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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-0001-005-0032 BR7-60 to BR7-61

Livingston County, Kentucky Peter Horace Conant (farmer, Livingston County) N00005997 1809? Categories: People

Livingston County, Kentucky, farmer and judge. Massachusetts native. Son of Joseph Conant and Patience Sawyer Conant. Married to Mary Ann Bowers Conant in Leominster County, Massachusetts, on February 9, 1832. Father of Horace Conant, George H. Conant, John H, Conant, Abby M. Conant, Peter A. Conant, Charles W. Conant, and Edward T. Conant. Tannery proprietor in Livingston County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Livingston County in 1860. Election judge for Precinct No. 1 with Jesse Thompson.

Relationships Legal: Livingston Circuit Court Political: Milton H. Carson (physician, Livingston County) Political: William Canada (Livingston County, KY, farmer) Political: Chesley Haynes (town marshall, Smithland, Kentucky) Political: Isaac Trimble Handlin (Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge.) Political: David B. Sanders (Livingston County, Kentucky, physician.) Political: Newton Harvey Bigham (lawyer, Livingston County) Social: Volney Baker (McLean County, Kentucky, farmer and Captain (U.S.A.))

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Smithland, p. 384A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston, Division 3, p. 149. KYR-0001-005-0032. Massachusetts, US., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Massachusetts Vital and Town Records, Holbrook, MA, Leominster County Marriages, 1620-1988, p. 185. Frederick Odell, A History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America: Thirteen Generations, 1520-1887: Containing also some Genealogical Notes on the Connet, Connett, and Connit Families (Portland, Maine: Harris & Williams, 1887) 189. Jesse Thompson (Livingston County) N00005998 Categories: People

Election judge for Precinct No. 1 in Livingston County alongside P.H. Conant.

Relationships Legal: Livingston Circuit Court Political: Peter Horace Conant (farmer, Livingston County) Political: Milton H. Carson (physician, Livingston County) Political: William Canada (Livingston County, KY, farmer) Political: Chesley Haynes (town marshall, Smithland, Kentucky) Political: Isaac Trimble Handlin (Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge.) Political: David B. Sanders (Livingston County, Kentucky, physician.) Political: Newton Harvey Bigham (lawyer, Livingston County)

KYR-0001-005-0032. Milton H. Carson (physician, Livingston County) N00005999 1807-06-20 1886-12-09 Categories: People

Livingston County, Kentucky, physician. Texas native. Married to Louisa B. Carson. Physician in Livingston County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Livingston Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston, Smithland, p. 105. Find A Grave, “Dr Milton H Carson (June 20, 1807-December 9, 1886),” Memorial #74301632, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=74301632 (accessed June 4, 2017). Charles Anderson Wickliffe (KY attorney and politician) N00000816 1788-06-08 1869-10-31 Categories: People

Kentucky attorney and politician. Educated at preparatory schools. Admitted to the bar in 1809. Attorney in Bardstown, Kentucky. Married to Margaret Crepps Wickliffe. Father of Elizabeth B Wickliffe Kinkead, Mary Wickliffe Merrick, Robert Charles Wickliffe, Margaret Wickliffe Holt, Nancy Christian Wickliffe Yulee, and Julia Wickliffe Beckham. Aide to General Joseph Winlock and aide to General Samuel Caldwell in the War of 1812. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1812 to 1813. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1822, 1823, and from 1833 to 1835. Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1834. Served the Fifth Congressional District of Kentucky as a Jackson Republican member of the House of Representatives of the United States from 1823 to 1824 and as a Jacksonian from 1825 to 1832. Served the Fifth Congressional District of Kentucky as a Unionist member of the House of Representatives of the United States from 1861 to 1863. Lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1836 to 1839. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1839 to 1840. United States Postmaster General from 1841 to 1845. Special agent to the Republic of Texas under U.S. President James K. Polk in 1845. Member of the 1849 Kentucky Constitutional Convention. Member of the peace conference held in Washington, D.C. in 1861. Unsuccessfully campaigned as a Kentucky Peace Democrat for governor in 1863 against Thomas E. Bramlette. Delegate to the 1864 Democratic National Convention.

Relationships Military: Scott Brown (Franklin County, KY, Adjutant genl of KY, farmer) Military: Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss (Quincy, Illinois, merchant, attorney, & general U.S.Army, col of 10th Ill Inf USA)

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, s.v. “Wickliffe, Charles Anderson,” (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000442) (accessed December 12, 2016). “Wickliffe, Charles Anderson,” The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 950-951. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District No.2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District No 1, p. 8. Find a Grave, “Charles Anderson Wickliffe (June 8, 1788-October 31, 1869),” Memorial #15525364, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15525364, (accessed December 12, 2016). John Barrett (Commonwealth's Attorney) N00006000 Categories: People

Livingston County, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney. Commonwealth's attorney for the Fourteenth Judicial District from 1862 to 1865.

