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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-0001-005-0015 BR7-25

Frankfort, Franklin 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. Samuel G. Suddarth (Adair Co, KY, atty, Quarter-master general of KY) N00000946 1822? Categories: People

Adair County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Amanda F. Baker Suddarth in Adair County, Kentucky, on January 18, 1848. Father of Clay Suddarth and Tyler Suddarth. Married to Nancy B. Baker Suddarth in April 1859. Father of Samuel Suddarth and James Suddarth. Attorney in Adair County in 1850. Attorney in Adair County in 1860. Quartermaster general of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to January 13, 1866.

Relationships Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: Kentucky Volunteers Military: Kentucky State Guard Military: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky Political: G. T. Spillman (Captain, Franklin County) Military: G. T. Spillman (Captain, Franklin County) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Jones A. Crawford (Lincoln County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt/1st Lieu Cav USA) Military: William D. Ratcliffe (Bracken Co, Ky, tavern keeper & capt 10th Cav USA) Military: 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Economic: United States Department of the Treasury Economic: John C. Wilson (Washington, D.C., printer and clerk.) Economic: Charles David Pennebaker (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, KY state rep & senator; col 27th KY Inf USA & state military agent) Military: United States Army Military: J. R. Hutchinson (Kentucky, acting surgeon (U.S.A.)) Economic: John B. Lindsey (Versailles, Kentucky, farmer, paymaster & organizer for KY militia) Economic: William A. Gaines (Frankfort, Kentucky, postmaster) Economic: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Economic: William Stewart (Clerk for Kentucky Inspector General) Economic: James Heron Graham (Frankfort, KY, telegraph operator) Military: Isaac Webb Scott (Louisville, Kentucky, physician, lieut col 5th KY Cav USA, and state surgeon general) Economic: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky Military: George Frederick Armor (Baltimore, Md, lieutenant and qm (U.S.A.)) Economic: William Bowling (Carter County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney, and politician.) Military: John McAuley Palmer (Military Governor of Kentucky) Political: Wiley Taul Poynter (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier) Economic: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Frankfort

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 2, 60A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 1, p. 153. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 27493. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994027, Adair County Births. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Adair County Marriages, Film 000830576. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), vii. 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. 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. Bank of Kentucky Branch at Frankfort O00005211 1834-02-22 Categories: Organizations

Headquarters of the State Bank of Kentucky. Chartered on February 22, 1834 and organized in June, 1835. Presidents: Isaac L. Hyatt, William Kendrick, and John W. Barr.

Relationships Economic: Samuel G. Suddarth (Adair Co, KY, atty, Quarter-master general of KY)

Basil W. Duke, History of the Bank of Kentucky, 1792-1895 (Louisville: John P. Morton & Company, 1895), 22, 138. Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky 1864-01-30 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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Office of the Quartermaster General, FOR THE STATE OF KENTUCKY Frankfort, Ky., Jany, 30, 1864. Gov. T. E. Bramlette

Please order into the Branch Bank of Kentucky, at Frankfort, Twenty Two Thousand Dollars, to my credit. ($22000)

Yours verry Resptly S. G. Suddarth Q, M, Genl

Approved Tho E Bramlette Govr

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Qr Mas Genl Requisition on Governor for $22,000. 30th Jany/64