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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-0001-004-0494 BR9-287 to BR9-288

William M. Williams (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, painter. ) N00018539 1815? Categories: People

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, painter. Virginia native. Painter in Lexington in 1850.

Relationships Economic: Lizzie Williams (Fayette County, Kentucky, domestic worker.) Social: Joseph Lanckart (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, machinist.) Social: William P. Nichols (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, carpenter.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 2, p. 429. Lizzie Williams (Fayette County, Kentucky, domestic worker.) N00018540 Categories: People

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, servant. Servant in Lexington in 1864.

Relationships Social: Joseph Lanckart (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, machinist.) Social: William P. Nichols (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, carpenter.) Social: Edward H. Parrish (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, clerk, merchant, and city councilman.) Social: Charles D. Carr (Fayette County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: Milton G. Thompson (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, tinsmith and coppersmith.) Social: George R. Letcher (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky city court clerk) Social: Charles H. Wickliffe (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, assistant marshal) Social: David F. Wolf (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, brewer and city councilman.) Social: Wesley Spencer (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, saddler and city councilman. ) Social: Otha A. Reynolds (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, grocer) Social: Thomas Smith (Fayette County, Kentucky, blacksmith. ) Social: John W. Lee (Fayette County, Kentucky, baker. ) Social: James Chrystal (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, tavern keeper and city councilman.) Social: Benjamin Gratz Bruce (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, grocer) Social: William Wallace Bruce (Fayette County, Kentucky, harness manufacturer and city councilman.) Social: William Murphy (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, watchman and city marshal) Social: James W. Cochran (Lexington, Kentucky, insurance agent) Social: Joseph Wingate, Jr. (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, resident and mayor. )

KYR-0001-004-0494. Charles D. Carr (Fayette County, Kentucky, attorney) N00004809 1824-12-09 1875-05-24 Categories: People

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Mary B. Didlake Carr. Father of Charles F. Carr, Eliza Carr, and Willie Carr. Attorney in Lexington in 1850. Attorney in Lexington in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1860.

Relationships Political: James Donahoe (Lexington, Kentucky, grocer) Legal: William L. Taylor (Fayette County, Kentucky, hack driver and livery stable keeper) Legal: John H. Taylor (Fayette County, Kentucky, hack driver and livery stable keeper) Legal: George Blackburn Kinkead (Fayette County, KY, attorney and trustee of Transy University) Legal: Fayette Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 203B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 4, p. 529. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 4, p. 461A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 4, p. 333B. "Judge Charles Dabney Carr (1824-1875)," Find A Grave, Memorial 79236909, accessed April 26, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79236909. Joseph Wingate, Jr. (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, resident and mayor. ) N00018524 1803-11-07 1871-07-30 Categories: People

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, resident and mayor. Kentucky native. Son of Joseph Wingate, Sr., and Venetia Downing Wingate. Married to Deborah Stone Wingate in Fayette County, Kentucky, on July 26, 1826. Resident of Fayette County in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1850. Resident of Lexington, Fayette County, in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Lexington in 1860. Mayor of Lexington from 1863 to 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, City/District 2, p. 202A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 3, p. 580. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 3, p. 457A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 3, p. 257A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Fayette County Marriages, Film 0077724545, p. 465. George W. Ranck, History of Lexington, Kentucky: Its Early Annals and Recent Progress (Cincinnati, OH: Robert Clarke & Co, 1872), p. 322. Esther Mae Winget Warner, The Wingate-Winget Family in America (Osborn, OH: The Herald Print Shop, 1931), p. 156. "Joseph Wingate (Unknown-1871)," Find A Grave, Memorial 98808917, accessed August 31, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98808917. William Murphy (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, watchman and city marshal) N00006300 1833? Categories: People