Relationships Legal: Livingston Circuit Court Legal: Richard L. Threldkeld (Livingston County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Legal: Anthony Birdwell (Livingston County farmer and slaveholder) Legal: Andrew Cheek (Livingston County, Kentucky, resident.) Legal: Littleton R. Cheek (Livingston County tinner) Legal: James W. Cade (clerk of Livingston Circuit Court) Legal: David B. Sanders (Livingston County, Kentucky, physician.)

“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. James Campbell Hodge, Sr. (lawyer, Livingston County.) N00006001 1843-11-04 1906-11-14 Categories: People

Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney. Married to Julia Hodge. Father of James Campbell Hodge and Robert Scantland Hodge. Attorney in Livingston County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Livingston Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston, Smithland, p. 94. Find A Grave, “James Campbell Hodge, Sr. (November 4, 1843-November 14, 1906),” Memorial #73910898, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=73910898 (accessed June 4, 2017). J. W. Richardson (blacksmith, Livingston County) N00006002 1821? Categories: People

Livingston County, Kentucky, blacksmith. Kentucky native. Blacksmith in Livingston County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Livingston Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston, Smithland, p. 95. James W. Cade (clerk of Livingston Circuit Court) N00006003 1820-01-18 1904-11-17 Categories: People

Livingston County, Kentucky, circuit and county clerk. Married to Helen Mary Miles Cade. Father of Richard W. Cade, Ida Cade Davis, and Lora Cade Webb. Clerk in Livingston Circuit Court in Livingston County from 1855 to 1866. Clerk in Livingston County Court in Livingston County from 1859 to 1865. Owned three enslaved persons in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Livingston Circuit Court Economic: Livingston Circuit Court Legal: David B. Sanders (Livingston County, Kentucky, physician.) Social: Albert Elmore (Livingston County, KY, carpenter)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston, Smithland, p. 106. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston, Smithland, p. 12. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1855,” in 1856 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: A. G. Hodges, State Printer, 1856), 355. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1859,” in 1860 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 357-359. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860,” in 1861 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 306-308. “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. Find A Grave, “James W. Cade (January 18, 1820-November 17, 1904),” Memorial #46928613, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=46928613 (accessed June 4, 2017). R. S. Boyd (farmer, Livingston County) N00006004 1816? Categories: People

Livingston County, Kentucky, farmer. Married to Sarah Lucinda Crawford on March 23, 1837. Farmer in Livingston County, Kentucky in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Livingston Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston, Division 1, p. 29. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #000318176, Livingston County Marriages, p. 11. W. Canada (Livingston County) N00006005 Categories: People

Appears in the indictment of the Commonwealth of Kentucky v. P. H. Conant and Jesse Thompson in Livingston County, Kentucky.

Relationships Legal: Livingston Circuit Court Social: Albert Elmore (Livingston County, KY, carpenter)

KYR-0001-005-0032. Lawrence Strother Trimble (Paducah congressman) N00005723 1826-08-26 1904-08-09 Categories: People

Paducah, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Fleming County, Kentucky, native. Son of James Trimble and Harriet Tripplet Trimble. Admitted to the bar in Maysville, Kentucky, in 1844. Practiced law in Paducah after 1847. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Paducah from 1851 to 1852. Circuit Judge of the First Judicial District of Kentucky from 1856 to 1859. Elector on the Democratic Party ticket of Stephen A. Douglas in 1860. President of the Ohio and New Orleans Railroad Company from 1860 to 1865. Member of the House of Representatives of the United States from the First Congressional District of Kentucky from March 4, 1865 to March 3, 1871.

"Trimble, Lawrence Strother (1825 - 1904)," in The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000375 (accessed September 26, 2017); The Biographical Encyclopedia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century (Cincinnati, OH: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 447-48; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, District No. 2, p. 97. Chesley Haynes (town marshall, Smithland, Kentucky) N00006006 1829? Categories: People

Smithland, Kentucky, town marshal. Mississippi native. Town marshal in Smithland in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Livingston Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston, Smithland, p. 90. David B. Sanders (Livingston County, Kentucky, physician.) N00006007 1807-03-10 1867-08-04 Categories: People

Livingston County, Kentucky, physician. Kentucky native. Married to Jane W. Lillard Sanders. Father of David Sanders, William Sanders, Irene Sanders Webb, Lizzie J Sanders, and Katie Sanders Ruby. Physician in Livingston County in 1860. Owned thirty enslaved persons in 1860.

