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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-0001-004-1338 BR12-84 to BR12-85

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. McKinley Maloney (Owsley County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt 3 Forks Batt Capital Guards) N00006414 1818? Categories: People

Owsley County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Malinda Maloney. Father of William Maloney, Eleanor Maloney, Susan Maloney, Elizabeth Maloney, George Maloney, Nancy Maloney, and Donelson Maloney. Farmer in Owsley County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the Three Forks Battalion of Capital Guards as a private from August 27, 1864, to July 17, 1865.

Relationships Military: Kentucky State Guard Legal: Elisha Logan Cockrill (Estill County, Kentucky, farmer and county judge) Legal: Owsley Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breathitt County, District 2, p. 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owsley County, Spruce Grove, p. 130. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lee County, Thomas Precinct, p. 11. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 782. Archibald B. McGuire (Owsley County, KY, store clerk and circuit Court Clerk) N00006405 1825 Categories: People

Owsley County, Kentucky, store clerk and court clerk. Kentucky native. Farmer in Owsley County in 1850. Store clerk in Owsley County in 1860. Clerk of Owsley Circuit Court in Owsley County from 1862 to 1865.

Relationships Economic: Owsley Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owsley County, p. 305. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owsley County, Proctor, p. 82. 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. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Owsley County, KY, August 1863, p. 27. Elisha Logan Cockrill (Estill County, Kentucky, farmer and county judge) N00006413 1822-12-04 1876-11-02 Categories: People

Estill County, Kentucky, farmer and county judge. Breathitt County, Kentucky, native. Son of Simon Cockrill and Mary Smith Cockrill. Married to Rebecca A. McMonigal Cockrill on July 1, 1845. Father of Mary P. Cockrill, Belle F. Cockrill, Madison Cockrill, and Amanda Cockrill. Legislator in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1847 to 1848. Farmer in Estill County in 1860. Judge of Estill County Court in Estill County from c1848 to 1866.

Relationships Economic: Owsley County Court Political: McKinley Maloney (Owsley County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt 3 Forks Batt Capital Guards) Legal: Estill County Court Legal: Robert C. Wiseman (Estill County) Legal: John Wiseman (Estill County)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, p. 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), Estill County, KY, July 1863, p. 27, (Accessed via ancestry.com). Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Begun and Held in the Town of Frankfort, on Friday the Thirty First Day of December, in the Year of our Lord, 1847, and of the Commonwealth, the Fifty Sixth (Frankfort, KY: A. G. Hodges, 1847), p. 4. W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, 8th ed. (Louisville and Chicago: F. A. Battey and Company, 1888), 774. Kentucky Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates (1911-1955), Ancestry, 1914, Rockcastle County, file no. 5452. Find A Grave, “Elisha Logan Cockrell (December 4, 1822-November 2, 1876),” Memorial #165885580, http://findagrave.com/memorial/165885580 (accessed February 26, 2018). Harrison Cockrell (Estill County, Kentucky, politician) N00004779 Categories: People

Estill County, Kentucky, farmer and politician. Farmer in Estill County in 1863. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1862 to 1865 and from 1869 to 1873.

Relationships Political: Samuel J. Vaughn (Estill County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: David Witt (Estill County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: McKinley Maloney (Owsley County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt 3 Forks Batt Capital Guards) Political: Thomas J. Frazier (Breathitt County, Kentucky, postmaster, politician, judge, and Register of the Land Office) Political: Granville Pearl (London, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Political: Francis Landon Cleveland (Augusta, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: William Crutcher Ireland (Greenup County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: Albert A. Curtis, Sr. (Irvine, Kentucky, merchant and politician)

Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1878), 167. 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), Estill County, KY, July 1863, p. 27 (Accessed via ancestry.com). James A. Stamper (Owsley County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) N00008429 1833? Categories: People

Owsley County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John A. Stamper and Lucinda Stamper. Married to Juda Stamper. Father of Sarah Stamper and Josephine Stamper. Farmer in Owsley County in 1860. Served in the 8th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a sergeant from January 15, 1862, to August 18, 1863.

