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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-0001-005-0054 BR7-96

Franklin, Simpson 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. Ellis Harper (Captain, Harper's Partisan Rangers) N00005296 1842? 1908-06-28 Categories: People

Tennessee, captain. Enlisted in the 30th Tennessee Infantry and was captured at the Battle of Fort Donelson on February 16, 1862. Escaped at an undetermined date and joined with General John Hunt Morgan, who procured a Captain’s commission for Harper. Harper’s Partisan Rangers were active along the Louisville & Nashville rail line in Confederate territory under occupation by Union forces. Harper and his men surrendered and were paroled on May 9, 1865.

Find A Grave, “Capt Ellis Harper (1842-June 28, 1908),” Memorial #98967383, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=98967383 (accessed June 5, 2017); Sons of Confederate Veterans, Tennessee Chapter, Captain Ellis Harper: Partisan Raider, http://www.tennessee-scv.org/harper.html William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow (Seventeenth governor of the State of Tennessee, newspaper editor, and politician.) N00005294 1805-08-29 1877-04-29 Categories: People

Knoxville, Tennessee, newspaper editor, politician, and seventeenth governor of Tennessee. Wythe County, Virginia, native. Son of Joseph A. Brownlow and Catherine Gannaway Brownlow. Married to Eliza O'Brien Brownlow. Father of Susan Brownlow, John B. Brownlow, James P. Brownlow, Mary Brownlow, Fannie Brownlow, Annie Brownlow, and Caledonia T. Brownlow. Traveling minister from 1826 to 1836. Editor of Brownlow's Whig in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, from 1839 to 1865. Employed William O'Brien, Francis Small, William Neal, and Hannibal Lathan as printers in Knoxville in 1850. Governor of the State of Tennessee from 1865 to 1869.

Relationships Legal: Ellis Harper (Captain, Harper's Partisan Rangers) Political: State of Tennessee Political: Andrew Jackson Fletcher (Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, attorney and Tennessee Secretary of State) Political: Executive Department, Tennessee Political: United States Congress Legal: John Davis (Charged with larceny in Davidson County, Tennessee, in May 1865.) Legal: S.P. Smith (Agent of the State of Tennessee in the requisition of John Davis from Kentucky in 1865.) Political: William N. Smith (Williamson County, Tennessee, farmer and justice of the peace.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, Knoxville, p. 107B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, District 1, p. 97. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, Knoxville Ward 3, p. 378A. "Death of Ex-Senator W.G. Brownlow," The Morristown Gazette (Morristown, TN), May 2, 1877, p. 2. Zella Armstrong, Notable Southern Families, vol. 1 (Chattanooga, TN: The Lookout Publishing Co., 1918), 39-45. "William Gannaway Brownlow (1805-1877)," Find A Grave, Memorial 6842094, accessed April 26, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6842094. George W. Dalton (Simpson County, sheriff) N00005300 1837-01-18 1914-11-04 Categories: People

Simpson County, Kentucky, sheriff. Married to Elmedia Dalton. Sheriff in Simpson County in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Ellis Harper (Captain, Harper's Partisan Rangers) Legal: William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow (Seventeenth governor of the State of Tennessee, newspaper editor, and politician.) Legal: Simpson Circuit Court Social: Samuel F. Johnson (Leavenworth Count, Kansas, druggist and soldier) Social: Arden Richard McClanahan (Simpson County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Allen Circuit Court

KYR-0001-005-0054. Find A Grave, "George W. Dalton (January 18, 1837-November 4, 1914)," Memorial #54613399, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54613399 (accessed January 22, 2018). William B. Jones (Simpson Co, KY, Commonwealth's Attorney 4th District) N00005301 1816-02-04 Categories: People

Simpson County, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney. Barren County, Kentucky, native. Son of John Jones and Mary Young Jones. Married to Mary P. Lewis Jones on May 10, 1838. Father of Virgil A. Jones, Elenora I. Jones, Eugenia A. Jones, and John N. T. Jones. Married to Mary A. Mann Jones on April 14, 1846. Father of James S. Jones, Harriet B. Jones, Elizabeth Jones, and William O. Jones. Studied law under Franklin Gorin in Barren County, Kentucky. Attorney in Barren County in 1837. Attorney in Simpson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Simpson County in 1850. Commonwealth's attorney for the 4th Judicial District in Simpson County from 1858 to 1866.

