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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-0001-004-0415 BR9-154 to BR9-155

Princeton, Caldwell 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. Edna Gresham Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and housewife) N00015686 1815? Categories: People

Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Blake Baker in Trigg County, Kentucky, on July 2, 1822. Mother of Leander Baker, Christian F. Baker, Laurinda Baker, Hazard P. Baker, Blake Baker, Thomas K. Baker, Helen E. Baker, Linn B. Baker, Mary E. Baker, and John F. Baker. Resident in Trigg County in 1850. Farmer in Trigg County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: Linn B. Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier in 1st Ky cav, CSA) Familial: Blake Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer) Familial: Leander Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier in 47th Ky Mounted Infantry) Social: Collins D. Bradley (Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney, circuit judge, and commonwealth's attorney.) Legal: Linn B. Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier in 1st Ky cav, CSA)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1, p. 322A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, p. 48. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Rock Castle, p. 151B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Trigg County Marriages, Film # 000321335, p. 6. R. L. Wilson (Unknown Caldwell County attorney) N00015687 Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, attorney.

Relationships Legal: Edna Gresham Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and housewife) Legal: Linn B. Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier in 1st Ky cav, CSA) Legal: Leander Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier in 47th Ky Mounted Infantry) Legal: Caldwell County Court Legal: John Newt Turner (Caldwell County, KY, merchant and county judge) Social: Collins D. Bradley (Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney, circuit judge, and commonwealth's attorney.) Legal: William Weir Hester (Marshall County farmer and Lt. Col. of the 48th KY Infantry) Legal: Hartwell T. Burge (Muhlenberg, Kentucky, Meth minister; chaplain 3rd KY Cav; colonel 48th KY Inf; comd'r Dpt of OH 1864) Legal: Caldwell Circuit Court

KYR-0001-004-0415. John Newt Turner (Caldwell County, KY, merchant and county judge) N00002475 1819-06-24 1889-03-17 Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, merchant and judge. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Jane Turner. Father of Eunice Turner and Mary Turner. Merchant in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Judge of the Caldwell County Court in Princeton in 1860. Judge of the Caldwell County Court in Princeton in 1861. Judge of the Caldwell County Court in Princeton in 1862.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: James B. Sasseen (Princeton, Kentucky, farmer) Political: James Milton Dudley (Caldwell county, KY, produce dealer) Social: Thomas E. Henderson (Trigg County, KY, farmer) Legal: Livingston Lindsay (Caldwell County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: James Milton Dudley (Caldwell county, KY, produce dealer) Legal: Milton A. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Turner A. Lowey (Caldwell County, Kentucky, carpenter & justice of the peace) Social: John R. Boyd (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt 17th KY Cav USA) Social: John J. Crittenden Boyd (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer, corp & musician 48th Ill Inf and corporal 17th KY Cav USA) Legal: Edna Gresham Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and housewife) Legal: Linn B. Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier in 1st Ky cav, CSA) Legal: Leander Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier in 47th Ky Mounted Infantry) Legal: Caldwell County Court Social: Collins D. Bradley (Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney, circuit judge, and commonwealth's attorney.) Legal: William Weir Hester (Marshall County farmer and Lt. Col. of the 48th KY Infantry) Legal: Hartwell T. Burge (Muhlenberg, Kentucky, Meth minister; chaplain 3rd KY Cav; colonel 48th KY Inf; comd'r Dpt of OH 1864) Legal: Caldwell Circuit Court Legal: R. L. Wilson (Unknown Caldwell County attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, 345A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 779. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 112. 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. “John N. Turner (1819-1889),” Find A Grave, Memorial #18481142, accessed May 15, 2018, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18481142. KYR-0001-017-0167. Leander Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier in 47th Ky Mounted Infantry) N00015680 1830? Categories: People

Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Blake Baker and Edna Baker. Married to Mary C. Early Baker in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on January 16, 1850. Father of T. E. Baker, W. U. Baker, P. F. Baker, Blake Baker, M. E. Baker, and J. L. Baker. Carpenter in Caldwell County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Served in the 47th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a corporal from March 22, 1864 to December 26, 1864.

