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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-0001-004-0987 BR11-30 to BR11-31

Lexington, Fayette 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. William L. Taylor (Fayette County, Kentucky, hack driver and livery stable keeper) N00014634 1831? Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, hack driver and livery stable keeper. Kentucky native. Son of Charlotte Taylor. Married to Ellen Taylor. Father of Catherine "Kate" Taylor, James William Taylor, Arabella Taylor, and Ellena Taylor. Hack driver in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1850. Livery stable keeper in Lexington in 1860.

Relationships Legal: John H. Taylor (Fayette County, Kentucky, hack driver and livery stable keeper) Legal: Charles F. Lowry (Fayette County, Kentucky merchant and deputy clerk) Legal: John B. Norton (Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: Fayette Circuit Court Familial: John H. Taylor (Fayette County, Kentucky, hack driver and livery stable keeper)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, District 2, p. 198A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, p. 581. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 3, p. 254A. KYR-0001-004-0986. John H. Taylor (Fayette County, Kentucky, hack driver and livery stable keeper) N00014633 1819? Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, hack driver and livery stable keeper. Kentucky native. Son of Charlotte Taylor. Married to Emily Taylor. Father of George Taylor, Mary Taylor, Charlotte Taylor, Cathrin Taylor, Mariah Taylor, Julia Taylor, and John H. Taylor. Hack driver in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1850. Livery stable keeper in Lexington in 1860. Accused of receiving stolen corn in February 1864. Fugitive in 1864.

Relationships Familial: [Unknown] Taylor (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, resident.) Familial: Charlotte Taylor (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, resident) Familial: William L. Taylor (Fayette County, Kentucky, hack driver and livery stable keeper) Social: William Wesley Dowden (Lexington, Kentucky, student and merchant) Social: William Allen Lindsay (Scott County, Kentucky, hotel keeper and tavern keeper) Social: John B. Norton (Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk) Social: William S. Downey (Bourbon County, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney) Legal: Fayette Circuit Court Social: Caleb Tarlton (Johnson County, Indiana, farmer. Slaveholder in Fayette County, Kentucky.) Legal: James Keizer (Fayette County, Kentucky, tailor. ) Legal: Buford C Gorham (Fayette County, Kentucky, resident. ) Legal: Andrew Jackson Gorham (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Marcus Hall Cromwell (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: John Thomas Stevenson (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.) Legal: William S. Downey (Bourbon County, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, District 2, p. 198A-B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, p. 581. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 3, p. 254B-255A. KYR-0001-004-0986. 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. William S. Downey (Bourbon County, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney) N00006117 1824? Categories: People

Bourbon County, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney. Indiana native. Married to Lucy Ann Embry Downey in Madison County, Kentucky on May 18, 1845. Father of Mary E. Downey. Married to Emily Jane Robinson Burbridge Downey in Scott County on January 28, 1858. Father of Willie H. Downey and Minna "Minnie" Shreve Downey. Attorney in Clark County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Clark County in 1850. Attorney in Bourbon County in 1860. Commonwealth's attorney for the Thirteenth Judicial District from 1860 to 1866. Owned nineteen enslaved persons in Clark County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: William Emmett Simms (Kentucky Confederate soldier and politician) Legal: General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Legal: Bourbon Circuit Court Legal: Madison Circuit Court Legal: Fayette Circuit Court Legal: William L. Taylor (Fayette County, Kentucky, hack driver and livery stable keeper) Social: David Ingles (Lexington, Kentucky, hack driver and dray man) Legal: Clark Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark, Winchester, p. 41B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark, Winchester, p. 307. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark, Winchester, p. 871. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark, Winchester, p. 346A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Madison County Marriages, Film 000183302. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film 000183225. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 355-59. 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. George Blackburn Kinkead (Fayette County, KY, attorney and trustee of Transy University) N00011566 1811-09-25 1877-11-11 Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, attorney and university trustee. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza Pearce Kinkead. Father of R. S. Kinkead, John Kinkead, E. T. Kinkead, A. P. Kinkead, Margaret “Maggie” Kinkead, William B. Kinkead, Mary Kinkead, Frank Kinkead, and James Kinkead. Attorney in Lexington in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Lexington in 1850. Attorney in Lexington in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Lexington in 1860. Trustee of Transylvania University in 1865.

Relationships Legal: John Taylor (Fayette County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Benjamin Gratz (Lexington atto & businessman) Legal: Madison Conyers Johnson (Fayette County, KY, attorney, bank director, professor, and chair of Transy U trustees) Social: John H. Taylor (Fayette County, Kentucky, hack driver and livery stable keeper) Legal: Fayette Circuit Court Social: William L. Taylor (Fayette County, Kentucky, hack driver and livery stable keeper) Legal: Lexington City Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 198A. 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, p. 575. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, p. 456A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 3, p. 290B. "George Blackburn Kinkead (1811-1877)," Find A Grave, Memorial 98894670, accessed December 23, 2019, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98894670. "Eliza Pearce Kinkead (1824-1904)," Find A Grave, Memorial 98894450, accessed December 23, 2019, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98894450. KYR-0001-009-0038. 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/. 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, 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. Fayette Circuit Court O00000377 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 13th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): William C. Goodloe. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): William S. Downey. Clerk(s): John B. Norton.

Relationships Legal: John C. Cable (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James Donahoe (Lexington, Kentucky, grocer) Economic: Charles Scott Todd Bodley (Fayette County, Kentucky, bookseller and sheriff) Legal: B. F. Barnes (Fayette Co, KY, mule stealer) Legal: George Washington Brand (Lexington, Kentucky, grocer and bank director) Economic: John B. Norton (Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: William S. Downey (Bourbon County, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney) Legal: John B. Norton (Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: William Harrison Keith (Plymouth, Massachussetts, salesman and soldier (U.S.A.)) Legal: William C. Goodloe (Fayette and Madison co , KY, circuit court judge)

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. Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky 1864-06-28 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Lexington Ky June 28. 1864 His Excellency Gov Bramlette Frankfort Ky Dear Sir

William Taylor a free man of Color laid a Petition before you a few days ago for the remission of a forfeiture of a Bail Bond on which he was surity for $800= He tells me you were disposed to grant his Petition, but desired to know, exactly the history & present Status of the matter -- It is as follows.

John, the Brother of William was arrested last winter on a charge of receiving some stolen corn, And the Magistrate

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on the trial held him to Bail in $800 -- which he gave. At the February term of the Circuit Court the Grand Jury found the indictment "a 'true Bill" -- and John -- although he has for 25 years been in the confidence & employment of the many of the best people -- including ladies -- of the city was advised by his friends to leave the state, on account of the excited state of the public feeling towards person of his class, who might fall in the hands of a Jury He did so and proceedings were taken on his Bond & at the late June term of the Court Judgment was had agst the surity.

I can speak personally of the Character of John Taylor generally up to the time of this

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accusation, for the last 19 years and I know that he was as quiet and orderly & well behaved as any man in his condition --

I hope you will remit the forfeiture as desired by William

He has paid the Attorney his part of the forfeiture --

I am very Truly Yr Obt St

Geo B Kinkead

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file with papers Remission having issued