Relationships Political: McKinley Maloney (Owsley County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt 3 Forks Batt Capital Guards)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owsley County, Proctor, p. 384. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lee County, Thomas Precinct, p. 344B. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 968. Find A Grave, "James Asberry Stamper (Unknown-Unknown)," Memorial #45250666, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45250666 (accessed September 30, 2019). Albert A. Curtis, Sr. (Irvine, Kentucky, merchant and politician) N00004778 1817-10-08 1886-01-01 Categories: People

Irvine, Kentucky, merchant and politician. Kentucky native. Married to Manerva M. Curtis. Father of Ann E. Curtis, William Curtis, David Curtis, Mary Curtis, Albert A. Curtis, Jr., Edward B. Curtis, Thomas Curtis, and Bettie Curtis. Merchant in Estill County from 1850 to 1863. Owned one enslaved person in Estill County in 1850. Owned eight enslaved persons in Estill County in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Estill County from 1861 to 1865. Served in 14th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A.) as assistant quartermaster c1863.

Relationships Political: Samuel J. Vaughn (Estill County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: David Witt (Estill County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: McKinley Maloney (Owsley County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt 3 Forks Batt Capital Guards) Economic: Joseph Gardner (Magoffin County, Kentucky, merchant) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: 14th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, p. 60. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, Irvine, p. 162. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, Irvine, p. 7. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, Irvine, p. 45. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky, Volume II (Covington, KY: Collins and Company, 1878), p. 167. _ 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), Estill County, KY, July 1863, p. 27 (Accessed via ancestry.com). Find A Grave, "Albert A Curtis, Sr. (1817-1886)," Memorial #20003420, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20003420/albert-a-curtis (accessed April 23, 2017). " Daily Commonwealth, 1863-12-10," Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program, https://kentuckynewspapers.org/catalog/xt70rx93b03f-z?q=A+A (accessed June 4, 2019). KYR-0002-222-0030. Caldwell W. Oaks (Owsley County petitioner) N00008430 1838-10-16 1932-05-26 Categories: People

Breathitt County, Kentucky farmer and soldier. Native of Harlan County, Kentucky. Son of James Oaks and Mary Napier Oaks. Married to Lavina Oaks. Father of Sarah J. Oaks, Mary Oaks, Miranda Oaks and William Oaks. Resident of Breathitt County in 1850. Farmer in Breathitt County in 1860. Served as a sergeant in the 14th Kentucky Cavalry from June 15, 1863 to March 24, 1864. Served as a first lieutenant in the Three Forks Battalion from December 3, 1864 to July 17, 1865.

Relationships Political: McKinley Maloney (Owsley County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt 3 Forks Batt Capital Guards) Military: Three Forks Battalion Social: William D. Cardwell (Hezekiah Hall) (Breathitt County, Kentucky, coal miner and soldier)

KYR-0001-004-1338. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breathitt County, District No. 1, p.24B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breathitt County, District No.1, p. 331. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breathitt County, Precinct 1, p. 388B. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 388. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 782. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7019167, Breathitt County Deaths, File #10605. 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. Owsley Circuit Court O00000485 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 12th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Granville Pearl. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): John Dishman and Hugh F. Finley. Clerk(s): Daniel B. Capps and Archibald B. McGuire.

Relationships Legal: McKinley Maloney (Owsley County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt 3 Forks Batt Capital Guards) Legal: Elihu Webber (Owsley County, Kentucky farmer and soldier) Legal: Lazarus Lawson Mainous (Owlsey County, Kentucky, farmer, corporal 14th KY Cav (U.S.A.)) Legal: Sylvester Isaacs (Owsley County, Kentucky, farmer, 1st lieut & captain 14th KY Cav (U.S.A.) ) Legal: Owen Hamilton (Owsley County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Hamilton B. Hampton (Booneville, Kentucky, merchant and innkeeper) Legal: Andrew Jackson Herd (Owsley, Kentucky, farmer, 1st lt 7th KY Inf, capt & lt col 14th KY Cav(U.S.A.) ) Legal: Andrew H. Clark (Owsley County, Kentucky, farmer and lt col/colonel 47th Ky Mtd Inf (U.S.A.)) Legal: Elisha B. Treadway (Owsley County, Kentucky, carpenter, sheriff, capt & maj 7th KY Inf USA; maj 3 Forks Battalion USA)

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. Kentucky State Guard O00000303 1860-03-05 1865-03-04 Categories: Organizations

The volunteer and active militia from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Existed from 1860 to 1865. Commander(s): Simon Bolivar Buckner, John W. Finnell, Daniel W. Lindsey.