Lexington, Kentucky, watchman and marshal. Virginia native. Son of Mary Murphy. City watchman in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1860. City marshal in Lexington in 1864.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, p. 384. Williams & Co., Williams' Lexington City Directory, for 1864-5, (Lexington, KY, 1864), 74. James W. Cochran (Lexington, Kentucky, insurance agent) N00002393 1812 1885 Categories: People

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, insurance agent. Kentucky native. Married to Theodocia S. Payne Cochran. Father of John Cochran, Nathan P. Cochran, Kate Cochran, and Mary Cochran. Merchant in Fayette County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1850. Insurance agent in Lexington in 1860. Household owned three enslaved persons in Lexington in 1860. Notary public in Fayette County in 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 4, p. 91. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 4, p. 462A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 4, p. 315A. Biographical Catalogue of the Xi Chapter of the Zeta Psi Fraternity at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1858-1897 (New York, 1897), pp. 24-25. "James Wasson Cochran (1812-1885)," Find A Grave, Memorial 100096802, accessed December 2, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100096802. KYR-0001-017-0062. William Wallace Bruce (Fayette County, Kentucky, harness manufacturer and city councilman.) N00018525 1821-05-09 1896-11-06 Categories: People

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, hemp manufacturer and city councilman. Kentucky native. Son of John Bruce and Margaret Ross Hutton Bruce. Married to Elizabeth T. Colesberry Bruce in 1840. Father of Margaret N. Bruce, Mary C. Bruce, Laura Sutton Bruce, Alice K. Bruce, Elizabeth C. Bruce, Fannie C. Bruce, and Julia Bruce. Manufacturer in Fayette County in 1850. Owned thirty-four enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1850. Hemp manufacturer in Lexington, Fayette County, in 1860. Owned thirty-seven enslaved persons in Lexington in 1860. Manufacturer in Fayette County in 1863. Member of the Lexington City Council in 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 203A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 3, pp. 575-576. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 3, p. 456B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 2, p. 249A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Fayette County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 3. Robert Peter, History of Fayette County, Kentucky: With an Outline Sketch of the Blue Grass Region, ed. William Henry Perrin (Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Col, 1882), pp. 565-566. "William Wallace Bruce (1821-1896)," Find A Grave, Memorial 100465575, accessed August 31, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100465575. KYR-0001-004-0494. Benjamin Gratz Bruce (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, grocer) N00003319 1827-12-19 1891-09-23 Categories: People

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, grocer and city councilman. Kentucky native. Son of John Bruce and Margaret Ross Hutton Bruce. Married to Louisa A. Chiles Bruce in Estill County, Kentucky, on November 1, 1849. Father of Margaret "Maggie" Bruce and Louisa Bruce. Attended Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, from 1845 to 1847. Physician in Estill County in 1850. Household owned eighteen enslaved persons in Estill County in 1850. Grocer in Lexington in 1860. Grocer in Fayette County in 1863. Member of the Lexington City Council in 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, p. 103A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, p. 421. Annual Announcement of Transylvania University, 1846-1847 (Lexington, KY: Printed at the Observer and Reporter Office, 1847) 6. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Fayette County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 3. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Estill County Marriages, Film 000254628. "A Handsome Tribute," The Kentucky Leader (Lexington, KY), October 9, 1891, p. 5. Robert Peter, History of Fayette County, Kentucky: With an Outline Sketch of the Blue Grass Region, ed. William Henry Perrin (Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Col, 1882), pp. 564-565. "Benjamin Gratz Bruce (1827-1891)," Find A Grave, Memorial 9303295, accessed September 1, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9303295. KYR-0001-004-0494. James Chrystal (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, tavern keeper and city councilman.) N00018527 1824-12-08 1901-11-19 Categories: People

