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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-0001-004-0386 BR9-113

Washington, District of Columbia Ephraim L. Van Winkle (Pulaski Co, KY, attorney & Sec. State) N001777 1827-07-20 1866-05-23 Categories: People

Pulaski County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and statesman. Wayne County, Kentucky, native. Son of Micajah Van Winkle and Mary Phillips Van Winkle. Married to Ellen Eliza Phillips Van Winkle. Father of Milton E. Van Winkle, Mary E. Van Winkle, Lucy A. Van Winkle, and Betty Van Winkle. Attended the Monticello Academy in Wayne County, Kentucky. Graduate of the Louisville School of Law in 1850. Attorney in Wayne County in 1850. Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Wayne County in 1855. Commonwealth's attorney for the Sixth Judicial District in 1856. State elector for Constitutional Union Party candidate John Bell in 1860. Attorney in Pulaski County in 1860. Employed James Cowan as a day laborer in Pulaski County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Pulaski County in 1860. Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to May 23, 1866.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, Division No. 2, p. 242B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Somerset, p. 155. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Somerset District 1, p. 195A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Pulaski County, KY, July 1863, p. 163. "Ephraim Van Winkle," Office of the Kentucky Secretary of State, accessed September 22, 2021, https://web.sos.ky.gov/ofx/secsofstate?id=39. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Rolls 994057, Wayne County Births. William Forbes (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012306 1813? Categories: People

Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Adaline Forbes. Father of Emily Forbes, Rebecca Forbes, Angelina Forbes, Bailey Forbes, Elizabeth Forbes, Sarah W. Forbes, John A. Forbes, George Forbes, James Forbes, and Mary Forbes. Farmer in Laurel County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Jackson County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Isaac Jackson Faubus (Jackson County, Kentucky, county judge) Social: Abner Lewis (Harlan County farmer and soldier) Social: Caleb S. Martin (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: John Farmer (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Henry Faubus (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James M. Wood (Jackson County, Kentucky, county and circuit court clerk) Legal: Jackson Circuit Court Political: William Harrison Randall, Sr. (Laurel County, Kentucky, attorney, clerk, and politician.) Social: James M. Wood (Jackson County, Kentucky, county and circuit court clerk) Social: William Harrison Randall, Sr. (Laurel County, Kentucky, attorney, clerk, and politician.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, p. 39B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jackson County, My Division, p. 906. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jackson County, River Precinct 7, p. 227B. 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. James M. Wood (Jackson County, Kentucky, county and circuit court clerk) N00003359 1832? Categories: People

Jackson County, Kentucky, court clerk. Indiana native. Married to Tabitha Clark Wood in Jackson County in January 1861. Father of Mary A. Wood and Emily E. Wood. Clerk of the Jackson County Court from 1862 to 1866. Clerk of the Jackson Circuit Court from 1862 to 1866.

Relationships Economic: Jackson County Court Legal: William Rader (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer, soldier, and justice of the peace) Legal: Elijah Parsons (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Jackson County, Kentucky Legal: John Parker (Jackson County, Kentucky, merchant, postmaster and justice of the peace) Legal: Meredith C. Hughes, Sr. (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: William Rader (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer, soldier, and justice of the peace) Political: Elijah Parsons (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Jackson County Court Political: Meredith C. Hughes, Sr. (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Phillip Marcum (Jackson County, Kentucky, surveyor, farmer, and justice of the peace) Legal: Jackson Circuit Court Social: William Harrison Randall, Sr. (Laurel County, Kentucky, attorney, clerk, and politician.)

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Jackson County, McKee, p. 15. 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. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Jackson County, KY, June 1863, p. 393. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jackson County Marriages, 1858-1876, Film #00802458. William Harrison Randall, Sr. (Laurel County, Kentucky, attorney, clerk, and politician.) N00000824 1812-07-15 1881-08-01 Categories: People

Laurel County, Kentucky, attorney, clerk, and politician. Madison County, Kentucky, native. Married to Martha Jane Slaughter Randall. Father of Julia Randall, Richard Randall, William H. Randall, Jr., James Randall, Sarah E. Randall, and Charles M. Randall. Attorney in Laurel County in 1835. Clerk of the Laurel County Court and Laurel Circuit Court from 1836 to 1855. Owned two enslaved persons in Laurel County in 1850. Attorney in Laurel County in 1860. Member of the United States House of Representatives from the Eighth Congressional District of Kentucky from 1863 to 1867.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Thomas Edward Greenfield Ransom (Illinois soldier) Political: William Jennings Landram (Garrard County, Kentucky, clerk and colonel 19th KY Inf USA)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, p. 12A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, London, p. 473. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, The Town of London, p. 146A. Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1971 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1971), p. 1584. Russell Dyche, Laurel County, Kentucky (London, KY: The Sentinel-Echo, 1954), pp. 40-41. Charles Lanman, Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States (Washington: J. M. Morrison, 1887), 410. H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 559. Washington, District of Columbia P00001134 Categories: Places

Seat of government of the United States of America. Located on the Potomac River.

38.9072, -77.0369 Jeane Mason Fogle, "Washington, D.C." in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/Washington-DC) (accessed May 22, 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Washington, D.C.," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 8, 2019). Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. 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). Jackson County, Kentucky P00003363 Categories: Places

County in eastern central Kentucky. Seat at McKee.

37.4304, -83.9934 "Jackson County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 460. "McKee, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed May 6, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. McKee, Kentucky P00012578 Categories: Places

Seat of Jackson County, Kentucky. Located on the headwaters of the Rockcastle River.

37.4304, -83.9934 "McKee, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed May 6, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 184. Louisville Journal O001002 1830 1868 Categories: Organizations

Louisville, Kentucky, newspaper. Owners(s): A. J. Buxton and George W. Weissinger. Editor(s): George D. Prentice.

Betty Carolyn Congleton, "Louisville Journal" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 582-83. Washington, District of Columbia 1863-12-28 Correspondence 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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Washington D. C Dec 28. 1863. E L Vanwinkle Frankfort Ky My Dear Sir,

I enclose you the Petition of William Forbes of Jackson County for the remittance of a fine,

It should have been presented before now, but, better late than never -- Do me the faver to have the Governor remit and Send the same to "William Forbes McKee Ky" or to the Clerk-

I shall spend the holliday in making myself acquainted with & transacting business before the departments and in getting posted as to the running of this Machine

Tell the Journal man to keep his shirt on.

I am very respectfully & truly yr friend &c.

W. H. Randall