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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-0001-004-1358 BR12-113 to BR12-114

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. John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) N00004883 Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, resident. Convicted in the November 1864 term of the Mercer Circuit Court of shooting and wounding Andrew Galbraith Kyle.

Relationships Military: John D. Hale (Mercer County, KY, merchant & brevet 2nd lieut 9th KY Cav USA & col 74th Reg Ky Enrolled Militia) Military: 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 2nd Kentucky Heavy Artillery Regiment (U.S.A.) Legal: Mercer Circuit Court Familial: [unknown] Patterson (Mercer County) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Andrew Galbraith Kyle (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer; president of Harrodsburg Savings Institution) Legal: Kentucky State Penitentiary

KYR-0001-004-1344. KYR-0001-004-1356. KYR-0001-004-1358. KYR-0001-004-1359. Andrew Galbraith Kyle (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer; president of Harrodsburg Savings Institution) N00002275 1796 1872 Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer, commissioner, and bank president. Washington County, Kentucky, native. Son of Thomas Kyle. Married to Jane H. Glover Kyle. Father of John G. Kyle and Thomas Kyle. Justice of the Peace in Mercer County in 1847. Chairman of a meeting of the Friends of Emancipation and Colonization in Mercer County in April 1849. Farmer in Mercer County in 1850. Commissioner of the Harrodsburg Savings Institution in 1850. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1850. Commissioner of Lexington, Harrodsburg, and Bowling Green Railroad Company in 1851. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860. Owned eighteen enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1860. President of the Harrodsburg Savings Institution in 1864. Colonel in the state militia. Member of the board of curators of Kentucky University in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Mercer Circuit Court Legal: John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) Social: Elison H. Carter (Mercer County, KY, blacksmith and private 9th KY Cav USA) Social: Lorenzo Hobbs Noble (Lebanon, Marion Co, Kentucky, attorney & commonwealth's atty) Economic: Harrodsburg Savings Institution Legal: John Bryan Bowman (Mercer County, KY, attorney, educator, farmer, college regent) Legal: Abraham Hite Bowman (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and curator of Kentucky Univ) Legal: John Augustus Williams (Mercer County, KY, educator, Daughters College, curator KY Univ) Legal: Andrew Steele (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer and curator of Kentucky Univ) Legal: Benjamin B. Groom (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer and curator of Kentucky Univ) Legal: William Thomas Moore (Curator of Kentucky Univ) Legal: David Williams Thompson (Mercer County, KY, farmer and curator of Kentucky Univ) Legal: Joseph Smith (Fayette County, KY, physician and curator of Kentucky University)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District No. 2, p. 347A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District No. 2, pp. 907-8. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 715. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, pp. 49A-B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 583B. Taliaferro P. Shaffner, ed., The Kentucky State Register, for the Year 1847 (Louisville: Morton & Griswold, 1847), 132. "Public Meeting in Mercer," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), April 19, 1849, p. 2. Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Passed at December Session 1849 (Frankfort: A. G. Hodges & Co., State Printers, 1850), 623-24. Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Passed at the November Session, 1850, vol. 2 (Frankfort: A. G. Hodges & Co., State Printers, 1850), 561. Thomas W. Westerfield, ed., Kentucky Genealogy and Biography: Sketches from Adair, Boyle, Casey, Cumberland, Garrard, Green, Lincoln, Madison, Marion, Mercer, Nelson, Taylor, Washington Counties, vol. 5 (Owensboro, Ky.: Genealogical Reference Company, 1975), p. 173. Reprint of W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, 4th ed. Mercer, Will Books, 1865, 1916, Mercer County, October 19, 1871, p. 127 (Accessed via Ancestry.com). Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7016150, Mercer County Deaths, File #2448. Find A Grave, "Andrew Galbraith Kyle (1796-1872)," Memorial #100136706, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100136706 (accessed December 23, 2019). KYR-0001-009-0038. James Taylor (Mercer County, KY, attorney) N00002276 1798 1876-01 Categories: People

Harrodsburg, Kentucky, attorney and bank director. Kentucky native. Married to Georgiana Taylor. Father of James Taylor, Sarah Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Rebecca Taylor, and Caroline Taylor. Member of a committee to draft resolutions for Friends of Emancipation and Colonization in Mercer County, Kentucky, in 1849. Attorney in Harrodsburg in 1850. Appointed Commissioner to divide Mercer County into election districts in 1850. Owned nine enslaved persons in Harrodsburg in 1850. Retired attorney in Harrodsburg in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in Harrodsburg in 1860. Member of board of directors of Harrodsburg Savings Institution in 1864.

