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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-0001-004-0363 BR9-76

Johnathan Ward (Johnson County, Kentucky, laborer and prisoner) N00012453 1836? Categories: People

Johnson County, Kentucky, laborer and prisoner. Kentucky native. Son of Johnathan Ward and Malinda Meek Ward. Resident of Floyd County in 1840. Resident in Johnson County in 1850. Charged with manslaughter for killing Nathan Castle in Johnson County in January 1857. Laborer imprisoned in the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort, Kentucky, from January 28, 1858. Reported escaped from prison on March 28, 1863, and returned March 30, 1863. Pardon issued February 22, 1864, by Thomas E. Bramlette.

Relationships Legal: Kentucky State Penitentiary Familial: Malinda Meek Ward (Johnson County, Kentucky, resident) Social: Benjamin Franklin “Frank” Price (Johnson County, Kentucky, resident) Social: Samuel Lewis Auxier Jr. (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: William Jesse McKenzie (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: George W. Murry (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Isaac Rice (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer & hosp steward 39th KY Inf USA) Social: Joseph Davis (Johnson County, Kentucky, resident) Social: John H. Ward (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer & 9th KY Cav CSA) Social: William Jefferson Ward (Johnson County, Kentucky, justice of the peace, farmer, & 2nd Lieut 5th KY Inf CSA, JPJC) Social: Stephen S. Preston (Johnson County, Kentucky, resident) Social: George W. Perry (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Daniel Pelphrey (Johnson County, Kentucky, student & farmer) Social: William Preston (Johnson County, Kentucky, resident) Social: Greenville Preston (Johnson County, Kentucky, resident) Social: Winfrey H. Walters (Johnson County, KY, farmer and private 65th KY Militia) Social: Nathan Castle (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer. Killed 1857.) Social: Zephaniah Meek (Johnson County, Kentucky, Methodist minister, teacher, court clerk, and oil speculator) Social: Hereford Preston (Lawrence County, Kentucky, and Floyd County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: James Stafford (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and private (USA)) Social: Harrison Literal (Johnson County, Kentucky, student) Social: John R. Rice (Johnson County, Kentucky, pvt 65th KY Militia USA) Social: William Stafford (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Isaac Goble (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and first lieutenant) Social: John B. Auxier (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer, capt & maj ) Social: Andrew Wallace Rule (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Social: Daniel Wheeler (Johnson County, farmer and sgt 65th reg) Social: Joseph D. Davis (Johnson County, Kentucky, resident) Social: Franklin Preston (Johnson County, Kentucky, merchant) Social: Moses Preston Jr. (Johnson County, Kentucky, clerk and merchant) Social: John M. Walter (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Charles J. Grim (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer, tax commiss, & pvt 5th KY Inf CSA) Social: Shadrach W. Walters (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Montraville Preston (Johnson County, Kentucky, resident) Social: David Daniel (Johnson County, KY, farmer and private) Social: John Howes (Johnson County, KY, merchant & clerk of circuit & county courts) Social: Thomas S. Brown (Johnson County, Kentucky, minister & county court judge) Social: William L. Auxier (Johnson County, Kentucky, student & farmer) Social: Valentine Vanhoose (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Andrew Jackson Price (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: John M. Porter (Johnson County, farmer and pvt 65th KY Inf USA) Social: Samuel P. Hager (Johnson County, Kentucky, bar keeper and postmaster) Social: Martin B. Dixon (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer, coroner, sgt ) Social: James Hayden Blair (Johnson County, farmer and soldier) Social: W. W. Honer (Johnson County, Kentucky, resident) Social: Lewis C. Dils (Johnson County, Kentucky, sergeant USA) Social: William E. Hill (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff) Social: Ralph Stafford (Johnson County, Kentucky, attorney and farmer) Social: Nathaniel Auxier (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Thomas S. Williams (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Jesse Price Sr. (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer & merchant)

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Floyd County, p. 283. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 111B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 287. KYR-0001-004-0362. KYR-0001-004-0363. Johnson County, Kentucky P00002566 Categories: Places

County in Kentucky. Seat at Paintsville.

