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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-0001-004-1335 BR12-80 to BR12-81

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. Harvy Todd (Rockcastle County) N00006379 Categories: People

Rockcastle County, Kentucky, resident. Married [Unknown] Todd. Fined for keeping a tippling house in Rockcastle County in 1864.

Relationships Familial: [Unknown] Todd (Rockcastle County)

KYR-0001-004-1335. [Unknown] Todd (Rockcastle County) N00006380 Categories: People

Rockcastle County, Kentucky, resident. Married to Harvy Todd. Disabled by 1856.

KYR-0001-004-1335. William Marion Fish (Mount Vernon, Kentucky, farmer and Rockcastle County Court clerk) N00000452 1828-11-16 1900-08-19 Categories: People

Mount Vernon, Kentucky, farmer and court clerk. Kentucky, native. Married to Telitha French Fish in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, on December 8, 1856. Father of Mary Fish and Thomas Fish. Farmer in Rockcastle County in 1860. Clerk of the Rockcastle County Court in Mount Vernon from 1864 to 1865.

Relationships Legal: Harvy Todd (Rockcastle County) Legal: Rockcastle County Court Legal: Jeremiah Pope (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, resident) Political: William A. Brooks (Mount Vernon, Kentucky, hotel keeper) Political: Milton J. Cook (Rockcastle Co, farmer) Economic: Rockcastle County Court Social: Lewis Butcher (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, and tavern keeper)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Mt. Vernon, p. 548. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Mt. Vernon, Voting District 1, p. 30B. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Rolls #994027-994058, Rockcastle County Marriages, p. 7 of 21 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). “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), 12. Find A Grave, "William Marion Fish (1828-1900)," Memorial #5863354, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5863354 (accessed August 9, 2017). Alfred Smith (Rockcastle Cir Ct Clerk) N00002721 1808-01-12 1870-10-06 Categories: People

Rockcastle County, merchant, soldier, and circuit clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Nancy Smith. Father of Sarah Smith, Martha M. Smith, and Alfred Smith. Merchant in Rockcastle County in 1850. Sheriff of Rockcastle County before 1860. Clerk of the Rockcastle County Court in Rockcastle County in 1860. Major in the 14th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from August 21, 1862 to March 24, 1864. Clerk of the Rockcastle Circuit Court in Rockcastle County from 1864 to 1867.

Relationships Legal: Harvy Todd (Rockcastle County) Legal: Rockcastle County Court Military: 14th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: [Unknown] Campbell (Kentucky, soldier) Military: Robert M. Trumbo (Owingsville, Kentucky, soldier) Military: Samuel McKee (Montgomery County, Kentucky, attorney, captain (U.S.A.), and US Representative) Military: William Carrington (Kentucky, soldier) Military: Lewis Milton Ricketts (Montgomery County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Military: Albert A. Curtis, Sr. (Irvine, Kentucky, merchant and politician) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Northern District, p. 184. Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Passed at the Session Which Was Begun and Held in the City of Frankfort, on Monday, the Fifth Day of December, 1859, and Ended on Monday, the Fifth Day of March, 1860 (Frankfort, KY: J. B. Major, 1860), ch. 139, p. 337. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, District Not Stated, p. 1. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 372. Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans who served between 1861 and 1900, Fold3, Civil War Pensions Index, roll no. 57. “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. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Mt. Vernon, p. 2. Find A Grave, "Maj Alfred Smith," Memorial #127889229, Elmwood Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Kentucky (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127889229 (accessed March 24, 2017). William McClure (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff) N00006378 1811 Categories: People

Rockcastle County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza McClure. Father of John McClure, Josiah McClure, Ezekiel McClure, Green McClure, George McClure, and Martha McClure. Married to Amilda McClure. Farmer in Rockcastle County in 1850. Sheriff of Rockcastle County in 1863. Sheriff of Rockcastle County in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Harvy Todd (Rockcastle County) Legal: Rockcastle County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Southern District, p. 168. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Mt. Vernon, p. 472. Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Passed at the Adjourned Session (January 1865) Which Was Begun and Held in the City of Frankfort, on Monday, the Seventh Day of December, 1863 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, 1865), ch. 793, p. 170. Egbert T. Fish (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk 1859-61) N00000455 1827-01-12 1872-09-18 Categories: People

