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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-0001-004-0378 BR9-101 to BR9-102

Carlisle, Nicholas 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. Owen Conway (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012526 1831? 1906? Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer. Native of Ireland. Father of John Conway, Dennis Conway, Bridget Conway, Bettie Conway, and Mary Conway. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1860. Farmer in Nicholas County in July 1863. Employed an enslaved person belonging to Benjamin F. Edwards in 1863.

Relationships Social: Elijah West (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: William Mathers Dinsmore (Nicholas County, Kentucky, laborer and carpenter) Social: William Spencer (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: John. M. Chevis (Nicholas County, Kentucky, merchant) Social: James Ray Piper (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: John W. Campbell (Nicholas County, Kentucky, wagon maker and court clerk) Social: Alexander Wallace Blair (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: John F. McMillan (Carlisle, Nicholas Co, Kentucky, physician.) Social: Fitch Munger (Nicholas County, KY, attorney) Social: Robert S. Evans (Nicholas County, KY, county attorney) Social: William P. Ross (Nicholas County, KY, attorney and farmer) Social: William W. Howard (Nicholas County, KY, clerk and notary public) Social: John W. Clay (Nicholas County, KY, farmer) Social: Benjamin F. Edwards (Nicholas Co, KY, farmer) Slavery: [Unknown][Unknown] (Nicholas County, KY, enslaved person)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Precinct 4, p. 245A. 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), Nicholas County, KY, July 1863, p. 183 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Nicholas County Administration Bonds, 1854-1969, p. 1338 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Find A Grave, "Owen Conway (1825-1906)," Memorial #116750764, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116750764 (accessed April 29, 2020). KYR-0001-004-0378. [Unknown][Unknown] (Nicholas County, KY, enslaved person) N00012525 Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, enslaved person. Mentioned as being an enslaved person owned by Benjamin F. Edwards and employed by Owen Conway in Nicholas County in a petition by Owen Conway to Thomas E. Bramlette on December 14, 1863.

Relationships Slavery: Benjamin F. Edwards (Nicholas Co, KY, farmer)

KYR-0001-004-0378. Benjamin F. Edwards (Nicholas Co, KY, farmer) N00007479 1808? 1868-02 Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Martha Berry Edwards in Nicholas County on November 3, 1836. Father of Laura J. Edwards, Sarah “Sallie” R. Edwards, Lucy E. Edwards, Martha A. Edwards, Charles Wickliffe Edwards, and Harlan Berry Edwards. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Nicholas County in 1850. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Nicholas County in 1860. Household owned an additional two enslaved persons in Nicholas County in 1860.

Relationships Social: James L. Arnold (Nicholas Co, KY, farmer and clerk) Social: Robert Sims (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 460B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 275. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 310. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 138A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nicholas County Marriages, Film #000252392, p. 165. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Nicholas County Administrator Bonds, 1854-1969, p. 339 of microfilm (accessed through Ancestry.com). Alexander Wallace Blair (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012518 1820? Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Martha B. Moore Blair in Nicholas County on August 5, 1841. Father of William Blair, John Blair, James Blair, Harlan Blair, Thomas P. Blair, J. W. Blair, Martha Blair, Robert Blair, and Wallace Blair. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1850. Employed Charles Aynes as a farm laborer in Nicholas County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Nicholas County in 1850. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Nicholas County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 452A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 2 of microfilm (accessed through Ancestry.com). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 361. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 5. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Precinct 4, p. 272B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nicholas County Marriages, Film #000252404, p. 204 of 633 of microfilm (accessed through Ancestry.com). John W. Clay (Nicholas County, KY, farmer) N00011491 1807 1876-11-27 Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Arnold Clay in Nicholas County on December 18, 1829. Father of Mary Clay, Maria Clay, Joseph Clay, Matthew Clay, William Clay, George M. Clay, James T. Clay, Sarah Catherine "Sallie" Clay, and Sidney Clay. Resident of Nicholas County, Kentucky, in 1830. Owned one enslaved person in Nicholas County in 1830. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1840. Owned one enslaved person in Nicholas County in 1840. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Nicholas County in 1850. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Montgomery County in 1860.

