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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-0001-004-0402 BR9-135

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. Reuben R. Jones (Meade Co, Ky, sheriff and major) N00001782 1811? Categories: People

Meade County, Kentucky, sheriff and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Cora Lenora Jones. Father of Mary A. Jones, Cora Eveline Jones, Maria Louisa Jones, Samuel R. Jones, Kate Jones, William B. Jones, and Ida Jones. Sheriff of Meade County in 1860. Served in the Kentucky Volunteers (U.S.A.) as a major in December 1862.

Relationships Social: William Alexander (Brandenburg, Meade Co. lawyer) Economic: Peter A. Webb (Meade County, Kentucky, farmer and jailer ) Military: Kentucky Volunteers Legal: William Fairleigh (Meade County, KY, clerk of court) Legal: Collins Fitch (Meade county farmer) Legal: Cicero Maxwell (Ohio County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney and soldier) Legal: John Funk (Meade County, Kentucky, master shoe maker. ) Legal: James Stuart (Meade County, Kentucky, attorney and circuit court judge) Legal: Meade Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Meade County, p. 124. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860 (Frankfort: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 169. KYR-0002-222-0137. William T. Samuels (Hardin Co, KY, clerk, commissioner, KY State Auditor, state rep, clerk of KY Hse of Rep) N00000217 1828? Categories: People

Frankfort, Kentucky, attorney and government official. Kentucky native. Married to Catherine Mulholland Samuels in Hardin County, Kentucky, on May 24, 1850. Father of Hugh Samuels, Robin Samuels, and Fanny Samuels. Attorney in Hardin County in 1850. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Hardin County from 1851 to 1853. Attorney and clerk in Hardin County in 1860. Clerk of the Hardin County Court. Clerk of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Frankfort from September 1861 to 1862. Commissioner for Hardin County to the stockholders' meeting of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in 1862 and 1863. Auditor of Public Accounts of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from August 31, 1863, to 1867.

Relationships Social: James Henry Garrard (Franklin County, Kentucky, salt maker and Kentucky state treasurer) Social: James Crockett Sayers (Kenton County, Kentucky, laborer, farmer, politician, QM & 1st lieut 32nd KY Inf USA) Social: Thomas Turner (Montgomery Co., KY, State Rep & attorney) Social: Thomas W. Owings (Meade co state rep) Social: Richard Aylett Buckner, Jr. (Lexington, KY atty, judge & speaker of State House) Social: Bryan Rust Young (Bardstown state rep) Social: John Kemp Goodloe (Woodford Co State Senator) Social: John A. Prall (Bourbon Co State Senator) Social: James Fisher Robinson, Jr. (QMG of KY, Gov's son) Social: Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, editor and secretary of state) Social: Joshua Tevis (Louisville, KY, State Rep & US District Atto, Col 10th Ky Cav (USA)) Social: Thomas A. Duke (Paducah State Senator & Physician) Social: Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) Social: Richard Clough Anderson, III (Frankfort state rep) Social: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Social: Samuel E. DeHaven (Oldham County State Sen/Rep) Social: Henry Davis McHenry (Ohio Co., KY, state rep & senator) Social: Martin Pickett Marshall (Mason Co. State Senator) Social: Curtis Field Burnam (Madison County. KY, attorney & State Rep) Social: Willis W. Gardner (Union co. State Sen.) Social: Joshua Barnes (Bath Co., KY, State Rep. & doctor) Social: James Calvert (Boone County, Kentucky, sheriff and politician) Social: Richard J. Browne (Washington Co, KY, State Rep & attorney) Social: Nathaniel Wolfe (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, Ky rep & senator) Social: Walter C. Whitaker (Shelby Co. Ky state sen; col & genl 6th Ky Inf & Army of Cumberland USA) Social: John L. Irvan (Calloway Co. state rep) Social: John R. Thomas (Marion Co., Ky, State rep & attorney) Social: Zebulon Ward (Woodford co State Rep & former penitentiary lessee) Social: John S. Van Winkle (Wayne Co state rep) Social: Elijah Gabbert (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and KY state rep) Social: Jonas Martin (Livingston and Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer and politician.) Social: William S. Rankin (Grant County, KY, State Rep) Social: Joshua Fry Bell (Boyle Co., KY, attorney & politician) Social: Isaac Price Miller (Jefferson co. farmer & politician) Social: James Speed (U.S. Atty. General, Louisville, KY atty & state senator) Social: John B. Bruner (Breckinridge Co., KY, atty & state senator) Political: Samuel F. Roberts (Kenton County, KY, farmer and sheriff) Legal: Reuben R. Jones (Meade Co, Ky, sheriff and major) Economic: Office of the Auditor of Public Accounts of Kentucky

