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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-0001-004-0458 BR9-219

Louisville, Jefferson 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. Merie G. Banks (Louisville, Kentucky, resident. ) N00010738 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, resident. Married to William Banks. Resident of Louisville, Kentucky, in 1864.

Relationships Familial: William Banks (Louisville, Kentucky, resident)

KYR-0001-004-0441. KYR-0001-005-0016. KYR-0001-004-0458. William Banks (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) N00005830 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, resident. Married to Merie G. Banks. Found guilty of Grand Larceny in the Jefferson Circuit Court, Kentucky, in 1864.

Relationships Familial: Merie G. Banks (Louisville, Kentucky, resident. ) Legal: John McClure () Military: United States Army Social: John Conrad Baumberger (Swiss Consul, cigar maker) Social: Michael Fitzpatrick (Louisville, Kentucky, hotel keeper and grocer) Social: Charles H. Fink (Jefferson County Lawyer)

KYR-0001-005-0016. KYR-0001-004-0441. KYR-0001-004-0458. Robert F. Baird (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney & politician) N002040 1815-12-15 1883-10-31 Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Shelby County, Kentucky, native. Graduate of Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana. Practiced law in partnership with T. J. Heady and Joseph Lancaster. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Jefferson County from 1849 to 1851. Attorney in Louisville in 1850. Member of the law firm of Baird & Price in partnership with Jonathan Hobson Price in Louisville.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 1, p. 7B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 611. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 11, p. 430A. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 145, p. 32B. “Judge Baird Dead,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), Nov. 1, 1883, p. 6. John McClure () N00005831 Categories: People

Found guilty of Grand Larceny in the Jefferson Circuit Court, Kentucky, in 1864.

Relationships Social: William Banks (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Military: William Banks (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Military: United States Army Social: John Conrad Baumberger (Swiss Consul, cigar maker) Social: Michael Fitzpatrick (Louisville, Kentucky, hotel keeper and grocer) Social: Charles H. Fink (Jefferson County Lawyer)

KYR-0001-005-0016 KYR-0001-004-0441 Joseph B. Read (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney) N00016363 1829-10-02 1895-01-02 Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Lucretia A. Brown Read in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in February 1860. Father of John S. Read and Anthon Read. Resident in Jefferson County in 1860. Household owned four enslaved persons in Jefferson County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: John McClure () Legal: William Banks (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Familial: Henry English Read (LaRue County, KY, congressman (CSA))

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 7, p. 484. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 7, p. 284B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 9, p.247A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000819612. "Joseph B. Read (1829-1895)," Find A Grave, Memorial #89620977, accessed November 12, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89620977. Henry English Read (LaRue County, KY, congressman (CSA)) N00000835 1824-12-25 1868-11-09 Categories: People

LaRue County, Kentucky, sheriff, attorney, soldier, and politician. Hardin County, Kentucky, native. Married to Lottie C. Read. Father of William D. Read, Mary D. Read, and Thomas Doran Read. Served as a private and ensign in the U.S.-Mexican War. Sheriff in LaRue County in 1850. Attorney in Louisville in 1860. Unsuccessful Southern Rights candidate for the United States Congress in June 1861. Served in the Confederate Army as colonel of cavalry. Member of the House of Representatives of the Confederate States of America from Kentucky from 1862 to 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, LaRue County, Hamilton District. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, 7th Ward City of Louisville, p. 101. Confederate Applications for Pardon and Amnesty, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M1003, Roll #0026. “A Brave Man’s memory . . . Courageous Career of Col. H. E. Read,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), July 23, 1882. Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Passed, vol. 1 (Frankfort: A. G. Hodges, State Printer, 1854), 188. Ezra J. Warner and W. Buck Yearns, Biographical Register of the Confederate Congress (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1975), 202-203. Lewis Collins and Richard Collins, History of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Collins & Company, 1882), 353. "Henry E. Read (1824-1868)," Find A Grave, Memorial #6865338, accessed January 12, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6865338. Louisville, Kentucky P00000337 Categories: Places

Seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2527, -85.7585 "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 12, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 179. LaRue County, Kentucky P00001718 Categories: Places

County in west central Kentucky. Seat at Hodgenville, Kentucky. Located on the Rolling Fork River.

37.574, -85.74 “Hodgenville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed January 3, 2022, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 166. Jefferson Circuit Court O001000 1850 Categories: Organizations

Part of the 7th Judicial District of Kentucky. Serves Jefferson County, Kentucky, with courthouse at Louisville. Judge(s): Peter B. Muir, George W. Johnston. Commonwealth's Attorney(s): Edwin S. Craig, James R. Dupuy. Clerk(s): James P. Chambers

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. Edwards’ Annual Directory to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business Firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville for 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough, & Deved, pub., 1866), 155. J. D. Campbell’s Louisville Business Directory for 1864, ed. J. D. Campbell (Louisville: L. A. Civill, Publisher, Bookseller, Printer and Bookbinder, 1864), 70. Tanner’s Louisville Directory, and Business Advertiser for 1861, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 324. Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 1864-01-29 Correspondence English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 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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Louisville Jan 29th 1864 Govenor Bramlet Dear Sir

This will be handed you by Mrs Banks who is the husban wife of William Banks convicted for felony at the January term of the Jefferson Circuit Court.

Robt F. Baird Esqr. a few days ago, laid before you a petition for a pardon for Wm Banks & John McClure, & also a copy of the Indictment & in which a count for stealing & a count for receiving knowing the property to be stolen was alledged On the last count the parties were convicted.

Mr Baird & Myself did not defend the parties; they were defended by Mr Joseph Reed formerly of Larue county, & a brother of Senator Reeds, The interest that we take in the case springs from sympathy & nothing else; we heard the trial & from the evidence for & against, we did not think a case for receiving was made out, & the evidence as to the Larceny was clearly in favor of the defendants.

Your Excellency had with the petition a substantial statement of the

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testimony & I indulge the hope that a reconsideration of the case by your Excellency will result in the release of the parties.

I will state a fact that may not be known to your Excellency, namely, that Wm Banks was on Bail for several months & without compulsion came forward & stood his trial

Verry Respectfully J. H. Price

Jefferson Cir Ct