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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-0001-004-0524 BR9-330

Frankfort, Franklin 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. Thomas Lee (Franklin County, Kentucky, tailor. ) N00017445 1812? Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, tailor. Kentucky native. Married to Ann Lee. Tailor in Frankfort, Kentucky, in 1860. Resident of Frankfort in 1864.

Relationships Legal: Frankfort Police Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort/District 1, p. 273. KYR-0001-004-0524. KYR-0001-004-0525. John Baylor Temple (Frankfort, Kentucky, banker and attorney; Preident of the Military Board of Kentucky) N00006233 1815-12-30 1886-05-27 Categories: People

Frankfort, Kentucky, attorney, banker, state auditor, and commissioner. Logan County, Kentucky, native. Married to Susan M. Bibb Temple on November 7, 1843. Married to Katherine M. Fall Temple in Franklin County, Kentucky, on October 4, 1853. Married to Hannah Blandina Broadhead Temple on November 19, 1857. Father of Mary C. Temple, Blanche Temple, and Annie Temple. Studied law under Judge William V. Loving. Graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in 1836. Graduate of Transylvania University Law School in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1838. Attorney in Russellville from 1838 to 1848. Member of the Presbyterian Church. Resident of Frankfort. State Auditor of Kentucky from 1848 to 1850. Cashier of the Farmers' Bank of Kentucky from 1850 to 1867. Owned five enslaved persons in Frankfort in 1860. President of the Military Board of Kentucky from September 1861 and August 1862.

Relationships Social: Philip Swigert (Frankfort banker, Military Board member & secretary) Social: Willis Benson Machen (Lyon County, KY, attorney, farmer, iron manufacturer, and politician (KY & Confederate)) Social: Milton A. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Caldwell County, Kentucky Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: Thomas Lee (Franklin County, Kentucky, tailor. )

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, District 1, p. 89. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, District 1, p. 23. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Ward 8, Louisville, p. 74-75. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994034, Franklin County Marriages, p. 2. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 581. "John Baylor Temple (December 30, 1815-May 27, 1886)," Find A Grave, Memorial #64379164, accessed May 17, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64379164. William A. Gaines (Frankfort, Kentucky, postmaster) N00003912 1832? Categories: People

Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and postmaster. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret J. Gaines. Father of Jane P. Gaines and William A. Gaines. Merchant in Frankfort in 1860. Postmaster of Frankfort from March 1861 to October 1866.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Economic: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky Social: Thomas Lee (Franklin County, Kentucky, tailor. )

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, p. 259 Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 115A. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Franklin County, vol. 28, p. 69. Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (Union general, Boyle Co, KY attorney, pres Lou City Railway Co) N00000523 1818-05-22 1871-07-28 Categories: People

Boyle County, Kentucky, attorney, soldier, and businessman. Mercer County, Kentucky, native. Son of John Boyle and Elizabeth Tilford Boyle. Married to Elizabeth Owsley Anderson Boyle in Garrard County, Kentucky, on October 18, 1842. Father of William Owsley Boyle, John H. J. Boyle, Clayton J. Boyle, Henry B. Boyle, Amelia Boyle, and J. Tilford Boyle, Jr. Attended Centre College in Danville. Graduated from the College of New Jersey at Princeton, New Jersey. Attended Transylvania School of Law in Lexington, Kentucky. Attorney in Boyle County in 1850. Owned nine enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1850. Attorney in Boyle County in 1860. Owned thirteen enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1860. Served as a brigadier general of U.S. Volunteers from November 1861 to January 1864. President of the Louisville City Railway Company from 1864 to 1866.