Relationships Political: James P. Metcalfe (Kentucky attorney and politician) Social: Isaiah Mullen (Nicholas County, KY, laborer) Social: Sarah "Sally" Mullen (Nicholas and Fleming Counties, KY, washerwoman)

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Carlisle, p. 178. Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, p. 70. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 466A-B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 304. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 284. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 81A Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nicholas County Marriages, Film 000252399. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Film 7016202: All Counties, Nicholas County Deaths, File 2550. William Henry Perrin, ed., History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky (Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1882), 742. William W. Howard (Nicholas County, KY, clerk and notary public) N00002414 1836 1902 Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, clerk and notary public. Kentucky native. Son of Joel Howard and Margaret C. Howard. Married to Margaret F. Fisher Howard in Nicholas County on October 17, 1861. Father of Ida M. Howard. Student in Nicholas County in 1850. Household owned one enslaved person in Nicholas County in 1850. Clerk in Carlisle, Kentucky, in 1860. Deputy clerk of the Nicholas Circuit Court in Carlisle in 1861. Confirmed as a notary public in Nicholas County on February 5, 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 392B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Carlisle, District 1, p. 275. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Carlisle, p. 276A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nicholas County Marriages, Film #000252393, p. 344-45. Find A Grave, "William W Howard (1836-1902)," Memorial #119972275, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119972275 (accessed February 11, 2017). KYR-0001-004-0378. KYR-0001-017-0062. William P. Ross (Nicholas County, KY, attorney and farmer) N00006451 1825 1900 Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, attorney and farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Greenberry Ross and Martha M. Ross. Married to Columbia Neal Ross in Nicholas County on February 8, 1853. Father of John Neal Ross. Married to Elizabeth "Lizzie" Davis Ross. Father of Columbia Ross, Henry Edsall Ross, and Mary Ross. Attorney in Nicholas County in 1850. Attorney in Nicholas County in 1860. Household owned two enslaved persons in Nicholas County in 1860. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1863.

Relationships Social: Fitch Munger (Nicholas County, KY, attorney) Social: Thomas Edwin Quisenberry (Nicholas County, Kentucky, attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 394A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Carlisle, p. 278. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 137A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Carlisle, Precinct 4, p. 275A. 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), Nicholas County, KY, July 1863, p. 12 (Accessed via ancestry.com). Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7019802: All Counties, Nicholas County Deaths, File #2223, p. 2228 of microfilm. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7017480: All Counties, Nicholas County Deaths, File #9305, p. 2710 of microfilm. Find A Grave, "Judge William P. Ross (1825-1900)," Memorial #183504441, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183504441 (accessed March 19, 2020). Robert S. Evans (Nicholas County, KY, county attorney) N00011492 1834-10-22 1900-12-11 Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Son of Joseph Evans and Susan Evans. Resident of Nicholas County, Kentucky in 1850. Law student in Nicholas County in 1860. County attorney for Nicholas County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 470B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 302. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Bowling Green, p. 53A. 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), 7th Congressional District, Nicholas County, KY, July 1863, p. 7. p. 14 of microfilm (Accessed via ancestry.com). Find A Grave, "Robert S. Evans (1834-1900)," Memorial #122399642, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122399642 (accessed November 29, 2019). KYR-0001-029-0439. Fitch Munger (Nicholas County, KY, attorney) N00006356 1818? 1866-03-26 Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, attorney. Lewis County, New York, native. Married to Mary Summers Munger on February 7, 1844. Father of Charles W. Munger and Harry Munger. Senator in the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Nicholas County in 1860. Commissioner of the Carlisle Cemetery Company in 1861.