Relationships Legal: Mercer Circuit Court Legal: John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) Legal: Andrew Galbraith Kyle (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer; president of Harrodsburg Savings Institution) Social: Elison H. Carter (Mercer County, KY, blacksmith and private 9th KY Cav USA) Social: Lorenzo Hobbs Noble (Lebanon, Marion Co, Kentucky, attorney & commonwealth's atty) Social: Andrew Galbraith Kyle (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer; president of Harrodsburg Savings Institution) Economic: Harrodsburg Savings Institution

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 365A-365B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 908-9. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 694. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 47A. “Public Meeting in Mercer,” Courier Journal (Louisville, KY), April 19, 1849. Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Passed at the November session, 1850, vol. 1 (Frankfort, KY: A.G. Hodges & Co., State Printers, 1851), 9. “Death of Major James Taylor,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), January 26, 1876, p. 1. Find A Grave, "James Taylor (1798-1876)," Memorial #100141379, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100141379 (accessed April 23, 2018). KYR-0002-225-0043. [Unknown] Wallace (Mercer County, KY, witness) N00008819 Categories: People

Witness in a case involving John Patterson in the Mercer Circuit Court in November 1864. Referred to as a doctor in the document.

Relationships Legal: Mercer Circuit Court

KYR-0001-004-1358. Elijah Gabbert (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and KY state rep) N00000210 1810? Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and politician. Virginia native. Married to Malinda Divine Gabbert. Farmer in Mercer County in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1850. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Mercer County in 1840, from 1853 to 1855, and from 1861 to 1865.