Relationships Military: Albert O. Durland (Louisville businessman) Military: Marcellus Mundy (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and soldier) Military: Army of the Ohio Military: Military District of Kentucky Military: Thomas B. Lawton (farmer, McLean County) Social: John Jordan Crittenden (Franklin Co, KY, Representative, Senator, & former KY Governor) Political: Patrick Sherdon (Trimble County, Kentucky, merchant) Military: Horatio Gouverneur Wright (Union General, commander of Dept of OH) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Edward Henry Hobson (Green County, Kentucky, merchant, saddler, Brig. Genl) Political: Lucius B. Desha (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and politician) Military: Ambrose E. Burnside (Union general, Rhode Island rifleworks owner) Economic: Henry E. Shawhan (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer) Economic: James A. Cook (Harrison County, Kentucky, distiller) Economic: G. W. Taylor (person ) Economic: Tarr White (person ) Economic: Thomas Jefferson Megibben (Cynthania, Kentucky, distiller.) Military: Joel H. Roach (Corporal, 3rd Kentucky Cavalry) Military: 40th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Economic: Louisville City Railway Company Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.) Military: William Mangan (Richmond, Cass County, Illinois, soldier - 1st Lt. 11th Ky. Cav) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Frederick Slater, Jr. (Dearborn County, Indiana, merchant and soldier - major, 11th Ky. Cav) Military: Executive Department, Kentucky (U.S.A.) Military: Department of Kentucky Military: United States War Department Military: Government of the United States of America Social: Thomas Lee (Franklin County, Kentucky, tailor. ) Familial: James M. Doty (Barren County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: William Owsley (Kentucky governor, judge, and politician.) Social: James M. Doty (Barren County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: Exchange Bank of Barnes, White, & Co Military: Alexander Clay Semple (Louisville resident and soldier, served as assistant to General Boyle.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 2, p. 367A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, Danville, p. 866. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, Danville, p. 151A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Garrard County Marriages, Film 000183256, p. 64. Ezra J. Warner, General in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964), p. 40. Ross A. Webb, “Jeremiah T. Boyle,” in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2002), p. 109. John W. Pruett (Frankfort, Kentucky, printer, sgt at arms, and constable) N00003478 1816-01-21 1864-07-07 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, tailor, printer, and sergeant-at-arms. Kentucky native. Married to Amaryllis A. Conover Pruett in Fayette County, Kentucky, on May 29, 1839. Father of James Pruett, John W. Pruett, Walter Pruett, and Emma Pruett. Merchant tailor in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Franklin County in 1850. Constable in Frankfort in 1854. Printer in Frankfort in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Frankfort in 1860. Sergeant-at-arms of the Senate of Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1861 through 1863. Constable in Frankfort from 1862 to 1864.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Jacob B. Ehrich (Louisville, Ky, Police Dept; "always wore a silk hat") Political: Jacob B. Ehrich (Louisville, Ky, Police Dept; "always wore a silk hat") Political: William Claytor (Louisville, Kentucky, day watchman and policeman) Political: State of Indiana Social: Thomas Lee (Franklin County, Kentucky, tailor. ) Political: Oldham Circuit Court Political: Seventh Judicial District of Kentucky

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 76B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 899. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, District 1, p. 234. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 488A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Fayette County Marriages, Film 007897101. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994034, Franklin County Births. Untitled, Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 2 Dec 1862, p. 1. "Kentucky Legislature," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 5 March 1863, p. 3. Untitled, Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 22 April 1863, p. 3. L.F. Johnson, The History of Franklin County, Ky., (Frankfort: Roberts Printing Co., 1912), p. 138. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies ser. 2, vol. 2 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1890), 748. "John W. Pruett (1816-1864)," Find A Grave, Memorial #126775790, accessed April 20, 2018, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126775790. James Harlan, Jr. (Franklin County/Mercer County Attorney/Politician) N00000761 1831-10-03 1907-06-15 Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Kentucky native. Son of James Harlan, Sr., and Eliza Harlan. Married to Amelia Harlan. Father of Henry Harlan. Attorney in Mercer County in 1860. In law practice with James Harlan, Sr. and John Marshall Harlan in Frankfort, Kentucky, from 1853 to September 1863. Partner in law practice with John Marshall Harlan in Frankfort from September 1863 to 1867. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Franklin County, Kentucky, from 1865 to 1866.

Relationships Legal: Mason W. Sherrill (Louisville merchant) Social: Mason W. Sherrill (Louisville merchant) Social: James T. Vanarsdale (Mercer/Jefferson Co. merchant) Legal: George W. Cohorn (Franklin County Farm Laborer) Legal: John Macklin (Franklin County planter) Social: Thomas Lee (Franklin County, Kentucky, tailor. )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 107. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 28. “The John Marshall Harlan Collection,” Louis D. Brandeis School of Law Library, University of Louisville, accessed February 9, 2017, https://louisville.edu/law/library/special-collections/the-john-marshall-harlan-collection. "Members of the House of Representatives," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), September 22, 1866, p. 1. “Ruined by Drink: A Brother of Justice Harlan Accidentally Killed by a Train,” The Evening Bulletin (Maysville, Ky.), June 16, 1897, p. 1. 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. 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. 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. Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky 1864-02-10 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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Frankfort February 10th 1864 To His Excellency, Thomas E. Bramlett, Gov of Kentucky.

Your petitioner, Tom Lee (a free man of color) would most humbly, and respectfully represent to your Excellency; That he was today fined Ten Dollars, and costs before the City Police Court for alledged Misdemeanor.

With all due respect for the decission of the Honorable Court, he still protests his Entire innocence, and prays that in consideration of his past good character as an honest, upright, respectful, sober, industrious man, as attested by the undersigned citizens of Frankfort, (many of whom have known him for twenty years) that Your Excellency will Extend to him such clemency as may seem proper in the case.

J B Temple Wm A Gaines J. T. Boyle J. W. Pruett

James Harlan Jr

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Frankfort

Tom Lee is a model servant and though it is difficult from his well established character to credit such a change- yet having been convicted upon trial by the court, I see no reason for Executive interposition

Tho E Bramlette