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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-0001-004-0396 BR9-125 to BR9-126

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 Pugh (Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky, physician) N00012717 1800? Categories: People

Catlettsburg, Kentucky, physician and druggist. Native of Wales. Physician and druggist in Boyd County in 1864.

Relationships Social: L. J. Ewing (Boyd County, Kentucky, resident) Social: Hugh A. Poage (Boyd County, Ky, magistrate & Greenup Co, KY, farmer) Social: William Knostman (Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky, clerk) Social: Hiram Preston (Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky, wharf boat driver) Social: Charles Lewis McConnell (Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: Jeremiah Wellman (Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky, merchant) Social: William Campbell (Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky, lumber merchant) Social: John H. Eastham (Boyd County, KY, sheriff, farmer) Social: Allen P. Borders (Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky, wharf boat driver) Social: James D. Kincaid (Boyd County, KY, physician & surgeon 22nd KY Inf) Social: Asa Bellow (Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: James R. Ford (Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Jeweler) Social: Jasper Bowling (Boyd County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Kelsey N. Harris (Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky resident) Social: James Faulconer (Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky resident) Social: H. M. Childs (Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky, wharf boat driver) Social: James W. Riely (Boyd County, Kentucky, county and circuit clerk) Social: William A. Foster (Boyd County, Kentucky, merchant and clerk.) Legal: Boyd Circuit Court Social: Andrew Scott (Boyd County, Kentucky, resident) Social: James D. Jones (Boyd County, Kentucky, attorney, county attorney, and NP)

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 101A. KYR-0001-004-0396. William Knostman (Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky, clerk) N00012719 1831? Categories: People

Catlettsburg, Kentucky, clerk. Native of Germany. Married to Caroline Knostman. Clerk in Catlettsburg in 1860. Appointed postmaster in Catlettsburg on July 10, 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 798. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, Adair-Carter, p. 203, (accessed via Ancestry.com). James W. Riely (Boyd County, Kentucky, county and circuit clerk) N00003107 1830? Categories: People

Catlettsburg, Kentucky, court clerk. Kentucky native. Clerk in Carter County in 1850. Clerk of Boyd County Court from 1860 to 1863. Clerk of Boyd Circuit Court from 1860 to 1863.

Relationships Legal: Boyd Circuit Court Social: James Lampton (Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Levi J. Hampton (Boyd County, Kentucky, traderman, hotel keeper, justice of the peace, and soldier) Legal: H. W. Norris (Boyd County, Kentucky, tailor and hotel keeper) Legal: Boyd County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carter County, District 2, p. 226A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Cattletsburg, p. 124. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860,” in 1861 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 356-58. “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. William A. Foster (Boyd County, Kentucky, merchant and clerk.) N00012678 1804 1883-06-22 Categories: People

Boyd County, Kentucky, merchant and clerk. Pennsylvania native. Married to Maria Hurst Foster. Father of Henry H. Foster, Genoa Foster, and Alice Isabella Foster. Merchant in Lawrence County, Kentucky, in 1850. Clerk in Boyd County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 89A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 801. "William A. Foster (1804-1883)," Find A Grave, Memorial 48034616, accessed September 6, 2024, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48034616/william-a-foster. H. M. Childs (Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky, wharf boat driver) N00012680 1821? Categories: People

Catlettsburg, Kentucky, wharf boat driver. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth Auxier Childs in Boyd County, Kentucky, in April 1865. Driver of a wharf boat in Catlettsburg in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 814. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Boyd County Marriages, Film #000344011, p. 115. Hugh A. Poage (Boyd County, Ky, magistrate & Greenup Co, KY, farmer) N00012720 1795? Categories: People

Boyd County, Kentucky, magistrate. Virginia native. Farmer in Greenup County in 1850. Household owned five enslaved persons in Greenup County in 1850. Magistrate in Boyd County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, District 2, p. 195B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, District 2, p. 243, p. 4 of 5 of microfilm (accessed via ancestry.com). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, p. 794. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, Precinct 6, p. 142B. Charles Lewis McConnell (Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky, attorney) N00012716 1825-10-31 1906-06-10 Categories: People

Catlettsburg, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Kentucky native. Married to Isabella Henderson McConnell. Father of James H. McConnell and Lucy B. McConnell. Attorney in Greenup County, Kentucky, in 1850. Attorney in Catlettsburg in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons (James, Milly, Mary, and Anna) in Catlettsburg in 1860. Judge of Boyd County Court in 1862. Judge of Boyd County Court in 1863.