Relationships Slavery: Henry Sanders (Livingston County, Kentucky, laborer. ) Slavery: [unknown] Hill (Livingston County overseer for D.B. Sanders) Legal: Livingston Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Smithland, p. 283 Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Smithland, p. 365A. Dr. David B. Sanders (March 10, 1807-August 4, 1867), Find A Grave, Memorial #73784178, August 8, 2019, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73784178. Isaac Trimble Handlin (Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge.) N00006008 1832-02-14 1882-05-09 Categories: People

Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Livingston County, Kentucky, native. Son of Joseph Handlin and Catherine C. Trimble Handlin. Married to Rosa B. Clark Handlin in Marshall County, Kentucky, on February 16, 1859. Father of William R. Handlin, Clara Handlin, and Margaret Handlin. Attended school in Crittenden County, Kentucky, in 1850. Attorney in Livingston County, Kentucky, in 1860. Presiding judge of the Livingston Circuit Court in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Livingston Circuit Court Social: Albert Elmore (Livingston County, KY, carpenter) Legal: State of Illinois

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 1, p. 213B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Smithland, p. 249B. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994048, Marshall County Marriages. Eugene Earl Trimble, Trimble Families: A Partial Listing of the Descendants of Some Colonial Families (Kensington, MD: 1958), 154-5, 170-1. "I T Handlin (1832-1882)," Find A Grave, Memorial 74612574, accessed March 3, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74612574. KYR-0001-025-0012. [unknown] Cowgill (Candidate for Representative to U.S. Congress) N00006009 Categories: People

Candidate for Representative to U.S. Congress.

KYR-0001-005-0032. Newton Harvey Bigham (lawyer, Livingston County) N00006010 1831-10-03 1913 Categories: People

Smithland, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Resident in Livingston County in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Livingston Circuit Court

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston, Smithland, p. 6. Find A Grave, “Newton Harvey Bigham (October 3, 1831-1913),” Memorial #144981867, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=144981867 (accessed June 4, 2017). KYR-0001-005-0032. Charles Grimes Halstead (farmer, Livingston County) N00005992 1812-12-04 1894-10-09 Categories: People

Livingston County, Kentucky, farmer. Married to Martha Ann Barnes on August 3, 1837. Father of Mahaley Halstead and Mary Ann Halstead. Married to Sarah Jane Malacia Boyd Halstead on February 17, 1842. Father of Richard P. Halstead, Mildred Halstead, Eliza Halstead, Charles Halstead, and Rebecca Halstead. Justice of the Peace in Livingston County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Livingston County in 1850. Farmer in Livingston County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Livingston County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Livingston Circuit Court Political: Anthony Foster (farmer, Livingston County) Political: William H. Yancy (Marshall Co. postmaster/ livingston Co. farmer) Political: John Jones (farmer, Livingston County) Political: G. S. Walker (Livingston County) Social: Albert Elmore (Livingston County, KY, carpenter)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, p. 324A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, p. 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston, Division 3, p. 307. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston, Division 3, p. 265B. “Charles Grimes Halstead (1812-1894),” Find A Grave, Memorial 47098227, accessed June 4, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47098227. Anthony Foster (farmer, Livingston County) N00005993 1830? Categories: People

Livingston County, Kentucky, farmer. Married to Margaret V. Walker on December 22, 1857. Farmer in Livingston County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Livingston Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston, Division 3, p. 124. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #unknown, Marshall County Marriages, p. 1. William Brown Read (Lawyer and State Senator) N00001719 1817-12-14 1880-08-05 Categories: People

Hodgenville, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Hardin County, Kentucky, native. Married S. R. Read. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1857 to 1865. Delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in Charleston, South Carolina, and Baltimore, Maryland, in 1860. Unsuccessful candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky in 1863. Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, in 1864.

Relationships Political: Anthony Foster (farmer, Livingston County) Political: Charles Grimes Halstead (farmer, Livingston County) Political: Thomas M. Groon (Livingston County, Kentucky, election judge ) Social: George W. Brownfield (LaRue County, Kentucky, blacksmith)

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, “William Brown Read,” http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000094. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, LaRue County, Hodgenville, p. 150. William H. Yancy (Marshall Co. postmaster/ livingston Co. farmer) N00005062 1828-03-25 1878-04-24 Categories: People

Marshall County, Kentucky, farmer. Alabama native. Married to Susan A. E. Walker Yancy on December 14, 1852. Father of John T. Yancy, Edward O. Yancy, and William D. Yancy. Appointed postmaster of Briensburg, Marshall County, Kentucky, on May 1, 1856. Farmer in Marshall County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Livingston Circuit Court

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky, Roll #994048, Marshall County Marriages, p. 1. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 (National Archives Microfilm Publication, M841, Roll 47: Kentucky, Knox - Marshall Counties), Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, NARA., p. 673. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Division 3, p. 129. Find A Grave, "W. H. Yancy (1828-1878)," Memorial #48427892, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=48427892&ref=acom (accessed 14 June 2016). C. Bennett (Livingston County, resident and prov govt) N00005994 Categories: People

Member of the convention of the provisional government held in Russellville, Kentucky, in November 1861. Appears in the indictment of the Commonwealth of Kentucky vs P.H. Conant and Jesse Thompson in Livingston County, Kentucky, in May 1864.

