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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.
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.
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Simpson County, Kentucky, wagon maker and carriage maker. Virginia native. Married to Frances S. Adams Douthat. Father of Sinia M. Douthat, Martha W. Douthat, and John R. Douthat. Wagon maker in Simpson County in 1850. Employed Wesley Farris as an apprentice in Simpson County in 1850. Carriage maker in Simpson County in 1860.
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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.
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Bowling Green, Kentucky, attorney, farmer, and politician. Nelson County, Virginia, native. Married to Amanda M. Graham Loving in January 1829. Father of A. Q. Loving, Hector V. Loving, Willie Loving, John A. Loving, and Laura Loving. Attended the University of Virginia. Admitted to the bar in 1829. Elected to the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1840. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1841 to 1844. Commonwealth's attorney for the 6th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1845 to 1849. Circuit judge for the 6th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1849 to 1850. Farmer in Warren County in 1850. Owned twenty-one enslaved persons in Warren County in 1850. Attorney in Bowling Green in 1860. Owned twenty-three enslaved persons in Warren County in 1860.
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Warren County, Kentucky, attorney, planter, and politician. Virginia native. Married to Lucy Craig Henry Underwood in 1831. Father of Frances "Fanny" Underwood, Juliet "Jupe" Underwood, Lucy "Lute" Underwood, Johanna "Josie" Underwood, Warner Underwood, Henry Underwood, John Underwood, and Mary Underwood. Graduated from the University of Virginia in 1829. Admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1830. Resident of Texas in 1833. Attorney general of the Eastern District of Texas in 1834. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1848. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1849 to 1853. Owned twenty enslaved persons in Warren County in 1850. Member of the United States House of Representatives from 1853 to 1857. Owned twenty-eight enslaved persons in Warren County in 1860. Consul in Glasgow, Scotland, for the United States of America from 1862 to September 1864.
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Simpson County, Kentucky, farmer and attorney. Tennessee native. Married to Marie B. DuVal Finn in Robertson County, Tennessee, on January 28, 1845. Father of Mary C. Finn, Ella F. Finn, and John Finn. Married to M. Geraldine Moore Finn in Todd County on November 3, 1864. Farmer in Simpson County in 1850. Owned eight enslaved persons in Simpson County in 1850. Simpson County delegate to the Kentucky Democratic Convention in 1858. Attorney in Simpson County in 1860. Owned twenty-one enslaved persons in Simpson County in 1860. Delegate to the Democratic National Convention representing the Third District of Kentucky for James Guthrie in 1860. Elector for Stephen A. Douglas in Kentucky's Third Congressional District in the presidential election of 1860. Attorney in Simpson County in 1864.
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Simpson County, Kentucky, attorney. Calloway County, Kentucky, native. Son of Jesse Milliken and Anne West Milliken. Married to Sally H. Milliken. Father of John H. Milliken. Graduated from Wirt College in Tennessee in 1849. Admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1850. County attorney of Simpson County from 1857 to 1862. Attorney in Simpson County in 1864.
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Simpson County, Kentucky, attorney and Warren County, Kentucky, printer and editor. Kentucky native. Married to Caroline Smith. Father of Thomas Smith, William Smith, Richard Smith, Sarah A Smith. Printer and editor of the Bowling Green Standard in Warren County in 1850. Employed R. W. Meredith as a printer in Warren County in 1850. Warren County candidate for the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1853. Attorney in Simpson County in 1860. Household owned one enslaved person in Simpson County in 1860. Attorney in Simpson County in 1864.
Simpson County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Edmonson County, Kentucky, native. Son of Isaac Bush and Matilda Parker Bush. Married to Virginia Huston Bush on January 7, 1864. Father of Mary G. Bush. Secretary of the Kentucky Third District Democratic Convention in Bowling Green in 1859. Attorney in Simpson County in 1860. Served in the 8th Tennessee Cavalry (C.S.A.) and the 4th Tennessee Cavalry (C. S. A.) as a private from September 27, 1862, to September 20, 1864. Attorney in Simpson County in 1864. Captured in Wilson County, Tennessee. Prisoner of war in Louisville, Kentucky. Signed a loyalty oath to the U. S. government on September 26, 1864.
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Warren County, Kentucky, attorney, judge, and politician. Goochland County, Virginia, native. Son of John Underwood and Francis Rogers Underwood. Married to Elizabeth McCowes Trotter Underwood in Barren County, Kentucky, on March 26, 1817. Father of Eugene Underwood, Julia Underwood Cox, Eliza L. Underwood, and Jane Underwood. Married to Elizabeth Cox Underwood in Washington, D.C., on February 25, 1839. Father of John Underwood, Robert Underwood, Thomas Underwood, Edith Underwood, Elizabeth Underwood, and Josephine Underwood. Graduate of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1811. Read law with Robert Wickliffe in Lexington in 1811. Served in the 13th Regiment of the Kentucky Militia as a lieutenant in the War of 1812 in 1813. Admitted to the bar in 1813. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Barren County from 1816 to 1819. Presidential elector from the Third Congressional District of Kentucky in 1824. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Warren County from 1825 to 1827. Unsuccessful Opposition candidate for Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1828. Resident of Warren County in 1830. Owned three enslaved persons in Warren County in 1830. Associate justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals in Frankfort from 1828 to 1835. Resident of Warren County in 1840. Owned thirteen enslaved persons in Warren County in 1840. Member of the Whig party. Member of the United States House of Representatives from the Third Congressional District of Kentucky from 1835 to 1844. Presidential elector for the Whig party from the Third Congressional District of Kentucky in 1844. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Warren County from 1845 to 1847. Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1846. Member of the United States Senate from 1847 to 1853. Attorney in Warren County in 1850. Farmer in Warren County in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Warren County in 1850. Attorney in Warren County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Warren County in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Warren County from 1860 to 1863. Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, in 1864. Attorney in Warren County, Kentucky, in 1865.
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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).
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.
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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.
To His Excellency
Your Petitioner
Petitioner advised him to wait until the Divorce was granted. Douthett r for License and he ignorant that any penalty attached to him even tho the Lady whom sd Douthett proposed to marry had not been divorced, ignorantly issued the License -- For this he has been indicted -- He made no defence, the facts being as stated & the aforsd Judgt was rendered agst him -- He declares he committed the foregiong impropriety alone from ignorance of his duty & the law in the premises and from no hope promise or agreement of reward therefor other than the legal fee for issuing license &c
He therefore earnestly prays Yr Excy to remit to him the fine & Judgt aforsaid -- as he is very poorly able to pay the same, if it were even proper to enforce it
And as in duty &c
Geo H Millikin
We the undersigned unite & concur with George H Milliken in the foregoing petition
Simpson Cir Ct
vs
Geo H Milliken
$500 & Offense pardoned
Remit
th Jany/65