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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-0001-004-1317 BR12-49 to BR12-50

Maysville, Mason 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. Allen S. Brownfield (Mason County carpenter and Union private) N00006260 1824? 1898-06-09 Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier. Ohio native. Married to Laura Willet Brownfield. Father of James A. Brownfield, Frances Brownfield, William H. Brownfield. Carpenter in Mason County in 1860. Private in 182nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.).

Relationships Legal: Mason Circuit Court Military: 161st Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Legal: Mason County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 2, p. 96. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, District 2, p. 145. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Ohio, Brown County, Aberdeen, p. 62. Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans who served between 1861 and 1900, Ancestry, Civil War Pensions Index, roll no. T288, p. 58. U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962, Ancestry, Newport, KY Evergreen Cemetery, 1898. [Unknown] Willet (Likely Mason Co) N00006261 1863 Categories: People

Likely Mason County, Kentucky, resident.

KYR-0001-004-1317. Laura Willet Brownfield (Mason County) N00006262 1831-11-27 1915-11-20 Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, resident. Mason County native. Daughter of Guy Miller and Fannie Fristoe Miller. Married to Allen S. Brownfield. Mother of James A. Brownfield, Mary Frances Brownfield, and William H. Brownfield. Resident in Mason County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Thaddeus C. Campbell (Maysville, Mason Co attorney) Legal: Allen S. Brownfield (Mason County carpenter and Union private)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States) (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 2, p. 96. Kentucky Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1852-1910, Births, Mason County, 1853. _Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, District 2, p. 145. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Ohio, Brown County, Aberdeen, p. 62. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, file no. 26455, Newport Deaths, p. unknown. George Morgan Thomas (Lewis Co politician; 10th Judicial District Commonwealth’s Attorney) N00002380 1828-11-23 1914-01-07 Categories: People

Lewis County, Kentucky, teacher, politician and commonwealth’s attorney. Lewis County, Kentucky, native. Son of Elijah Thomas and Araminta P. Boggess Thomas. Married to Catherine H. Willim Thomas on July 8, 1850. Father of Bruce Fraser Thomas, Walter William Thomas, Araminta Thomas Pugh, and Mary A. Thomas. Teacher in Lewis County in 1850. Admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1851. Attorney in Lewis County from 1854 to 1858. Representative of Lewis County in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1860 to 1862. Commonwealth’s attorney for the 10th Judicial District of Kentucky in Vanceburg from 1863 to 1869.

Relationships Legal: Laura Willet Brownfield (Mason County) Economic: Laura Willet Brownfield (Mason County) Legal: Leonidas M. Campbell (Nicholas County, Kentucky, hotel keeper) Legal: Hugh M. Stitt (Nicholas County, Kentucky, hotel keeper and post master) Legal: William M. Bartley (Ripley, OH laborer) Legal: Mason Circuit Court Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, District 2, p. 192A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Lewis County, p. 112. "An Incorruptible Democracy," The Evening Bulletin (Maysville, KY), November 10, 1886, p. 2. 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. E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities, vol.2 (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1912), 748-51. Thaddeus C. Campbell (Maysville, Mason Co attorney) N00006264 1828-05-25 1901 Categories: People

Maysville, Kentucky, attorney. Mason County, Kentucky native. Married to Angeline Campbell. Father of Mary Campbell and Grace Campbell. Admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1848. Attorney in Maysville in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Maysville in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Mason Circuit Court Legal: Laura Willet Brownfield (Mason County) Legal: Allen S. Brownfield (Mason County carpenter and Union private) Political: Francis B. Trussell (Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky, farmer and mayor) Political: William H. McGranaghan (Maysville, Mason Co, Kentucky, physician) Legal: Elizabeth Biddle Foster Lang (Mason County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Thornton Foster (Mason County, Kentucky, cooper)

“The Late T. C. Campbell,” The Evening Bulletin (Maysville, Ky, September 19, 1901. H. Charles Ulman, Lawyers’ Record and Official Register of the United States: Containing Federal Officers of Bureaus and Departments; Foreign Ministers and Consuls; State, County, and City Officials, Judiciary, With Jurisdiction and Time of Holding Courts; Blank Legal Forms; and A Record of Practicing Lawyers throughout the United States (New York: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1872), p. 533. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, District 1, p. 49. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 15. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 1. 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), Mason County, KY, October 1863, p. 25, (Accessed via ancestry.com). Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 23. Maysville, Kentucky P00001219 Categories: Places

Seat of Mason County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

38.6412, -83.7444 Jean W. Calvert, "Maysville" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 621-22. " Maysville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Mason County Court O00000661 1789-05-26 Categories: Organizations

Located in Maysville, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): W. H. Savage. Clerk(s): Robert A. Cochran and George W. Sulser.

Relationships Legal: Abner Hall (Mason County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John Morgan (Mason County, Kentucky, cooper) Legal: William J. Thurman (Mason County, Kentucky, cabinet maker, justice of the peace, and postmaster)

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. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1874), 554. Mason Circuit Court O00000426 Categories: Organizations

Circuit court located in the 10th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): E. C. Phister and L. W. Andrews. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): R. H. Stanton and George M. Thomas. Clerk(s): Keith Berry and John M. Duke, Jr.

Relationships Legal: William Carr (Mays Lick, Kentucky, hotel keeper) Legal: James C. Brookover (Maysville, Kentucky, grocery merchant) Legal: James Hessen (Maysville, Kentucky, drayman) Legal: Arthur F. Dobyns (Mason County, Kentucky, magistrate) Political: William H. Savage (Mason County, Kentucky, retail clerk and attorney)

“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), 304-305 “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. 161st Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00006263 1864-05-09 1864-09-02 Categories: Organizations

Organized in May 9, 1864 in Camp Chase, Ohio. Mustered out on September 2, 1864.

Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Compiled and Arranged from Official Records of the Federal and Confederate Armies Reports of the Adjutant Generals of the Several States, the Army Registers and Other Reliable Documents and Sources (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 389. “Infantry – 161st Ohio to 195th Ohio,” NW Ohio in the Civil War, University Libraries, Bowling Green State University, https://www.bgsu.edu/library/cac/nworesources/civilwar/infantry-units/161to195.html (accessed December 7, 2016). 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. Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky 1864-11-30 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": 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 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 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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Maysville Ky Nov 30th 1864 Hon Tho E Bramlette Governor &c

In the latter part of 63, Allen Brownfield a resident of this County, was attacked at his own house by a man named Willet, both parties being drunk, when Brownfield killed Willet. Brownfield was arrested and held to bail by the examining Court, in the Sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200) The Court justified the killing, but as Brownfield was addicted to drinking held him over to sober him if possible. He was married to a clever woman, the Mother of four children and the owner of a small homestead. I became surety for Brownfield taking a mortgage for my indemnity from himself and wife Brownfield became alarmed and left the state and judgt went against me as Surety at our last Oct term Mason Circuit Court for $200 & costs. The wife has a hard time and will suffer if her property is sold in satisfaction of this debt. Brownfield has lately joined

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161st Ohio Regt. At the request of the lady I petition you to remit so much of the fine as is due the Commonwealth and I am informed by her that Mr Thomas the Commonwealths Attorney has agreed to give her all or the larger part of the balance

Respectfully

T. C Campbell

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Mason Cir Ct vs T. C Campbell Remit $200 6th Dec/64