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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-0001-004-1391 BR12-160

Franklin, Simpson 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. George H. Milliken (Simpson County & Circuit Clerk) N00006225 1808? Categories: People

Simpson County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk and county court clerk. Simpson County native. Married to Adelaide Buntin Milliken in 1835. Father of Mary E. Milliken, Amos Milliken, Phoebe J. Milliken, and Adelaide Milliken. Married to Senora T. Vaughn Milliken in Roane County, Tennessee, on September 28, 1847. Father of Francis M. Milliken, Eliza D. Milliken, Emma Milliken, John Milliken, and Walter Milliken. Farmer in Simpson County in 1850. Owned nine enslaved persons in Simpson County in 1850. Clerk of the Simpson County Court in Simpson County from 1860 to 1865. Clerk of the Simpson Circuit Court in Simpson County from 1860 to 1861. Owned six enslaved persons in Simpson County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Simpson Circuit Court Economic: Simpson County Court Social: Asher W. Graham (Warren County, KY, judge of 4th Judicial District) Social: Richard J. Smith (Simpson Co, Ky attorney & Warren Co KY printer) Social: Warner Lewis Underwood (Warren County, Kentucky, attorney, planter, and politician.) Social: Joseph Rogers Underwood (Warren County, Kentucky, attorney, judge, and politician) Social: Charles W. Milliken (Simpson Co, KY, attorney) Social: John A. Finn (Simpson County, KY, farmer & attorney) Social: William W. Bush (Simpson County, KY, attorney & private in TN Cav (CSA)) Social: William Voltaire Loving (Bowling Green, KY, farmer, politician, attorney) Legal: Simpson County Court Economic: Simpson Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 19A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 853. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Simpson County, Franklin, pp. 142-43. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, Franklin, p. 309A. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, Franklin, Enumeration District: 214, p. 354A. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7029559, Simpson County Deaths, File #21821. National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book, Washington, D.C. : NSDAR, 1891-1939, Vol 81: 1910, 62. Find A Grave, “George H. Milliken (1808-1883)," Memorial 78018537, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78018537 (accessed July 20, 2020). “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), 303-308. “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), 301-306. “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. Asher W. Graham (Warren County, KY, judge of 4th Judicial District) N00006227 1799-05-17 1866-09-02 Categories: People

Warren County, Kentucky, judge. Virginia native. Married to Sarah P. Howorth Graham in Warren County on November 21, 1822. Father of Drusella E. Graham, Sarah J. Graham, and Lawrence A. Graham. Judge in Simpson County in 1850. Judge of the 4th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1862 to 1866.

Relationships Legal: George H. Milliken (Simpson County & Circuit Clerk) Legal: Thomas Johnson (Indiana, resident and colonel (U.S.A.)) Legal: John Watson Foster (Evansville, Indiana, attorney and colonel (U.S.A.)) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: John D. Mannen (Warren County, Kentucky, farmer, justice of the peace, and post master) Social: William Branch Clarke (Simpson County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: Beverly Leonidas Clarke (Simpson County, Kentucky, attorney and politician)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 23B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Warren County, District 2, p. 572. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Warren County Marriages, Film #000339890, pp. 91-92. 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), 301-306. 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), 347-350. "Judge Asher W Graham (May 17, 1799-September 2, 1866)," Find A Grave, Memorial, accessed May 17, 2017 #116840662, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116840662. KYR-0001-004-1391. William B. Jones (Simpson Co, KY, Commonwealth's Attorney 4th District) N00005301 1816-02-04 Categories: People

Simpson County, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney. Barren County, Kentucky, native. Son of John Jones and Mary Young Jones. Married to Mary P. Lewis Jones on May 10, 1838. Father of Virgil A. Jones, Elenora I. Jones, Eugenia A. Jones, and John N. T. Jones. Married to Mary A. Mann Jones on April 14, 1846. Father of James S. Jones, Harriet B. Jones, Elizabeth Jones, and William O. Jones. Studied law under Franklin Gorin in Barren County, Kentucky. Attorney in Barren County in 1837. Attorney in Simpson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Simpson County in 1850. Commonwealth's attorney for the 4th Judicial District in Simpson County from 1858 to 1866.

