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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-0001-004-0391 BR9-118

Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Kentucky Jeremiah John Martin (Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012345 1823? Categories: People

Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Edmund Martin. Married to Nancy Jane McCormick Martin in Nicholas County, Kentucky, in January 1843. Father to John L. Martin, Sarah J. Martin, and Edmond Martin. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Nicholas County in 1850. Farmer in Fleming County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Fleming Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 401B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 5. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 1, p. 861. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nicholas County Marriages, Film #000252404, p. 418. 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 Bell (Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer and dentist) N00012819 1815? Categories: People

Fleming County, Kentucky, merchant, farmer, and dentist. Greenfield, Ohio, native. Married to Mary D. Bell. Father of Charles E. Bell. Married to Lucinda Bruce Bell. Father of Milley Bell and Henry C. "Harry" Bell. Merchant in Greenfield in 1850. Employed Main Turner in Greenfield in 1850. Farmer and dentist in Fleming County in 1860. Owned thirteen enslaved persons in Fleming County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Highland County, Greenfield, p. 133A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, Elizaville, District 1, p. 862. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 1, p. 465A-B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, Elizaville, p. 362A-B. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1965), KDLA, Film 7017516: All Counties, Mason County 1926, File #32096, p. 2401 of 3091 of microfilm. Find A Grave, “William Bell (1815-1898)," Memorial # 25760084, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25760084/william-bell (accessed November 17, 2020). George Morgan Thomas (Lewis Co politician; 10th Judicial District Commonwealth’s Attorney) N00002380 1828-11-23 1914-01-07 Categories: People

Lewis County, Kentucky, teacher, politician and commonwealth’s attorney. Lewis County, Kentucky, native. Son of Elijah Thomas and Araminta P. Boggess Thomas. Married to Catherine H. Willim Thomas on July 8, 1850. Father of Bruce Fraser Thomas, Walter William Thomas, Araminta Thomas Pugh, and Mary A. Thomas. Teacher in Lewis County in 1850. Admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1851. Attorney in Lewis County from 1854 to 1858. Representative of Lewis County in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1860 to 1862. Commonwealth’s attorney for the 10th Judicial District of Kentucky in Vanceburg from 1863 to 1869.

Relationships Legal: Laura Willet Brownfield (Mason County) Economic: Laura Willet Brownfield (Mason County) Legal: Leonidas M. Campbell (Nicholas County, Kentucky, hotel keeper) Legal: Hugh M. Stitt (Nicholas County, Kentucky, hotel keeper and post master) Legal: William M. Bartley (Ripley, OH laborer) Legal: Mason Circuit Court Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, District 2, p. 192A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Lewis County, p. 112. "An Incorruptible Democracy," The Evening Bulletin (Maysville, KY), November 10, 1886, p. 2. 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. E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities, vol.2 (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1912), 748-51. Peter Everett (Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky, gentleman) N00012821 1794-04 1865-02-15 Categories: People

Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, gentleman, businessman, and farmer. Virginia native. Engaged in commerce and agriculture in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1840. Owned one enslaved person in 1840. Resident of Montgomery County in 1850. Gentleman in Mount Sterling in 1860. Owned one enslaved person (Phil) in 1860.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, Mount Sterling, p. 300. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 1, p. 7A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, Mount Sterling, p. 320. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, Mount Sterling, p. 74A. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Montgomery County Wills, Estate Inventories, Appraisements, and Accounts, vol. D-F, 1828-1874, p. 539 of 750 of microfilm (accessed through Ancestry.com). Find A Grave, “Peter Everett (1794-1865)," Memorial # 84918877, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84918877/peter-everett (accessed November 17, 2020). Thomas M. Allen (Fleming County, KY, resident, Kenton Co farmer) N00012820 1839? Categories: People

Fleming County, Kentucky, resident, and Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Francis W. Allen and Maria N. Allen. Student in Bath County, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident of Fleming County in 1860. Farmer in Kenton County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Division 2, p. 1A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, Elizaville, District 1, p. 795. 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), Kenton County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 8, p. 20 of 495 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Find A Grave, “Thomas Mason Allen (1839-1883)," Memorial # 68672918, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68672918/thomas-mason-allen (accessed November 18, 2020). William E. Rice (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer and captain, 10th KY Cav USA) N00000864 1830 1901 Categories: People

Bath County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John Rice and Julia A. Rice. Student in Bath County in 1850. Household owned four enslaved persons in Bath County in 1850. Farmer in Bath County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Bath County in 1860. Served in the 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain from September 9, 1862, to September 16, 1863.

Relationships Military: 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District 1, 98A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District 1, 269. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 87. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 87. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 255. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 944. Find A Grave, “William Edgar Rice (1830-1901)," Memorial #110959856, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110959856/william-edgar-rice (accessed November 17, 2020). Leonard B. Cox (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) N00012346 1813? Categories: People

Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Virginia native. Married to Ellen T. Wilmot Cox in Garrard County, Kentucky, on July 27, 1838. Father of Emily V. Cox, Mary L. Cox, Samuel W. Cox, Thomas S. Cox, and John S. Cox. Attorney in Springfield, Kentucky, in 1850. Attorney in Fleming County in 1860. Presiding judge in Fleming County in 1862. Judge of the Fleming County Court in November 1863.

