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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-0001-004-0410 BR9-145

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. John B. Brewer (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) N00015577 1823-12-19 1887-08-15 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. Shelby County, Kentucky, native. Son of Thomas Brewer and Sally Brewer. Married to Mary Elizabeth Harpe Brewer in Franklin County, Kentucky, on March 1, 1854. Father of Dennis C. Brewer and George W. Brewer. Farmer in Franklin County in 1850. Farmer in Franklin County in 1860. Farmer in Franklin County in 1863.

Relationships Social: Edmund Haynes Taylor Jr. (Franklin County, Kentucky, banker and distiller) Social: Robert P. Pepper (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: William C. Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky, physician) Social: John Marshall Harlan (Kentucky atty general, colonel 10th Ky Inf (USA), and attorney) Social: Edward Howe Watson (Frankfort, Kentucky, physician) Social: Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) Social: Harry B. Innes (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer ) Social: John A. Crittenden (Franklin County Deputy Sheriff) Social: Robert Elliott Collins (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Patrick Upshire Major (Frankfort, Kentucky, attorney and commonwealth's attorney) Legal: Franklin Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 78A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 380. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Franklin County, KY, July 1863, p. 53. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994034, Franklin County Marriages, p. 1. "John B. Brewer (1823-1887)," Find A Grave, Memorial #72028251, accessed September 8, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72028251. George D. Rucker (Franklin County, Kentucky, physician) N00015580 1819? Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, Physician. Shelby County, Kentucky, native. Married to Anna Ware Rucker. Father of Leonidas Rucker and Anne Eliza Rucker Vannella. Married Emily Blanta Rucker in Shelby County, Kentucky, in June 1843. Father of Susan Rucker, Lesimicus Rucker, Mahaley Rucker, Plato Rucker, Edward D. Rucker, and Mary Rucker. Physician in Franklin County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Edmund Haynes Taylor Jr. (Franklin County, Kentucky, banker and distiller) Social: Robert P. Pepper (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: William C. Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky, physician) Social: John Marshall Harlan (Kentucky atty general, colonel 10th Ky Inf (USA), and attorney) Social: Edward Howe Watson (Frankfort, Kentucky, physician) Social: Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) Social: Harry B. Innes (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer ) Social: John A. Crittenden (Franklin County Deputy Sheriff) Social: Robert Elliott Collins (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: John B. Brewer (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Patrick Upshire Major (Frankfort, Kentucky, attorney and commonwealth's attorney) Legal: Franklin Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 368. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 509A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Guestville, p. 295A. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #31273. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #34236. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Shelby County Marriages, Film #000259274, p. 1217. Patrick Upshire Major (Frankfort, Kentucky, attorney and commonwealth's attorney) N00001172 1822 1903-07-03 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, attorney and commonwealth's attorney. Frankfort, Kentucky, native. Son of Samuel I. M. Major and Martha H. Bohannan Major. Member of the Episcopal Church in Frankfort, Kentucky. Educated in the private academy of Burwell B. Sayre in Frankfort. Graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York, in 1842. Founding member of Chi Psi fraternity. Studied law with Thomas B. Monroe, Sr., and Charles S. Morehead. Admitted to the bar in 1844. Member of the Democratic Party. Attorney in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1850. County attorney for Franklin County, Kentucky, from 1852 to 1856. Commonwealth's attorney for the 8th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1856 to 1862. Member of the Masonic Order in Kentucky and International Order of Oddfellows.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Franklin Circuit Court Political: John Rodman (Franklin County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Grant Circuit Court Economic: Grant Circuit Court Social: Richard William Masterson (Carroll County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: Elijah Frank Nuttall (Henry County, Kentucky, attorney and circuit judge Eighth Judicial District) Social: William Beverly Winslow (Carroll County, Kentucky, attorney and bank president.) Social: Thomas A. Berryman (Owen County, Kentucky, attorney, chair of bd of trustees for Owenton) Legal: Owen Circuit Court Legal: John B. McHatten (Owen County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Thomas P. Herndon (sadler)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Missouri, County, St. Louis Ward 3, p. 381B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 241. H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 122-24. "Kentucky Election," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), August 20, 1856, p. 3. "Grand Barbecue at Palsgrove Landing," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), September 8, 1860, p. 1. Find A Grave, "Judge Patrick Upshire Major (1822-1903)," Memorial #69442556, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69442556 (accessed March 3, 2017). Robert Elliott Collins (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) N00001595 1813-12-24 1882-06-22 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married Parmelia Lane Collins. Father of Thomas H. Collins, Robert G. Collins, Ophelia Collins, Joseph S. Collins, Zachary T. Collins, William L. Collins, and Mary F. Collins. Owned three enslaved persons in 1850 and seven in 1860. Occupation in 1863: sheriff of Franklin County.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 61; Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 73; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 13; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 93. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Court-House Precinct, p. 24; Find A Grave, "Robert Elliott Collins (1813-1882)," Memorial #43051511, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43051511&ref=acom (accessed March 27, 2017). John A. Crittenden (Franklin County Deputy Sheriff) N00001150 1821-04-27 1888-06-08 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, deputy sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Virginia Crittenden. Father of Richard Crittenden, Mary L. Crittenden, and Rosa Crittenden. Deputy sheriff in Franklin County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District No. 2, p. 95. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 29-30. Find A Grave, "John Crittenden (April 27, 1821-June 8, 1888)," Memorial #60333623, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60333623 (accessed April 19, 2018). Harry B. Innes (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer ) N00012168 1802-11-14 1881-02-06 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Father of Catherine Innes, Hugh Innes, Gabriel S. Innes, Robert Innes, Tabitha A. Innes, Penelope Innes, and Elizabeth Innes. Married to Susan E. Hudson Innis in Franklin County on November 9, 1856. Father of Susan Innes, Ann M. Innes, Eleanor Innes, Sallie Innes, and Margaret Innes .Farmer in Franklin County in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Farmer in Franklin County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 26A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 5 of 11 of microfilm. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 216. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 485A. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Forks of Elkhorn, Enumeration District: 073, p. 219D. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Film #994027-994058: Franklin County Marriages, 1852-1914, p. 10 of 29 of microfilm. Find A Grave, "Harry Berowald Innes, Sr. (1802-1881)," Memorial 135932361, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135932361 (accessed July 6, 2020). Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) N00000230 1818? 1891-05 Categories: People

Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant, sheriff, and penitentiary keeper. Kentucky native. Married to Jane B. Todd. Father of Harriet D. Todd, Ann Innes Todd, John H. Todd, Chapman C. Todd, Harry Innes Todd, Jr., Julia R. Todd, Maria Todd, George Todd, Jennie L. Todd, Mary H. Todd, Kitty Todd, and Crittenden Todd. Merchant in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Merchant in Franklin County in 1860. Sheriff of Franklin County from 1860 to 1861. Owned five enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860. Keeper of the Kentucky State Penitentiary from 1863 to 1871.

Relationships Social: Laban Thomas Moore (Representative, colonel, and Lawrence Co attorney) Economic: Ephraim Whitesides (Frankfort, Kentucky, carpenter and assistant keeper of the penitentiary) Social: John Hopkins Harney (Lou. Democrat publisher) Social: Joshua Fry Bullitt (Louisville. Ct. of Appeals Judge) Social: Alfred Allen (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) 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: 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: William T. Samuels (Hardin Co, KY, clerk, commissioner, KY State Auditor, state rep, clerk of KY Hse of Rep) 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) Economic: Kentucky State Penitentiary Political: Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Cornelius Bailey (Henderson County, Kentucky, assistant auditor of KY and attorney) Legal: Franklin Circuit Court Legal: Charles T. Sullivan (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident and inmate) Social: Lewis Cheek (Franklin County, Kentucky, grocer.) Political: George W. Howe (Franklin County, Kentucky, wagon maker, postmaster, and justice of the peace) Political: Franklin Bryan Chinn (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Alexander Hueston Rennick (Franklin County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: William Nichols (Covington, KY steel mill worker)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 56A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 885. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 103. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 501A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 140B. William E. Railey, History of Woodford County, Kentucky (1938; Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company for Clearfield Company, 2002), p. 389. Legislative Document No. 18: Report of the Special Committee on the Penitentiary to the Senate of Kentucky, February 26, 1880 (Frankfort, KY: E. H. Porter, 1880), p. 46. “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), 99. “Todd, Harry Innes, 1818-1891,” Social Networks and Archival Context, http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/ark:/99166/w6z03wcb (accessed January 11, 2017). KYR-0001-004-0177. William C. Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky, physician) N00009262 1812 1862-11-20 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, physician. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah H. Sneed. Father of Anne E. Sneed, John L. Sneed, Russell Sneed, Sarah H. Sneed, and William C. Sneed. Physician in Franklin County in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Physician in Franklin County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Michael Scott (Franklin County Laborer) Social: Kentucky State Penitentiary

