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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-0001-004-1365 BR12-119-1

Bourbon 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. Columbus Tate (Bourbon County Cooper/Postmaster) N00002537 1831? Categories: People

Bourbon County, Kentucky, postmaster and cooper. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Frances Robinson Tate in Bourbon County on October 17, 1852. Father of Charles Tate, Francis Tate, John Tate, Mattie Tate, William Tate, Mary Tate, and Julia Tate. Postmaster of Shawhan, Bourbon County from 1857 to 1859. Cooper in Bourbon County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: Bourbon Circuit Court

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), Taylor County, KY, May 1865, p. 115, (Accessed via ancestry.com). Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, p. 16, (accessed via Ancestry.com). Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994028, Bourbon County Marriages. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Paris, page 40. George Stoker (Bourbon County free black/farm laborer) N00002540 1826? Categories: People

Bourbon County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Resident in Bourbon County in 1861.

Relationships Legal: Bourbon Circuit Court

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Harrison County, Cynthiana, p. 15. KYR-0001-004-1365. Benjamin Franklin Pullen (Bourbon County, Kentucky, sheriff) N00002390 1825? 1885-04-13 Categories: People

Bourbon County, Kentucky, sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth F. Pullen. Father of Paulina W. Pullen, Elizabeth A. Pullen, and Minnie F. Pullen. Sheriff in Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1858. Sheriff of Bourbon County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Bourbon County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: George Stoker (Bourbon County free black/farm laborer) Legal: Lewis Cheek (Franklin County, Kentucky, grocer.) Legal: Bourbon Circuit Court Political: Richard J. Brown (Bourbon County, Kentucky, county clerk) Political: William M. Samuel (Bourbon County, Kentucky, judge)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Paris, p. 485. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Paris, p. 140B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Paris, Ward 1, p. 422A. "Bourbon County--Official," The Louisville Daily Courier, August 05, 1858, p. 2. "Death by Laudanum," The Courier-Journal, April 14, 1885, p. 4. "Unfortunate Controversy in the Tenth Judicial District," The Louisville Daily Courier, April 25, 1868, p. 2. "Benjamin Franklin Pullen (1825-1885)," Find A Grave, Memorial 159935757, accessed June 28, 2018, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159935757. Richard J. Brown (Bourbon County, Kentucky, county clerk) N00002551 1817? 1898-06-22 Categories: People

Bourbon County, Kentucky, constable and court clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Frances J. Shy Brown. Father of Margaret J. Brown, James L. Brown, Sallie O. Brown, Elisha D. Brown, and Lily D. Brown. Constable in Bourbon County in 1850. Clerk of Bourbon County Court from 1860 to 1865.

Relationships Social: Lewis Cheek (Franklin County, Kentucky, grocer.) Legal: Bourbon Circuit Court Political: William M. Samuel (Bourbon County, Kentucky, judge)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 2, p. 245B-246A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Paris, p. 1. 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), 307. 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), 302. 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), 305. 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), 11. 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), 11. 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), 11. "Richard J. Brown Dead," The Morning Herald (Lexington, KY), June 23, 1898, p. 4. Addison S. Thomson (Bourbon County Auctioneer/Storekeeper) N00002386 1820? Categories: People

Bourbon County, Kentucky, auctioneer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Thomson. Father of William Thomson, Elizabeth Thomson, Charles F Thomson, and Wyatt Thomson. Auctioneer in Bourbon County in 1860. Sheriff elect of Bourbon County in 1864.

Relationships Social: [unknown] Harnard (Bourbon County (Stub))

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 1, p. 47. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Paris, Ward 2, p. 22. KYR-0001-004-1366. William W. Alexander (Bourbon County Lawyer) N00002544 1820? 1874-07-21 Categories: People

Bourbon County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Jane D. Alexander. Father of William S. Alexander, John R. Alexander, Isaac Alexander, and Lucy Alexander. Elected as a Member of the House of Representatives as a Whig from Bourbon County in 1850. Attorney in Bourbon County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Bourbon County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Paris, p. 4. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Paris, p. 1. The Louisville Daily Courier, "Representatives Elected," August 30, 1850, p. 2. Find A Grave, "William W. Alexander (unknown-July 21, 1874)," Memorial #40662524, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40662524 (accessed March 16, 2017). Orlando V. Talbott (Bourbon County Horse Stable) N00002542 1827? Categories: People

Bourbon County, Kentucky, stable keeper. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret A. Talbott in Bourbon County, on June 7, 1853. Stable keeper in Bourbon County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in 1860.

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), Taylor County, KY, May 1865, p. 13, (Accessed via ancestry.com). Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bourbon County Marriages, Film #000183145, p. 13-14. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Bourbon, Paris, p. 25. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Paris, p. 4. P. [Hail] (Bourbon County (Stub)) N00002549 Categories: People

Signed a petition on behalf of Columbus Tate in Bourbon County, Kentucky.

