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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-0001-004-1325 BR12-63 to BR12-64

Greenville, Muhlenberg 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. Raughley Sullivan (Muhlenberg County) N00002807 1810-03-10 1878-10-04 Categories: People

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Lucy Sullivan. Father of James W. Sullivan, John K. Sullivan, Jane Sullivan, Isaac Sullivan, and Robert N. Sullivan. Farmer in Muhlenberg County in 1850. Married to Elizabeth Godman on July 19, 1865.

Relationships Legal: Charles C. Eaves (Muhlenberg Co, KY, attorney and state rep) Legal: James W. Sullivan (Muhlenberg County) Legal: Muhlenberg Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Subdivision 2, p. 247. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 668. Kentucky Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1852-1910, Muhlenberg County Marriages, 1865. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, South Carrollton, p. 420. Otto A. Rothert, A History of Muhlenberg County (Louisville, KY: John P. Morton and Company, 1913), 277-278. Find A Grave, "Raleigh Sullivan (March 10, 1810-October 4, 1878)" Memorial #85768129, http://findagrave.com/memorial/85768129 (accessed February 7, 2018). Lucy Nall Sullivan (c1813) N00006335 1813? 1864? Categories: People

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, resident. Married to Raughley Sullivan in 1834. Mother of James W. Sullivan, John K. Sullivan, Robert N. Sullivan, and Elizabeth Sullivan. Resident in Muhlenberg County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: Raughley Sullivan (Muhlenberg County)

Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Ancestry, source no. 4994.000. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Subdivision 2, p. 247. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 668. James W. Sullivan (Muhlenberg County) N00002806 1835? Categories: People

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, resident. Muhlenberg County native. Son of Raughley Sullivan and Lucy Sullivan. Postmaster of South Carrollton from 1856 to 1861. Delegate from Muhlenberg County to the Kentucky Democratic Convention in January 1860.

Relationships Familial: Raughley Sullivan (Muhlenberg County)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Subdivision 2, p. 247. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, (accessed via Ancestry.com). “Democratic Meeting in Muhlenberg County,” Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), January 4, 1860. Charles C. Eaves (Muhlenberg Co, KY, attorney and state rep) N00001730 1825-01-20 1905-08-17 Categories: People

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, native. Son of John S. Eaves and Lurena Ingraham Eaves. Married to Martha G. Beech Eaves in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, on March 24, 1852. Father of Rufus Eaves, Frances Eaves, Charles P. Eaves, Ridley Eaves, Ruth B. Eaves, and Marinda Eaves. Admitted to the bar in Muhlenberg County in 1846. Attorney in Muhlenberg County in 1850. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Muhlenberg County from 1857 to 1859. Attorney in Muhlenberg County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Mortimer D. Hay (Muhlenburg County, Kentucky, attorney) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: Joseph Willey (Louisville, Kentucky, merchant) Social: Robert S. Russell (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, tavern keep) Legal: Muhlenberg Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 222B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Greenville, District 2, p. 732. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson, Ward 3, p. 128B. Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County Marriages, 1799-1875, Film 000557316, p. 74. John Livingston, Livingston’s United States Law Register, and Official Directory (New York: John A. Gray, 1859), 304. Otto A. Rothert, A History of Muhlenberg County (Louisville, KY: John P. Morton and Company, 1913), 242-44. Greenville, Kentucky P00000557 Categories: Places

Seat of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

37.2012, -87.1789 "Greenville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Ron D. Bryant, “Greenville,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), p. 390-91. Muhlenberg Circuit Court O00000421 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 2nd Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Thomas C. Dabney and R. T. Petree. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): E. P. Campbell. Clerk(s): J. H. Reno.

Relationships Legal: Joseph J. Wells, Jr. (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Legal: James J. Wood (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, justice of the peace) Legal: John Downing (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, justice of the peace) Legal: J. L. Sperting (Justice of the peace in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky) Legal: Hampton P. Welborn (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky farmer, minister, and justice of the peace) Legal: Matthew B. Clark (Muhlenberg co, Ky farmer and justice of the peace) Legal: Absalom Low (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Legal: Jesse Millard (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Legal: C. D. Morehead (Justice of the peace in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky) Legal: William G. Jones (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, teacher, farmer, and justice of the peace) Economic: Richard T. Petree (Hopkinsville, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Economic: Joseph Ricketts (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: Sylvanus J. Boyd (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: J. H. Lowry (Todd County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Economic: William B. Harrison (Elkton, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: Samuel W. Kennedy (Elkton, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: Hazel G. Petree, Jr. (Elkton, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: Francis Marion Bristow (Todd County, KY, attorney and state rep & senator) Economic: Mortimer D. Hay (Muhlenburg County, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: B. E. Pittman (Muhlenburg co lawyer) Economic: Charles C. Eaves (Muhlenberg Co, KY, attorney and state rep) Legal: Muhlenberg County Court Legal: John B. Campbell (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, Commonwealth’s Attorney Pro tem Muhlenberg Circuit Court) Legal: David Washington Jernigan (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Ira Calloway Skipworth (Muhlenberg County) Legal: William H. James (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John Jenkins (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Joseph Paptow (Resident of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky) Legal: Raughley Sullivan (Muhlenberg County) Legal: James W. Sullivan (Muhlenberg County) Economic: James P. McIntire (Muhlenberg County sheriff and carpenter) Economic: Jesse H. Reno (Muhlenberg Circuit Court clerk and quartermaster, 11th KY Infantry) Economic: Thomas J. Jones (Muhlenberg County merchant and deputy Muhlenberg Circuit Court Clerk) Economic: Edward P. Campbell (Caldwell County, Ky, 1865 Hopkinsville, Ky, attorney Comwlth Atty in late 1860) Legal: J. W. Simpson () Legal: Thomas Phillip Boggess (Muhlenberg Co., Ky, tavern keeper and farmer) Legal: Jesse H. Reno (Muhlenberg Circuit Court clerk and quartermaster, 11th KY Infantry) Legal: Thomas C. Dabney (Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney and judge)

“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. Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky 1864-11-29 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. 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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Greenville KyNov 29, 1864 Gov Bramlette: Dear Sir:

Inclosed you will receive the petition of R. Sullivan, endorsed and concurred by in by the Judge, the officers and attys of the court, and other worthy citizens, for the remission, by your Excellency, of five judgments against him, lately rendered in the Muhlenberg Circuit Court, on forfeited bail bonds

R. Sullivan, the petitioner, is a good man and an excellenct citizen. He is a conservative, Constitutional Union man- opposed to all radicalism and sectionalism, and, for his devotion to these principles, he has, like many others, been oppressed & harassed. It would break him up to pay the judgments. His wife is dead, and an afflicted son, unable to do any thing, and a young daughter, besides other children are dependent on him

He Other & numerous signatures to the petition could have been obtained, but I thought he had enough

I hope his case will commend itself to your clemency. It was but natural in him to bail his son. The latter had not lived with his father for years. Three of the forgeries charged consisted in his signing the names of his co obligors in a note, on which judgment had been

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rendered against all, to a replevyin bond, replevin in replevying the execution on said judgment. One of these had been his employer- had raised him in his store. and there had been a usage, tacitly, if not expressly, sanctioned by all, for any one of them toas principal in a judgment to sign the names of his sureties to the bond replevying the same. The other two forgeries charged purported to be reciepts of the attys wfor plffs in executions in the hands of the sheriff, and delevered to the sheriff after the return day ^of the execution^ and never credited and never actually received by the sheriff as in payment or satisfaction of the executions.

I have gone thus briefly into the case, so that you might consider all the points.

I am, with much respect, yours &c Charles Eaves