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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-0001-004-0384 BR9-111

Owingsville, Bath 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. Franklin Tincher (Bath County, Kentucky, farmhand and corp 1st Reg Capital Guards, Bath Co Rangers) N00012592 1804? 1888? Categories: People

Bath County, Kentucky, farmhand and soldier. Virginia native. Married to Angeline Tincher. Father of Ambrose Tincher and Elizabeth Tincher. Served in the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a private during the U.S.-Mexico War. Farmhand in Bath County in 1860. Served in Captain Bussey’s Bath County Rangers as a corporal from December 11, 1863, to April 1, 1864. Served in the First Regiment Capital Guards, Frankfort Battalion, as a corporal from February 1, 1864, until reported as deserted in Frankfort, Kentucky, on July 15, 1864.

Relationships Military: Joel C. Bussey (Bath County, Kentucky, minister and captain Bath Co Rangers & 1st Reg Capital Guards USA) Social: Samuel M. Ewing (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: James M. Ragland (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: Benjamin Daniel Lacy (Owingsville, Kentucky, attorney & county atty) Social: William Richards (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant) Social: John J. Lightfoot (Bath County, Kentucky, druggist) Social: James M. Nesbitt (Bath County, Kentucky, attorney & comm'th atty) Social: John Stewart (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer and private, 10th KY Cav USA) Legal: Bath Circuit Court Military: Edward Barnaby (Bath County, KY, sergeant Bath Co Rangers & First Cap Guards USA) Military: James P. Kinkaid (Bath County, Kentucky, farmhand and corp 1st Reg Capital Guards, Bath Co Rangers) Military: Toliver Crump (Bath County, Kentucky, pvt Bath Co Rangers & First Reg Capital Guards) Military: James F. Shouse (Powell County, Kentucky, laborer and private Bath Co Rangers & First Reg Cap Guards USA) Military: John J. Swetnam (Bath County, Kentucky, 1st lieut Bath Co Rangers & 1st Reg Cap Guards) Military: Theophilus Hendrix (Bath County, Kentucky, farmhand and sgt 1st Reg Cap Guards & Bath Co Rangers) Military: Reuben Rogers (Bath County, Kentucky, pvt Bath Co Rangers & !st Reg Cap Guards)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 200. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Mudlick, p. 22B. Indexes to the Carded Records of Soldiers Who Served in Volunteer Organizations During the Mexican War, compiled 1899 - 1927, documenting the period 1846 - 1848, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M616, Roll 0037. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 761, 887. U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Application 375125, Application #375125. KYR-0001-004-0383. J. Saige Dury (Mount Sterling, Kentucky, attorney and editor) N00005291 1833-02-14 1868-03-07 Categories: People

Montgomery County, Kentucky, attorney, commonwealth's attorney, and editor. Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, native. Editor of the Mount Sterling Whig in Montgomery County, Kentucky. County attorney for Montgomery County from 1856 to 1862. Commonwealth's attorney for the 11th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1862 to 1868.

Relationships Legal: William F. Moore (Louisa, Lawrence County merchant) Legal: Bath County Court Legal: David W. Roberts (Morgan County, Kentucky, laborer) Legal: Morgan Circuit Court Military: 73rd Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Political: Calvin Brock (Montgomery County, KY, teacher, attorney, and county judge) Political: Franklin Tincher (Bath County, Kentucky, farmhand and corp 1st Reg Capital Guards, Bath Co Rangers) Political: James M. Nesbitt (Bath County, Kentucky, attorney & comm'th atty) Political: Office of the Secretary of State of Kentucky Legal: Powell Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, Mount Sterling, p. 318. John Livingston, Livingston’s United States Law Register, and Official Directory (New York: John A. Gray, 1859), 304. “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), 10. “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. "Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1867" in 1867 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1(Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, 1867), 354. KYR-0001-004-0384. "Death of J. S. Dury," Tri-Weekly Kentucky Statesman (Lexington, KY), March 19, 1868, p. 1. Owingsville, Kentucky P00002306 Categories: Places

Seat of Bath County, Kentucky.

38.1448, -83.7641 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987). 223. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Owingsville, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 27, 2019). Bath Circuit Court O00000358 1811-05-06 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 11th Judicial District of Kentucky. Judge(s): William H. Burns and Richard A. Apperson, Jr. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): James M. Nesbitt and J. Saige Dury. Clerk(s): John A. Turner, Jr., and Van B. Young.