Relationships Legal: J. R. Rice (Resident of Mercer County, Kentucky) Legal: Mercer Circuit Court Social: James Henry Garrard (Franklin County, Kentucky, salt maker and Kentucky state treasurer) Social: James Crockett Sayers (Kenton County, Kentucky, laborer, farmer, politician, QM & 1st lieut 32nd KY Inf USA) Social: Thomas Turner (Montgomery Co., KY, State Rep & attorney) Social: Thomas W. Owings (Meade co state rep) Social: Richard Aylett Buckner, Jr. (Lexington, KY atty, judge & speaker of State House) Social: Bryan Rust Young (Bardstown state rep) Social: John Kemp Goodloe (Woodford Co State Senator) Social: John A. Prall (Bourbon Co State Senator) Social: James Fisher Robinson, Jr. (QMG of KY, Gov's son) Social: Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, editor and secretary of state) Social: Joshua Tevis (Louisville, KY, State Rep & US District Atto, Col 10th Ky Cav (USA)) Social: Thomas A. Duke (Paducah State Senator & Physician) Social: Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) Social: Richard Clough Anderson, III (Frankfort state rep) Social: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Social: Samuel E. DeHaven (Oldham County State Sen/Rep) Social: Henry Davis McHenry (Ohio Co., KY, state rep & senator) Social: Martin Pickett Marshall (Mason Co. State Senator) Social: Curtis Field Burnam (Madison County. KY, attorney & State Rep) Social: Willis W. Gardner (Union co. State Sen.) Social: Joshua Barnes (Bath Co., KY, State Rep. & doctor) Social: James Calvert (Boone County, Kentucky, sheriff and politician) Social: Richard J. Browne (Washington Co, KY, State Rep & attorney) Social: Nathaniel Wolfe (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, Ky rep & senator) Social: William T. Samuels (Hardin Co, KY, clerk, commissioner, KY State Auditor, state rep, clerk of KY Hse of Rep) Social: Walter C. Whitaker (Shelby Co. Ky state sen; col & genl 6th Ky Inf & Army of Cumberland USA) Social: John L. Irvan (Calloway Co. state rep) Social: John R. Thomas (Marion Co., Ky, State rep & attorney) Social: Zebulon Ward (Woodford co State Rep & former penitentiary lessee) Social: John S. Van Winkle (Wayne Co state rep) Social: Jonas Martin (Livingston and Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer and politician.) Social: William S. Rankin (Grant County, KY, State Rep) Social: Joshua Fry Bell (Boyle Co., KY, attorney & politician) Social: Isaac Price Miller (Jefferson co. farmer & politician) Social: James Speed (U.S. Atty. General, Louisville, KY atty & state senator) Social: John B. Bruner (Breckinridge Co., KY, atty & state senator) Legal: John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) Legal: Andrew Galbraith Kyle (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer; president of Harrodsburg Savings Institution) Economic: Harrodsburg Bar Economic: John P. Haggin (Harrodsburg, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: James D. Hardin (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: O. S. Poston (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District No. 2, p. 343B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District No. 2, p. 899. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District No. 2, p. 570. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District No. 2, p. 42A. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1878), 604. KYR-0001-004-1356. KYR-0362-001-0001. KYR-0001-029-0552. John Lewis Martin (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) N00002324 1819-01-01 1896-02-19 Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary B. Roach Martin in Mercer County on June 21, 1843. Father of William H. Martin, George P. Martin, James T. Martin, Minerva J. Martin, Susan M. Martin, Robert S. Martin, John H. Martin, Belinda J. Martin, and David A. Martin. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Mercer Circuit Court Legal: John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) Legal: Andrew Galbraith Kyle (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer; president of Harrodsburg Savings Institution) Social: John H. Adams (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: Cornelius Donovan [younger] (Mercer County, KY, farmer (junior)) Social: Andrew J. Sims (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer & private 32nd Inf USA) Social: Harvey W. Mitchell (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: Daniel F. James (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: James Brewster Irvin (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: Jacob C. M. Daniel (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: George Raney (Mercer County/Boyle County, KY, Farmer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Mercer County, p. 765. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film #000191858, p. 83 Find A Grave, "John L. Martin (1819-1896)," Memorial #15385763, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15385763 (accessed March 3, 2017). Jonas Robb (Mercer County, KY, farmer) N00002325 1831-07-14 1895-12-12 Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Joseph Robb and Nancy Robb. Married to Lucy Ann Coleman Robb in Mercer County on August 24, 1860. Father of Mary Robb, Jessy Lou Robb, and Matty Sue Robb. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Mercer Circuit Court Legal: John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) Legal: Andrew Galbraith Kyle (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer; president of Harrodsburg Savings Institution) Social: William B. Semonis (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: Joseph Yeast (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: John Lewis Martin (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: John H. Adams (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: Cornelius Donovan [younger] (Mercer County, KY, farmer (junior)) Social: Andrew J. Sims (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer & private 32nd Inf USA) Social: Harvey W. Mitchell (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: Daniel F. James (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: James Brewster Irvin (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: Jacob C. M. Daniel (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: George Raney (Mercer County/Boyle County, KY, Farmer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, p. 22. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Mercer County, Precinct 7, p. 13. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film #000191864. Find A Grave, "J. M. Robb (1831-1895)," Memorial #154660107, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154660107 (accessed June 27, 2018). Andrew J. Sims (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer & private 32nd Inf USA) N00002319 1824-05-12 1900-12-31 Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Elizabeth Davenport Sims. Father of James G. Sims, Nancy C. Sims, Martha V. Sims, Salithas A. Sims, and John E. Sims. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860. Served in the 32nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from January 26, 1863, to October 26, 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 552. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Mercer County, Precinct 2, p. 451B. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 305. Find A Grave, "Andrew Jackson Sims (1824-1900)," Memorial #6982463, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6982463 (accessed March 14, 2017). Jacob C. M. Daniel (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) N00002286 1836? Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Rhoda E. Daniel. Father of Minerva E. Daniel and Charles L. Daniel. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Mercer Circuit Court Legal: John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) Social: George Raney (Mercer County/Boyle County, KY, Farmer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 569. . Harvey W. Mitchell (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) N00002322 1816? Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married Malvina V. Williams Mitchell in Anderson County, Kentucky on June 17, 1843. Father of Mary E. Mitchell, Bettie W. Mitchell, and Basil B. Mitchell. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Mercer County, p. 792. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Anderson County Marriages, Film #000259309, p. 277 Joseph Yeast (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) N00002326 1810? Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer. Tennessee native. Married to Sarah Yeast. Father of Leonard Yeast, Joseph Yeast, and William Yeast. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Mercer Circuit Court Legal: John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) Legal: Andrew Galbraith Kyle (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer; president of Harrodsburg Savings Institution) Social: John Lewis Martin (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: John H. Adams (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: Cornelius Donovan [younger] (Mercer County, KY, farmer (junior)) Social: Andrew J. Sims (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer & private 32nd Inf USA) Social: Harvey W. Mitchell (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: Daniel F. James (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: James Brewster Irvin (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: Jacob C. M. Daniel (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: George Raney (Mercer County/Boyle County, KY, Farmer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 553. Daniel F. James (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) N00002321 1824? Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Mary Jane Constant James in Mercer County on February 24, 1858. Father of John C. James, William F. James, Margaret J. James, Martha A. James, Matilda F. James, Sarah W. James, Daniel B. James, Henry F. James, and Alma H. James. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 561. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Precinct 2, Subdivision 116, p. 452A Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film #000191863, p. 467 George Raney (Mercer County/Boyle County, KY, Farmer) N00002284 1816? Categories: People

Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Ann Maria Raney. Father of Alexander Raney, Ann Raney, Ellen Raney, Almira Raney, and Albert T. Raney. Farmer in Boyle County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 899. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 148A. John H. Adams (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) N00002323 1814? 1886-01-21 Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Nancy Adams. Father of James Adams, Charles Adams, William Adams, and George L. Adams. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) Legal: Andrew Galbraith Kyle (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer; president of Harrodsburg Savings Institution) Social: Cornelius Donovan [younger] (Mercer County, KY, farmer (junior)) Social: Andrew J. Sims (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer & private 32nd Inf USA) Social: Harvey W. Mitchell (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: Daniel F. James (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: James Brewster Irvin (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: Jacob C. M. Daniel (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: George Raney (Mercer County/Boyle County, KY, Farmer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer, District 2, p. 627. Find a Grave, "John H. Adams (c1814-1886)," Memorial #118672533, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118672533 (accessed June 4, 2017). William B. Semonis (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) N00002327 1838-04-05 1884-04-02 Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Mercer Circuit Court Legal: John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) Legal: Andrew Galbraith Kyle (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer; president of Harrodsburg Savings Institution) Social: Joseph Yeast (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: John Lewis Martin (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: John H. Adams (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: Cornelius Donovan [younger] (Mercer County, KY, farmer (junior)) Social: Andrew J. Sims (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer & private 32nd Inf USA) Social: Harvey W. Mitchell (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: Daniel F. James (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: James Brewster Irvin (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: Jacob C. M. Daniel (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: George Raney (Mercer County/Boyle County, KY, Farmer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 597. Find A Grave, "William B. Semones (1838-1884)," Memorial #70982231, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70982231 (accessed March 14, 2017). Cornelius Donovan [younger] (Mercer County, KY, farmer (junior)) N00002320 1822-01-29 1899-12-17 Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Jeremiah Donovan and Martha Cooney Donovan. Married to Amanda Williams Donovan in Mercer County, Kentucky in June 1854. Father of Juda Donovan and David Donovan. Farmer in Mercer County in 1850. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Mercer Circuit Court Legal: John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) Legal: Andrew Galbraith Kyle (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer; president of Harrodsburg Savings Institution) Social: Andrew J. Sims (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer & private 32nd Inf USA) Social: Harvey W. Mitchell (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: Daniel F. James (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: James Brewster Irvin (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: Jacob C. M. Daniel (Mercer County, KY, Farmer) Social: George Raney (Mercer County/Boyle County, KY, Farmer) Social: Solomon Corn (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmhand) Familial: Jeremiah Donovan (Mercer County, Ky, farmer) Social: James Donovan (Mercer County, Ky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 335A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 566. Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, 1813-1814, Film #000191845. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film #000191861, p. 465. Find A Grave, "Cornelius Donovan (1822-1899)," Memorial #68083016, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68083016 (accessed March 14, 2017). 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. Mercer Circuit Court O00000424 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 5th Judicial District of Kentucky. Judge(s): George Kavanaugh and John E. Newman. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Andy Barnett and L. H. Noble. Clerk(s): Benjamin C. Allin and Richard Board.

