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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-0001-004-1332 BR12-76 to BR12-77

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. David Schroeder (Louisville, Kentucky, butcher) N00005180 1822? 1866-04-27 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, butcher. Native of Germany. Father of John Schroeder. Accused of stealing a cow in Louisville, Kentucky in 1861. Found guilty of stabbing with intent to kill along with son John in Jefferson County, Kentucky on September 7, 1863. Butcher in Louisville, Kentucky in 1866.

Relationships Familial: John Schroeder (Louisville, Kentucky, resident.) Social: Joseph Kremer (Louisville, Kentucky, shoemaker and private (U.S.A.)) Legal: George F. Huber (Louisville, Kentucky) Legal: John N. Mattingly (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Isaac R. Greene (Louisville attorney) Social: Nicholas Oerther (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Social: Christ Kronmueller Sr. ( Louisville, Kentucky, resident.) Social: Jacob Wurtele (Louisville, Kentucky, gardener) Social: Philip Tomppert (Louisville, Kentucky, mayor) Social: Elijah W. Rutledge (Louisville, Kentucky, postmaster) Social: Samuel Matlack (Louisville, Kentucky, magistrate and soldier.) Social: H. W. Hinman (Louisville, Kentucky, resident.) Social: Timothy Sullivan (Louisville, Kentucky, resident.) Social: Michal Sullivan (Louisville, Kentucky) Social: John Sullivan (Louisville, Kentucky, private watchman) Social: Logan Adams Wood (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, newspaper editor, bookbinder, and politician) Social: William R. Hydes (Louisville, Kentucky, plasterer and city marshal) Social: Joseph P. Gailbreath (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney) Social: Frederick G. Dannecker (Louisville Lawyer) Social: Joseph Clement (Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney and justice of the peace) Social: George W. Johnston (Louisville, KY, attorney, politician, and judge) Legal: Andrew Dora (person in Jefferson County) Legal: William Salzman (12th Michigan Volunteer Infantry; indicted in Jefferson Co) Social: William Salzman (12th Michigan Volunteer Infantry; indicted in Jefferson Co)

KYR-0001-005-0003. KYR-0001-004-1332. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Roll 7007126, X County Deaths, p. 19. William Salzman (12th Michigan Volunteer Infantry; indicted in Jefferson Co) N00006022 Categories: People

Served in the 12th Michigan Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. Indicted by the Jefferson Circuit Court and was fugitive from justice.

Relationships Military: 12th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Legal: Philip Breckner () Social: Philip Breckner () Legal: John N. Mattingly (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: David Schroeder (Louisville, Kentucky, butcher) Military: United States Army

KYR-0001-005-0042. KYR-0001-004-1353 KYR-0001-004-1332 John J. Quinn (Franklin County carriage maker, Justice of the Peace, and Frankfort Police Judge) N00006357 1818 Categories: People

Frankfort, Kentucky, carriage maker, justice of the peace, and police judge. New York native. Carriage maker in Frankfort in 1860. Member of a sanitary committee for the United States Army in 1862. Justice of the Peace in Franklin County until 1865. Police Judge in Frankfort in 1865.

Relationships Legal: David Schroeder (Louisville, Kentucky, butcher)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, District 1, p. 101; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 38. KYR-0001-007-0436. KYR-0001-028-0069. KYR-0001-004-1332. Andrew Dora (person in Jefferson County) N00005182 Categories: People

Assaulted by David Shroeder and John Shroeder in Jefferson County, Kentucky.

KYR-0001-005-0003 Isaac R. Greene (Louisville attorney) N00000973 1801? 1891 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney. New York native. Married to Eliza Ernst Greene. Attorney in Louisville in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860. Partner in the law firm of Greene & Mattingly with John N. Mattingly in Louisville in 1865.

