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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-0001-004-0563 BR9-392 to BR9-393

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. Richard Lucas (Shelby County, Kentucky, farmer.) N00011632 1815? Categories: People

Shelby County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Martha Lucas. Farmer in Scott County, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident of Shelby County in 1860. Convicted of running a tipling house in Shelby County in March 1864.

Relationships Social: David Porter (Shelby County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: J. B. F. Stagers (Shelby County, Kentucky, resident.) Social: Richard Bryant (Shelby County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Edmund A. W. Roberts (Frankfort, Kentucky, attorney, notary, and farmer) Legal: Shelby Circuit Court Social: William H. Gardner (Louisville, Kentucky, clerk.) Social: A. G or H. Roberts questionable (Franklin County, Kentucky, resident.) Social: Joseph Lutkemier (Frankfort, Kentucky, basketmaker.) Social: William J. White (Shelby County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: William B. Robinson (Shelby County, Kentucky, resident.) Social: John Bryant Honnaker (Shelby County, Kentucky, resident.) Social: Edmund A. W. Roberts (Frankfort, Kentucky, attorney, notary, and farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 439. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2, p. 60. KYR-0001-004-0563. Edmund A. W. Roberts (Frankfort, Kentucky, attorney, notary, and farmer) N00003751 1824? Categories: People

Frankfort, Kentucky, attorney, notary, and farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Cynthia A. Roberts. Father of Patrick H. Roberts, William R. Roberts, Edmund A. Roberts, Thomas Nicholas Roberts, Charles A. Roberts, Lucy Roberts, Mary Roberts, and John Roberts. Farmer in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Attorney in Frankfort in 1860. Notary public for Franklin County in 1864.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Pendleton Circuit Court Economic: Pendleton Circuit Court Legal: Shelby Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 66B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 91. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Benson, p. 26B. KYR-0001-004-0563. Richard Bryant (Shelby County, Kentucky, farmer.) N00011633 1835? Categories: People

Shelby County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married Lavinia B. Shackelford Bryant in Franklin County, Kentucky on January 3, 1856. Father of Mary Bryant and Ethan Bryant. Resident of Shelby County in 1860. Farmer in Shelby County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: Shelby Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby, District 2, p. 64. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Franklin County Marriages, p. 23. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Shelby County, KY, September 1863, p. 23 (accessed via Ancestry.com). J. B. F. Stagers (Shelby County, Kentucky, resident.) N00011634 Categories: People

Signed a petition on behalf of Richard Lucas in Shelby County, Kentucky, on March 14, 1864.

KYR-0001-004-0563. David Porter (Shelby County, Kentucky, farmer.) N00011849 1834? Categories: People

Shelby County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Louisa Porter. Father of Samuel Porter and Aradell Porter. Farmer in Shelby County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2, p.75. William H. Gardner (Louisville, Kentucky, clerk.) N00011848 1826? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, clerk. Maine native. Married to Mary W. Gardner. Father of Henry E. Gardner, Mary L. Gardner, and George S. Gardner. Clerk in store in Louisville in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Shelby Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson, Louisville Ward 7, p. 536. KYR-0001-004-0563. John Bryant Honnaker (Shelby County, Kentucky, resident.) N00011837 1834 1917-01-11 Categories: People

Shelby County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Son of Isaac Honnaker and Elizabeth Honnaker. Married to Mary H. Armstrong Honnaker in Shelby County on December 13, 1855. Father of Francis M. Honnaker, Irene Honnaker, and Fanny Honnaker. Student in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850.

Relationships Legal: Shelby Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, 85A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 1, 68A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Shelby County Marriages, Film #000259275. Find A Grave, "Col. John Bryant Honnaker (1834-1917)," Memorial #30897968, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30897968 (accessed January 14, 2020). William B. Robinson (Shelby County, Kentucky, resident.) N00011841 Categories: People

Signed a petition on behalf of Richard Lucas in Shelby County, Kentucky, on March 14, 1864.

Relationships Legal: Shelby Circuit Court

KYR-0001-004-0563. William J. White (Shelby County, Kentucky, farmer.) N00011843 1834? Categories: People

Shelby County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of William White and Mary White. Married to Mildred Frances Riddle White in Shelby County on April 7, 1853. Father of Ann B. White, William White and Thomas E. White. Laborer in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Shelby County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Shelby Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 88A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2, p. 74. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 139B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Shelby County Marriages, Film #000259291. Joseph Lutkemier (Frankfort, Kentucky, basketmaker.) N00011844 1837? Categories: People

Frankfort, Kentucky, basketmaker. Native of Germany. Basketmaker in Frankfort in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Shelby Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 248. A. G. Roberts (Pendleton County, KY, attorney, notary, & captain 5th KY Inf CSA) N00003846 1827 Categories: People

