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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-0001-005-0048 BR7-86 to BR7-87

Smithland, Livingston 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. John Robertson (Crittenden County, Kentucky) N00005283 Categories: People

Imprisoned for murder in Crittenden County, Kentucky. Escaped from jail on August 8, 1864.

Relationships Legal: [Unknown] [Unknown] (Killed by John Robertson in Crittenden County, Kentucky.) Legal: Livingston County Jail Legal: Thomas A. Leeper (Livingston County, Kentucky, farmer and jailer.)

KYR-0001-005-0048. Thomas A. Leeper (Livingston County, Kentucky, farmer and jailer.) N00005284 1826? Categories: People

Livingston County, Kentucky, farmer and jailer. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret Jarrett Leeper in Livingston County, Kentucky, on December 27, 1852. Father of John G. Leeper, Elizabeth J. Leeper, Harman King Leeper, Margaret L. Leeper, and Frederick Leeper. Farmer in Livingston County, Kentucky, in 1850. Jailer in Livingston County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Livingston County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, p. 331A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Smithland, p. 284. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Smithland, p. 365A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Smithland Precinct, p. 238B. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994045, Livingston County Births. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994045, Livingston County Deaths. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994045, Livingston County Marriages. [Unknown] [Unknown] (Killed by John Robertson in Crittenden County, Kentucky.) N00021264 Categories: People

Killed by John Robertson in Crittenden County, Kentucky.

KYR-0001-005-0048. Smithland, Kentucky P00004802 Categories: Places

Seat of Livingston County, Kentucky. Located at the junction of the Ohio River and Cumberland River.

37.1389, -88.4034 H. Lee Wallace, "Smithland" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 832. USGS: Earth Explorer, " Smithland, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 23, 2019). Kentucky P001800 Categories: Places

State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992). 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). Marion, Kentucky P00001367 Categories: Places

Seat of Crittenden County, Kentucky.

37.3328, -88.0811 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1987), 188. Livingston County Jail O00011549 Categories: Organizations

County jail in Livingston County, Kentucky.

Relationships Legal: James J. Baxter (Livingston County, Kentucky)

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SmithlandAugst /14th/64 His Execnely T. E. Bramlet Governor of Kentuck Dr Sir

I had a prisoner in my Jail by the name of John Robertsonfor murder, and he escaped on the 8 of August and he has not been hard from since his discription about 40 years Old wait about 150lb hight about 5 fee 10 Inches fair complection Black hair and blue Eyes, has Whiskers & Mustash, bad Teath and Slow spoken, dress dark brown Jeanes Coat vest & Pants, low black Hat and heavy Boots

Respectfully yours

T, A, Leeper J, L, C Livingston Co Ky

P S he was put in the Jaile for Killing am Man at Marion Crittenden Co Ky

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