Relationships Legal: Ellis Harper (Captain, Harper's Partisan Rangers) Legal: George W. Dalton (Simpson County, farmer and sheriff) Legal: William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow (Seventeenth governor of the State of Tennessee, newspaper editor, and politician.) Legal: Simpson Circuit Court Social: Samuel F. Johnson (Leavenworth Count, Kansas, druggist and soldier) Social: Arden Richard McClanahan (Simpson County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Fourth Judicial District of Kentucky Legal: Warren Circuit Court Political: Allen Circuit Court Political: George W. Dalton (Simpson County, farmer and sheriff) Legal: James M. Vance (Hart County, Kentucky, farmer. Fugitive from justice.) Legal: Alexander McHatton (Hart County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Legal: Richard James Oglesby (Fourteenth governor of the State of Illinois, soldier, attorney, and politician.) Legal: Hart Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 7B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 4. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 133. The Biographical Record of Logan County, Illinois (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1901), 227-28. Franklin, Kentucky P00005293 Categories: Places

Seat of Simpson County, Kentucky.

36.7223, -86.5772 “Franklin, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 6, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 108-09. Ron D. Bryant, "Franklin," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2002), 354. Simpson County, Kentucky P00005295 Categories: Places

County in southwestern Kentucky. Seat at Franklin.

36.7223, -86.5772 “Franklin, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 6, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names, (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 272. Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. Simpson County Court O00000713 Categories: Organizations

Located in Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): William Skidd. Clerk(s): George H. Millikin and B. W. Hail.

“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), 303-308. “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), 301-306. “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), 347-350. Simpson Circuit Court O00000574 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 4th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Asher W. Graham, John W. Ritter (Equity and Criminal Court). Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): William B. Jones. Clerk(s): George H. Millikin, William M. Beson, and S. N. Forline.

Relationships Legal: Ellis Harper (Captain, Harper's Partisan Rangers)

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. KYR-0001-031-0010. Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky 1864-12-17 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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Franklin Simpson County Ky 17 Decr 1864. Gov T E Bramlette Frankfort Ky. Dear Sir

George H Milliken ^clerk of the Simpson County Court^ was Indicted in the Simpson Circuit Court^under^ Article 1- Section 17. chapter 47 of the Revised Statutes for issuing license to a couple to marry, which marriage was prohibited by the statute, the woman having a living husband from whom she was not divorced, and the marriage therefore prohibited by the 3d subsection of Section 2 of said Article.

While Mr Milliken did not believe I could have sustained the Indictment by proof, that is, that I could ^not^ have proved that he issued the license, knowing it to have been for a marriage prohibited by law. he preferred to make no defense, and suffered the Judgment to go by default or confession, for a fine of five hundred dollars, which Judgt was rendered by the Court, andtheCourtpostponedtherenditionofaJudgtexpellinghimfromofficeuntilafutureterm, This course was taken in order to give Mr M an apportunity, to apply to

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the Governor to have the fine remitted to the extent of his Constitutional power and to pardon the offense as to the forfeiture of office, I know that Judge Graham desires the remission of fine, and that the clerk by the clemency of the Executive be released from the forfeiture of office, Such I am Satisfied is the desire of the Community. Mr Milliken is no lawyer, and was I have no ( doubt (as he States) ignorant of the Statute under which he was Indicted, He will forward a petition, I am satisfied it would be right & Just to grant the prayer of his petition, and hope you will relievehimfromthefineandalsofromtheforfeitureofhisoffice, theJudgtforthelatternothavingbeenyetrendered,

Respectfully &C

Wm B Jones Atty for the Comth,