Relationships Social: Collins D. Bradley (Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney, circuit judge, and commonwealth's attorney.) Familial: Blake Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer) Familial: Edna Gresham Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and housewife) Familial: Linn B. Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier in 1st Ky cav, CSA) Legal: Caldwell Circuit Court Legal: Linn B. Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier in 1st Ky cav, CSA) Legal: Edna Gresham Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and housewife)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 393B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 811. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, p. 48. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Harmony, p. 461A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 276. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 469. Linn B. Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier in 1st Ky cav, CSA) N00015685 1845? Categories: People

Trigg County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Blake Baker and Edna Gresham Baker. Resident in Trigg County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farm laborer in Trigg County in 1860. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry (C.S.A.) as a private from June 6, 1861 to September 1863. Captured September 6, 1863 at Fort Donelson, Tennessee. Imprisoned at Camp Morton, Indiana.

Relationships Familial: Blake Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer) Familial: Leander Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier in 47th Ky Mounted Infantry) Social: Collins D. Bradley (Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney, circuit judge, and commonwealth's attorney.) Familial: Edna Gresham Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and housewife) Military: Confederate States Army Legal: Caldwell Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1, p. 322A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, p. 48. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Canton, p. 62A. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0001. Blake Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer) N00015684 1805? 1852-08-29 Categories: People

Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer. Bart County, North Carolina, native. Son of Blake Baker and Christie Baker. Married to Edna Gresham Baker in Trigg County, Kentucky, on July 22, 1822. Father of Leander Baker, Christian F. Baker, Laurinda Baker, Hazard P. Baker, Blake Baker, Thomas K. Baker, Helen E. Baker, Linn B. Baker, Mary E. Baker, and John F. Baker. Farmer in Trigg County in 1830. Owned five enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1830. Farmer in Trigg County in 1840. Owned one enslaved person in Trigg County in 1840. Farmer and justice of the peace in Trigg County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1850. Died of cancer on August 29, 1852, in Trigg County.

Relationships Familial: Leander Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier in 47th Ky Mounted Infantry) Social: Collins D. Bradley (Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney, circuit judge, and commonwealth's attorney.)

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, p. 20. Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, p. 290. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1, p. 322A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1, p. 257. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994056, Trigg County Births/Marriages/Deaths, p. 3. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Trigg County Marriages, Film # 000321335, p. 6. Collins D. Bradley (Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney, circuit judge, and commonwealth's attorney.) N00008629 1802 1876 Categories: People

Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney, circuit judge, and commonwealth's attorney. Virginia native. Married to Virginia Waddill Bradley in Trigg County, Kentucky, on December 25, 1832. Married to Mary J. Fisher Jenkins Bradley in Trigg County on May 21, 1850. Father of William G. Bradley, Daniel H. Bradley, and Anna Bradley. Stepfather of Frances A. Jenkins and Margaret A. Jenkins. Attorney in Trigg County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1850. County attorney for Trigg County in 1851. Circuit judge for the Second Judicial District of Kentucky in 1854. Attorney in Trigg County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Trigg County in 1860. Commonwealth's attorney pro tempore for the Second Judicial District of Kentucky in 1860.

Relationships Social: Thomas E. Henderson (Trigg County, KY, farmer) Legal: George W. Barbour (Caldwell County, Kentucky, attorney, one of counsel for Thos Wadlington) Legal: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Legal: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Thomas C. Dabney (Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Legal: Caldwell Circuit Court Legal: James W. Blalock (Caldwell Co, Ky, farm laborer; pvt 8th Cav, sgt 12th Cav) Legal: Leander Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier in 47th Ky Mounted Infantry) Legal: Edna Gresham Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and housewife)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1, p. 291A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States(1850). Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Trigg County, Cadiz, p. 189. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Cadiz, p. 391B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton Precinct, p. 484B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Trigg County Marriages, Film 000321335. "Trigg County," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), May 22, 1851, p. 3. "Judicial Elections," Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), August 31, 1854, p. 3. William Henry Perrin, Counties of Christian and Trigg, Kentucky: Historical and Biographical (Louisville, KY: F.A. Battey Publishing Co., 1884), 41-43. Trigg County Historical and Preservation Society, Trigg County History, vol. 1 (Cadiz, KY: Trigg County Historical and Preservation Society, 1986), 57. "Collins Dabney Bradley (1802-1876)," Find A Grave, Memorial 196176957, accessed January 30, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196176957. KYR-0001-020-0001. Princeton, Kentucky P00002273 Categories: Places

