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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-0001-004-1366 BR12-120

Paris, 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. [unknown] Harnard (Bourbon County (Stub)) N00002557 Categories: People

Physician in Bourbon County. Mentioned in a letter from A. S. Thomson to Thomas E. Bramlette from Paris, Kentucky, on December 19, 1864.

KYR-0001-004-1366. 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. 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. John Chambers Brent (Bourbon County, Kentucky, bank teller, soldier, and sheriff) N00002556 1836? 1892-05-28 Categories: People

Bourbon County, Kentucky, bank teller, soldier, and sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Nicole Ford Brent. Bank teller in Paris, Kentucky, in 1860. First lieutenant in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from August 1862 to February 1863. Major in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from February 1863 to August 1863. Sheriff of Boubon County, Kentucky, in 1864.

Relationships Military: 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Paris, p. 7. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0095. "A Banker's Death," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), May 29, 1892, p. 9. Find A Grave, "John Chambers Brent (1836-1892)," Memorial #110537069, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110537069/john-chambers-brent (accessed January 29, 2017). Paris, Kentucky P00000514 Categories: Places

Seat of Bourbon County, Kentucky.

38.2098, -84.253 H.E. Everman, "Paris," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2000), 709-10. USGS: Earth Explorer, “Paris, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on March 3, 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. Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky 1864-12-19 Correspondence 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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Paris Ky Decr 19th 1864 Govr Tho E. Bramlet

Dr Sir I have a favour for a Friend to to ask of you on the 12th of this Month I sent by the bearer Dr Harnard a petition to you signed by a no of persons asking the releas of a Fine in the Circuit Court against one Columbus Tate he was on a bond for the forthcoming of Negro at the Court in 1861 when court was in cession Mr Tate brought the Negro in and gave him up to the Sheriff in open Court when the cas was Continued Mr Tate had gone home in Good Faith and the Sheriff let the Negro as he stated in the petion as Sheriff Dr Haranard had is Pocket robed which contained the petition as he will state to you If you can not releas Mr Tate of the fine he do only ask the fine and not the Fees if not the release he wants a Respite to give him Tim to have the petien signed as the Sheriff is preping him he is a Stead industrious Man and has a large Family and is hard to Live but honest

Your Friend & voter A. S. Thomson

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To His Excelency Gov Bramlette

The writer of the within is the sheriff elect of this county & is reliable

Jno C. Brent