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, tavern keeper and city councilman. Native of Scotland. Married to Harriet Elizabeth West Chrystal in Fayette County, Kentucky, on November 15, 1855. Father of William Lexington Chrystal, Robert Chrystal, Goodlet Chrystal, and Margaret Chrystal. Tavern keeper in Lexington in 1860. Tavern keeper in Fayette County in 1863. Member of the Lexington City Council in 1864.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 3, pp. 598-599. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 3, p. 289B. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Fayette County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 5. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994033, Fayette County Marriages. "James Crystal," Lexington Leader (Lexington, KY), November 22, 1901, p. 2. "James Chrystal (1824-1890)," Find A Grave, Memorial 29288560, accessed September 1, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29288560. KYR-0001-004-0494. Edward H. Parrish (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, clerk, merchant, and city councilman.) N00018966 1836-10-04 1874-02-21 Categories: People

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, clerk, merchant, and city councilman. Kentucky native. Married to Laura Poindexter Parrish in Fayette County on March 3, 1858. Father of William Parrish and Anna Parish. Clerk in Lexington in 1860. Merchant in Lexington in 1863. Member of the Lexington City Council in 1864.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 4, p. 516. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 4, p. 324B. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Fayette County, KY, July 1863, p. 41. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994033, Fayette County Births. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994033, Fayette County Marriages. "E H Parrish (1836-1874)," Find A Grave, Memorial 97953098, accessed December 5, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97953098. KYR-0001-004-0494. John W. Lee (Fayette County, Kentucky, baker. ) N00018532 1833 1869-02-16 Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, baker and confectioner. Kentucky native. Son of Samuel Lee. Married to Frances Marie Hardesty Lee in Fayette County on April 19, 1858. Father of Simeon Lee and John Harry Lee. Baker in Lexington in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Lexington in 1860. Confectioner in Lexington in 1863. Member of the Lexington City Council in 1864.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington/Ward 3, p. 426. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington/Ward 3, p. 452A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Fayette County, KY, July 1863, p. 31. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994033, Fayette County Marriages. "John W. Lee (1833-1869)," Find A Grave, Memorial 99259377, accessed September 3, 2022. "John Harry Lee (1861-1867)," Find A Grave, Memorial 99259510, accessed September 3, 2022. Thomas Smith (Fayette County, Kentucky, blacksmith. ) N00018533 1786? Categories: People

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, minister and city councilman. Virginia native. Married to Polly Smith. Minister in Lexington in 1860. Member of the Lexington City Council in 1864.

Relationships Legal: James Gartlin (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, blacksmith) Legal: Zachariah Gibbons (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 2, p. 429. KYR-0001-004-0494. Otha A. Reynolds (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, grocer) N00006296 1823-07-11 1883-07-22 Categories: People

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, grocer. Kentucky, native. Married to Catherine Rice Reynolds. Father of John W. Reynolds, Charles O. Reynolds, Mollie E. Reynolds, Addie Reynolds, and Frank Reynolds. Grocer in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Lexington in 1860.

Relationships Legal: John B. Norton (Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk) Social: Robert J. Woodhouse (Lexington, Fayette County, clerk) Social: Henry M. Skillman (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, physician) Social: Peter Johnson (Lexington, KY, merchant) Social: A. Dumont (Lexington, Fayette County, Ky) Social: William Whittington King (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, merchant and insurance agent) Social: Zachariah Gibbons (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney) Social: James C. Morris (Lexington, Fayette County, attorney) Social: Isaac W. Scott (Fayette County, Kentucky, manufacturer) Social: David Bell (Lexington, Kentucky, medical doctor) Social: William Murphy (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, watchman and city marshal) Social: William David Boswell (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, attorney and commissioner) Social: Maslin S. Dowden (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, merchant and city collector) Social: Ernest Brennan (Lexington, Kentucky, county court clerk) Social: David Short Goodloe (Lexington, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, soldier, and univ trustee) Social: Joseph H. Harrison (Lexington, Kentucky, deputy sheriff) Social: Charles F. Lowry (Fayette County, Kentucky merchant and deputy clerk) Social: George W. Stoll, Jr. (Lexington, Kentucky, resident) Social: Charles D. Carr (Fayette County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: Speed Smith Goodloe (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Social: William H. Lusby (Fayette County, Kentucky, marshal and jailer) Social: John B. Norton (Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 4, p. 519. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 4, p. 460B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 4, p. 330A. "Otha A. Reynolds (1823-1883)," Memorial 73807827, accessed July 18, 2019, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73807827. Wesley Spencer (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, saddler and city councilman. ) N00018534 1825-05-25 1885-04-11 Categories: People