Relationships Legal: John Murphy (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Richard Board (Mercer County KY Circuit Court Clerk) Legal: John Glover Kyle (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney, judge, & col Mercer Co militia) Legal: Martin B. Debaun (Mercer County, Kentucky, hotel keeper and soldier.) Legal: John W. Debaun (Mercer County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Thomas Jenkins (Duncansville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: John Bishop (Duncansville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Anthony Smith (Cornishville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Leticia Gray (Mercer County) Legal: John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) Legal: Moses D. Hall (Harrodsburg, Kentucky, grocer) Legal: William Daviess (Harrodsburg, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Robert P. McGrath (Mercer County Merchant) Legal: Sidney S. McFatridge (Mercer County, KY, farmer & sheriff) Legal: John "Isaac" C. Vanarsdall (Mercer County, Kentucky, sheriff. ) Legal: William Payne (Mercer County, merchant and farmer) Legal: George W. Tompkins (Mercer County, sheriff) Legal: Benjamin Casey Allin (Mercer County, Kentucky, circuit clerk) Legal: O. S. Poston (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Nimrod Harris (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Thomas H. Buckner (Mercer County, KY, planter) Legal: John W. Cardwell (Mercer County, Kentucky, bank cashier and merchant) Legal: Thomas Allin (Mercer County, county clerk) Legal: Philip Burton Thompson, Sr. (KY prov govt, attorney ) Legal: Theodore H. Daviess (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Charles Westerfield (Mercer County, Kentucky, laborer and farmer) Legal: J. Harvey Vanderipe (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and grocer) Legal: Charles Catlett (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Holman R. Crow (Jessamine County, Kentucky, carpenter and livery keeper) Legal: Milton Crow (Grundy County, Missouri, saddler) Legal: Eli Crow (Jessamine County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant) Legal: Elison H. Carter (Mercer County, KY, blacksmith and private 9th KY Cav USA)

“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. 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. Petition English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 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.

To his Excellency Gov Thos E Bramlette --

Your petitioners represent that they were jurors in the case of the Commonwealth against John Patterson tried at the November Term 1864 of the Mercer Circuit Court on a charge of maliciously shooting & wounding A G Kyle and as such under the instructions of the Court they gave & rendered a verdict of guilty against the said Patterson & affixed his punishment at confinement in the Penitentiary at one year --

They allege that three reputable witnesses (Towit) James Taylor, Dr Wallace and Elijah Gabbert stated on the trial of said cause, that they saw the prisoner at the time the alleged shooting was done, and they each stated they believed and were satisfied that the prisoner had not shot A G Kyle, nor had the prisoner fired at the said Kyle, And the said Kyle testified on trial of said cause that no ill feeling or bad blood had ever existed so far as he had reason to know or beleive between himself & the prisoner,

But as jurors in the said cause they state that they beleive the case presents strong reasons for Executive clemency and they therefore pray your Excellency to grant him a full pardon for the commission of the above offence and they will ever pray & c

J L. Martin Jonas Robb A Q Sims J C M Daniel

H W Mitchell Joseph yeast Danl F James

George Raney

J H Adams W B Semones Cornelius Donovan