmer) Social: William Wilson Hollman (Eddyville, Lyon County, Kentucky, machinist and liquor dealer) Social: Octavius Marcellus Jenkins (Eddyville, Kentucky, merchant) Social: James L. Stubbs (Lyon County, Kentucky, laborer and constable.) Social: George M. Huggans (Lyon County, Kentucky, physician) Social: Matthew Martin Lyon (Lyon/ Caldwell cos., Kentucky, miller) Social: Reuben R. O'Hara (Lyon County, Kentucky, retail dealer) Social: Frederick Henry Skinner (Lyon County, Kentucky, hotel keeper, attorney, and judge.) Social: Alexander H. Dudley (Lyon County, Kentucky, court clerk) Social: Jacob T. Young (Lyon County, Kentucky, sheriff) Legal: Lyon Circuit Court Social: Joseph "Crittenden" Holloway (Lyon County, Kentucky, resident) Social: Nicholas T. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer and landlord.) Social: Charles N. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, naval officer) Legal: Elias Smith (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 761. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, Lyon County, Kentucky, p. 126, (accessed via Ancestry.com). Alexander H. Dudley (Lyon County, Kentucky, court clerk) N00002700 1808? Categories: People

Lyon County, Kentucky, court clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Susanna Anderson Dudley in Todd County, Kentucky, on November 17, 1830. Father of Robert Dudley, Benjamin Dudley, Georgia Dudley, Frances A. Dudley, and Anna Bell Dudley. Married to Marie Dudley. Father of Walter Dudley. Merchant in Fulton County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Fulton County in 1850. Clerk of the Lyon County Court from 1859 to 1864.

Relationships Economic: Lyon Circuit Court Economic: Lyon County Court Legal: Lyon County Court Legal: Lyon Circuit Court Social: John V. Hildreth, Sr. (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: William Washington Hildreth (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Nicholas T. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer and landlord.) Social: Charles N. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, naval officer) Social: Alford H. Champion (Lyon County, Kentucky, physician.) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: Elias Smith (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Lyon Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fulton County, Hickman, p. 112B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fulton County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 761. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Todd County Marriages, Film 000367186. "Fourth Congressional District," Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), August 8, 1859, p. 1. 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. KYR-0001-029-0096 KYR-0001-029-0548. Thomas J. Gregory (Lyon County, Ky, farmer) N00006424 1825? Categories: People

Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary A. Gregory. Father of John B. Gregory, Margaret Gregory, Winifred J. Gregory, Nancy E. Gregory, William B. Gregory, Giles W. Gregory, Joseph Gregory, and James Gregory. Farmer in Lyon County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Nicholas T. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer and landlord.) Social: Charles N. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, naval officer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 680. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 8A A. Warden James (Lyon Co, Ky, resident) N00012888 Categories: People

Lyon County, Kentucky, resident. Signed a petition to Governor Thomas E. Bramlette on behalf of Charles Braswell in Lyon County, Kentucky, in December 1863.

Relationships Social: Nicholas T. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer and landlord.) Social: Charles N. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, naval officer)

KYR-0001-004-0358. William W. Pinner (Lyon County, Kentucky, physician) N00006391 1826-01-20 1875-11-07 Categories: People

Lyon County, Kentucky, physician. Tennessee native. Married to Letitia Catlett Pinner in 1860. Father of F. S. Pinner and S. Belle Pinner. Physician in Stewart County, Tennessee, in 1850. Physician in Lyon County, Kentucky, in 1860. Physician in Lyon County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: Lyon Circuit Court Social: Elias Smith (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: John V. Hildreth, Sr. (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: William Washington Hildreth (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Nicholas T. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer and landlord.) Social: Charles N. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, naval officer) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: Frederick Henry Skinner (Lyon County, Kentucky, hotel keeper, attorney, and judge.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Stewart County, p. 463B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 760. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 41A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Lyon County, KY, June 1863, p. 14. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, KY, National 44543, State 543. E.S. Gaillard, ed., The Richmond and Louisville Medical Journal, vol. XXI (Louisville, KY: Medical Journal Book and Job Steam Printing House, 1876), 485-486. "William Wyche Pinner (c1826-1875)," Find A Grave, Memorial 67145041, accessed December 6, 2021, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67145041. Richard Henry Witty (Christian County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012872 1823? Categories: People

Christian County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Julia Lunsford in Christian County, Kentucky, on April 10, 1850. Father of E. H. Witty, G. Venable Witty, Nancy R. Witty, Z. B. Witty, Henry Witty, and Rosanna Witty. Farmer in Christian County in 1850. Farmer in Hopkinsville in 1860.