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Franklin County, District 1, p. 127B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Franklin County, District 1, p. 860. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 259. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 491B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 34B. Find A Grave, "William Clark Sneed (1812-1862)," Memorial #63969571, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63969571 (accessed October 23, 2019). Robert P. Pepper (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) N00015581 1832-11-19 1895-02-19 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Samuel Pepper and Mahala E. Pepper. Married Anna M. Kinkhead Pepper in Woodford County, Kentucky, on October 7, 1857. Father of Lena Pepper. Farmer in Woodford County in 1850. Household owned six enslaved persons in Woodford County in 1850. Farmer in Franklin County in 1860. Employed Edward Kelley as a laborer in Franklin County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860. Household owned five other enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860. Farmer in Franklin County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 1, p. 456A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 1, p. 675. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 296. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 495A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 141B. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Franklin County, KY, July 1863, p. 19. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Woodford County Marriages, Film #000252332, p. 60. "Robert Perry Pepper (1832-1895)," Find A Grave, Memorial #98393765, accessed September 8, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98393765. Edward Howe Watson (Frankfort, Kentucky, physician) N00001599 1814-02-27 1868-04-07 Categories: People

Frankfort, Kentucky, physician. Kentucky native. Married to Frances S. Hickman on May 1835. Married to Sarah L. Watson on October 1, 1840. Father of John C. Watson, Jane S. Watson, George C. Watson, and Anna Watson. Member of the Whig Party Central Committee of Kentucky's Eight Congressional District in 1853. Physician in Frankfort in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 105; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 16; "The August Election," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), July 18, 1853, p. 2; Find A Grave, "Dr. Edward Howe Watson (1814-1868)," Memorial #60201239, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=60201239&ref=acom (accessed June 1, 2017). Edmund Haynes Taylor Jr. (Franklin County, Kentucky, banker and distiller) N00015583 1830-02-12 1923-01-19 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, clerk, banker, and distiller. Columbus, Kentucky, native. Son of John Eastin Taylor and Rebecca Edrington Taylor. Adopted son of Edmund Haynes Taylor Sr and Martha S. Taylor. Married to Frances Miller Johnson Taylor on December 21, 1852. Father of Jacob Swigert Taylor, Mary Belle Taylor Price, Rebecca F. Taylor Kline, Eugenia Taylor, Kenner Taylor, and Margaret Johnson Taylor Fall. Attended Boyer's French School in New Orleans, Louisiana. Attended B. B. Sayer's Academy in Frankfort, Kentucky. Clerk in Franklin County in 1850. Household owned nineteen slaves in Franklin County in 1850. Cashier for the Versailles Branch of the Commercial Bank of Kentucky. Banker at Taylor, Turner & Company in Lexington. Resident in Franklin County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 105B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 902-3. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 249. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 137A. "Illness Fatal to Col. Taylor, Noted Stockman," The News Democrat, (KY), January 20, 1923. "Colonel Edmund Haynes Taylor, Jr. Biography," Buffalo Trace Distillery, accessed February 2, 2022, https://www.buffalotracedistillery.com/media-kit/bios/colonel-ddmund-haynes-taylor-jr.html. John Marshall Harlan (Kentucky atty general, colonel 10th Ky Inf (USA), and attorney) N00002635 1833-06-01 1911-10-14 Categories: People