KYR-0001-005-0032. KYR-0004-033-0001. John Jones (farmer, Livingston County) N00005995 1816-10-19 1868-05-04 Categories: People

Livingston County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary M. Jones. Father of Sylvester Jones, Mary E. Jones, Margaret A. Jones, John A. Jones, Gilbert A. Jones, Finis M. Jones, and Charles Jones. Farmer in Livingston County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Livingston Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population/Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Division 3, p. 132. Find A Grave, “John Jones, (October 19, 1816-May 4, 1868),” Memorial #70603621, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70603621/john-jones (accessed January 10, 2018). G. S. Walker (Livingston County) N00005996 Categories: People

Was refused a vote for C. A. Wickliffe for governor, L. S. Trimble for congress, and C. Bennett for legislature in 1863.

Relationships Legal: Livingston Circuit Court

KYR-0001-005-0032. 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. Livingston County, Kentucky P00002063 Categories: Places

County in far western Kentucky. Seat at Smithland. Located on the Ohio River and Cumberland River.

37.2431, -88.3628 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 176. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Livingston County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on April 7, 2020). 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. Livingston Circuit Court O00000420 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 14th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): William P. Fowler. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): L. M. Low, John Barrett, and Benjamin P. Cissell. Clerk(s): James W. Cade.

“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. 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. United States Congress O00005496 1789 Categories: Organizations

Organized in the Constitution of the United States, Congress, which consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate, is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.

Relationships Political: Lawrence Strother Trimble (Paducah congressman) Political: P. N. Smith (Jessamine County) Political: Woodson Dickerson (Nicholasville, Kentucky, druggist) Political: S. Noland (Commonwealth attorney) Political: Melvin T. Lowry (Jessamine County, Kentucky, county and circuit court clerk) Political: William R. Welch (Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky, farmer, attornery, and notary public) Political: John B. Cook (Nicholasville, Kentucky, grocery keeper) Political: William H. Daniel (Jessamine County, Kentucky, resident, prov govt)

United States Senate, Origins and Development, https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/OriginsDevelopment.htm. United States House of Representatives, _House History Timeline, 1700-1799, http://history.house.gov/Education/Timeline/1700s/; United States Constitution, Article I. Livingston County, Kentucky Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 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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Livingston Circuit Court The Commonwealth of Kentucky Against P. H. Conant & Jesse Thompson

The Grand Jury of Livingston County in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse P. H. Conant & Jesse Thompson of the offense of wrongfully refusing a vote at an Election committed as follows viz:

The said P. H. Conant & Jesse Thompson on the 3rd day of August 1863. in the County aforesaid being Judges of an Election at Precinct No 1. in said County did Knowingly and unlawfully Refuse M. H. Carson a qualified voter of said County to permit him to vote at said Election for the following named person Viz C. A. Wickliffe a candidate for Governor of Kentucky at said election Against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

John Barrett Commonwealths attorney 14 Judicial

Information by M. H. Carson J. C. Hodge J. W. Richardson

A Copy att J W. Cade C L c c

Endorsed "A True Bill" Signed "R. S. Boyd forman Grand Jury" Attest J. W. Cade Clk

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The Indictment a Copy whereof may be seen on the 1st page of this sheet was filed in Court. Bail fixed at $100. & process awarded on the 18th day of February 1864, at the same time were filed another against same parties of same for Refusing a vote to W. Canada for C A Wickliffe for Governor & L. S. Trimble for Congress. another for Refusing to permit C. Haynes a vote for Wickliffe Another for Refusing D. B. Sanders a like vote. another for refusing J. T. Handlin a vote for C A Wickliffe for Governor and Cowgillfor Congress. and another for Refusing N. H. Bigham to vote for Wickliffe making Six against said parties. Also at said time said Grand Jury Returned "a true bill" four indictments against Thomas M Groon and C. G. Halstead Judges of Election in Precinct No 2. the first for refusing Anthony Foster a vote for C A Wickliffe for Governor. and for W B Read for Lt Governor

2nd for Refusing W. H. Yanceya vote for C A Wickliffe for Governor. L. S. Trimble for Congress & C Bennett for the Legislature

3rd for Refusing John Jones a like vote

4th for refusing G. S. Walker a like vote.

Attest James W. Cade C L c c

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FrankfortMay 2" 1864

The interference of the Military with elections is ever to be deplored as endangering the security which the free elective franchise alone can give, But the officers who acted under the Constraint of Military force should not be held Criminally accountable for an act not voluntary but constrained by duress-- I therefore order a pardon for the offence charged on each of the within named cases --

Thos E Bramlette