Relationships Legal: John Delaney (Nicholas County, KY, student) Economic: John Delaney (Nicholas County, KY, student) Social: John F. McMillan (Carlisle, Nicholas Co, Kentucky, physician.) Social: Thomas Edwin Quisenberry (Nicholas County, Kentucky, attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 392. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Weston, District 1, p. 25. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 1. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins and Company, 1878), 651. William Henry Perrin, ed., History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison, and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky (Chicago, IL: O. L. Baskin and Company, 1882), 758-59. Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Passed at the Called Session Which Was Begun and Held in the City of Frankfort, on Thursday, the 17th Day of January, 1861, and Ended on Friday, the Fifth Day of April, 1861 (Frankfort, KY: John B. Major, 1861), ch. 168, p. 90. Elijah West (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012524 1804? 1877-06-03 Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Amos West and Elizabeth Robbins West. Married to Mariah Barton Smoot West in Bourbon County, Kentucky, on May 21, 1827. Father of John West, Sarah West, William West, Mary West, Elizabeth M. West, George B. West, Virginia West, Laura West, Emma West, and Martha West. Married to Rosanna Hughes West in Nicholas County on October 13, 1863. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1850. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1860. Judge of the Nicholas County Court in 1863.

Relationships Political: John. M. Chevis (Nicholas County, Kentucky, merchant) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 396A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 326. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Carlisle, p. 279A. 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), p. 304. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bourbon County Marriages, Film 000183086. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nicholas County Marriages, Film 000252411. William Henry Perrin, Robert Peter, and O.L. Baskin, History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky (Chicago: O.L. Baskin & co.,1882), 770. William Mathers Dinsmore (Nicholas County, Kentucky, laborer and carpenter) N00012523 1825-02-16 1912-08-19 Categories: People

Nicolas County, Kentucky, carpenter. Kentucky native. Son of Henry Dinsmore and Sarah Dinsmore. Laborer in Nicholas County in 1850. Carpenter in Nicholas County in 1860. Carpenter in Nicholas County in July 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 395A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 426. 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), Nicholas County, KY, July 1863, p. 13 of microfilm, (Accessed via ancestry.com). Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7016146, Nicholas County Deaths, File #21362. John F. McMillan (Carlisle, Nicholas Co, Kentucky, physician.) N00006280 1813? Categories: People

Carlisle, Kentucky, physician. Kentucky native. Married to Phoebe A. McMillan. Physician in Nicholas County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Nicholas County in 1850. Physician in Carlisle in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Nicholas County in 1860.

Relationships Military: Kentucky Home Guard Social: James H. Holladay (Carlisle, Nicholas Co, KY, attorney) Social: William Norvell (Carlisle, Kentucky, KY Rep, judge and attorney) Military: William Norvell (Carlisle, Kentucky, KY Rep, judge and attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas, District 2, p. 392B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas, District 2, p. 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas, Carlisle, 277. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas, Carlisle, p.137A. William Spencer (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012522 1831? Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of James Spencer and Elizabeth Spencer. Married to Elizabeth F. Burroughs Spencer in Nicholas County on December 21, 1865. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1850. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 492A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 366. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nicholas County Marriages, Film #000252393, p. 23-24. John. M. Chevis (Nicholas County, Kentucky, merchant) N00012521 1818? Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, merchant. Virginia native. Married to Mary J. Smedley Chevis in Nicholas County on November 15, 1837. Father of Edward T. Chevis, Martha W. Chevis, Alice Chevis and Henry D. Chevis. Merchant in Nicholas County in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Nicholas County in 1850. Postmaster in Nicholas County from July 21, 1852, to 1855. Merchant in Nicholas County in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Nicholas County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 391B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 1 of microfilm. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Carlisle, p. 276. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 1. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nicholas County Marriages, Film #000252402. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, RG 28, vol. 14 (1842-1858), Martin-Pike, p. 696. "Small Potato Proscription in Kentucky," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), June 19, 1855, p. 4. James Ray Piper (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012520 1808-04-05 1897-06-14 Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of James Piper and Catherine Piper. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Nicholas County in 1850. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Nicholas County in 1860. Owned an additional three enslaved persons for the Riley heirs in Nicholas County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 402B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 5 of 11. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 350. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 140B. Find A Grave, "James R. Piper (1808-1897)," Memorial #114152450, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114152450 (accessed April 29, 2020). John W. Campbell (Nicholas County, Kentucky, wagon maker and court clerk) N00012519 1828? 1900? Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, wagon maker and court clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Malinda J. Campbell. Father of Silas W. Campbell, Mary J. Campbell, James B. Campbell, John Campbell, and Virgil Campbell. Wagon maker in Nicholas County in 1850. Court clerk in Nicholas County in 1860. Deputy court clerk in Nicholas County in July 1863.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 392A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Carlisle, p. 275. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Precinct 4, p. 271A. 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), Nicholas County, KY, July, 1863, p. 3 (Accessed via ancestry.com). "John Alexander Campbell (1828-1900)," Find A Grave, Memorial 74446132, accessed April 29, 2020, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74446132. Carlisle, Kentucky P00000537 Categories: Places