KYR-0001-004-1365. Allen H. Bashford (Bourbon County Merchant) N00002387 1832? 1894-07-19 Categories: People

Bourbon County, Kentucky, clerk and merchant. Bourbon County native. Son of Allen Bashford and Lucy Bashford. Married to Mary E. Rowland Bashford in Bourbon County on February 6, 1861. Father of Milton Bashford, Lucy Bashford, and Rowland Bashford. Clerk in Bourbon County in 1860. Merchant in Bourbon County in 1863. Owned two enslaved persons in Bourbon County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Paris, p. 11. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Paris, p. 3. 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), Bourbon County, KY, July 1863, p. 2 (Accessed via ancestry.com). Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bourbon County Marriages, Film #000183089. Find A Grave, "Allen Bashford (1832-1894)," Memorial #91409992, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91409992 (accessed March 15, 2017). James Edward Ray (Bourbon County Doctor) N00002541 1837? Categories: People

Bourbon County, Kentucky, physician. Paris, Kentucky, native. Married to Margaret M. Hutchcraft Ray in Bourbon County on February 20, 1861. Physician in Bourbon County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Paris, p. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bourbon County Marriages, Film #000183145. Richard William Hutchcraft (Bourbon County/Iowa 15th Infantry) N00002547 1832-07-04 1907-02-08 Categories: People

Bourbon County, Kentucky, resident. Bourbon County native. Son of James Hutchcraft and Eliza Hutchcraft. Married to Susan C. Crofton Hutchcraft in Clark County, Kentucky, on January 13, 1857. Father of Hannah Hutchcraft and James P. Hutchcraft. Farmer in Marion, Iowa, in 1860. Resident in Bourbon County in 1850.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 1, p. 278B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Iowa, Lee County, Marion, p. 104. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994032, Bourbon County Marriages. Find A Grave, "Richard William Hutchcraft (July 4, 1832-February 8, 2907)," Memorial #32385701, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32385701 (accessed June 28, 2018). Richard S. Henderson (Bourbon County Merchant) N00002538 1816-10-17 1888-03-12 Categories: People

Bourbon County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Jane M. Wiggington Henderson in Bourbon County on July 1, 1855. Father of Mary Henderson. Merchant in Bourbon County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Paris, p. 19. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Pendleton County Marriages, Film # 000183145. Samuel Rule (Bourbon County Jailer) N00002552 1796? Categories: People

Bourbon County, Kentucky, clerk. Native of Germany. Clerk in Bourbon County in 1860. Jailer in Bourbon County in 1864.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Paris, p. 8. KYR-0001-004-1365. Kentucky P001800 Categories: Places

State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992). Bourbon County, Kentucky P00000515 Categories: Places

County in north central Kentucky. Seat at Paris.

38.2171, -84.2279 H.E. Everman, "Bourbon County," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, John E Kleber ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2000), 104-05. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Bourbon County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on April 20, 2020). Bourbon Circuit Court O00000350 1793 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 13th Judicial District of Kentucky. Judge(s): William C. Goodloe. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): William S. Downey. Clerk(s): James Paton.

Relationships Legal: Robert H. Thompson (Bourbon County) Legal: Samuel Williams (Illinois and Fleming County) Legal: Willoughby Sanford Scott (Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer and slave trader) Legal: George Parker (Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Jack G. Davis (Convict in the Kentucky State Penitentiary) Legal: William Jones (Frankfort, Kentucky, druggist) Legal: Warren B. Rogers (Bourbon Co) Legal: Jesse H. Boulden (Bourbon Co) Legal: Jeremiah Duncan (Bourbon Co) Legal: Thomas L. Arnold (Bourbon Co merchant) Legal: James K. Jameson (Bourbon Co) Legal: Isral Becraft (Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Valentine Hildreth (Bourbon Co) Legal: David M. Dodge (Bourbon Co farmer) Legal: Thomas Stone (Bourbon County, KY, farmer) Legal: Christopher C. Skillman (Bourbon Co farmer) Legal: Francis Hardesty (Bourbon County) Legal: Harvey W. Letton (Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer) Economic: John G. Paton (Deputy Bourbon Co Circuit Court Clerk) Economic: James Paton (Clerk of Bourbon Circuit Court) Legal: John G. Paton (Deputy Bourbon Co Circuit Court Clerk) Legal: James Paton (Clerk of Bourbon Circuit Court) Legal: Herman Hollander (Bourbon County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: E. L. Cowles (Bourbon County, Kentucky, gamer) Legal: Christopher C. Rogers (Bourbon County, Kentucky, trader)

“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. Bourbon County, Kentucky 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.
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State of Kentucky County of Bourbon } Sct: To his Excellency Tho. E Bramlett Govr Ky

Your Petitioner Columbus Tate would respectfully represent that Geo Stoker (a free man of color) was at the April Term 1861 Indicted in two instances for selling spirituous Liquors, that on the 16th April 1862, Your petitioner became the surety on 2 Recognisance' for the said George appearance at the following April term of the Bourbon Circuit Court, that on the 1st day of said April Term, he in person brought the said George into Court & delivered him up to the sheriff B. f. Pullen, the cases were continued & no further recognisance was required of the said George-- your petitioner after delivering said George to the court thinking that he had fully discharged his obligation upon said bonds went home -- That at the Octo Term 1864 of said court Judgment was rendered against him (your petitioner) in said cases for $100. each. Your petitioner Respectfully asks your Excellency to remit said Judgments (or fines) that said George is now

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& has been ever since the Indictments were found against him in Bourbon County.

Columbus Tate

we the undersigned would respectfully state that we are well acquainted with the petitioner Columbus Tate who is an humble good citizen has a large family of children dependent upon his labor for support, has but little means & a hard laboring man, honest quiet & industrious. & that his case is one worthy the interposition of your Excellency, which we respectfully ask on his behalf--

R J Brown C B Co

The boy "George stoker" was brought into court & delivered up to me as then S B C by the petitioner as he has stated

We the undersigned respectfully ask for the fine to be remitted,

A, S, Thomson . f Pullen late S B C

W W Alexander O. V Talbott P Hail Allen Bashford J. Ed Ray R W Hutchcraft R S Henderson Saml Rulo Jailor B C

Bourbon Cir Ct vs Columbus Tate Remitted 22d Dec/64