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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-0001-005-0025 BR7-48

Lancaster, Garrard 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. Nicholas Sandifer (Judge of Garrard County Court) N00004743 1818-03-18 1905-02-24 Categories: People

Lancaster, Kentucky, county judge. Kentucky native. Married to Mary J. Green Sandifer in Garrard County, Kentucky, on August 14, 1845. Presiding judge of Garrard County Court from c1860 to c1864.

Relationships Legal: Garrard County Court Legal: John Tanner (Garrard Co. ) Legal: William Jennings Landram (Garrard County, Kentucky, clerk and colonel 19th KY Inf USA) Military: Garrard County Home Guard

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard, Lancaster, p. 4. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #000183256, Garrard County Marriages, p. 35. Nicholas Sandifer, “Autobiography: Of Judge Nicholas Sandifer,” The Register of Kentucky Historical Society 60, No. 3 (July, 1962), 167-82. Find A Grave, “Judge Nicholas Sandifer (March 18, 1818-February 24, 1905),” Memorial #82074083, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82074083 (accessed June 4, 2017). James H. Smith (Garrard County, Kentucky, soldier.) N00004744 1826? Categories: People

Garrard County, Kentucky, soldier. Commissioned in the 12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain on October 2, 1862. Charged with shooting Joshua Burdett in Garrard County on November 17, 1862. Fugitive from justice in February 1863. Commission cancelled on May 20, 1863.

Relationships Legal: Joshua Burdett (Garrard County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Garrard County Court Legal: Jas. H. [Hanks] (Garrard County, Kentucky, petitioner) Legal: Seymour Hopper (Garrard County, Kentucky, merchant) Legal: Houston Jackman (Garrard County, Kentucky, physician) Legal: Robert Elkin (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James W. Grant (Garrard County, Kentucky, dentist) Legal: Richard P. West (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Stephen Mary (Garrard, Co, Ky, petitioner) Legal: Jesse G. Sweeney (Garrard County, Kentucky, merchant) Legal: Benjamin F. Duncan (Garrard County, Kentucky, physician) Legal: Malcolm Henry Gill (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John S. Gill (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James L. Anderson (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Reid Leslie McMurtry (Garrard County, Kentucky, school teacher and druggist) Legal: James Allen Beazley (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Elijah H. Burnside (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Garrett Elkin (Garrard County, Kentucky, trader) Legal: Walter Cunningham Bailey (Garrard County, Kentucky, merchant) Legal: Lewis R. McMurtry (Garrard County, Kentucky, merchant) Legal: James A. Anderson (Garrard County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: John J. Huffman (Garrard County, Kentucky, tavern keeper) Legal: Robert Harrison (Livingston County, Missouri, farmer, soldier, and detective.) Legal: Garrard Circuit Court

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 260. "Telegraphic News," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), November 24, 1862, p. 3. KYR-0001-004-0353. KYR-0001-005-0025. Joshua Burdett (Garrard County, Kentucky, attorney) N00004745 1824-04-17 1862-12-11 Categories: People

Garrard County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Son of Nelson Burdett and America Letcher Samuel Burdett. Married to Edna W. Letcher Burdett in Garrard County on February 26, 1846. Father of William Burdett. Attorney in Garrard County in 1850. Attorney in Lancaster in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Lancaster, Kentucky, in 1860. Killed by James H. Smith in Garrard County on December 11, 1862.

Relationships Military: Garrard County Home Guard Military: Military Board of Kentucky Political: Military Board of Kentucky Political: Robert Colier (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer and capt & maj 7th KY Cav USA)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, Division 2, p. 288B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard, Lancaster, p. 643. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, Lancaster, p. 15A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Garrard County Marriages, Film 000183256. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), , pp. 216-7.. "Joshua Burdett (1824-1862)," Find A Grave, Memorial 90653933, accessed September 14, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90653933. KYR-0001-005-0025. Lancaster, Kentucky P001842 Categories: Places

Seat of Garrard County, Kentucky.

37.6195, -84.578 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 165. USGS: Earth Explorer, “Lancaster, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on November 23, 2020). 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. Garrard County Court O00000630 Categories: Organizations

Located in Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Nicholas Sandifer. Clerk(s): W. J. Landrum, James H. Smith, and W. H. Wherritt.

Relationships Legal: John Tanner (Garrard Co. )

“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. Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky 1864-03-07 Petition 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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Lancaster Ky March 7th 1864 To His Excellency Thos E. Bramlette Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky;

Your petitioner the undersigned N. Sandifer Presiding judge of the Garrard County Court respectfully states that on the 17th day of November 1862 one James H. Smith did unlawfully and feloniously shoot, kill and murder in the town of Lancaster one Joshua Burdett, a citizen of the town aforesaid; and that James H. Smith is now and has been for more than a year last past absent and so secrets himself that no officer of this commonwealth has been able to bring him before the proper tribunal; and that the case of murder is one of very extremely aggravated character: sherefore your petitioner asks and requests that as large a reward be offered for the apprehension of and delivery of said J. H. Smith to Jailor of Garrard County Ky as your Excellency may deem proper under the circumstances

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