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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, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 1863-1867 KYR-0001-005-0002 BR7-2 to BR7-3

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. William R. Brown (Clay County, Kentucky, farm laborer) N00000567 1836? Categories: People

Clay County, Kentucky, farm laborer. Kentucky native. Son of Easom S. Brown and Elizabeth G. Bledsoe. Farm laborer in Clay County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: James B. Lyttle (Manchester, Kentucky, sheriff) Familial: John C. Brown (Clay County, Kentucky, farm laborer) Legal: John S. M. Dickinson (Clay County Kentucky Judge) Legal: Clay County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay, District 1, p. 108B. John C. Brown (Clay County, Kentucky, farm laborer) N00000568 1842? Categories: People

Clay County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Son of Easom S. Brown and Elizabeth G. Bledsoe Brown. Married to Elisabeth Brown. Farm laborer in Clay County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: William R. Brown (Clay County, Kentucky, farm laborer) Legal: James B. Lyttle (Manchester, Kentucky, sheriff) Legal: John S. M. Dickinson (Clay County Kentucky Judge) Legal: Clay County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay, District 1, p. 108B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay, not stated, p. 107. James B. Lyttle (Manchester, Kentucky, sheriff) N00000569 1835? 1863? Categories: People

Manchester, Kentucky, sheriff. Virginia native. Married to Sally Ann Allen Lyttle. Sheriff in Manchester in 1860.

Relationships Legal: William R. Brown (Clay County, Kentucky, farm laborer) Legal: John C. Brown (Clay County, Kentucky, farm laborer) Legal: Clay County Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, District 1, p. 89. John S. M. Dickinson (Clay County Kentucky Judge) N00000571 1824-10-07 1903-06-08 Categories: People

Clay County, Kentucky, attorney and county judge. Tennessee native. Married to Mary E. Burchell Dickinson. Clerk in Claiborne County, Tennessee, in 1850. Household owned twelve enslaved persons in Claiborne County in 1850. Attorney in Clay County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Clay County in 1860. Presiding judge of the Clay County Court in 1862 and 1863. Attorney in Clay County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: John C. Brown (Clay County, Kentucky, farm laborer) Legal: William R. Brown (Clay County, Kentucky, farm laborer) Legal: Jacob Giltner (Clay County, Kentucky, murderer) Legal: Clay County Court Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: James B. Lyttle (Manchester, Kentucky, sheriff)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Claiborne County, Subdivision 7, p. 265B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Claiborne County, Subdivision 7. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, p. 23. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, p. 349B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, Precinct 1, p. 171A. “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. 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. 101. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 27299. "John Stewart Mcfarlane Dickinson (1824-1903)," Find A Grave, Memorial 132771650, accessed January 6, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132771650. 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. 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). Clay Circuit Court O00000372 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 12th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Granville Pearl. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): John Dishman and Hugh F. Finley. Clerk(s): George W. Price.

Relationships Legal: John S. M. Dickinson (Clay County Kentucky Judge) Legal: Alexander Selkirk (Clay County, Kentucky, blacksmith. ) Legal: John Bowlin (Clay County, Kentucky, farmer and convict)

“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. Manchester, Clay County, Kentucky 1863-09-21 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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Manchester Ky Sept 21st 1863 Hon Thos E, Bramlette Dear Sir

There was two men by the name of William Brown & John Brown committed to this Clay Countyjail for the murder of James B Lyttle a peace officer while in the discharge of his duty as an officer said Browns broke jail on thatthe night of the 20th Sept 1863, & are now running at large,

William Brown is about twenty six years old about five feet six or seven inches high & weighs about one hundred & forty five pounds, auburn hair, eyes of a yellowish caste, rather red complexion, quick spoken, lisps is speech, pleasant countinance, said to be left handed & has a scar thought to be on his left thigh caused by stabing himself

John Brown is about twenty one years old about five feet five or six inches high wighs about one hundred & forty or fifty pounds, Light flaxen hair eyes of grayish cast, swathy complexion, speaks but seldom, stearn & down countenance, one bone of his right arm has been broken,

These boys may try to join the arymy to escape punishment, I call them boys because they have rather a boyish look

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Yours Respectfully

J, S, M, Dickinson P, J, C, C, C,

P, S, the two Browns are brothers

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Clay County $250 -- Reward Wm Brown & John Brown