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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-0001-004-1324 BR12-62

Harrodsburg, Mercer 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. Solomon Corn (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmhand) N00006334 1838? Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmhand. Kentucky native. Married to Catharine Corn. Father of Ella Corn, Gallie Corn, and William E. Corn. Farmhand in Mercer County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Kentucky State Penitentiary Legal: Frankfort Police Court Legal: Mercer County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, p. 156. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Cornishville, District 2, p. 7. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, Ward 1, p. 28. Jeremiah Donovan (Mercer County, Ky, farmer) N00007818 1799? Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer. Married to Martha Cooney Donovan in Mercer County in 1814. Father of Cornelius Donovan, Margaret Donovan, and Ann Donovan. Farmer in Mercer County in 1850. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Solomon Corn (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmhand) Social: James Donovan (Mercer County, Ky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, p. 335A Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 558. Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, 1813-1814, Film #000191845. James Donovan (Mercer County, Ky, farmer) N00007817 1814? Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Sullivan Donovan in Anderson County, Kentucky in December 1835. Father of Jeremiah Donovan and John Donovan. Farmer in Mercer County in 1850. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Solomon Corn (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmhand)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, p. 335A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 568. Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Anderson County Marriages, 1831-1869, Film #001550673. Wiliam Vivion (Mercer County, Ky, farmer) N00007819 1802? Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Vivion. Father of James H. Vivion, Nannie B. Vivion, Ben R. Vivion. Farmer in Mercer County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned eight enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1850. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Solomon Corn (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmhand)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 1, p. 244A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 1, p. 861. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Mercer County p. 745. James Yeast (Mercer County, Ky, farmer) N00007820 1831? Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant. Kentucky native. Son of Joseph Yeast and Susan Yeast. Married to Mary J. Yeast. Father of Betty Yeast, John B. Yeast, and Paralee Yeast. Farmer in Mercer County, Kentucky, in 1850. Merchant in Mercer County in 1863.

Relationships Social: Solomon Corn (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmhand)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 335A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 566. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Precinct 2, p. 465A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War) NARA RG 110, Mercer County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 16. Barnet V. Brewer (Mercer County, Kentucky, miller) N00007821 1809-01-27 1886-12-30 Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, miller. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret B. Tewmey Brewer in Mercer County, Kentucky, in September 1836. Father of William Brewer, John W. Brewer, Wintersmith Brewer, Garrad C. Brewer, Ophelia Brewer, Elbridge Brewer, Margaret Brewer, and Thomas M. Brewer. Miller in Mercer County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Solomon Corn (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmhand)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 138. "Barney Vanbrike Brewer (1809-1886)," Find A Grave, Memorial #55589047, accessed March 4, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55589047. Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, 1826-1836, Film #000191855. Cornelius Donovan [younger] (Mercer County, KY, farmer (junior)) N00002320 1822-01-29 1899-12-17 Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Jeremiah Donovan and Martha Cooney Donovan. Married to Amanda Williams Donovan in Mercer County, Kentucky in June 1854. Father of Juda Donovan and David Donovan. Farmer in Mercer County in 1850. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Mercer Circuit Court Legal: John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) Legal: Andrew Galbraith Kyle (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer; president of Harrodsburg Savings Institution) Social: Andrew J. Sims (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer & private 32nd Inf USA) Social: Harvey W. Mitchell (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: Daniel F. James (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: James Brewster Irvin (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: Jacob C. M. Daniel (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: George Raney (Mercer County/Boyle County, KY, Farmer) Social: Solomon Corn (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmhand) Familial: Jeremiah Donovan (Mercer County, Ky, farmer) Social: James Donovan (Mercer County, Ky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 335A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 566. Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, 1813-1814, Film #000191845. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film #000191861, p. 465. Find A Grave, "Cornelius Donovan (1822-1899)," Memorial #68083016, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68083016 (accessed March 14, 2017). Martin Deringer (Washington County, Kentucky, stonemason and farmer) N00006333 1820? Categories: People

Washington County, Kentucky, stonemason and farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Nancy Deringer. Father of Catharine Deringer, Mary E. Deringer, Ann Deringer, William Deringer Parellee Deringer, and James Deringer. Stonemason in Washington County, Kentucky, in 1860. Farmer in Washington County in 1863.

Relationships Social: Solomon Corn (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmhand)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, Mackville, District 1, p. 66. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, Mackville, p. 5. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Pleasureville, p. 2. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War) NARA RG 110, Washington County, KY, 1863, p. 50. Harrodsburg, Kentucky P00000555 Categories: Places

Seat of Mercer County, Kentucky.

37.7623, -84.8433 "Harrodsburg, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 9, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Ron D. Bryant, “Mercer County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 627. Mercer County, Kentucky P00000556 Categories: Places

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

Relationships Political: Ephraim J. Polk (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney and examiner for Mercer County)

37.7623, -84.8433 "Harrodsburg, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 25, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Ron D. Bryant, “Mercer County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 627. 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. Mercer County Court O00000659 Categories: Organizations

Located in Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Christopher Chinn (1860-1861), Thomas Edwards (1862-1865). Clerk(s): Thomas Allin, Corydon Sackett Abell, and Benjamin C. Allin.