Pendleton County, Kentucky, attorney, notary public, and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Louisa Roberts. Father of Catherine M. Roberts, Ann R. Roberts, Ellen Roberts, Louisa F. Roberts, William A. Roberts, and Virginia C. Roberts. Attorney in Pendleton County in 1860. Notary public in Pendleton County in 1861. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a captain from September 9, 1862 to August 1, 1863.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: John A. Ray (Pendleton County, KY, farmer) Economic: Pendleton County Court Legal: Mary "Polly" Ann Southgate Hitch (Falmouth, Pendleton County, Kentucky, resident)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pendleton County, Falmouth, p. 435. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0112. Memorial History of Louisville from Its First Settlement to the year 1896, Josiah Stoddard Johnston, ed., vol. 1 (Chicago: American Biographical Publishing Co., 1896), 209. KYR-0001-020-1462. Franklin County, Kentucky P001019 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Frankfort. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Ron D. Bryant, "Franklin County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 354-56. 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). 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. Shelby Circuit Court O00000575 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 7th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Peter B. Muir and George W. Johnston. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Edwin S. Craig and James Robert Dupuy. Clerk(s): William A. Jones and John Robinson.

Relationships Legal: Thomas B. Cochran (Shelby County, KY, attorney and Lt Col 2nd KY Cav. USA)

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. Government of the United States of America O00002945 1776-07-04 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the United States of America. Comprised of the Legislative Branch, Judicial Branch, and Executive Branch. Capital at Washington, District of Columbia.

Relationships Military: 68th Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia Economic: Hiram Barney (New York attorney and customs collector) Political: Leonard B. Cox (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Political: William Scott Botts (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: George Jackson (Bullitt County, Kentucky, laborer) Political: Hillary G. Jackson (Bullitt County, Kentucky, laborer & private 26th KY Inf USA) Legal: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Military: Thornton Williams (Scott County, Kentucky, soldier. Formerly enslaved by Urias Offutt, accused of attempted murder.) Political: Urias M. Offutt (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. and slaveholder.) Military: George W. Rasure (Floyd County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Military: Amaziah "Samuel" Rasure (Washington County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Military: David Rasure, Jr. (New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Political: Nelson Trusler (Connersville, Indiana, attorney, politician, and soldier) Political: Robert Alexander Dowell (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Oliver P. Morton (Fourteenth governor of Indiana, attorney, judge, and politician.) Political: John Walter Rutherford (Crittenden County, Kentucky, barkeeper and merchant)

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To his Excellency the Govnor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Your Petitioner Richard Lucasstates that at the Sept term 1863 he was indicted for keeping a tipling house for three months and for Permiting or Suffering gaiming in his house and was tried under said indictments at the March term 1864 ^of the Shelby Circuit Court^ he was tried and fined in Each case in the sum of $200 --, or $400 -- in boath cases. that all the gaming permited or proveed to have been in his house was a game for a treat & that he did Sell whisky but he obtained a licencs from the government of the United States So to do and that he was informened and So believed that was all was by the laws in Such cases Required. your Petitioner further states that he is now and has been confined to his bed with what the Doctors pronounce consumption for the last 8 or 10 months and never Expects to be able to pay Said Judgment or any part thereof but dose not wish to depart this life with Said fines hanging over him and that he is a poor man and has a Small family and dose not wish them annoyed with Said fines. Wherefore he prays that your Excellency will interpose the Executive clemency

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and Remit Said fines and for all other proper relief.

Richard Lucas

Sworn to before me by Richard Lucas this 14th day of March 1864.

E. A. W. Roberts Notary Public for Franklin County, Ky

personally appeared Richard Bryant and made the following statement that the statements in the foregoing Petition in regard to Lucas health are true and that of his obtaining government licens and he further States that the two witnesses J. B. F. Stagers & D Porterthat fixed a three months Selling on Said Lucas bought the whisky from me when Lucas was sick and had ordered me not to Sell to any one under any circumstanc that I was aucoping the house as tickett agent and no others

Richd Bryant

Sworn to befor me by Richard Bryant this 14th day of March 1864

E. A. W. Roberts Notary Public for Franklin Co

I have known Mr. Lucas since August last. He has been all the while in quite feeble condition & in fact confined to his room almost all the while ^during^ the last four months with diseased lungs. He is & has

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been wholy unfit for any business & in my opinion will not be again, as I look upon his recovery as very doubtful,

Wm. H. Gardner

We the undersigned Neighbours of Richard Lucas no him to be a truthfull man and believe his statement above mad and we Join in the prayer for the remission of said fines

J. B. Honnaker E. A. W. Roberts Wm B Robinson

Wm J White

Joseph Lutkemier

A. G. Roberts

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Shelby Cir Ct Commonwealth vs } Petition in 2 cases Richard Lucas

Gaming Refused Respite 12 months Tho E Bramlette 21st Mch/ 64