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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-0001-004-2826 BR17-101

Piketon, Pike 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. James Black (Pike County, Kentucky, enslaved man.) N00019006 Categories: People

Pike County, Kentucky, enslaved man. Enslaved in Pike County in 1865. Indicted for tippling in Pike Circuit Court in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Pike Circuit Court Social: John Dils, Jr. (Pike County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Social: Alexander Ewing Adams (Letcher County, Kentucky, resident, clerk, and merchant) Social: J. Saige Dury (Mount Sterling, Kentucky, attorney and editor)

KYR-0001-004-2826. J. Saige Dury (Mount Sterling, Kentucky, attorney and editor) N00005291 1833-02-14 1868-03-07 Categories: People

Montgomery County, Kentucky, attorney, commonwealth's attorney, and editor. Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, native. Editor of the Mount Sterling Whig in Montgomery County, Kentucky. County attorney for Montgomery County from 1856 to 1862. Commonwealth's attorney for the 11th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1862 to 1868.

Relationships Legal: William F. Moore (Louisa, Lawrence County merchant) Legal: Bath County Court Legal: David W. Roberts (Morgan County, Kentucky, laborer) Legal: Morgan Circuit Court Military: 73rd Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Political: Calvin Brock (Montgomery County, KY, teacher, attorney, and county judge) Political: Franklin Tincher (Bath County, Kentucky, farmhand and corp 1st Reg Capital Guards, Bath Co Rangers) Political: James M. Nesbitt (Bath County, Kentucky, attorney & comm'th atty) Political: Office of the Secretary of State of Kentucky Legal: Powell Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, Mount Sterling, p. 318. John Livingston, Livingston’s United States Law Register, and Official Directory (New York: John A. Gray, 1859), 304. “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), 301-06. “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), 10. “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), 347-50. "Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1867" in 1867 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1(Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, 1867), 354. KYR-0001-004-0384. "Death of J. S. Dury," Tri-Weekly Kentucky Statesman (Lexington, KY), March 19, 1868, p. 1. Alexander Ewing Adams (Letcher County, Kentucky, resident, clerk, and merchant) N00019007 1835-08-15 1909-04-09 Categories: People

Letcher County, Kentucky, resident, clerk, and merchant. Virginia native. Son of William Adams and Elizabeth Adams. Married to Georgia Anna Dills Adams in Boyd County, Kentucky, on June 24, 1863. Farmer in Lee County, Virginia, in 1850. Clerk in Letcher County, Kentucky, in 1860. Merchant in Letcher County in 1863.

Relationships Familial: John Dils, Jr. (Pike County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Virginia, Lee County, District 31, p. 399B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Letcher County, p. 725. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pike County, Pikeville, p. 23B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Boyd County Marriages, Film 000344011. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, KY, National 94286, State 1962. John Dils, Jr. (Pike County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) N00019008 1818-09-15 1895-08-11 Categories: People

Pike County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier. Virginia native. Married to Ann Rattiff Dils in Pike County, Kentucky, on November 6, 1842. Father of Georgia Ann Dils, Mary E. Dils, Augusta Dils, L. C. Dils, and John R. A. Dils. Merchant in Pike County in 1850. Merchant in Pike County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Pike County in 1860. Arrested by Confederate forces and held prisoner at Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, in 1861. Served in the 39th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as colonel from January 21, 1863, to December 10, 1863. Dishonorably discharged on December 10, 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pike County, p. 458A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pike County, District 1, p. 975. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Pike County, District 1, p. 193B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pike County, Pikeville, p. 23B. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0423. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Pike County Marriages, Film 000839494. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, KY, National 94286, State 1962. U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application 716277. William Ely, The Big Sandy Valley: A History of the People and the Country from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, reprint ed., (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969), pp. 45-55. "COL John Dils Jr. (1818-1895)," Find A Grave, Memorial 5134800, accessed December 8, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5134800. Pikeville, Kentucky P00013681 Categories: Places

Seat of Pike County, Kentucky. Incorporated in 1848. Originally named Piketon.

37.4793, -82.5188 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 233. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Pikeville, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on November 6, 2020). 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). Pike Circuit Court O00000488 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 11th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): William H. Burns and Richard A. Apperson, Jr. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): J. M. Nesbitt and J. Saige Dury. Clerk(s): S. K. Damron and H. Ford.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 355-59. 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. Piketon, Pike County,Kentucky 1865-12-09 Petition English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 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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Piketon, Ky. Dec. 9th '65 To His Excellency Gov Bramlette

An Indictment for Tippling was found at the present term of our Circuit Court against James Black -- a colored man -- &, although he could really have demurred the same out of Court, on account of his not being a free man -- but as this might have prejudiced him in an other important matter, he did not choose thus to gratify those who were instrumental in indicting him, & went into court & confessed, & now throws himself upon the mercy of your excellency for pardon.

The undersigned vouch for his character as an upright, industrious, & really respected black man -- being an exception from the majority of his race, in all the elements of a good citizen, & believeing, & knowing the liquor to have been sold under peculiar circumstances through the agency of white men takeing advantage of him, they ask your excellency to remit the fine.

I fully endorse the Above Statement & Petition J. S. Dury Comth Atty. A. E. Adams Jno Dils Jr

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Pike Circuit Ct vs James Black $60, Tipling Remitted 16 Dec/65