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, saddler and city councilman. Pennsylvania native. Married to Mary Spencer. Lexington in 1860. Member of the Lexington City Council in 1864.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 3, p. 599. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 2, p. 207A. "Wesley Spencer (1825-1885)," Find A Grave, Memorial 98389599, accessed December 5, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98389599. KYR-0001-004-0494. David F. Wolf (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, brewer and city councilman.) N00004017 1832? 1896-09-16 Categories: People

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, brewer and city councilman. Native of Germany. Married to Julia Amelia Wolf. Father of Charles E. Wolf. Frederick W. Wolf, and Ella S. Wolf. Brewer in Lexington in 1860. Elected to the Lexington City Council in 1862. Member of the Lexington City Council in 1864.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette, Lexington, Ward 3, p. 156. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette, Lexington Ward 3, p. 293A. "D. F. Wolf Dead," The Daily Leader (Lexington, KY), September 17, 1896, p. 8. "Lexington City Election," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), January 9, 1862, p. 1. "D Frederick Wolf (Unknown-1896)," Find A Grave, Memorial 98812130, accessed December 5, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98812130. Charles H. Wickliffe (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, assistant marshal) N00010928 1801? Categories: People

Lexington, Kentucky, assistant marshal. Virginia native. Married to Louisa Wickliffe. Father of Susanna Wickliffe, Mary Wickliffe, Virginia Wickliffe, James Wickliffe, Charles Wickliffe, Drusilla Wickliffe, and Edmund Wickliffe. Resident of Lexington in 1840. Owned two enslaved persons in Lexington in 1840. Constable in Lexington in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Lexington in 1850. Assistant marshal in Lexington in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Lexington in 1860.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, p. 110. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 219B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 3, p. 583. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, Ward 3, p. 457B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, Ward 3, p. 271A. George R. Letcher (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky city court clerk) N00010902 1835 1875 Categories: People

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky city court clerk. Kentucky native. Son of Samuel M. Letcher and Ellen M. Letcher. Student in Fayette County in 1850. Clerk in Lexington in 1860. Clerk in Lexington in 1863. Clerk of the Lexington City Court in 1864.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette, Lexington, p. 126. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette, Lexington, p. 215B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette, Lexington, p. 387. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Fayette County, KY, July 1863, p. 31. "George R Letcher (1835-1875)," Find A Grave, Memorial 99260332, accessed July 17, 2019, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99260332. KYR-0001-004-0494. Milton G. Thompson (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, tinsmith and coppersmith.) N00018535 1828-12-26 1904-09-03 Categories: People

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, tinsmith and coppersmith. Pulaski County, Kentucky, native. Married to Mary Foreman Thompson in Fayette County, Kentucky, on February 10, 1857. Father of Harry Thompson and Mary Thompson. Tinsmith in Fayette County in 1850. Coppersmith in Lexington in 1860. Tinsmith in Fayette County in 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 4, p. 521. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 2, p. 233B. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Fayette County, KY, July 1863, p. 58. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Fayette County Marriages, Film 007897103. "M. G. Thompson A Victim of Heart Disease," The Lexington Herald (Lexington, KY), September 4, 1904, p. 8. "SUDDEN," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), September 4, 1904, p. 3. "Milton G. Thompson (1828-1904)," Find A Grave, Memorial 46830261, accessed September 3, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46830261. William P. Nichols (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, carpenter.) N00018536 1822? 1892-10 Categories: People