Relationships Legal: Jeremiah John Martin (Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Fleming Circuit Court Political: Robert Payne (Fleming County, Kentucky, tavern keeper) Political: Jeremiah John Martin (Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Peter Everett (Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky, gentleman) Social: Thomas M. Allen (Fleming County, KY, resident, Kenton Co farmer) Social: Jeremiah John Martin (Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: William Bell (Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer and dentist) Social: George Morgan Thomas (Lewis Co politician; 10th Judicial District Commonwealth’s Attorney) Social: William E. Rice (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer and captain, 10th KY Cav USA) Social: William Scott Botts (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: Fleming County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, Springfield, p. 237B-238A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 2, p. 615. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Garrard County Marriages, Film #000183256, p. 11. 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), 304. KYR-0001-004-0312. William Scott Botts (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) N00000867 1810-02-18 Categories: People

Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Flemingsburg, Kentucky, native. Son of George Washington Botts and Ann Scott Botts. Attended Transylvania University. Attended the University of Virginia. Graduated from the Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1831. Member of the Whig Party and Democratic Party. Delegate to the 1840 and 1852 national conventions of the Whig Party. Attorney in Flemingsburg in 1842. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Fleming County in 1841, 1846, and 1862. Judge of Fleming County Court from 1850 to 1854. Owned three enslaved persons in Fleming County in 1860. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Fleming County from 1863 to 1867. Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1865.

Relationships Military: William E. Rice (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer and captain, 10th KY Cav USA) Political: General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Political: Jeremiah John Martin (Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: William E. Rice (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer and captain, 10th KY Cav USA) Social: Peter Everett (Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky, gentleman) Social: Thomas M. Allen (Fleming County, KY, resident, Kenton Co farmer) Social: William Bell (Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer and dentist) Political: David Willson (Fleming County, Kentucky, banker)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District No 1, p. 58. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District No 1, p.467A. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 635. KYR-0002-161-0005. Flemingsburg, Kentucky P00000538 Categories: Places

Seat of Fleming County, Kentucky.

38.4223, -83.7338 Ronald Thomas, “Flemingsburg,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber, (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 325. "Flemingsburg, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 27, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Mount Sterling, Kentucky P00001936 Categories: Places

Seat of Montgomery County, Kentucky.

38.0565, -83.9433 "Mount Sterling, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 27, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 205. Confederate States of America O00003030 1861-02-08 1865-05 Categories: Organizations

Governing and administrative body of the Confederate States. Capitals at Montgomery, Alabama, and Richmond, Virginia.

Relationships Military: Army of Mississippi (C.S.A.) Military: Department of the Mississippi Military: Department (Army) of the Potomac Military: George Baird Hodge (Kentucky attorney, soldier CSA, Rep to congress (prov gov & CSA)) Military: Humphrey Marshall (Confederate Gen. & Rep.) Political: Humphrey Marshall (Confederate Gen. & Rep.) Military: Provisional Council Political: Provisional Government of Kentucky Political: Committee on Foreign Relations Political: Horatio Washington Bruce (Jefferson County, KY, Representative (Confederate), attorney) Political: Provisional Council Military: Provisional Government of Kentucky Military: Confederate States Army Military: The People's Bank of Kentucky Military: Branch Bank of the Farmers' Bank at Princeton Military: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Hopkinsville Military: Committee on Banks Military: Northern Bank of Kentucky Branch at Glasgow Military: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Bowling Green

Emory M. Thomas, The Confederate Nation, 1861-1865 (New York: Harper & Row, 1979). Government of the United States of America O00002945 1776-07-04 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the United States of America. Comprised of the Legislative Branch, Judicial Branch, and Executive Branch. Capital at Washington, District of Columbia.

Relationships Military: 68th Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia Economic: Hiram Barney (New York attorney and customs collector) Political: Leonard B. Cox (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Political: William Scott Botts (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: George Jackson (Bullitt County, Kentucky, laborer) Political: Hillary G. Jackson (Bullitt County, Kentucky, laborer & private 26th KY Inf USA) Legal: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) 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: George W. Rasure (Floyd County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Military: Amaziah "Samuel" Rasure (Washington County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Military: David Rasure, Jr. (New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Political: Nelson Trusler (Connersville, Indiana, attorney, politician, and soldier) Political: Robert Alexander Dowell (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Oliver P. Morton (Fourteenth governor of Indiana, attorney, judge, and politician.) Political: John Walter Rutherford (Crittenden County, Kentucky, barkeeper and merchant)

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Flemingsburg Dec. 11th 1863 Dear Sir,

I enclose you the petition of Jerry J Martinto the Gov. to be discharged from a fine imposed on him at the Sept tember term 1863, for $200, I wish you would use every exertion you can to have the fine remitted, for it is a Matter of great importance to him as he is not able to pay it without the sale of his property. see Dr. Bell and get him to go with you to see the Gov. the petition & accompaning letters present the case fully & I think it a clear case for the clemency of the Gov. Get him to act on it at once and enclose to me. I could have got Thomas the atty for the Comlth to have Joined in the prayer for remital, but it is a goodeal of trouble to write to him & get an answer, & this requires immediate attention --

There is no news here, except a report that Peter Everett was killed as he returned from the Mt Sterling raid. But I somehow cant put much faith in the report, yet it May be true, as there was a force awaiting his return -- The Govs message has been received and as far as I here, it is regarded as an able document I have heard no objections to it but much commendation

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Tom Allen is lying very ill. I learn that he cannot recover-- The capt. has very much improved, he is at his office to day. you have all the news that we have in regard to the movement of the army. Therefore I will close. by saying do all you can to put down the Rebels, and give strength to the Union -- you friends are all will write me frequently & I will answer promptly my Respects to Dr Bell & accept for yourself sentiments of the highest regard &c.

L, B, Cox

Wm S, Botts Eqr.