Seat of Caldwell County, Kentucky.

37.1092, -87.882 "Princeton" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 741-42. "Princeton, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 243-44. 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). Caldwell County, Kentucky P00002472 Categories: Places

County in western Kentucky. Seat at Princeton.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

37.1092, -87.882 "Princeton, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 45. Trigg County, Kentucky P00000549 Categories: Places

County in far western Kentucky. Seat at Cadiz. Located on the Cumberland River and Tennessee River.

36.865, -87.8353 "Cadiz, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 13, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Virginia T. Alexander, “Trigg County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 899-900. Caldwell County Court O00000605 Categories: Organizations

Located in Princeton, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): John Newt Turner. Clerk(s): James C. Weller (1860-1861), William E. Mitchusson (1861-1863), and James C. Barnes (deputy clerk 1860-1861, clerk in 1865).

Relationships Legal: Edna Gresham Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and housewife) Legal: Linn B. Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier in 1st Ky cav, CSA) Legal: Leander Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier in 47th Ky Mounted Infantry) Legal: William M. Nichols (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmhand and soldier (CSA)) Legal: Bryant Nichols (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John F. Morse (Caldwell County, KY, farmer ) Legal: James B. Sasseen (Princeton, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James C. Weller (Caldwell County, Kentucky, resident and county clerk)

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. 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. Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky 1864-01-26 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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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Princeton Ky Jan 26. 1864 Gov. Thos. E. Bramlette Dear Sir

Inclosed you will find the petition of Mrs Edna Baker and her son with the records referred to, and the affidavit of R. L. Wilson Esq and the certified of J. N. Turner the county courtJudge of the county court of Caldwell county. Its seems that Judge Turner acted in perfect good faith towards the petitioners, but that the Military did not. There is no evidence that any one acting in a civil capacity here took any part in the unworthy scheme to get Mrs Baker & her sonLeander on the Bail Bonds. The evidence however shows that the bonds were procurred by the Military giving assurances which were intended to be violated and were regiven in order that Bonds might be profuted and then the party Linn B. Baker was immediately sent off.

I have not been in the habit of petitioning for the remission of fines and forfietores in the course of a limited practice of 36 years, but I do think this is a case that demands the interposition of the executive to prevent a most grevious fraud and oppression.

Permit me to say that in Nov 1827 I settled in Trigg to practice Law where I remained over 36 years. One of my first acquaintances was Blake Baker the husband of Edna Baker and the father of the other parties. Blake Baker

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lived long a most respectable, useful influential and honorable citizen of the county.

I have often partaken of Mr Baker's hospitalities and have long personally known Mrs Baker. Her character is that of a most worthy woman. I have nothing against either her or her son Leander during our troubles Given the Rebellion. The payment of the fine forfietures would nearly ruin her and her son. I do not think the proud old State of Kentucky wishes to get money of old widows by such trickery; and I feel certain our high minded and efficient atty for this District would disdain the 30 per cent even if Judgment were rendered should he know all the facts. As it is he has no right to the 30 per cent until Judgment is rendered.

I have no doubt of the truth of the facts sworn to by Mr Wilson and hope that you will interpose in this case as one especially requiring it.

With high regard I am Respectfully C. D. Bradley

The Union men here coincide fully in all your public views and will stand by you in all your positions.

C. D. Bradley

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C. D. Bradley's statement.