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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-0001-004-0399 BR9-130

Hammonville, Hart 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. George W. Dobson (Hart Co, KY, resident; Larue County, KY, farm laborer) N00012723 1810? Categories: People

Hart County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Jessamine County, Kentucky, native. Married to Elizabeth Dobson. Father of William Dobson. Farmer in Green County, Kentucky, in 1850. Employed William Johnson as a laborer in Green County in 1850. Employed by John Walter as a farm laborer in Larue County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 15th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from October 5, 1861, to September 1864. Resident of Hart County in 1864.

Relationships Military: United States Army

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 2, p. 142A-B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Larue County, p. 193-94. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, Powder Mill, p. 367B. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 486. KYR-0001-004-0399. Rossamus S. Thomas (Hart County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012724 1824-11-09 1865-05-12 Categories: People

Hart County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of H. W. Thomas and Grace Thomas. Married to Martha A. G. "Grace" Walters Thomas in Larue County, Kentucky, on October 21, 1853. Father of Febe E. Thomas, Henry C. Thomas, James W. Thomas, and Mary M. Thomas. Farmer in Larue County in 1850. Farmer in Hart County in 1860. Employed John Ferry as a saddler in Hart County in 1860. Employed Julia Vass as a servant in Hart County in 1860. Employed James Lobb as a farmhand in Hart County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Hart County in 1860.

Relationships Social: George W. Dobson (Hart Co, KY, resident; Larue County, KY, farm laborer) Social: Curran Pope (Louisville, KY, attorney, trustee, and colonel 5th KY Inf) Social: Robert D. Murray (Larue County, Kentucky, attorney & circuit ct clerk) Legal: Ranson A. Dawson, Sr. (Hart County, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Larue County, Hamiltons, p. 433B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, Hammonsville, p. 861. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, Division 2, p. 3. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Larue County Marriages, Film #000409559, p. 77 of microfilm (accessed via ancestry.com). Find A Grave, "Rossamus S. Thomas (Nov. 9, 1824-May 12, 1865)," Memorial # 14554157, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14554157 (accessed May 22, 2020). Hammonsville, Kentucky P00012722 Categories: Places

Town in Hart County, Kentucky. Located on Bacon Creek.

37.4148, -85.7975 Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection: Kentucky Place Names, “Hart County Place Names,” Morehead State University, https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/rennickmscollection/ (accessed October 12, 2020). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Hammonsville, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on June 12, 2020). 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). 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. 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). Hammonville, Hart County, Kentucky 1864-01-09 Petition English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. 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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HammonsvilleKyJany 9 1864 To the Hon ^His Excelency^ Governor Bramlett of Kentucky

Sir I have bound as security to the Commonwealth of Kentucky for Geo, W Dobson as well as shown by referense to copy of record I send you probably amounting now to near $300, which amount I am not able to pay without distress to myself & family, Therefore I will respectfully ask your Honor Excelency to remit Said debt so far as my liability is covered and should it meet your approbation to do so you will confer on me a favor which will be gratefully remembered. Said Dobson is in theU, S, Army & has left nothing to pay with and it all comes upon me.

R. S. Thomas

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Geo. W Dobson R. S. Thomas Petition

Remit all except fees & costs

Tho E Bramlette