37.8048, -82.8641 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), p. 154. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Johnson County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 8, 2019). Kentucky State Penitentiary O00000266 1798 1884 Categories: Organizations

State prison of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Frankfort, Kentucky. Operated from 1798 to 1884. Keeper(s): Jeremiah W. South (1859-1863) and Harry I. Todd (1863-1871).

Relationships Economic: Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) Legal: Gabriel Endicott (Lawrence County farmer and prisoner for man slaughter) Economic: Ephraim Whitesides (Frankfort, Kentucky, carpenter and assistant keeper of the penitentiary) Legal: Charles Hawkins (Frankfort, Kentucky) Legal: George Knorr (Newport, Kentucky farmer and felon) Legal: Angelo Devoto (Louisville, Kentucky, confectionery shop owner) Legal: James Duddleson (stub, mercer or boyle county) Legal: James Savage (Wayne County farmer and penitentiary inmate) Legal: James Johnson (Campbell County, Kentucky, prisoner) Economic: James Landon Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky farmer and clerk) Economic: Robert W. Lawler (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Legal: William J. Tice (Steele) (Jefferson Co, Frankfort, and Covington, KY) Legal: Felix McDermot (Kenton County laborer and prisoner for grand larceny) Legal: David Schroeder (Louisville, Kentucky, butcher) Legal: Thomas Edrington (Louisville, Kentucky, carpenter and convict) Legal: Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Thomas Birmingham (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Legal: Daniel Bush (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Legal: William Nichols (Covington, KY steel mill worker) Legal: Charles T. Sullivan (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident and inmate) Political: James Landon Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky farmer and clerk) Political: Robert W. Lawler (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Political: John T. Hockensmith (Franklin County, KY, prison guard) Political: Luther S. Prentiss (Franklin County, KY, miller) Political: Robert W. Willhoit (Franklin County, Kentucky, petitioner ) Political: R. K. Taylor (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard. ) Political: James Gallahue (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard. ) Political: Thomas J. Frazier (Breathitt County, Kentucky, postmaster, politician, judge, and Register of the Land Office) Political: L. Tobias (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Legal: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Wesley [Unknown] (Caldwell County, Kentucky, enslaved man) Legal: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Legal: Hezekiah Alexander Jr. (Meade County, Kentucky, resident. ) Legal: William Duerbeck (Ohio River boat steward.) Legal: John Smith (Mont Wilson) (Frankfort, Kentucky, inmate.) Legal: Austin Bingham (Trigg County, Kentucky, laborer. Convicted of murder in 1859.) Legal: Jeremiah W. South (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer and keeper of the State Penitentiary) Legal: John J. Dyer, Jr. (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff.) Legal: William Johnson (Convicted of grand larceny in Franklin Circuit Court in 1863.) Legal: Daniel W. Clark (Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Stephen W. Duval (McLean County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.)

Calvin Fairbank, Rev. Calvin Fairbank During Slavery Times: How He “Fought the Good Fight” to Prepare “The Way” (Chicago: R. R. McCabe & Co., 1890), 54-56; 104-117; 139-46. J. W. South. “Report of the Keeper and Lessee of the Kentucky Penitentiary to the General Assembly, September 13, 1861,” Legislative Document Series, No. 7 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 3-13. Report of the Special Committee on the Penitentiary to the Senate of Kentucky, February 26, 1880, Legislative Document No. 18 (Frankfort: E. H. Porter, 1880), 78. William C. Sneed, A Report on the History and Mode of Management of the Kentucky Penitentiary from its Origin, in 1798, to March 1, 1860 (Frankfort: Senate of Kentucky, 1860), 553. Note 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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Johnathan WardConvicted of Manslaughter sent for ten Years from Johnson County January Term 1857 came to the Prison January 28th 1858 -- Escaped 28th March 1863 Retaken March 30th 1863 --