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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-0001-004-0360 BR9-71 to BR9-72

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. William Gardner (Carroll County, Kentucky, hotel keeper) N00012693 1815? Categories: People

Carroll County, Kentucky, hotel keeper. Virginia native. Married to Eliza Jane Gardner. Father of Wesley W. Gardner, John S. Gardner, Charles N. Gardner, Alice Gardner, Lillian Gardner, and Ella Gardner. Hotel keeper in Carrollton, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in 1860.

Relationships Social: Joseph Graves Chinn (Fayette Co, Kentucky, physician) Social: Charles H. Cox (Carroll County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Richard H. V. Jett (Carroll County, Kentucky, miller) Social: Allen Hanks (Carroll County Court Clerk) Social: Rowland Thomas Vories (Carroll County sheriff) Social: Richard William Masterson (Carroll County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: John James Orr (County Atty., Carroll Co.) Social: Alfred R. Gaunt (Clerk, Carroll Cir. Ct) Legal: Carroll Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Carrollton, p. 1. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Carrollton, p. 13A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District 2, p. 244A. Alfred R. Gaunt (Clerk, Carroll Cir. Ct) N00005210 1815 1885 Categories: People

Carroll County, Kentucky, farmer and court clerk. Kentucky native. Married Narcissa Gaunt. Father of John F. Gaunt and James M. Gaunt. Farmer in Carroll County in 1850 and 1860. Owned three enslaved people in Carroll County in 1850. Owned two enslaved people in Carroll County in 1860. Clerk of the Carroll Circuit Court in 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District No. First, p. 159; Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District No. 1; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District No. 2, p. 29; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District No. 2, p. 2; Find A Grave, Alfred R Gaunt (1815 - 1885)," Memorial #31545418, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31545418 (accessed October 4, 2017); KYR-0001-004-0032. Richard William Masterson (Carroll County, Kentucky, attorney) N00002090 1817-03-14 1904-12-30 Categories: People

Carroll County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married Margaret "Maggie" J. Wright Masterson on November 16, 1858. Father of Kate J. Masterson. Surveyor for Carroll County in 1848. Census taker for Carroll County in 1850. Attorney in Carrollton, Kentucky in 1860.

Relationships Political: Samuel Stebbins Carlisle (Carroll County farmer) Social: Elijah Frank Nuttall (Henry County, Kentucky, attorney and circuit judge Eighth Judicial District) Social: William Beverly Winslow (Carroll County, Kentucky, attorney and bank president.) Social: Thomas A. Berryman (Owen County, Kentucky, attorney, chair of bd of trustees for Owenton)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Carroll County, Carrollton, p. 14; "Appointments by the Governor," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), September 20, 1848, p. 1; Find A Grave, "Richard William Masterson (1817-1904)," Memorial #31723382, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31723382&ref=acom (accessed March 10, 2017). Charles H. Cox (Carroll County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012694 1819-07-13 1900-04-30 Categories: People

Carroll County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Jane Furnish Cox in Carroll County, Kentucky, on June 12, 1845. Father of Miriam G. Cox, Sarah Isabel Cox, Eliza J. Cox, John J. Cox, Candace Cox, Charles W. Cox, and Robert Cox. Farmer in Carroll County in 1850. Farmer in Carroll County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Carroll County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: George Washington Murphy (Carroll County, Kentucky, farmer.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District 1, pp. 180A-B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Ghent, p. 97. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Carrollton, p. 1B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Ghent. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Carroll County Marriages, Film #000414689, p. 133. Find A Grave, "Charles H. Cox (1819-1900)," Memorial #117599989, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117599989 (accessed May 19, 2020). John James Orr (County Atty., Carroll Co.) N00005207 1832-05-21 1909-07-27 Categories: People

Carroll County, Kentucky, attorney. Ghent, Kentucky, native. Son of John B. Orr and Eliza Scott Orr. Married Rowena Sanders Orr. Father of Emmett Orr and Felicia Orr. Attended law school at the University of Louisville. Admitted to the bar in 1857. Attorney in Ghent in 1860. County Attorney of the Carroll County Court in Carrollton, Kentucky, in 1862.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Ghent Magistrate District District No. 1, p. 14; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Carrollton, p. 5; "Judge Orr Dies at Carrollton," Louisville Courier-Journal July 28, 1909, p. 8; Find A Grave, "Judge John James Orr (1832 - 1909)," Memorial #22773786, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22773786 (accessed 7 May 2017). Joseph Graves Chinn (Fayette Co, Kentucky, physician) N00012697 1797-04-01 1891-09-07 Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, physician. Bourbon County, Kentucky, native. Son of William Ball Chinn. Married to Barbara G. Graves Chinn in Fayette County, Kentucky, on January 21, 1821. Father of William Chinn, Fannie Chinn, Addison Chinn, Anna Chinn, Hester Chinn, and Claudius Chinn. Married to Juretta W. Chinn. Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Served in the Kentucky Militia as first corporal from August 31, 1813, to November 8, 1813. Served on the Lexington City Council in Lexington, Kentucky, from 1834 to 1840. Physician in Lafayette County, Missouri, in 1850. Physician in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Lexington in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Missouri, Lafayette County, District 46, p. 145B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, p. 92. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 4, p. 52. Find A Grave, "Dr Joseph Graves Chinn (1797-1891)," Memorial #26044662, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26044662 (accessed May 19, 2020). War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series M313, 102 rolls, Surname Range: Chi-Cla, Film #69. J. Howard. Brown & Rossiter Johnson, The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Vol II (Boston: The Biographical Society, 1904), p. 191. Richard H. V. Jett (Carroll County, Kentucky, miller) N00012692 1805 1872 Categories: People