Relationships Legal: John A. Trumbo (Bath County, Kentucky, farm laborer & jury foreman) Legal: George A. Trumbo (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer & supply 2nd lieut 10th KY Cav USA) Legal: J. Saige Dury (Mount Sterling, Kentucky, attorney and editor) Legal: Van B. Young (Owingsville, Kentucky, circuit clerk, attorney, and politician) Legal: David Underwood (Carter County, Kentucky, farm hand) Legal: Jesse Underwood (Carter County, Kentucky, farm hand) Legal: Philip Williams (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Franklin Tincher (Bath County, Kentucky, farmhand and corp 1st Reg Capital Guards, Bath Co Rangers) Legal: George A. Bean (Montgomery County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William Rogers (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer, preacher) Legal: James M. Nesbitt (Bath County, Kentucky, attorney & comm'th atty) Legal: Reuben Gudgell (Bath County, Ky, attorney)

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 355-59. 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. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. John A. Richards, A History of Bath County, Kentucky (Yuma, AZ: Southwest Printers, 1961), 567. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1877), 47. United States Army O00001186 1775 Categories: Organizations

The organization of infantry, cavalry, and artillery military units in the United States government. Commander(s): Winfield Scott, George B. McClellan, Henry W. Halleck, and Ulysses S. Grant.

Relationships Military: James Olney (possible U. S. soldier) Military: Joel Adams (Lincoln County, KY, farmer & pvt 19th KY Inf USA) Military: Joseph Innes (possible Lincoln County, KY, soldier) Military: Richard D. Cunningham (Colonel, U.S. Army) Military: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Military: Crawford C. Adams (Paulding County, Ohio, resident and soldier.) Military: 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A) Military: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky Military: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Military: Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (Union general, Boyle Co, KY attorney, pres Lou City Railway Co) Military: Marcellus Mundy (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and soldier) Military: Army of the Ohio Military: Military District of Kentucky Military: Luther Thayer Thustin (Louisville US Army Paymaster) Military: Hartwell T. Burge (Muhlenberg, Kentucky, Meth minister; chaplain 3rd KY Cav; colonel 48th KY Inf; comd'r Dpt of OH 1864) Military: Alexander Magruder (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Military: Charles David Pennebaker (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, KY state rep & senator; col 27th KY Inf USA & state military agent) Military: John F. Lay (Breckinridge, KY, soldier) Military: James Murrell Shackelford (Hopkins County, KY, attorney, colonel 25th Inf, 8th Ky Cav, and brig gen. in 1863) Military: Washington Seawell (Union Army, colonel and mustering officer) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Edmund A. Starling (Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, resident and Colonel (U.S.A.)) Military: 35th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: William Forman (Clark County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.) Military: Presley Kimbrell (Powell County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier.) Economic: William Bird Holeman (Frankfort City Marshal and KY Public Printer) Political: Government of the United States of America Military: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Military: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) Military: John Royalty (Barren County, Kentucky, barkeeper) Military: Henry W. Royalty (Barren County, KY, resident) Military: John Mason Marcus (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: Office of Quartermaster of U. S. Army Military: United States War Department Military: Horatio Phillips Van Cleve (Todd County, Minnesota, farmer and soldier (2nd Minn. and General U.S. A.)) Military: [Unknown] Johnson () Military: Wiley Taul Poynter (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier) Military: Lowdy Howard (Jefferson County, Kentucky, apprentice ship carpenter, tobacconist and soldier) Military: Thornton Williams (Scott County, Kentucky, soldier. Formerly enslaved by Urias Offutt, accused of attempted murder.) Political: Urias M. Offutt (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. and slaveholder.) Military: Robert Crooke Wood (Washington D.C., assistant surgeon general, 1854-1865) Military: Madison Mills (New York County, New York, surgeon. US army medical director in St. Louis, MO) Military: Charles Carroll Gray (Ontario County, New York, surgeon. ) Military: Henry Wager Halleck (U.S. Army soldier) Military: Andrew Jackson Smith (United States Army career soldier and commander) Military: Thomas Harvey Harris (Jefferson County, Indiana, book rubber and soldier. Military mayor of Memphis, 1864-1865.) Military: Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (Belvidere, Illinois, lawyer, representative, and soldier) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav)

Richard W. Stewart, ed. American Military History (Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 2009). Owingsville, Bath County, Kentucky 1863-12-15 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Owingsville, Dec. 15th '63 To His Excellency

Gov, Bramlett Dear Sir

There was a Judgement rendered at this Term of theBath Circuit Court against Frank Tincher for keeping a Tippling House -- He assures me is about Joining theArmy & will do so if you remit his fine -- I hope therefore you will do so -- as he is very poor.

Yours Respectfully J, S, Dury Comth Atty.

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Bath Cir Ct vs Frank Tincher

not acted upon ansd23d Dec/ 63.

Frank T has Joined the army and Takin the oath as I am informed by himself and others