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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-0001-004-2634 BR16-209

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 Wallace (Kentucky soldier. Charged with carrying a concealed weapon in Franklin County, Kentucky, in November 1865.) N00018995 Categories: People

Kentucky soldier. Charged with carrying a concealed weapon in Franklin County, Kentucky, in November 1865.

Relationships Legal: George W. Chambers, Sr. (Franklin County, Kentucky, carpenter.) Legal: David Kirkpatrick (Frankfort, Kentucky, engineer) Legal: William T. Bacon (Franklin County, Kentucky, clerk, carpenter, and farmer.) Legal: George W. Gwin (Frankfort, KY, mayor & councilman, merchant, JP)

KYR-0001-004-2634. George W. Gwin (Frankfort, KY, mayor & councilman, merchant, JP) N00002995 1808-02-11 1881-01-24 Categories: People

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, merchant, politician, and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Catherine Gwin. Father of Thomas J. Gwin and Kate L. Gwin. Married to Julia Ann Smith Gwin in Scott County, Kentucky, on October 27, 1853. Merchant in Franklin County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Mayor of Frankfort from 1857 to 1865. Merchant in Frankfort in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Frankfort in 1860. Justice of the peace in Franklin County from 1861 to 1865. Member of the Frankfort City Council in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Samuel Gill (Louisville, Kentucky, railroad superintendent and vet of Mex-Am War) Legal: Peter Dudley (Frankfort, Military Board, Adj Gen'l and farmer) Political: City Council of Frankfort Political: John J. Quinn (Franklin County carriage maker, Justice of the Peace, and Frankfort Police Judge) Political: James Madison Todd (Frankfort, Kentucky, postmaster, grocer, and commissioner) Social: John Jordan Crittenden (Franklin Co, KY, Representative, Senator, & former KY Governor) Political: John Rodman (Franklin County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Franklin Circuit Court Political: Franklin County Court Legal: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Economic: Grandison W. Owen (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 53B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 236. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 501B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 144A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film 000183225. L.F. Johnson, The History of Franklin County, Ky., reprinted edition (Evansville, IN: Unigraphic, 1975), p. 198. Carl E. Kramer, Capital on the Kentucky: A Two Hundred Year History of Frankfort & Franklin County (Frankfort, KY: Historic Frankfort, Inc., 1986), p. 120. "G W Gwin (1809-1881)," Find A Grave, Memorial 74517922, accessed May 24, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74517922. KYR-0001-005-0132. KYR-0001-007-0365. KYR-0001-019-0051. KYR-0001-004-0183. William T. Bacon (Franklin County, Kentucky, clerk, carpenter, and farmer.) N00001625 1820? Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, clerk, carpenter, and farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Matilda Bacon. Father of Mary J. Bacon and Emma W. Bacon. Clerk in Franklin County in 1850. Household owned three enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Carpenter in Franklin County in 1860. Farmer in Franklin County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 47A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 276. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 118A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Franklin County, KY, July 1863, p. 21. David Kirkpatrick (Frankfort, Kentucky, engineer) N00018997 1823-08-12 1886-07-11 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, engineer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Louisa Kirkpatrick. Father of Andrew Kirkpatrick, Lloyd Kirkpatrick, and Margaret Kirkpatrick. Engineer in Franklin County in 1860. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from August 22, 1862, to August 21, 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 240. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 107A. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0097. "David Kirkpatrick (1823-1886)," Find A Grave, Memorial 134462513, accessed December 8, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134462513. George W. Chambers, Sr. (Franklin County, Kentucky, carpenter.) N00019002 1825? Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, carpenter. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Chambers. Father of George W. Chambers, Jr. Carpenter in Franklin County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 257. 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. 1865-11-20 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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To his Excellency Governor. Bramlett

I beg leave most respectfully to State to Your honor. that George Wallace a discharged Soldier and a man of Color has has this day been brought before me Charged with the offense of Carrying Concealed deadly weapons -- It was clearly proven that he had a pistol Concealed upon his person -- I was forced from the proof to inflict the fine of $50. and Costs under the Statute and the City ordinance -- I believe that his Case is one of extreme hard Ship and would therefore most respectfully Solicit your honor to interpose Executive Clemency and release him from the fine imposed The officers release to him the Costs which haver accrued against him

Novr. 20th 1865 Respy Geo W Gwin J P F C W. T. Bacon David Kirkpatrick G, W, Chambers

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Petition