Kentucky politician, soldier, and attorney. Boyle County, Kentucky, native. Son of James L. Harlan, Sr., and Eliza Shannon Davenport Harlan. Married to Malvina French Shanklin Harlan in 1856. Father of Edith Harlan, Richard Harlan, James S. Harlan, and John Maynard Harlan. Graduated from Centre College in 1850. Studied law at Transylvania University. Admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1853. Member of the Whig Party. Frankfort city attorney from 1854 to 1856. Judge of the Frankfort County Court from 1858 to 1859. Attorney in Louisville, Kentucky, with William F. Bullock in 1861. Served in the 10th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) Regiment as a colonel from 1861 to 1863. Member of the Union Party. Attorney general of Kentucky from 1863 to 1867.

Relationships Legal: Mason W. Sherrill (Louisville merchant) Political: Mortimer D. Hay (Muhlenburg County, Kentucky, attorney) Political: John Rodman (Franklin County, Kentucky, attorney) Familial: James Harlan, Jr. (Franklin County/Mercer County Attorney/Politician) Political: P. N. Smith (Jessamine County) Political: Woodson Dickerson (Nicholasville, Kentucky, druggist) Political: S. Noland (Commonwealth attorney) Political: Melvin T. Lowry (Jessamine County, Kentucky, county and circuit court clerk) Political: William R. Welch (Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky, farmer, attornery, and notary public) Political: United States Congress Political: Jessamine Circuit Court Political: John B. Cook (Nicholasville, Kentucky, grocery keeper) Political: William H. Daniel (Jessamine County, Kentucky, resident, prov govt) Political: William Emmett Simms (Kentucky Confederate soldier and politician) Social: Jesse S. Sinclair (Scott County, Kentucky,) Social: Elza Thomason (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer and hotel keeper) Social: Benjamin S. Newton (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Edmund H. Parrish, Sr. (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William Emmett Simms (Kentucky Confederate soldier and politician) Legal: James H. McCampbell (Shelby County, Kentucky, Justice of the Peace, constable, 2nd lieut & capt 6th Ky Inf (USA))

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 54A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, District 1, p. 243. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 5, p. 563A. Augustus E. Willson, "John Marshall Harlan," The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky, ed. H. Levin (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 151-55. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 31-32. Lorren P. Beth, John Marshall Harlan: The Last Whig Justice (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992). "John Marshall Harlan, 1877-1911," The Supreme Court Historical Society, accessed August 20, 2021, https://supremecourthistory.org/history-of-the-court-timeline-of-the-justices-john-marshall-harlan-1877-1911/. 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. Franklin County, Kentucky P001019 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Frankfort. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Ron D. Bryant, "Franklin County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 354-56. 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. Petition English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": 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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We the undesigned Citizens of Frankfort & Franklin County would respectfully represent to His Excellency the Governorof Kentucky that there is Now in the hands of the sheriff of said County a Fifa in the name of the Commlth against Jno Brewer & Geo D Rucker on Replevin Bond ^for $2000/100 The facts are these-- Judgment was obtained inFranklin Circuit Court against said Brewer for Selling Whisky-- said Brewer is exceedingly Poor & ignorant and the collection of said Fifa would leave the family of said Brewer in a very destitute and dependent condition. We therefore ask Yr Excellency to remit the same--

All the Officers of the Court (exceptP U Major then Comlths Attorney) have released all fees against him.

R E Collins S F C

J A Crittenden H. B. Innes d. s. H I Todd W. H. Sneed R P Pepper E H Watson E H Taylor Jr

John M. Harlan

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Respite 12 months

T E Bramlette

Franklin Cir Ct vs Rucker & Brewer $20 Tipling 12th Jany/64