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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-0001-004-2033 BR14-200 to BR14-201

Henderson, Henderson 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. Henry Pointer (Henderson County, Kentucky, blacksmith.) N00017954 1830? Categories: People

Henderson County, Kentucky, blacksmith. Kentucky native. Blacksmith in Henderson County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Henderson Circuit Court Familial: [Unknown] [Unknown] (Mentioned in a petition for Henry Pointer as his wife) Legal: John Young Brown (Hardin County, Kentucky, attorney and US House Rep, )

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 133. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson, p. 84A. [Unknown] [Unknown] (Mentioned in a petition for Henry Pointer as his wife) N00018859 Categories: People

Kentucky and Arkansas enslaved woman. Married to Henry Pointer. Enslaved in Kentucky. Enslaved in Arkansas.

KYR-0001-004-2033. John Young Brown (Hardin County, Kentucky, attorney and US House Rep, ) N00000815 1835-06-28 1904-01-11 Categories: People

Hardin County, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Hardin County, Kentucky, native. Son of Thomas Dudley Brown and Elizabeth (Young) Brown. Married Lucie Barbee Brown in 1857. Married to Rebecca Dixon Brown in 1860. Father of Elizabeth Cabell Brown, Archibald Dixon Brown, John Young Brown, Jr., Virginia Singleton Brown, Susan Dixon Brown, and Evelyn Brown. Resident of Hardin County in 1850. Household owned twelve enslaved persons in Hardin County in 1850. Graduated from Centre College in Boyd County, Kentucky, in 1855. Studied law and admitted to the bar in 1857. Practiced law in Hardin County and Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Democratic member from the Fifth Congressional District of Kentucky of the United States House of Representatives from 1860 to 1861. Member of the Stephen A. Douglas National Committee in 1860. Attorney in Hardin County in 1860. Household owned six enslaved persons in Hardin County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Milton Young (Henderson County, Kentucky, planter and politician) Social: Milton Young (Henderson County, Kentucky, planter and politician) Political: Lazarus Whitehead Powell (Henderson County, Kentucky, attorney and politician)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hardin County, Northern District, p. 305A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (185), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hardin County, District 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hardin County, District 3, p. 91. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hardin County, District 3, p. 106A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, 3rd Ward City Henderson, p. 16. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, City of Henderson 2d Ward, p. 11. “Brown, John Young,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, accessed December 9, 2016, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000933. “Brown, John Young,” The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 129-30. “Ex-Gov. John Young Brown,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), January 12, 1904. “Sleep: Of Dealth Fall Upon Hon. John Young Brown. . .,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), January 12, 1904. Henderson, Kentucky P001815 Categories: Places

Seat of Henderson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

37.8362, -87.59 Boynton Merill Jr., "Henderson," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E Kleber (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2000), p. 423-24. “Henderson, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed February 26, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Arkansas P00002510 Categories: Places

State in the southern United States. Capital at Little Rock, Arkansas. Located on the Mississippi River.

34.7465, -92.2896 Boyce A. Drummond and Thomas O. Graff, "Arkansas" in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/Arkansas-state) (accessed on June 26, 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, “Little Rock, Arkansas," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on March 2, 2020). Henderson County, Kentucky P00002891 Categories: Places

County in western Kentucky. Seat at Henderson. Located on the Ohio River.

37.8362, -87.59 "Henderson, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed February 26, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. "Henderson County," The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 424. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 137-38. 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). Henderson Circuit Court O00000397 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 14th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): William P. Fowler. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): L. M. Low, John Barrett, and Benjamin P. Cissell. Clerk(s): T. J. Hopkins and Adam Rankin.

Relationships Economic: Adam Rankin (Henderson County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: Richard M. Overfield (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Mariah Dixon (henderson county) Legal: Benjamin Singleton (Marshall County, Indiana, farmer and soldier) Legal: Milton Young (Henderson County, Kentucky, planter and politician) Legal: Ambrose H. Talbott (Henderson County merchant) Legal: Thomas W. Dixon (farmer, henderson county, KY) Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: John Tuell (Henderson, Kentucky, bricklayer) Legal: James H. Priest (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Thomas Eblen (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: James E. Fagan (Henderson County, Kentucky, plasterer.) Legal: Alfred Oliver (Henderson County, Kentucky, carpenter and farmer.) Legal: Radford Dunn (Henderson County, Kentucky, overseer and farmer.) Legal: Andrew W. Agnew (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: George W. Hunter (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: John W. Chetham (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: James T. Hicks (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: James H. Farley (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Thomas W. Powell (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: John James Towles (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: John Agar, Jr (Henderson County, Kentucky, bricklayer.) Legal: Asa F. Parker (Henderson County, Kentucky, brick mason and brick maker) Legal: Tingnal J. Hopkins (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer and bookkeeper.) Legal: George Frederick "Fred" Pentecost (Christian County, Kentucky, clerk, soldier, minister.) Legal: George A. Sugg (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff.) Legal: Wiley P. Fowler (Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Legal: Robert G. Beverley (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant.) Legal: Henry Lyne (Henderson County, Kentucky, clerk and farmer.) Legal: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Legal: Willis Lago (Woodford County, Kentucky, fugitive from the law) Legal: Thomas Bell Monroe, Jr. (Frankfort, KY, sec state Aug 30, 1859-Oct 1, 1861attorney, politician, CSA major) Legal: Roger Weightman Hanson (Fayette County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier.) Legal: John B. Major (Frankfort, Kentucky, state printer) Legal: Edward Henry Hobson (Green County, Kentucky, merchant, saddler, Brig. Genl) Legal: William H. Spencer (Adair County, Kentucky, druggist; adj, maj, lt colo, & colo 3rd Ky Inf USA) Legal: James Wilson (Henderson County, Kentucky, prisoner) Legal: William Gardner Capps (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, student and corporal (U.S.A.)) Legal: F. G. Nall (Hartford, Ohio County, Kentucky, resident)

“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. Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky 1865-06-07 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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Henderson June 7"/65 Govr Thos E Bramlette Sir:

At the term of theHenderson Circuit Court 1859 one Henry Pointer -- a free negro, was indicted for immigrating to this State. At the June term 1862 he was put upon his trial, but the jury failing to agree, the case was continued.

The facts of the case, as developed by the testimony, are that, many years ago, this man went to Arkansas, with his wife, who was a slave. He remained there till the death of his wife, when he returned to this county, where all his kinsfolk & friends live. He is a blacksmith by trade, & enjoys a good character. He is temperate, industrious & has passed through the demoralizing influences of the last several years without reproach.

I am his counsel, &, as such, feel it to be my duty to put his case before you, & give my opinion that it is one that commends itself to excecutive clemency. The negroes of this section of the state are worse than worthless. They come & go to & from Ky with unchallenged impunity, & it would, it seems to me, be severe that Henry Pointer should

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suffer the penalty of a law that is in truth obsolete, and, as the world wags, "more honored in the breach than the observance". It would be gratifying to me, & most certainly to my client, if you should favorably consider his case. I herewith send you a copy of the indictment.

Our court opens on the 12th of this this month, & I should be pleased, therefore, to hear from you, at your earliest convenience.

Very respectfully Yr Obt Svt John Young Brown

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Henderson Cir Ct vs Henry Pointer f M C. Pardoned 28 June/65