Rockcastle County, Kentucky, clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Ann E. Wallace Fish. Father of Alza J. Fish and Louisa E. Fish. Clerk of the Rockcastle Circuit Court in Rockcastle County from 1859 to 1861. Owned four enslaved persons in Rockcastle County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Harvy Todd (Rockcastle County) Social: James W. Smith (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, attorney)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Mt. Vernon, p. 583. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, p. 2. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Mt. Vernon, p. 34B. "Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1859," in 1860 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 16 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 291. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860,” in 1861 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 14 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 357. “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. Find A Grave, "Egbert T Fish, Sr. (1827-1872)," Memorial #6123837, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6123837 (accessed August 9, 2017). William A. Brooks (Mount Vernon, Kentucky, hotel keeper) N00000454 1830-10-28 1871-04-24 Categories: People

Mount Vernon, Kentucky, hotelkeeper. Rockcastle County, Kentucky, native. Son of Richard Brooks, Sr., and Nancy Brooks. Married to Sarah E. Carson Brooks in Rockcastle County on May 17, 1858. Father of James W. Brooks, Mollie Brooks, and John C. Brooks. Hotelkeeper in Mount Vernon in 1860. Hotelkeeper in Mount Vernon in 1863.

Relationships Legal: Harvy Todd (Rockcastle County) Political: Milton J. Cook (Rockcastle Co, farmer) Social: James W. Smith (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: Egbert T. Fish (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk 1859-61) Economic: James W. Smith (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: Egbert T. Fish (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk 1859-61)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Southern Division, p. 164. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Mt. Vernon, p. 583. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Mount Vernon, p. 7. Kentucky Birth, Marriage, and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Rolls #994027-994058, Rockcastle County Marriages, p. 289-90. 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), Rockcastle County, KY, June 1863, p. 41, (accessed via Ancestry.com). Find A Grave, "William A. Brooks (1830-1871)," Memorial #115344223, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115344223 (accessed May, 30, 2017). Rockcastle County, Kentucky P00000906 Categories: Places

County in south-central Kentucky. Seat at Mount Vernon, Kentucky.

37.3743, -84.3121 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 253. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Rockcastle County, Kentucky" https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on February 10, 2020). Rockcastle Circuit Court O00000572 1810? Categories: Organizations

Located in the 12th Judicial District of Kentucky. Judge(s): Granville Pearl. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): John Dishman and Hugh F. Finley. Clerk(s): Egbert T. Fish, W. H. Kirtley, and Alfred Smith.

Relationships Legal: Harvy Todd (Rockcastle County) Legal: Ransom Laswell (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier.) Economic: William H. Kirtley (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, merchant, attorney, circuit court clerk, and private Rockcastle & Lincoln Co Home Guard) Legal: William McClure (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff) Legal: Edwin Shivel (Rockcastle County, KY, farmer & corporal Rockcastle Co & Lincoln Co home guards) Legal: William Marion Fish (Mount Vernon, Kentucky, farmer and Rockcastle County Court clerk) Legal: Egbert T. Fish (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk 1859-61) Legal: Isaac Whitehead (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, farmer and cabinetmaker) Legal: Alfred Smith (Rockcastle Cir Ct Clerk)

“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. Rockcastle County Court O00000711 Categories: Organizations

Located in Mount Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): B. K. Batturinn. Clerk(s): D. G. Colyer, W. M. Fish, and R. D. Cook.

Relationships Legal: Alfred Smith (Rockcastle Cir Ct Clerk) Legal: B. R. Bethman (judge) Legal: A. J. Moore (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: George W. Payne, Sr. (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, plasterer, soldier, and jailer)

“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. 1864-11-08 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 "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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To His Excellency Govener Thos. E Bramlett

Your Petitioner Harvy Todd of the County of Rockcastle state of Kentucky would respectfully -- Represent-That at the February Term of the he was fined $60 charged with Keeping a tipling house, he states that he is a verry poor man, Scearsly able to live and support his Family, and thatRockcastle Circuit court 1864,his wife is entirely helpless, and has been confined In her bead for the last eight years, -- unable to feed herself or get up without help, and Respecfully asks your honir to remit the fine or so much thereof as goes to the state, and as in duty bound will ever pray &c

Given under my hand this 8th day of November 1864

Harvy, Todd

Sworn to and subscribed before me by Harvy Todd -- that his statements are true,

W W Fish C R Co C J.P.Rc

we the undersigned citizens of Rockcastle county: State, that we belive the statements made by Mr Harvy Todd is true. and desearves the Interposition of the Govenor, and hope there will be no hesitatin in remitting the fine,

Alfred Smith C. R c.c W W Fish C R Co C

Wm McClure S R C E T. Fish W. A. Brooks

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Rocastle Cir Ct vs H. Todd $60 Remitted 17th Nov/64