Relationships Legal: James Duddleson (stub, mercer or boyle county)

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. Frankfort Police Court O00003470 1839 Categories: Organizations

Misdemeanor court presided over by the police judge of Frankfort, Kentucky, with jurisdiction within the limits of the city. Judge(s):

Relationships Legal: Denis Haly (Frankfort, Kentucky, carpenter) Legal: John Lillis (Frankfort, KY laborer)

"An Act to reduce into one the several acts in relation to the town of Frankfort, and for other purposes," approved February 16, 1839, Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (Frankfort, KY: 1839), 188-89. Kentucky State Penitentiary O00000266 1798 1884 Categories: Organizations

State prison of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Frankfort, Kentucky. Operated from 1798 to 1884. Keeper(s): Jeremiah W. South (1859-1863) and Harry I. Todd (1863-1871).

Relationships Economic: Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) Legal: Gabriel Endicott (Lawrence County farmer and prisoner for man slaughter) Economic: Ephraim Whitesides (Frankfort, Kentucky, carpenter and assistant keeper of the penitentiary) Legal: Charles Hawkins (Frankfort, Kentucky) Legal: George Knorr (Newport, Kentucky farmer and felon) Legal: Angelo Devoto (Louisville, Kentucky, confectionery shop owner) Legal: James Duddleson (stub, mercer or boyle county) Legal: James Savage (Wayne County farmer and penitentiary inmate) Legal: James Johnson (Campbell County, Kentucky, prisoner) Economic: James Landon Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky farmer and clerk) Economic: Robert W. Lawler (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Legal: William J. Tice (Steele) (Jefferson Co, Frankfort, and Covington, KY) Legal: Felix McDermot (Kenton County laborer and prisoner for grand larceny) Legal: David Schroeder (Louisville, Kentucky, butcher) Legal: Thomas Edrington (Louisville, Kentucky, carpenter and convict) Legal: Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Thomas Birmingham (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Legal: Daniel Bush (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Legal: William Nichols (Covington, KY steel mill worker) Legal: Charles T. Sullivan (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident and inmate) Political: James Landon Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky farmer and clerk) Political: Robert W. Lawler (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Political: John T. Hockensmith (Franklin County, KY, prison guard) Political: Luther S. Prentiss (Franklin County, KY, miller) Political: Robert W. Willhoit (Franklin County, Kentucky, petitioner ) Political: R. K. Taylor (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard. ) Political: James Gallahue (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard. ) Political: Thomas J. Frazier (Breathitt County, Kentucky, postmaster, politician, judge, and Register of the Land Office) Political: L. Tobias (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Legal: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Wesley [Unknown] (Caldwell County, Kentucky, enslaved man) Legal: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Legal: Hezekiah Alexander Jr. (Meade County, Kentucky, resident. ) Legal: William Duerbeck (Ohio River boat steward.) Legal: John Smith (Mont Wilson) (Frankfort, Kentucky, inmate.) Legal: Austin Bingham (Trigg County, Kentucky, laborer. Convicted of murder in 1859.) Legal: Jeremiah W. South (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer and keeper of the State Penitentiary) Legal: John J. Dyer, Jr. (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff.) Legal: William Johnson (Convicted of grand larceny in Franklin Circuit Court in 1863.) Legal: Daniel W. Clark (Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Stephen W. Duval (McLean County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.)

Calvin Fairbank, Rev. Calvin Fairbank During Slavery Times: How He “Fought the Good Fight” to Prepare “The Way” (Chicago: R. R. McCabe & Co., 1890), 54-56; 104-117; 139-46. J. W. South. “Report of the Keeper and Lessee of the Kentucky Penitentiary to the General Assembly, September 13, 1861,” Legislative Document Series, No. 7 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 3-13. Report of the Special Committee on the Penitentiary to the Senate of Kentucky, February 26, 1880, Legislative Document No. 18 (Frankfort: E. H. Porter, 1880), 78. William C. Sneed, A Report on the History and Mode of Management of the Kentucky Penitentiary from its Origin, in 1798, to March 1, 1860 (Frankfort: Senate of Kentucky, 1860), 553. Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky 1864-11-29 Petition English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Nov th 29 1864 HarrodsburgMercerKy To the on Thomas E Bromlet Govener of Ky

Wea The under siners are personal Aquaded with Sollomon Corn from his child hood up To this act he was all ways counted An onest young man on till this his First he confest his crime and give up The goos he luck and was confind in The Mercer Jail and sent tofrankfort Jail and sent back to Mecer and foung gilty and sent- To The state prisen For Two years Wea Think you will use your exative athority in his be behalf

J. Donovan Jas Donor

Wiliam {Unclear}

Ja yost JB N Bauer Conelius Donovan

Markam Deringer