Relationships Social: Nicholas T. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer and landlord.) Social: Charles N. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, naval officer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1, p. 476B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 513. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 388B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, Film #001942963, p. 223. Robert Hayden (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer) N00006375 1839? Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. Son of John J. Hayden and Mary A. Hayden. Resident in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farm Laborer in Caldwell County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Nicholas T. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer and landlord.) Social: Charles N. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, naval officer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, p. 303A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 27. Charles A. Bell (Eddyville, Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012840 1833? Categories: People

Eddyville, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Son of William L. Bell and Mary Bell. Married to Nancy E. Barrett Bell in Eddyville on December 13, 1854. Father of Ellen Bell, Winfield Bell, and Joseph Bell. Laborer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Eddyville in 1860.

Relationships Social: Nicholas T. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer and landlord.) Social: Charles N. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, naval officer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 324A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 709. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville/District 1, p. 11A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Lyon County Marriages, Film #000321364, p. 22. 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), Lyon County, KY, June 1863, p. 288 of 636 on microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). William H. Holloway (Eddyville, Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012842 1838-02-15 1890-06-22 Categories: People

Eddyville, Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Robert Holloway and Catharine Holloway. Married to Pamela Holloway. Resident in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Lyon County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Nicholas T. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer and landlord.) Social: Charles N. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, naval officer) 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, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 378B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 707. Find A Grave, "William H. Holloway (1838-1890)," Memorial #6656753, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6656753 (accessed June 11, 2020). Jacob T. Young (Lyon County, Kentucky, sheriff) N00003016 1828? Categories: People

Lyon County, Kentucky, sheriff. Tennessee native. Son of Thomas Young and Sarah Young. Married to Mary A. Boyd Young in Lyon County, Kentucky, on April 28, 1855. Father of Mildred B. Young. Farm laborer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned fourteen enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Sheriff in Lyon County Kentucky in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Lyon County in 1860.

Relationships Social: John V. Hildreth, Sr. (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: William Washington Hildreth (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: William T. Samuels (Hardin Co, KY, clerk, commissioner, KY State Auditor, state rep, clerk of KY Hse of Rep) Economic: Office of the Auditor of Public Accounts of Kentucky Social: Elias Smith (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Lyon Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 338B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 766. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 416A. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994046, Lyon County Births. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Lyon County Marriages, Film 000321364. Lyon County, Kentucky P00002081 Categories: Places

County in western Kentucky. Seat at Eddyville.

37.0945, -88.0803 "Eddyville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 27, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Ron D. Bryant, “Lyon County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 588. 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). United States of America P001802 Categories: Places

Capital at Washington, District of Columbia.

38.8951, -77.0364 Karl Patterson Schmidt et al., "United States" in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/United-States) (accessed May 26, 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Washington, District of Columbia," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 29, 2020). Eddyville, Kentucky P00003025 Categories: Places

Seat of Lyon County, Kentucky.

37.0945, -88.0803 "Eddyville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 27, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 88. 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. Lyon Circuit Court O00000412 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 2nd Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Thomas C. Dabney and R. T. Petree. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): E. P. Campbell. Clerk(s): William Sharpe, A. H. Dudley, and John W. Clark.

Relationships Legal: Alexander H. Dudley (Lyon County, Kentucky, court clerk) Economic: Alexander H. Dudley (Lyon County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: William Boyd (McCracken County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Philip D. Yeiser (Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.) Legal: Charles N. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, naval officer) Legal: Nicholas T. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer and landlord.) Legal: Jacob T. Young (Lyon County, Kentucky, sheriff)

“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. United States Navy O00005307 1775 Categories: Organizations

The organization of marine units and ships in the United States government. Commander(s): Charles Stewart, David Farragut.

Craig L. Symonds, The U.S. Navy: A Concise History (New York: Oxford University Press, 2015). Eddyville, Lyon County, Kentucky 1863-12 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.

To His Excellency. Thomas E Bramlett Governor of the Comth of Kentucky

The undersigned citizens of Lyon County Ky, State, that Charles Braswell a citizen of said County was indicted for larceny at the term of the Lyon Circuit Court. for 1860. They state that they are informed & believe that said Braswell made his appearance in said Court. at the June term of 1860 but arrived one day too late. and his bond was taken as forfeited They say that. they are informed & believe that said Braswell was in error, as to the week in which the Court commenced. that he arrived on tuesday supposing the term commen^c^ed on the following monday, whereas the bond was taken as forfeited the preceeding day.

Original bond350$500Paid150due$350

They state that they have good reasons for believing that said Charles Braswell is now in the naval service of the United States. the bond ^of $500, the sum of $150. has been paid to the Comths Atty for his commission, the sum of $350 is asked to be remitted--^ was for the amount Wherefore they petition your Excellency to quash the bond. forefeited. and that N T Braswell who is surety on said bond be forever acquitted from the payment of the same Eddyville Ky Dec 1863,

John Boyd

Wm C Bigham S. W. Howarton W. W. Smith J M Bigham

O M. Jenkins R, R, O'Hara

James O'Hara F, H, Skinner Charles Wood John Stacker Jr. E z smith C, Warfield A. Brock J, W, Clark A H Dudley Thom gregory A Warden James W, W, Primer Richard Withy Rob Hayden H. A. Bell W, H, Holloway

J T Young Sheriff Lyon County