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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-0001-005-0059 BR7-101

Catlettsburg, Boyd 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. Calvin Dyer (Clinton County, Kentucky, farmer) N00005317 1817? Categories: People

Clinton County, Kentucky, farmer. Tennessee native. Married to Emily Dyer. Father of Nancy E. Dyer, Henry C. Dyer, Ellender Dyer, Pleasant Dyer, Martha J. Dyer, Samuel Dyer, and Brownlow Dyer. Farmer in Clinton County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton, p. 18. James D. Jones (Boyd County, Kentucky, attorney, county attorney, and NP) N00002350 1837? Categories: People

Boyd County, Kentucky, attorney and notary public. Kentucky native. Son of Elizabeth A. Jones. Attorney in Catlettsburg, Kentucky, in 1860. Confirmed as a notary public in Boyd County on February 5, 1861. County attorney for Boyd County in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Calvin Dyer (Clinton County, Kentucky, farmer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 109. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 102A-B. KYR-0001-005-0059. KYR-0001-017-0062. John Brough (Twenty-sixth Governor of the State of Ohio, newspaper editor, railroad president, and politician.) N00008365 1811-09-17 1865-08-29 Categories: People

Twenty-sixth Governor of the State of Ohio, newspaper editor, railroad president, and politician. Washington County, Ohio, native. Son of John Brough and Jane Garnet Brough. Married to Achsah Pruden Brough in Athens County, Ohio, on November 30, 1832. Father of Mary Brough. Married to Caroline A. Nelson Brough. Father of Emma Brough, Caroline Brough, and Anna Brough. Owner of the Washington County Republican from 1831 to 1833. Clerk of the Senate of the State of Ohio from 1835 to 1838. Member of the House of the Representatives of the State of Ohio from 1838 to 1839. Auditor of the State of Ohio from 1839 to 1845. Railroad president in Jefferson County, Indiana, in 1850. Railroad president in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1860. Employed Mary [Unknown], Ann [Unknown] and John Coon as servants in Cuyahoga County in 1860. Governor of the State of Ohio from January 11, 1864, to August 29, 1865.

Relationships Legal: Calvin Dyer (Clinton County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John Ritchie (Louisville, Kentucky, thief) Legal: Ethelinda Rielea (Louisville, Kentucky) Legal: James D. Jones (Boyd County, Kentucky, attorney, county attorney, and NP) Political: William Henry Smith (Ohio, newspaper editor and 16th Secretary of State) Legal: Samuel Thomas (Hamilton County, Ohio, deputy sheriff) Legal: James Wilson (Hamilton County, Ohio, fugitive from justice.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Indiana, Jefferson County, Madison War 8, p. 124A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland Ward 2, p. 748. Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Athens County Marriages, 1805-1864, Film 000311592. "John Brough," The Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, OH), August 30, 1865, p. 2. Osman Castle Hooper, "John Brough," Ohio Archæological and Historical Publications, vol. XIII (Columbus: Fred. J. Heer, 1904), 40-70. "John Brough (1811-1865)," Find A Grave, Memorial 18779, accessed October 18, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18779. Catlettsburg, Kentucky P00001173 Categories: Places

Seat of Boyd County, Kentucky. Located on the confluence of the Ohio River and Big Sandy River.

38.4048, -82.6004 "Catlettsburg, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 8, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. James C. Powers, "Catlettsburg," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 170. Scioto County, Ohio P00005316 Categories: Places

County in southeastern Ohio. Seat at Portsmouth. Located on the Ohio River.

38.7317, -82.9977 “Historical Information,” Scotio County Commissioners, accessed March 2, 2017, http://sciotocountydirectory.net/scodc/historical.html. "Portsmouth, Ohio," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed January 18, 2022, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky 1865-03-26 Correspondence 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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Catlettsburg Ky March 26 1865 Govener Bramlett Sir

Enclosed is a certified copy of an indictment against Calvin Dyer for feloniously receiving stolen goods he has forfeited his recognizence and is now in scioto county ohio please have a requisition for him

Yours

J D Jones County Atty

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Requisition on Governor of Ohio issued & -- apptd Agent to make demand 31st Mch 1865