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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-0001-004-1330 BR12-72

Greensburg, Green 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. Yeveston O. Booker (Greensburg hotel keeper and farmer) N001023 1812? Categories: People

Greensburg, Kentucky, hotel keeper and farmer. Virginia native. Married to Jane Booker. Father of David E. Booker, Matilda C. Booker, and Waller T. Booker. Owned eleven enslaved persons in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 2, p. 123. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 2, p. 209. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, Greensburg, District 2, p. 84. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 2, p. 17. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, Greensburg, Precinct 1, p. 12. Archibald C. Cox (Green County sheriff and farmer) N00006355 1798? Categories: People

Green County, Kentucky, sheriff and farmer. Virginia native. Married to Sally W. Howe Cox in 1822. Married to Harriet W. Buckner Cox. Father of John H. Cox, Charles Cox. Owned eight enslaved persons in 1860.

KYR-0001-004-1972. Jordan Dodd, Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850, Ancestry, Green County, 1822. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 2, p. 126. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 2, p. 217. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, Greensburg and Alendale, District 1, p. 12. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 1, p. 4. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, Greensburg, p. 2. Green County Court Clerk, Will Book 4, Ancestry, p. 63-64. Kentucky Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates (1911-1955), Ancestry, 1913, Taylor County, file no. 11518. William Barret Allen (Greensburg, Kentucky, attorney, banker, and politician) N00002159 1803-05-19 1882-04-22 Categories: People

Greensburg, Kentucky, attorney, banker, and politician. Kentucky native. Married to Jane Pope Helm Allen. Married to Huldah Wilcox Allen. Married to Miley "Millie" N. Baker Allen. Father of Jane Allen, Harriet Allen, Edward P. Allen, Mary B. Allen, and Fanny B. Allen. Attended Athens Seminary in Greensburg, Kentucky, under the Rev. John Howe. Studied under Dr. James Priestly in Nashville, Tennessee. Teacher in Greensburg. Studied law under Samuel Brents and admitted to the bar. Member of the Whig Party. Postmaster in Greensburg from 1823 to 1828. Justice of the peace in Green County from 1828 to 1829. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Green County from 1829 to 1831. Attorney for the Bank of the Commonwealth at Greensburg in 1829. Editor of a Whig political and literary publication in 1834. Clerk of the Bank of Kentucky branch at Greensburg from 1835 to 1839. Master in Chancery for Green County in 1843. Cashier of the Bank of Kentucky branch at Greensburg from 1839 to 1857. Member of the Masonic Order in Kentucky. Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky from 1846 to 1847. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in 1850. Owned ten enslaved persons in 1860. Colonel of the 16th Regiment of Kentucky State Militia (U.S.A.). Attorney in Greensburg from 1858 to 1862. County attorney for Green County from 1862 to 1874.

Relationships Legal: Green Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District No. 2., p. 154A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District No. 2, p. 226. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, Greensburg District No. 2, p. 88. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, Greensburg District No. 2, p. 77A. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 76-77. "The Grand Lodge of Kentucky F. & A.M.: Past Grand Masters," (https://grandlodgeofkentucky.org/?page_id=1330&gmid=41) (accessed on September 6, 2017). "William B. Allen (1803-1882)," Find A Grave, Memorial #106115556, accessed March 10, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106115556. Greensburg, Kentucky P001024 Categories: Places

Seat of Green County, Kentucky.

37.2609, -85.4989 Ron D. Bryant, “Green County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), p. 387. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Greensburg, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on October 23, 2019). Green Circuit Court O00000387 1793 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 5th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1860 to 1861. Judge(s): George Kavanaugh. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Andy Barnett. Clerk(s): Samuel T. Wilson. Located in the 15th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1862 to 1865. Judge(s): T. T. Alexander. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): J. H. C Sandidge. Clerk(s): Samuel T. Wilson.

Relationships Legal: William H. Woods (Green County, Kentucky, Presbyterian minister) Legal: Mary [Unknown] (Green County, Kentucky, enslaved woman.) Legal: Daniel Loyall (Green County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Lucinda Fields (Green County, Kentucky, resident. Witness in the infanticide case of Mary [Unknown] in Green County in 1864.) Legal: John Coakley (Green County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Edward B. Sydnor (Green County, Kentucky, farm hand.)

“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. Green County Court O00000631 Categories: Organizations

Located in Greensburg, Green County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Samuel A. Spencer. Clerk(s): Robert Marshall and David T. Towles.

Relationships Legal: Archibald C. Cox (Green County sheriff and farmer) Economic: Ossian T. Ward (Green County, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: Lorenzo Hobbs Noble (Lebanon, Marion Co, Kentucky, attorney & commonwealth's atty) Economic: David T. Towles (Green County, Kentucky, attorney, county court clerk, and soldier) Economic: James Whitlock (Green County, Kentucky, merchant, farmer, and justice of the peace) Economic: Creed H. Craddock (Green County, Kentucky, farmer tenant and justice of the peace)

“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. Greensburg, Green County, Kentucky 1864-11-02 Correspondence English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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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Greensburg Ky. Novr. 2d 1864 To His Excellency T. E. Bramlette Dear Sir

At the February term of the Green Circuit Court, Y. O. Booker was Indictedment for selling liquor without License, he immediately Petitioned your Excellency to remit the fine, upon the ground that his failure to renew his license at the proper time, was attributable to his forgetfulniss, rather than to any other cause, and that as soon as he could, after being informed of his omitssion, he renewed his license -- His petition was signed I believe by all the members of the Bar in attendance on Court and as well as I remember by the Judge also, and forwarded to you-To which you promptly responded that you could not remit a fine until it had been assessed, that you thought his excuse sufficient, and intimated that it would be remitted at the proper time, Mr Booker has mislaid your letter, or it would be now inclosed to refresh your recollection on the subject At the May term 1864 of our Court Mr Booker making no defense was fined Sixty dollars, for which Execution issued, and is now in the hands of the Sheriff of Green County, and as its time is about to expire, he threatens to levy upon his property to satisfy the same At the request of Mr Booker I make this statement in the hope, that it may please your Excellency to remit the fine aforesaid, or as much thereof as you can consistently --

Very Respectfully yours

Wm B Allen

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Green Cir Ct vs Y O Booker $60, 8th Nov/64 Remit