Relationships Legal: Ellis Harper (Captain, Harper's Partisan Rangers) Legal: George W. Dalton (Simpson County, farmer and sheriff) Legal: William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow (Seventeenth governor of the State of Tennessee, newspaper editor, and politician.) Legal: Simpson Circuit Court Social: Samuel F. Johnson (Leavenworth Count, Kansas, druggist and soldier) Social: Arden Richard McClanahan (Simpson County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Fourth Judicial District of Kentucky Legal: Warren Circuit Court Political: Allen Circuit Court Political: George W. Dalton (Simpson County, farmer and sheriff) Legal: James M. Vance (Hart County, Kentucky, farmer. Fugitive from justice.) Legal: Alexander McHatton (Hart County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Legal: Richard James Oglesby (Fourteenth governor of the State of Illinois, soldier, attorney, and politician.) Legal: Hart Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 7B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 4. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 133. The Biographical Record of Logan County, Illinois (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1901), 227-28. Franklin, Kentucky P00005293 Categories: Places

Seat of Simpson County, Kentucky.

36.7223, -86.5772 “Franklin, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 6, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 108-09. Ron D. Bryant, "Franklin," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2002), 354. Sumner County, Tennessee P00005298 Categories: Places

Seat at Gallatin, Tennessee.

36.4718, -86.4997 Don Gee Lester, “Sumner County,” The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=1284, (accessed on February 18, 2020). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Sumner County, Tennessee," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on February 18, 2020). Robertson County, Tennessee P00005299 Categories: Places

Seat at Springfield, Tennessee.

36.5251, -86.8622 Yolanda Reid, “Robertson County,” The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=1136, (accessed on February 18, 2020). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Robertson County, Tennessee," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on February 18, 2020). Simpson County, Kentucky P00005295 Categories: Places

County in southwestern Kentucky. Seat at Franklin.

36.7223, -86.5772 “Franklin, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 6, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names, (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 272. Simpson Circuit Court O00000574 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 4th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Asher W. Graham, John W. Ritter (Equity and Criminal Court). Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): William B. Jones. Clerk(s): George H. Millikin, William M. Beson, and S. N. Forline.

Relationships Legal: Ellis Harper (Captain, Harper's Partisan Rangers)

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. KYR-0001-031-0010. Harpers Guerrilla Band O00005297 1862? 1865-05-09 Categories: Organizations

Partisan Rangers under the command of Captain Ellis Harper during the Civil War. The group was formed under orders from General John Hunt Morgan after Harper escaped from a Union Army prison following his capture after the Battle of Fort Donelson on February 16, 1862. Made up largely of individuals from Sumner and Robertson counties in northern Tennessee, the group raided Union camps and towns in occupied Tennessee and Kentucky on the railroad between Louisville and Nashville. Disbanded on May 9, 1865 when Harper and other men surrendered and were paroled near Gallatin, Tennessee.

Relationships Military: Ellis Harper (Captain, Harper's Partisan Rangers)

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Franklin Ky 10 Aug 1865 Gov Bramlette

I enclose you copies of eight Indictments Attested by our clerk, all of which are now pending in the Simpson Circuit Court, Thesey are as you will see against Harper & others. The others are those who composed a part of Harpers guerilla band, They are now spending most of their time in Sumner, and Robertson Counties Tennessee.

I wish to have them arrested under a requisition upon the Gov of Tennessee, We probably cannot obtain them all but may some of them, The resan I send so many against some of the parties is to reach others,

Send the requisition to me if proper to do so & I will forward to Gov Brownlow,

I would suggest George W Dalton of Franklin Ky as a Suitable agent to secure the parties if arrested. He is the Sheriff Simpson County and is true & discreet. Please attend to this forthwith this is important

Wm B Jones,

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Requisition upon Governor Tennessee issued & G. W. Dalton apptd Agent 17 Aug 1865