Carroll County, Kentucky, miller. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth Jett. Father of Mary J. Jett, Richard T. Jett, Charlotte C. Jett, John B. Jett, Albert N. Jett, Josiah Jett, James F. Jett, and George W. Jett. Miller in Carroll County in 1850. Miller in Carroll County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District 1, p. 188A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Carrollton, p. 3. Find A Grave, "Richard H. V. Jett (1805-1872)," Memorial #30767842, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30767842 (accessed May 18, 2020). Allen Hanks (Carroll County Court Clerk) N00002219 1814-02-24 1872-08-09 Categories: People

Carrollton, Kentucky, merchant's clerk and county clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Nancy Hanks. Father of Cyrus Hanks, William T. Hanks, Dudley S. Hanks, and Atha Hanks. Merchant in Carrollton in 1850. Merchant's clerk in Carrollton in 1860. Clerk of the Carroll County Court from 1862 to 1865.

Relationships Political: John P. Beal (Carroll County, Kentucky, farmer, blacksmith and Justice of the Peace)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District No. First, p. 157B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Carrollton District No. 2, p. 4. “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. Find A Grave, "Allen Hanks (1814 - 1872)," Memorial #31679597, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31679597 (accessed October 5, 2017). Rowland Thomas Vories (Carroll County sheriff) N00005004 1815-11-29 1892-05-02 Categories: People

Carroll County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff. Kentucky native. Son of Peter Hamilton Vories and Maryland Lamb Vories. Married Nancy Garriot Vories. Father of John G. Vories, Peter H. Vories, William T. Vories, Rollin T. Vories, Jr., Nannie Vories, Lewis D. Vories, Emma J. Vories, and Iantha Vories. Farmer in Carroll County in 1860. Sheriff of Carroll County in 1861.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: George Washington Murphy (Carroll County, Kentucky, farmer.)

"An Act for the benefit of R.T. Vories, sheriff of Carroll County," in Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, September 2, 1861 through January 8, 1863, (Frankfort, KY: W. B. Hughes, Public Printer, 1861, 1862, and 1863), 13; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District No. 2, p. 59; Find A Grave, "Rowland Thomas Vories (1815 - 1892)," Memorial #25498726, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25498726 (accessed October 5, 2017). Carroll County, Kentucky P00000682 Categories: Places

County in northern Kentucky. Seat at Carrollton, Kentucky. Located at the confluence of the Kentucky River and the Ohio River.

38.6748, -85.0694 Mary Ann Gentry, "Carroll County," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 165. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Carroll County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on March 30, 2020). 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. Carroll Circuit Court O00000365 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 8th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Elijah F. Nuttall and George C. Drane. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): P. U. Major and John L. Scott. Clerk(s): John Hogan and Alfred R. Gaunt.

Relationships Legal: Lewis E. Krutz (Kentucky saw mill operator and tavern keeper) Political: Alfred R. Gaunt (Clerk, Carroll Cir. Ct) Political: John Hogan (Carroll Cir. Ct. Clerk ) Legal: James Humphrey (Carroll County laborer) Legal: William Sams (Carroll County, Kentucky, sawmill operator, barkeeper, and agent of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.) Legal: Robert Alexander Burke (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer, murder suspect, and fugitive from justice.) Legal: John L. Scott (Frankfort, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.) Legal: Thomas Dugan (Portsmouth, Ohio, banker and commissioner of deeds)

“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. Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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 his excellency the Governor of the Comwth of Ky

The undersigned your petitioners citizens of Carroll County would respectfully state that at the Spring term 1861 of the Carroll Circuit Court William Gardner was fined $50 for selling Liquor to a minor.

Gardner states that at the time the offense was committed he was ignorant of the existence of a law prohibiting such sales.

Your petitioners further state that Gardner is a man of limited means, That he has a family wholly dependent upon him for support. we state that since the fine was assesed Gardner has conducted himself as a law abiding citizens and we have reason to believe he will so conduct himself in the future.

We therefore request your excellency to remit said fine

William Gardner, A R Gaunt C C C C R. W. Masterson H, Cox Jno J. Orr cty. atto. J G Chinn R, H, V, Jett Allen Hanks c, c, c R T Vories S c c

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Carroll Cir Ct vs Wm Gardner

Remit except fees & costs

Tho E Bramlette

$50 -- Tipling 14th Dec/63