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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-0001-004-0503 BR9-279 to BR9-280

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. Peter Smith (Franklin County, Kentucky, barber. ) N00017443 1811? 1883-09-24 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, barber. Virginia native. Married to Julia Ann Finnie Smith in Franklin County, Kentucky on November 24, 1863. Father of Fielding Smith. Barber in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Barber in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Frankfort Police Court Social: [Unknown] Alexander (Unknown captain, 7th Kentucky Cav (USA))

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 32A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort/District 1, p. 234. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Franklin County Marriages, Film #005552484, p. 227. "The will of the late Peter Smith," The Frankfort Roundabout (Frankfort, KY), October 13, 1883, p. 3. "Acrostic," The Frankfort Roundabout (Frankfort, KY), September 29, 1883, p. 2. [Unknown] Alexander (Unknown captain, 7th Kentucky Cav (USA)) N00017444 Categories: People

Mentioned as a captain of the 7th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.) in a petition from Peter Smith to Thomas Bramlette in February 1864.

Relationships Military: 7th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

KYR-0001-004-0503. John R. Graham (Frankfort, Kentucky, grocer and judge) N00001647 1816-11-03 1880-04-29 Categories: People

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, grocer and judge. Kentucky native. Son of Married Margaret Ellen Graham Graham on January 26, 1838. Father of Georgia Graham, Charles G. Graham, Gibson Finnie Graham, Judson Graham, Susan Graham, Rowan Graham, Weyland Graham, Harvey Graham, and Frank Graham. Merchant in Franklin County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Grocer in Frankfort in 1860. Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Court in 1863. Police Judge of Frankfort in 1865.

Relationships Political: Franklin County Court Legal: Mason W. Sherrill (Louisville merchant) Political: John J. Quinn (Franklin County carriage maker, Justice of the Peace, and Frankfort Police Judge) Legal: Peter Smith (Franklin County, Kentucky, barber. ) Legal: Frankfort Police Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 105A. 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, Frankfort, p. 258. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 23612. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, KY, National 73218, State 4250. KYR-0001-004-0022. KYR-0001-004-0077. KYR-0001-004-0078. KYR-0001-007-0364. 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. 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). Frankfort Police Court O00003470 1839 Categories: Organizations

Misdemeanor court presided over by the police judge of Frankfort, Kentucky, with jurisdiction within the limits of the city. Judge(s):

Relationships Legal: Denis Haly (Frankfort, Kentucky, carpenter) Legal: John Lillis (Frankfort, KY laborer)

"An Act to reduce into one the several acts in relation to the town of Frankfort, and for other purposes," approved February 16, 1839, Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (Frankfort, KY: 1839), 188-89. 7th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00006342 1862-08-16 1865-07-10 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky. Mustered into service on August 16, 1862. Mustered out on July 10, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel Leonidas Metcalfe, Colonel John K. Faulkner, Lieutenant Colonel William C. Oden, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas T. Vimont, and Lieutenant Colonel William W. Bradley.

Relationships Military: Kentucky Central Railway Military: [Unknown] Mitchell (Mason County, Captain of State Guard Unit) Military: Gray & Todd Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 180-208. 1864-02-06 Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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 "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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To His Excellency Thos E Bramlette

your petitioner Peter Smith (a free man of Color) would respectfully represent that on the 6th day of JanyFeby 1864 he was fined ^in the Police court of Frankfort Ky^ the sum of $5- for having in his possession a pair of pistols, that said pistols were held by him as security for Money loaned by him to one Capt Alexander of the 7th Ky Cavalry, wherefore he prays that your Excellency will exercise Executive Clemency towards him, and remit so much of said fine as is not due the officers

Peter Smith

I certify that the above contains the true statements of the facts in this Case Feby 6th 1864,

John R Graham P. J. C f.

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Police Ct of Frankfort To His Excellency Gov Thos E Bramlette Petition of Peter Smith (a free man of Color)

Remit except fees & costs Tho E Bramlette Govr

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