<title type="main">K. F. Prichard to Thomas E. Bramlette

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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-0001-004-1320 BR12-55

Louisa, Lawrence 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. James P. Wilson (Wayne Co, VA / WV farmer) N00006301 1834 Categories: People

Wayne County, West Virginia, farmer. Russell County, Virginia, native. Son of William Wilson and Nancy Wilson. Married to Elizabeth Akers Wilson in Wayne County, Virginia, on September 29, 1860. Stepfather to James W. Wilson, Lewis F. Wilson, Mary Jane Wilson, Burwell Wilson, John F. Wilson, Nathaniel Wilson, and Noah Wilson. Father of Nancy Wilson, David Wilson, and Richard Wilson. Farmer in Wayne County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Kenas F. Prichard (Lawrence County, KY, attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Virginia, Wayne County, District 66, p. 267A. "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org:19 March 2020. County clerks, West Virginia (accessed July 22, 2020). "West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-HRBP-V?cc=1909099&wc=Q8BW-MWJ%3A179687701%2C179701401 : 23 October 2018), Wayne > Will book, v. 001 1843-1852 > image 205 of 260; citing Jackson County Clerk, West Virginia (accessed July 22, 2020). KYR-0001-004-1316. Elizabeth Akers Wilson (Wayne Co, VA / WV farmer) N00006302 1829? 1923? Categories: People

Wayne County, West Virginia, farmer. Wayne County, Virginia, native. Daughter of John Frasher and Mary Frasher. Married to John Akers. Mother of James W. Wilson, Lewis F. Wilson, Mary Jane Wilson, Burwell Wilson, John F. Wilson, Noah Wilson, and Nathaniel Wilson. Married to James P. Wilson in Wayne County, Virginia, on September 29, 1860. Mother of Nancy Wilson, David Wilson, and Richard Wilson. Resident of Wayne County in 1850. Farmer in Wayne County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: James P. Wilson (Wayne Co, VA / WV farmer) Legal: Henderson Beckham (Lawrence County) Legal: J. C. Layne (Lawrence County) Legal: George W. Henry (Lawrence County) Legal: R. F. Prichard (Lawrence County) Legal: Allen C. Hutchison (Lawrence County Justice of the Peace) Legal: George R. B. Chapman (Lawrence County) Legal: Henry Stanhope Bussey (Louisa, Kentucky, hotel keeper) Legal: John G. Johns (Floyd Circuit and County Court Clerk) Legal: Kenas F. Prichard (Lawrence County, KY, attorney) Legal: Richard Fletcher Vinson (Lawrence Circuit and County Court Clerk) Legal: John W. Haws (Lawrence County)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Virginia, Wayne County, District 66, p. 267A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Virginia, Wayne County, p. 815. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Ohio, Lawrence, Decatur Township, p. 251B. Thirteenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1910), Population Schedules, West Virginia, Wayne County, Butler, Enumeration District 0181, p. 12. "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org:19 March 2020. County clerks, West Virginia (accessed July 22, 2020). "West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-HRBP-V?cc=1909099&wc=Q8BW-MWJ%3A179687701%2C179701401 : 23 October 2018), Wayne > Will book, v. 001 1843-1852 > image 205 of 260; citing Jackson County Clerk, West Virginia (accessed July 22, 2020). KYR-0001-004-1316. Kenas F. Prichard (Lawrence County, KY, attorney) N00006303 1837? Categories: People

Lawrence County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Son of James Prichard and Elizabeth Prichard. Married to Amelia C. Stewart Prichard in Lawrence County on August 27, 1859. Resident of Lawrence County in 1850. Household owned one enslaved person in Lawrence County in 1850. Attorney in Lawrence County in 1860. Attorney in Lawrence County in 1863. County attorney in Lawrence County in 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 96B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 171. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Louisa, p. 657. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Louisa, p. 283A. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Rolls #994027-994058, Lawrence County Marriages, p. 225, p. 11 of 36 of microfilm. 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), Lawrence County, KY, 1863, p. 295 (Accessed via ancestry.com). KYR-0001-004-1316. Louisa, Kentucky P00000553 Categories: Places

Seat of Lawrence County, Kentucky. Located on the Big Sandy River.

38.1143, -82.6032 George Wolfford, “Louisa,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 574. "Louisa, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 22, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Lawrence County, Kentucky P00000552 Categories: Places

County in northeast Kentucky. Seat at Louisa. Located on the Big Sandy River.

38.1143, -82.6032 George Wolfford, “Lawrence County” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 537. "Louisa, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 22, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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. Lawrence County Court O00000653 Categories: Organizations

Located in Louisa, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Samuel Short (1861-1862) and Pleasant M. Savage (1862-1863). Clerk(s): M. B. Goble (1861-1862) and Richard F. Vinson (1862-1865). Deputy clerk: George B. Poague.

Relationships Legal: R. F. Prichard (Lawrence County) Legal: Allen C. Hutchison (Lawrence County Justice of the Peace) Legal: Kenas F. Prichard (Lawrence County, KY, attorney)

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. KYR-0001-017-0426. KYR-0001-020-1056. KYR-0001-031-0069. Lawrence Circuit Court O00000418 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 11th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): William H. Burns and Richard A. Apperson, Jr. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): J. M. Nesbitt and J. Saige Dury. Clerk(s): M. B. Goble and Richard F. Vinson.

Relationships Legal: James P. Wilson (Wayne Co, VA / WV farmer) Legal: Kenas F. Prichard (Lawrence County, KY, attorney) Legal: Richard Fletcher Vinson (Lawrence Circuit and County Court Clerk) Legal: John G. Johns (Floyd Circuit and County Court Clerk) Legal: John W. Haws (Lawrence County) Legal: Gabriel Endicott (Lawrence County farmer and prisoner for man slaughter)

“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), 303-308; “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. Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky 1864-11-16 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. 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.

Louisa Laurence Co Ky 16 Nov/64 Gov Thoms E Bramlett Frankfort Ky Respected Sir --

Enclosed is Pettin in behalf of Jas. P Wilson or rather his wife The case is one I think of merit & relief ought to be granted the Lady

Very Respectfully your obt Servnt K. F. Prichard Co atty for, L, C

Lawrence Cir Ct vs Jas R Wilson $20, Remitted 6th Dec/64