Relationships Military: 38th Regiment Kentucky Militia Military: Greenfield M. Witten (Floyd County, Kentucky, soldier, merchant, and businessman) Military: Alexander G. Hamilton (Floyd County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: Robert S. Friend (Floyd County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier) Military: Edwin Trimble (Floyd County, Kentucky, soldier) Military: Alexander L. Martin (Floyd County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: George C. Hallet (Fulton Co, KY, colonel, county atty, and city judge) Military: W. Francis Buckner (Hickman, Kentucky, civil engineer) Military: George M. Wilburn (Hickman, Kentucky, carpenter) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: James Andrew Jackson Lee (Owingsville, Kentucky, merchant) Military: William Penrose Conner (Bath County, Kentucky, sheriff and soldier) Military: George W. Conner (Bath County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Military: John A. Turner, Jr. (Bath County, Kentucky, circuit clerk) Military: Benjamin Daniel Lacy (Owingsville, Kentucky, attorney & county atty) Military: Kentucky Home Guard Military: Francis M. Vaughn (Kentucky soldier) Military: John F. Lay (Breckinridge, KY, soldier) Military: Simon Bolivar Buckner (Kentucky inspector general and general CSA) Military: William Stewart (Clerk for Kentucky Inspector General) Military: James A. Stamper (Owsley County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: [unknown] Drerren (Soldier, 71st Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia) Military: Frederick B. Merimee (Lebanon, Kentucky, merchant) Military: William J. Lisle (Marion County, Kentucky, attorney & captain 10th KY Inf USA) Military: Wiley Taul Poynter (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier) Military: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky Military: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Military: Willis Lago (Woodford County, Kentucky, fugitive from the law) Military: Thomas Bell Monroe, Jr. (Frankfort, KY, sec state Aug 30, 1859-Oct 1, 1861attorney, politician, CSA major) Military: Roger Weightman Hanson (Fayette County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier.) Military: John B. Major (Frankfort, Kentucky, state printer) Military: Edward Henry Hobson (Green County, Kentucky, merchant, saddler, Brig. Genl) Military: James Wilson (Henderson County, Kentucky, prisoner) Military: William Gardner Capps (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, student and corporal (U.S.A.)) Military: F. G. Nall (Hartford, Ohio County, Kentucky, resident)

“An Act for the Better Organization of the Kentucky Militia,” Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Passed, vol 1 (Frankfort: J. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 142-171. “Kentucky State Guard,” The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 513. 1864-11-02 Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "3": 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 1 of page "3": 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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To His Excelency Thos. E. Bramlet Govenor of Kentucky

The undersigned Petitioner, McKinney Maloney would most respectfully represent -- that some five or six years ago He was indicted in the Owsley Circuit Court for keeping a Tipling House.

That said cause was continued from term to term, some times by your Petitioner, and some times by the Comlth.

That since the Rebelion the courts Have been quite irregular the Judge filing at times to come--

That at the Last May Spring Term of the Owsley Circuit Court a Judgement was rendered against Him for sixty Dollars & cost.

He says that it was the general impression ofin the Country that no

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court would be Held at the Term at which Judgement was rendered against Him. That He Had a valid defence and could Have defeated the same if He Had been there-- That owing to the condition of the country, the frequent failures of the court to meet that He was not present at the Term when Judgement was rendered

He further states that at this time He is a soldier in the Kentucky state guards. Has a family with but slight means to subsist upon -- That if His Property is sold under the an Execution which is now it will greatly distress His family in His absence and woul if He were at Home

He Has been informed and believes it true that no proof was taken against Him, that a Judgement was rendered by Default

The Premises considered He asks Your Excelency to respite said fine until & cost until the next Term of the Owsley circuit court, That at the Oct. Term 1864 1864

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There was no court Held, The Judge of said court Having sent a written order to the clerk, that none would be Held-- and consequently He could take no steps before the court to vacate the Judgement

McKinney Maloney

Sworn to before me by the said McKinney Maloney this 2nd of November 1864

E. S. Cockrill J E C C

We the undersigned citizens of Kentucky state that we be believe the affidavt of Petitionr and would most respectfully ask of your Excelency that His fine be remitted, at Least Respited -- most some of us are soldiers in the state Guard

Names Harrison Cockrill Names J A Stamper E. S. Cockrill A A Curtis C. W. Oaks

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Owsley Cir Ct vs McKinney Maloney Respite until June/65

8th Nov/64