Seat of Nicholas County, Kentucky.

38.312, -84.0274 "Carlisle, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed December 5, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Joan W. Conley, “Carlisle,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 163. 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). Nicholas Circuit Court O00000477 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 10th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): E. C. Phister and L. W. Andrews. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): R. H. Stanton and George M. Thomas. Clerk(s): James H. Holladay, James L. Arnold, William W. Howard, and J. M. Chevis.

Relationships Legal: John Delaney (Nicholas County, KY, student) Legal: Noah Goodpasture (Bath County Farmer) Legal: Nicholas House Legal: William Norvell (Carlisle, Kentucky, KY Rep, judge and attorney) Legal: John Alexander Campbell (Carlisle, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: Leonidas M. Campbell (Nicholas County, Kentucky, hotel keeper) Legal: Hugh M. Stitt (Nicholas County, Kentucky, hotel keeper and post master) Legal: George Morgan Thomas (Lewis Co politician; 10th Judicial District Commonwealth’s Attorney) Legal: Michael B. Burns (Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer and farm hand) Legal: Owen Conway (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer)

“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), 303-08. “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. Carlisle, Nicholas County, Kentucky 1863-12-14 Petition English Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": 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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CarlisleKentucky December 14th 1863 To his Excelancy Thos E. Bramlett Governor of Ky

Your Petitioner Owen Conway would respectfully represent to your Excelency that at the September Term 1861, of the Nicholas Circuit Court, through the influence of some personal enemy, he was Indicted for giving a drink of whiskey to a Slave, and that at the March Term previous he was Indicted for Keeping a tipling house. that he was fined $50. in the one & $60, in the other case, that in each case the Indictments were the work of personal enemies, he would further state that he had the Slave employed when he gave him the whiskey and that the owner of said Slave never complained about it but will join in this Petition to have the fine remitted; and he further states that if he Violated any Law in Keeping a tipling house he was entirely unconscious of it, he would represent to your Excelency that he is a very poor man that he has a large and helpless family, and that if you will remit the foregoing fines you will confer a favor on an humble fellow citizen and save his wife and little ones from distress,

Owen Conway

As the owner of the Slave above refered to I hope your Excelency will remit the fine,

Benj. F. Edwards

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We the undersigned citizens of Nicholas County join in this prayer in requesting your Excelency to remit the foregoing fines, Mr C. is a poor man, and It will be an act of charity to remit them,

A. W. Blair S,r, C John Clay L s. N C W. W. Howard Depty Clerk Nicholas Cir. Court W. P. Ross Geo Clay R S Evans Co. atty. Fitch Munger Elijah West D J N C C William Dinsmore John F McMillan William Spencer John. M. Chevis J. R. Piper

John. W. Campbell

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Nicholas Cir Ct

Remit the fine for giving to slave $50 except fees & costs

Tho E Bramlette

Owen Conway $50 & $60 Tipling 12th Jany/ 64