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, carpenter. Kentucky native. Son of E. Nichols and Sidney Nichols. Married to Harriet Nichols. Father of Mollie Nichols and Kate Nichols. Carpenter in Fayette County in 1850. Carpenter in Lexington in 1860. Carpenter in Fayette County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 221B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 2, p. 430. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Fayette County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 17. "Death of William P. Nichols," Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY), October 26, 1892, p. 4. Joseph Lanckart (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, machinist.) N00018538 1791-09-25 1872-07-25 Categories: People

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, machinist. Maryland native. Married to Mary I. Lanckart. Machinist in Lexington in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 2, p. 405. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 2, p. 206A. "Joseph Lanckart (1791-1872)," Find A Grave, Memorial 57877809, accessed December 5, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57877809. 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. Lexington, Kentucky P001002 Categories: Places

Seat of Fayette County, Kentucky.

38.0406, -84.5037 John D. Wright, "Lexington (City)," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 549-51. "Lexington, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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. Lexington City Court O00000729 Categories: Organizations

Located in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky. Judge(s): A. H. Robertson and Speed S. Goodloe. Clerk(s): George R. Letcher, George Stoll, Jr, and Cincinnatus Shryock.

Relationships Legal: William Allen Lindsay (Scott County, Kentucky, hotel keeper and tavern keeper) Legal: Samuel Downing (Lexington miller and carpenter) Legal: Leonidas B. Talbott (Fayette County, Kentucky, boarding house operator) Legal: James Lewis (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Henry Lyons (Lexington resident ) Legal: Martin Van Buren Worsham (Laborer, Lexington, Fayette County) Legal: James Platt (Fayette County, baker and grocer) Legal: Harvey C. Graves (Lexington, Kentucky, clerk) Legal: James H. Jeffries (Clark County, Kentucky, clerk) Legal: George W. Stoll, Jr. (Lexington, Kentucky, resident) Legal: George R. Letcher (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky city court clerk) Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Williams’ Lexington City Directory, for 1864-65 (Lexington: Williams & Co., 1864), 7-8; “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), 303-308; “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), 301-306; “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), 347-350. Petition English Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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Your petitioner would respectfully submit to your Excellency the following statement of facts. and ask the remission of the fine here after mentioned.

At the In January 1864, your petitioner was broughh before the Lexington Cty Court on a charge of carrying a concealed deadly weapon. Upon the testimony a fine of $50 & costs was inflicted. Your Petitioner is a free woman of color. and at the time of the trial was in the employ of Mr William Williams, of Lexington, as house keeper and superintendant of his affairs.

Your petition was arrested when on the premises of Mr Williams and in the discharge of her duty -- Mr Williams, at the time, was absent in Louisville on business. She says she had, when arrested, a kitchen butcher knife which the wintesses said was concealed.

She was ignorant of any law against carrying concealed weapons and pleads her ignorance in mitigation of the offence. The costs have been paid, including attys fee of 30 per cent, and prays your excellency to remit the ballance.

Lizzie Williams X Her mark

We the undersigned would respectfully request the remission of the above fine --

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The fine was inflicted by the Judge of the City Court and was brought up before the City council for remission; but before the question was taken were we were informed it was a state law and that we had no right to remit, We believe you should exercise your clemency to remit the fine

Jos. Wingate Mayor Wm Murphy City Marshal Lex J W Cochraal Wm D Bruce B G. Bruce James Chrystal E H Parrish John W Lee. Thos Smith O A Reynolds Wesley Spencr D. F. Wolf } Members of the City Council &c vos Chas H WickliffDep Geo K Letcher Clk Lex City Ct M. G. Thompson

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We are close Neighbors of Mr Williams's

W P. Nichols- Z. Lanckart } 4th House on same side 1st adjoining Lot Same fence Between

Remit except fees & costs Tho E Bramlette

Lexington City Ct vs Lizzie Williams $50 concealed Weapons 19th Feby 1864