Relationships Legal: Boyd County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, District 2, p. 162A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 801. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, p. 1. “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), 304. Find A Grave, "Charles Lewis McConnell (1825-1906)," Memorial #134439921, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134439921 (accessed May 22, 2020). KYR-0002-009-0025. James R. Ford (Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Jeweler) N00012709 1826? Categories: People

Catlettsburg, Kentucky, jeweler. Virginia native. Married to Sarah Ford. Father of Glenmore Ford. Jeweler in Catlettsburg in 1860. Owned one enslaved person (Ann) in Boyd County in 1860. Silversmith in Boyd County in 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 799. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, p. 145A. 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), Boyd County, KY, October 1863, p. 41 (accessed via ancestry.com). Asa Bellow (Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012710 1808-11-08 1900-04-29 Categories: People

Catlettsburg, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Martha Bellow. Father of Elizabeth Bellow, Mary Bellow, Lycurgus Bellow, Martha Bellow, Emeline Bellow, Narcissus William Bellow, Isabinda Bellow, and Mary Ann Bellow. Farmer in Carter County, Kentucky, in 1850. Employed Hugh Hagerty and John Hagerty as laborers in Carter County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Carter County in 1850. Farmer in Catlettsburg in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons (Albert, Charles, Dicey, and William) in Boyd County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carter County, District 2, p. 228A-B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Carter County, District 2, p. 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 734. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, p. 3. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carter County, Precinct 6, p. 157B. Find A Grave, “Asa Bellow (1808-1900)," Memorial #57147039, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57147039/asa-bellow (accessed October 12, 2020). James D. Kincaid (Boyd County, KY, physician & surgeon 22nd KY Inf) N00012712 1819 1898 Categories: People

Catlettsburg, Kentucky, physician and soldier. Virginia native. Married to Lenora F. Kincaid. Father of Andrew S. Kincaid, Emma V. Kincaid, James H.W. Kincaid, and Eva J. Kincaid. Physician in Greenup County, Kentucky, in 1850. Physician in Catlettsburg in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Catlettsburg in 1860. Served in the 22nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a surgeon from May 26, 1864, to June 22, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, District 2, p. 193B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 795. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, p. 1. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 109A. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 353. Find A Grave, "James Dickison Kincaid (1819-1889)," Memorial #187512674, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187512674 (accessed May 22, 2020). L. J. Ewing (Boyd County, Kentucky, resident) N00012721 Categories: People

Signed a petition to Thomas Bramlette on behalf of William Knostman in Boyd County, Kentucky, in c1863.

KYR-0001-004-0396. Jeremiah Wellman (Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky, merchant) N00012715 1814? Categories: People

Catlettsburg, Kentucky, merchant. Virginia native. Married to Zerilda Wellman. Father of Elizabeth Wellman, John Wellman, Isabella Wellman, and Ceres Wellman. Merchant in Wayne County, Virginia, in 1850. Merchant in Catlettsburg in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Virginia, Wayne County, District 66, p. 228A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 795. Hiram Preston (Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky, wharf boat driver) N00012718 1830? Categories: People

Catlettsburg, Kentucky, wharf boat driver. Kentucky native. Son of Henry Preston and Elizabeth Preston. Married to Mary Jane Myers Preston in Boyd County, Kentucky, on December 31, 1863. Farmer in Lawrence County, Kentucky, in 1850. Wharf boat driver in Catlettsburg in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 102A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 811. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Boyd County Marriages, Film #000344011, p. 68. Allen P. Borders (Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky, wharf boat driver) N00012713 1831-06-02 1900-11-16 Categories: People

Catlettsburg, Kentucky, wharf boat driver. Kentucky native. Son of Archibald Borders and Jane Borders. Married to Louisa Borders. Father of Angeline Borders, Jane Borders, Milard Borders, and Addie Borders. Clerk in Lawrence County, Kentucky, in 1850. Wharf boat driver in Catlettsburg in 1860. Employed Hiram Preston on the wharf boat in Catlettsburg in 1860. Owned A. P. Borders & Company, wholesaler dealer, in Catlettsburg in 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 99A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 810. Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 15, Boyd County, Kentucky, 1862, (Accessed via ancestry.com). Find A Grave, "Allen P. Borders (1831-1900)," Memorial #39137998, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39137998 (accessed May 22, 2020). William Campbell (Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky, lumber merchant) N00012714 1808-08-08 1870-06-20 Categories: People

Catlettsburg, Kentucky, lumber merchant. Pennsylvania native. Married to Elizabeth Campbell. Lumber merchant in Catlettsburg in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 799. Find A Grave, "William Campbell (1808-1870)," Memorial #187335171, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187335171 (accessed May 22, 2020). John H. Eastham (Boyd County, KY, sheriff, farmer) N00003109 1816-06-04 1889-04-22 Categories: People

Boyd County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Eastham. Father of Virginia Eastham, Miriam Eastham, George E. Eastham, Margaret Eastham, and Mary E. Eastham. Farmer in Carter County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Boyd County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons (Margaret [Unknown], George [Unknown], and James [Unknown]) in Boyd County in 1860. Sheriff of Boyd County in 1861.