Relationships Social: David Schroeder (Louisville, Kentucky, butcher) Legal: David Schroeder (Louisville, Kentucky, butcher) Social: Henry Gormley (Louisville, KY, laborer and soldier)

Edwards’ Annual Directory to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business Firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville for 1865-6 (Louisville: Maxwell & Co., 1866), 434, 327. "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F438-F85), Isaac R. Greene and Eliza Ernst, 18 Apr 1852; citing Jefferson County, Kentucky, reference bk 5 p 139; FHL microfilm 482,707. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 3, p. 246. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 8, p. 59. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 8, p. 2. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 1, p. 137. Louisville, Kentucky P00000337 Categories: Places

Seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2527, -85.7585 "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 12, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 179. United States of America P001802 Categories: Places

Capital at Washington, District of Columbia.

38.8951, -77.0364 Karl Patterson Schmidt et al., "United States" in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/United-States) (accessed May 26, 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Washington, District of Columbia," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 29, 2020). 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. Jefferson Circuit Court O001000 1850 Categories: Organizations

Part of the 7th Judicial District of Kentucky. Serves Jefferson County, Kentucky, with courthouse at Louisville. Judge(s): Peter B. Muir, George W. Johnston. Commonwealth's Attorney(s): Edwin S. Craig, James R. Dupuy. Clerk(s): James P. Chambers

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. Edwards’ Annual Directory to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business Firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville for 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough, & Deved, pub., 1866), 155. J. D. Campbell’s Louisville Business Directory for 1864, ed. J. D. Campbell (Louisville: L. A. Civill, Publisher, Bookseller, Printer and Bookbinder, 1864), 70. Tanner’s Louisville Directory, and Business Advertiser for 1861, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 324. 12th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00006023 1862-03-01 1866-02-15 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Niles, Michigan, Dowagiac, Michigan, and Buchanan, Michigan between December 9, 1861 and March 1, 1862. Mustered in on March 5, 1862 and mustered out on February 15, 1866.

Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 1286-1287. 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. 1864-11-29 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 "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": 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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T E Bramlette Governor of Kentucky

I David Schroeder would respectfully state that on the day of 1863 I happened by chance to be in theJefferson Circuit Court in Louisville Ky when an acquaintance of mine by name Wm Salzmann was required to give bail in the sum of $600 to answer a charge of setting fire to his own store. I had known him several years -- did not believe him guilty At his request I without receiving therefor became security for him in said sum. He remained for some time thereafter in Louisville. Suddenly he disappeared and when his case was called he did not appear, The recognizance was forfeited, and on the day of May 1864 the Comth of Kentucky recovered judgment on same against me for said Sum of $600 with costs. Execution has issued on said judgment and is now in the hands of the sheriff: I have a little property and but little. If so much be taken as will pay said judgment my family must suffer.

Wm Salzmann is now and has been as I verily believe for about one year a soldier in the 12 Regt Michigan Volunteers in the service of the United States. I present herewith as part hereof two affedavits for the purpose of Showing where he is and the pains I have taken to procure his appearance, I am informed Salzmann enlisted by name of Wm Smith, I pray your Excellency to remit the judgment and release me from paying said judgment, and as in duty bound I will ever pray &c

David Schroeder

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29 day of Nov 1864 by David schroeder

John J Quin J, P, F, C over

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To the Governer

David Schroeder who has signed the foregoing affidavit petition is a near neighbor of mine I have known him for several years. When I first knew him he was regarded as a very worthy man. For two or three years last past the tide has been against him He offended some of the watchmen, and when they get after a poor fellow woe betide him, A year ago last August he got into a difficulty with a worthless drunken Irishman. and last spring he was tried found guilty and sent to the penitentiary. I was satisfied convinced at the time of the trial that his conviction was procured by perjury

I do not know one man in Louisville who will more readily assist a fellow being in distress than this David Schroeder. I pray your Excellency to release him from the judgment

Isaac R Greene

J J Q Nov 24 1864

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David Schroeders petition