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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-0001-004-2085 BR14-287

Manchester, Clay 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. Hugh Mize (Claiborne county, Tennessee, laborer and farmer) N00018852 1833? Categories: People

Claiborne county, Tennessee, laborer and farmer. Tennessee native. Son of Reps Mize and Dicy Mize. Married to Mary Mize. Father of Daniel L. Mize, Rachael Mize, Eli Mize, Melvina Mize, and Nervester Mize. Laborer in Claiborne County in 1850. Farmer in Claiborne County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: Mary J. Mize (Claiborne, Tennessee, resident) Social: Barton Potter (Clay County, Kentucky, merchant, postmaster, and farmer.) Social: Edward R. Gibson (Clay County, Kentucky, merchant) Social: Lyon S. Kinningham, Sr. () Social: Joseph Hubard (Clay County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Elihu Wells, Sr. (Perry County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: A. J. Hobbs (Clay County, Kentucky, resident. Signed a petition on behalf of Hugh Mize in Clay County in 1865.) Social: Stephen Robinson (Clay County, Kentucky, resident, farmer, and laborer) Social: Charles Hensley (Clay County, Kentucky, resident and farm laborer) Social: William Shelton (Clay County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Charles Robinson (Clay County, Kentucky, resident and farmer) Social: William Parker (Clay County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: Steven Parsons (Clay County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: John D Coldiron (Clay County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Samuel Clarkston (Perry County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: L. G. Morgan (Signed a petition on behalf of Hugh Mize in Clay County, Kentucky, on July 15, 1865) Social: Francis M. Eagle, Sr. (Clay County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier) Social: William Britton (Clay County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Hiram Reid (Clay County, Kentucky, soldier) Social: Pleasant Gregory (Clay County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: James Lunsford (Clay County, Kentucky, resident. Signed a petition in Clay County in 1865.) Social: William Reid (Clay County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: William B. Kelly (Harlan and Clay County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: Jonathan Dalton (Signed a petition on behalf of Hugh Mize in Clay County, Kentucky, on July 15, 1865) Social: Robert Hensley (Clay County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: Robert P. Young (Clay County attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Claiborne County, Subdivision 7, p. 252A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Claiborne County, Subdivision 6, p. 294. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, Precinct 1, p. 155A. Alexander Selkirk (Clay County, Kentucky, blacksmith. ) N00010535 Categories: People

Clay County, Kentucky, blacksmith. Blacksmith in Clay County in 1864.

Relationships Social: James Gibson () Social: Daniel G. Williams (Clay County, Kentucky, farmhand & 7th KY Inf USA pvt, sgt, capt) Social: Robert G. Potter (Clay County, Kentucky, captain) Social: John Lucas (Clay Co, Ky, grocer and lieut. col. 5th Ky Inf.) Social: Robert P. Young (Clay County attorney) Social: William McDaniel (Clay County farmer and soldier) Social: Stephen W. Bates (Clay County, physician) Social: James W. Smith (Clay County, clerk) Social: Gabriel Winter Price, Sr. (Clay County, Kentucky, court clerk.) Social: David Yancy Lyttle (Clay County, Kentucky, attorney.)

KYR-0001-004-1378 Robert P. Young (Clay County attorney) N00005726 1835? Categories: People

Clay County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Teacher in Laurel County in 1860. Attorney in Clay County in 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, p. 339. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, Manchester, Precinct 1, p. 172A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Clay County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 404. Manchester, Kentucky P00000566 Categories: Places

Seat of Clay County.

37.1537, -83.7619 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 186. 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). Cumberland Gap, Tennessee P00019019 Categories: Places

Town in Clairborne County, Tennessee. Located at the Cumberland Gap.

36.5995, -83.6685 "Cumberland Gap, Tennessee," accessed December 9, 2022, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Tennessee P001001 Categories: Places

State in the southeastern United States. Capital at Nashville. Located on the Cumberland River.

35.5175, -86.5804 Paul H. Bergeron, Stephen V. Ash, and Jeanette Keith, Tennesseans and Their History (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1999), 69. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Tennessee," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 14, 2019). Clay County, Kentucky P00000570 Categories: Places

County in Kentucky. Seat at Manchester.

Relationships Legal: Jacob Giltner (Clay County, Kentucky, murderer)

37.1738, -83.7199 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 59. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Clay County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 23, 2019). Commonwealth of Kentucky O001025 1792 Categories: Organizations

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).

Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380. Malcolm E. Jewell, "General Assembly" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 366. Paul J. Weber, "Court System" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 233. Manchester, Clay County, Kentucky 1865-07-31 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Manchester Ky July 31st 1865 Thomas E Bramlette Esq

I hearwith send send a petition of Hugh Mize of color, for the Interposition of your prerogative in his behalf the fact in his case are set forth in the petition -- and authenticated by the names of his neighbours Annexed there to I, could have sent You his passt he obtained at the Cumberland Gap Tennessee to come in to Kentucky, but thought it not necessary, The fact is the Law has nearly become obsolete and can not be enforced for anyhow for sometime without oppression I am ignorant of Your powers to act in the case but am satisfied You can stay proceeding for a while, as Your Excellency did in the Case of the Commonwealth vs Silkirk who was Indicted more than a year ago in this county, And petitioned Your favor Hopeing Y to hear from You soon in the case I am your most obt servt

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