Relationships Legal: Boyd Circuit Court Political: John McAuley Palmer (Military Governor of Kentucky) Political: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: John McAuley Palmer (Military Governor of Kentucky)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky Carter County, District 2, p. 224B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, p. 760. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, p. 146A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, District 2, p. 15A. 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), 49. William Ely, The Big Sandy Valley: A History of the People and Country from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time (Catlettsburg, KY: Central Methodist, 1887), p. 488. "John Higgens Eastham (1816-1889)," Find A Grave, Memorial 119804283, accessed April 6, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119804283. James D. Jones (Boyd County, Kentucky, attorney, county attorney, and NP) N00002350 1837? Categories: People

Boyd County, Kentucky, attorney and notary public. Kentucky native. Son of Elizabeth A. Jones. Attorney in Catlettsburg, Kentucky, in 1860. Confirmed as a notary public in Boyd County on February 5, 1861. County attorney for Boyd County in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Calvin Dyer (Clinton County, Kentucky, farmer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 109. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 102A-B. KYR-0001-005-0059. KYR-0001-017-0062. Jasper Bowling (Boyd County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012708 1834? Categories: People

Boyd County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Hannah Bowling. Married to Lucrecia Polina Crow Bowling in Boyd County on October 6 1860. Father of John W. Bowling and Endora Bowling. Farmer in Carter County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Boyd County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carter County, District 2, p. 223B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, p. 710. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Gallatin County, Township 8, Range 8, p. 354B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Boyd County Marriages, Film #000344011, p. 227. Andrew Scott (Boyd County, Kentucky, resident) N00017075 1831? Categories: People

Boyd County, Kentucky, resident. Ohio native. Son of Richard Scott and Mary Scott. Married to Louisa Victoria Brown Scott. Father of Arby Scott. Farmer in Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1850. Resident of Boyd County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, District 2, p. 200B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 813. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 106B. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #63-25395. James Faulconer (Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky resident) N00012681 1822? Categories: People

Catlettsburg, Kentucky, resident. Virginia native. Married to Louisa Faulconer. Father of Mary E. Faulconer, John W. Faulconer, James T. Faulconer, Susan J. Faulconer, and William B. Faulconer. Resident of Catlettsburg in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 796. Kelsey N. Harris (Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky resident) N00012684 1809? Categories: People

Catlettsburg, Kentucky merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Louisa Harris. Father of Robert P. Harris, Eleanor M. Harris, Martila E. Harris, Nancy J. Harris, Albert G. Harris, Charles C. Harris, Henry L. Harris, and Winfield S. Harris. Merchant in Catlettsburg in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Johnson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident of Catlettsburg in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Catlettsburg in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 80A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 806. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 145A. Boyd County, Kentucky P00001174 Categories: Places

County in northeast Kentucky. Seat at Catlettsburg. Located on the Ohio River and the Big Sandy River.

38.4048, -82.6004 "Catlettsburg, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 8, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Evelyn Scyphers Jackson, "Boyd County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 108-09. Commonwealth of Kentucky O001025 1792 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Kentucky. Capital at Frankfort, Kentucky. Governor(s): Beriah Magoffin (1859-1862), James F. Robinson (1862-1863), and Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867).

Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380. Malcolm E. Jewell, "General Assembly" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 366. Paul J. Weber, "Court System" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 233. Boyd Circuit Court O00000360 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 11th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): William H. Burns (1860-1861) and Richard A. Apperson, Jr. (1862-1865). Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): James M. Nesbitt (1860-1862) and J. Saige Dury (1862-1865). Clerk(s): James W. Riely (1860-1863), W. O. Hampton, and , and Charles L. Reason (1865).

Relationships Legal: German Mays (Boyd County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: James L. Turman (Boyd County, Kentucky, farmer and tavern keeper and farmer)

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. Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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To His Excellency Thomas, E, Bramlette Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky We the undersigned petitioners & Citizens of Boyd County Respectly Salicit The Remmitences of the fines agst Doctor Wm Pugh who was fined at the last November term of the Boyd Circuit Court sixty dollars for keeping a tippling House Doctor Wm Pugh is a Drugess in our town, and being under the impression as the Keeper of a Drug Store he ^had^ the law full right to sell whisky when most parties repersented it was for a medical purpose and he did not violate the law willfuly but only through ingnarance He being an Englishman and not understanding the laws of our state Doctor Pugh is a good Citizen and useful man in our Community and ^we^ pray and ask ^you^ to Release him of the fine aforesaid

William Knostman

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