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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-0001-005-0033 BR7-62

Jefferson County, Kentucky Frederick Kohlman () N00005528 Categories: People

Indicted for larceny against William Vandersider in Jefferson Cicuit Court. Pardoned by Thomas E. Bramlette.

KYR-0001-005-0033. William Vondersider (Jefferson County) N00005529 Categories: People

Appears in the indictment of the Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Frederick Kohlman in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on May 9, 1864.

Relationships Legal: Frederick Kohlman ()

KYR-0001-005-0033. James Robert Dupuy (Commonwealth's Atty Louisville (7th) district) N002002 1831-08-04 1912-05-17 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney. Shelby County, Kentucky, native. Married to Florence Low Dupuy in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on February 24, 1863. Father of Andrew L. Dupuy. Attended law school at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from 1856 to 1857. Attended law school at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1857. Commonwealth's attorney for the 7th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1862 to 1866.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 9, p. 221B. 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. A Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Harvard University, for the Academical Year 1856-57: Second Term (Cambridge, Mass.: John Bartlett, 1857), 51. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000819616. Roger M. Grace, “J. R. Dupuy: Most Obscure DA in Los Angeles County’s History,” Perspectives, Los Angeles Metropolitan News-Enterprise, p. 7, November 4, 2006. "James Robert Dupuy (1831-1912)," Find A Grave, Memorial 90140026, accessed August, 8, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90140026. James P. Chambers (Jefferson Co, Ky, court clerk and attorney) N002041 1830? 1898 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and court clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza Chambers. Father of Samuel Chambers and Henry Chambers. Graduate of University of Louisville law school in 1847. Confirmed as a notary public in Jefferson County on February 5, 1861. Clerk of the Jefferson Circuit Court from 1861 to 1866.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 71. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 7007129: Jefferson County, Books 9-11, p. 445. Catalogue of the Officers and Students in the Law Department of the University of Louisville, Session of 1859-’60 (Louisville: Hull & Brother, 1860), 9. Edwards’ Annual Directory to the Inhabitants, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business Firms, Etc., in the City of Louisville, for 1865-6, eds. Edward, Greenough, and DeVed (Louisville: Edward, Greenough, & DeVed, 1866), 243. Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 54. 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), 303-308. 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), 301-306. 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), 347-350. KYR-0001-017-0062. Archibald A. Quarrier (Louisville book keeper) N00005530 1810? 1883-02-22 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, bookkeeper. Virginia native. Married to Mary Quarrier. Bookkeeper in Louisville in 1860.

Relationships Legal: John Welch (Jefferson County, KY, soldier (USA), murder suspect)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson, Louisville Ward 6, p. 127. Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 199. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Roll #70007126, Louisville, Books 5-6, p. 303. Peter B. Muir (Louisville, KY, attorney and circuit judge 5th Jud Distr) N002003 1822-10-19 1911-11-03 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Nelson County, Kentucky, native. Son of Jasper Muir and Isabella Brown Muir. Married to Sophronia Rizer Muir. Father of Bell Muir, Thomas R. Muir, Sydney S. Muir, Upton W. Muir, Lilian Muir, Nellie Muir, and Sophronia Muir. Graduated from Hanover College in Jefferson County, Indiana. Attorney in Nelson County, Kentucky. Opened law practice in partnership with Thomas Riley in Louisville in 1852. Circuit judge of the 5th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1858 to 1864.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1859 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 289. 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. “Career Ended: Judge P. B. Muir Succumbs in Ninetieth Year,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), November 4, 1911, p. 8. "Peter B. Muir" in Biographical Cyclopedia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, (Chicago: John M. Gresham Company, 1896), 10-11. Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Kentucky State Bar Association Held in Louisville, KY. July 10 and 11, 1912. (Henderson, KY: Henderson Job House, ND) 40-44. 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. Jefferson County, Kentucky P001005 Categories: Places

County in north central Kentucky. Seat at Louisville. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2542, -85.7594 George H. Yater, "Jefferson County," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 464-67. "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 23, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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. Jefferson Circuit Court O001000 1850 Categories: Organizations

Part of the 7th Judicial District of Kentucky. Serves Jefferson County, Kentucky, with courthouse at Louisville. Judge(s): Peter B. Muir, George W. Johnston. Commonwealth's Attorney(s): Edwin S. Craig, James R. Dupuy. Clerk(s): James P. Chambers

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. Edwards’ Annual Directory to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business Firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville for 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough, & Deved, pub., 1866), 155. J. D. Campbell’s Louisville Business Directory for 1864, ed. J. D. Campbell (Louisville: L. A. Civill, Publisher, Bookseller, Printer and Bookbinder, 1864), 70. Tanner’s Louisville Directory, and Business Advertiser for 1861, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 324. Jefferson County, Kentucky 1864-05-09 Legal/Financial English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 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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The Commonwealth of Kentucky, AGAINST

Frederick Kohlman

Jefferson Circuit Court, May Term, A. D. 1864.

The Grand Jurors of the County of Jefferson in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse Frederick Kohlman of the Crime of Grand forgLarceny committed in manner and form as follows, to=wit: The said Frederick Kohlman in the said County of Jefferson on the day of March A. D. 1864 feloniously took & Carried away one United States Treasury Note of the value & Denomination of Twenty dollars, & another United States Note of the value & denomination of twenty dollars, & one United States Treasury Note of the value & denomination of ten dollars, & divers & sundry United States Treasury notes of different sizes & denominations towit ones & twos amounting to the value of seventy four dollars then and there being found, the property of William Vondersider -- contrary to the form of the statute in such cases, made and provided against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

J R Dupuy Commonwealth's Attorney.

Witnesses

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Att Jas P Chambers c J c c

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The within & foregoing indictment was returned by the Grand Jury a true bill. May 2. 1864. and in the 9 day of May 1864 said Case was given to the Jury who returned the following verdict

We of the Jury find the accused guilty of the charge in the indictment & say he shall be Confined in the Jail & Penitentiary for the term of one year, and under the existing Circumstances particularly recommend him to the Clemency of the Executive

A A Quarrier foreman

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Jas P Chambers c J c c

May 9th 1864

The accused is a boy- this, I am satisfied, is his first offence, He proved a good character upon his trial and promises to live honestly in the future. This seems to me a proper case for Executive clemency and I respectfully ^ask^ your Excellency to grant him a pardon

P. B. Muir

J R Dupuy Com Atto.

Jefferson Cir Ct vs F, Kohlman

The Commonwealth of Kentucky, Indictment. vs }

Pardon Granted

Tho E Bramlette

Grand Larceny One Year

A True Bill. 11th May/64 Foreman.