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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-0001-004-1349 BR12-97

Lexington, Fayette 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. Theophilus Steel (Versailles physician) N00004875 1811 Categories: People

Versailles, Kentucky, farmer and physician. Kentucky native. Married to Caroline R. Steel. Father of John A. Steel. Attended Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. Physician in Woodford County in 1850. Dueled James Blackburn in 1854 in Fayette County. Farmer in Versailles in 1860.

Relationships Social: James Blackburn (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: David Harp (Grand Jury member 1855 case) Legal: Albert Kay (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John B. Johnson (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John Moore (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Hezekiah Martin (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Granville Smith (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Charles Fleming Rogers (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Jesse D. Winn (Fayette County, Kentucky, stock driver) Legal: Uriah Stone (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William Busby (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Henry Clay Bowman (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James Downing Sr. (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: S. Noland (Commonwealth attorney) Legal: John B. Norton (Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: William C. Goodloe (Fayette and Madison co , KY, circuit court judge) Legal: Fayette Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 1, p. 453B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 123. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 536A. U.S., College Student Lists, 1763-1924, Ancestry, Transylvania University, 1836, p. 8. John Winston Coleman and John Lyde Wilson, Famous Kentucky Duels (Lexington, KY: Henry Clay Press, 1969), p. 145. Journal of the Regular Session of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (Frankfort, KY: James A. Hodges, 1876), p. 4. James Blackburn (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer) N00004876 1834 Categories: People

Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Henrietta Blackburn. Attended Transylvania University. Dueled Theophilus Steel in 1854 in Fayette County, Kentucky. Farmer in Woodford County in 1850 and 1870.

Relationships Social: Theophilus Steel (Versailles physician) Legal: David Harp (Grand Jury member 1855 case) Legal: Albert Kay (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John B. Johnson (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John Moore (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Hezekiah Martin (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Granville Smith (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Charles Fleming Rogers (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Jesse D. Winn (Fayette County, Kentucky, stock driver) Legal: Uriah Stone (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William Busby (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Henry Clay Bowman (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James Downing Sr. (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: S. Noland (Commonwealth attorney) Legal: John B. Norton (Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: William C. Goodloe (Fayette and Madison co , KY, circuit court judge) Legal: Fayette Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 1, p. 451A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Midway, p. 17. Journal of the Regular Session of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (Frankfort, KY: James A. Hodges, 1876), p. 4. John Winston Coleman and John Lyde Wilson, Famous Kentucky Duels (Lexington, KY: Henry Clay Press, 1969), p. 145. Lexington, Kentucky P001002 Categories: Places

Seat of Fayette County, Kentucky.

38.0406, -84.5037 John D. Wright, "Lexington (City)," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 549-51. "Lexington, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky 1864-11-07 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Lexington, Nov 7th 1864 Gov, Thos E Bramlette.

I have been appointed one of the judges of the election for tomorrow (Tuesday Nov 8th 1864) Very few men can be found willing to serve as judges of the election, I have been asked to serve, I have consented, I can not take the oath having served as second in the Steel & Blackburn duel Will you pardon me by telegraph if you can, As my friends are anxious I should serve,

Your true friend W T Scott

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Pardon W. T. Scott Actg as Second 7th Nov/64