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hardin County, Upper or Northern District, p. 306B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hardin County, 3rd District, p. 91. Annual Report of the President and Directors of the Louisville & Nashville R. R. Company, Commencing on the First of July, 1861, and ending on the Thirtieth of June, 1862, (Louisville: Hanna & Co., 1862), 58, 71. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (Frankfort: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 25. Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Hardin County Marriages, 1793-1862, Film #000390788. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, Ky.: Collins & Co., 1882), 307. KYR-0001-037-0253. Meade County, Kentucky P001822 Categories: Places

County in north central Kentucky. Seat at Brandenburg. Located on the Ohio River.

37.999, -86.1694 “Brandenburg, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed January 7, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Ron D. Bryant, "Meade County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 622-23. Office of the Auditor of Public Accounts of Kentucky O00004702 1792 Categories: Organizations

Agency responsible for auditing the state's general accounts and the accounts of all state agencies and county governments; all private and semiprivate agencies receiving or handling any state funds; and all state revenue collections. The 1850 Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky made the Auditor an elected position, with a four-year term. The Auditor of Public Accounts served as the official accountant, comptroller, and tax collector for the commonwealth. Civil War-era auditors: Grant Green (1859-1863); A. T. Samuels (1863-1867).

Relationships Political: Grant Green (Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, attorney, Kentucky Secretary of State, and Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts) Legal: Benjamin Botts (Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer & sheriff) Economic: Grant Green (Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, attorney, Kentucky Secretary of State, and Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts) Political: James Landon Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky farmer and clerk) Political: William Lowndes Harlan (Frankfort, Kentucky, attorney) Political: John A. Crittenden (Franklin County Deputy Sheriff)

James Strohmaier, "Auditor of Public Acccounts, Office Of," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed., (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 40. "History," Office of the Auditor of Public Accounts in Kentucky, https://auditor.ky.gov/about/Pages/AuditorsOfficeHistory.aspx (accessed April 24, 2020). 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. Franklin Circuit Court O00000376 Categories: Organizations

Located in the Eighth Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Elijah F. Nuttall and George C. Drane. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Patrick U. Major and John L. Scott. Clerk(s): Philip Swigert and Walter R. Franklin.

Relationships Legal: Henry C. Metcalf (Lexington auctioneer) Legal: Joseph Pfeiffer (Franklin County, Kentucky, bar keeper) Legal: Allic Ford (Stamping Ground, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William Hockensmith (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Sandford Robertson (Scott County, Kentucky, farm laborer) Legal: Martin J. Sebree (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Benjamin Botts (Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer & sheriff) Legal: Andrew J. Banta (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer, sheriff, and soldier (CSA)) Legal: Decius C. Priest (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer, constable, and sheriff) Legal: William E. Ashbrook (Covington, Kentucky, sheriff and merchant) Legal: John H. McBrayer (Anderson County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff) Legal: Francis Christopher Catron (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff) Legal: Henry C. Metcalf (Lexington and Nicholasville rope and bagging manufacturer) Legal: Jno B. Payne (Franklin County ) Legal: Grant Green (Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, attorney, Kentucky Secretary of State, and Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts) Legal: Jacob T. Young (Lyon County, Kentucky, sheriff) Legal: Samuel F. Roberts (Kenton County, KY, farmer and sheriff) Legal: George W. Doneghy (Boyle County, Kentucky, Sheriff) Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: William T. Samuels (Hardin Co, KY, clerk, commissioner, KY State Auditor, state rep, clerk of KY Hse of Rep) Legal: Reuben R. Jones (Meade Co, Ky, sheriff and major) Legal: Oliver G. Moore (Edmonson County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff.) Legal: Larkin J. Procter (Edmonson County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, hotelkeeper, and Mammoth Cave lessee) Legal: Felix Jarboe (Marion County, KY, farmer) Legal: Henry T. Jackson (Marion County, Kentucky, constable and sheriff) Legal: George Canning Drane (Henry County, Kentucky, attorney and circuit judge) Legal: Samuel P. Alexander (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James J. Long (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer)

“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. “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), 9-12. “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. 1864-01-06 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 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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Auditor office Jany 6 1863 His Excellency Gov Bramlett

R R Jones late Sheriff of Meade has paid the Judgments of Comthin full except damages.

I hereby Respectfully request his release from the damages viz. $493:44

Wm. T. Samuels Aud

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Remit damages

Tho E Bramlette

Franklin Cir Ct vs R. R. Jones Late Shff of Meade Co. $493.44 Damages remd7th Jany/64