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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-0001-004-1319 BR12-53 to BR12-54

Carlisle, Nicholas 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. John Delaney (Nicholas County, KY, student) N00006292 1842? Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, student. Native of Ireland. Son of Mary Delaney. Student in Nicholas County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Relationships Legal: John Barnett (Likely Nicholas County) Political: William R. Potts (Nicholas County) Political: S. C. Pepes (Nicholas County) Political: Edmund W. Hardy (Nicholas County farmer) Political: William K. Fuller (Nicholas County) Political: William H. Waugh (Nicholas County) Political: Mary Delaney (Nicholas County, KY, farmer) Political: John Palmer Potts (Nicholas County) Familial: Mary Delaney (Nicholas County, KY, farmer) Political: James Kennedy (Nicholas County)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 60. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Precinct 3, p. 27. John Barnett (Likely Nicholas County) N00007776 Categories: People

Likely Nicholas County resident.

KYR-0001-004-1319. Mary Delaney (Nicholas County, KY, farmer) N00007777 1790? Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer. Native of Ireland. Mother of John Delaney. Farmer in Nicholas County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 60. James Kennedy (Nicholas County) N00006291 1796? Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Kennedy. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 12. William R. Potts (Nicholas County) N00006297 1828-04-25 1883-05-18 Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Potts. Father of Thomas Potts and Emma Potts. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 447. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Moorfield, District 1, p. 47. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 4. Find A Grave, “William Ritchey Potts (April 25, 1828-May 18, 1883),” Memorial #20906041, http://findagrave.com/memorial/20906041 (accessed February 16, 2018). John Palmer Potts (Nicholas County) N00006293 1825 Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Potts. Father of Paulina Potts. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Carlisle, District 2, p. 72. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Carlisle, Precinct 4, p. 43. S. C. Pepes (Nicholas County) N00007775 Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, resident. Juror for John Delaney’s case in the Nicholas Circuit Court in 1864.

KYR-0001-004-1319. Edmund W. Hardy (Nicholas County farmer) N00006290 1822 Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucy, farmer. Kentucky native. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 410. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Carlisle, District 2, p. 56. 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), Nicholas County, KY, 1863, p. 8, (Accessed via ancestry.com). Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Head Quarters, Precinct 2, p. 44. William H. Waugh (Nicholas County) N00006294 1825 Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary E. Tune Waugh on November 27, 1856. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 401. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058, Nicholas County Marriages, p. unknown. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Carlisle, District 1, p. 62. 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), Nicholas County, KY, July 1863, p. 17, (Accessed via ancestry.com). Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Carlisle, Precinct 4, p. 8. William K. Fuller (Nicholas County) N00006295 1820? Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Amanda Fuller. Father of Millard Fuller, Martha Fuller, and Sarah Kansas Fuller. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Carlisle, District 1, p. 11. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Marengo, Precinct 6, p. 1. Carlisle, Kentucky P00000537 Categories: Places

Seat of Nicholas County, Kentucky.

38.312, -84.0274 "Carlisle, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed December 5, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Joan W. Conley, “Carlisle,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 163. 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. Nicholas Circuit Court O00000477 Categories: Organizations

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): James H. Holladay, James L. Arnold, William W. Howard, and J. M. Chevis.

Relationships Legal: John Delaney (Nicholas County, KY, student) Legal: Noah Goodpasture (Bath County Farmer) Legal: Nicholas House Legal: William Norvell (Carlisle, Kentucky, KY Rep, judge and attorney) Legal: John Alexander Campbell (Carlisle, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: Leonidas M. Campbell (Nicholas County, Kentucky, hotel keeper) Legal: Hugh M. Stitt (Nicholas County, Kentucky, hotel keeper and post master) Legal: George Morgan Thomas (Lewis Co politician; 10th Judicial District Commonwealth’s Attorney) Legal: Michael B. Burns (Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer and farm hand) Legal: Owen Conway (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer)

“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), 303-08. “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), 301-06. “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), 347-50. Carlisle, Nicholas County, Kentucky 1864-10-08 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 2 of page "1": 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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Carlisle Oct. 8. 1864 To His Excellency T. E. Bramblet Gov. of Ky.

Your Petitioner John Delaney says he was lately tried in the Nicholas Circuit Court to wit, at its last September Term for stabbing John Barnett in a sudden heat of passion- and was fined the sum of $50.

He says the proof was that Barnett had threatened to shoot him which was the Cause of the stabbing- The stabbing was done with a pocket knife & did not inflict a Very serious wound --

Your Petitioner would state that he is subject to fits which he is satisfied affects his mind & causes the least thing some times to throw him into excitement of an uncontrolable character & this & not the provocation he believes caused the cutting- Barnett & himself were on good terms, but ^Barnett^ was made mad by Your Petitioners hitting him in the face with a snow Ball- He says he & his Mother & another replevied the fine but he is poor & not able to pay it- He therefore asks its remission & will ever pray &c-

John Delaney

We were jurors in Delaneys case above & we think the fine ought to be remitted

James Kennedy Wm R. Potts

J. P. Potts S C Pepes Edmund.. W.. Hardy W H Waugh W. H Fuller

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John Delaney Petition Nicholas Cir Ct vs John Delaney $50, Remitted 22nd Nov/64