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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-0001-005-0062 BR7-104

Owingsville, Bath 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. Wilkins Warren (Bath County, Kentucky, grocery keeper, 2nd lieut 24th KY Inf & 7th KY Cav USA, accused murderer & fugitive) N00003129 1834? Categories: People

Owingsville, Kentucky, grocery keeper and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of James L. Warren. Married to Sarah Warren. Father of James Warren and Viola Warren. Laborer in Bath County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned five enslaved persons in Bath County in 1850. Grocery keeper in Bath County in 1860. Served in the 24th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as second lieutenant from December 31, 1861, to April 14th, 1862. Served in the 7th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as second lieutenant from August 16, 1862, to August 30, 1862. Accused of the murder of [Unknown] Adams in Bath County on April 20, 1865.

Relationships Legal: Van B. Young (Owingsville, Kentucky, circuit clerk, attorney, and politician) Legal: Richard Apperson, Jr. (11th District Circuit Judge) Social: [Unknown] Adams (Letcher co, KY, murder victim in Bath Co) Familial: James L. Warren (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, 2nd Division, p. 19B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, 2nd Division, p. 304. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Bath, Wyoming, p. 193. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 206-07. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 176, 954. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 85 and Roll 372. KYR-0001-005-0062. [Unknown] Adams (Letcher co, KY, murder victim in Bath Co) N00005172 1865-04-20 Categories: People

Resident of Letcher County, Kentucky. Allegedly killed by Wilkins Warren in Bath County, Kentucky, on April 20, 1865.

Relationships Social: Wilkins Warren (Bath County, Kentucky, grocery keeper, 2nd lieut 24th KY Inf & 7th KY Cav USA, accused murderer & fugitive)

“Proclamation by the Governor,” The Frankfort Commonwealth, May 23, 1865. KYR-0001-005-0060. KYR-0001-005-0062. KYR-0002-060-0012. Van B. Young (Owingsville, Kentucky, circuit clerk, attorney, and politician) N00003130 1831? Categories: People

Owingsville, Kentucky, court clerk, attorney, U.S. marshal, police judge, and politician. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas I. Young and Elizabeth Young. Married to Mary R. Bell Young in Bath County, Kentucky, on June 26, 1856. Resident of Bath County in 1850. Studied law with Judge Thomas B. Monroe, Sr., in Frankfort, Kentucky. U.S. Marshal in Bath County. Attorney in Owingsville in 1860. Police judge of Owingsville in 1861. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Bath County from 1861 to 1863. Clerk of the Bath Circuit Court from 1862 to 1866.

Relationships Legal: Bath County Court Legal: Richard Apperson, Jr. (11th District Circuit Judge) Legal: Wilkins Warren (Bath County, Kentucky, grocery keeper, 2nd lieut 24th KY Inf & 7th KY Cav USA, accused murderer & fugitive) Legal: Bath Circuit Court Legal: James M. Nesbitt (Bath County, Kentucky, attorney & comm'th atty) Legal: James Andrew Jackson Lee (Owingsville, Kentucky, merchant) Legal: William Penrose Conner (Bath County, Kentucky, sheriff and soldier) Legal: George W. Conner (Bath County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Legal: John A. Turner, Jr. (Bath County, Kentucky, circuit clerk) Legal: Benjamin Daniel Lacy (Owingsville, Kentucky, attorney & county atty) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, 1st Division, p. 109B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath, Owingsville, p. 1. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058, Fayette County Marriages, p. 7 of 29 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). “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), 301-06. “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), 347-50. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky (Louisville, KY: Richard H. Collins, 1877), 47. H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 137. KYR-0001-017-0065. Owingsville, Kentucky P00002306 Categories: Places

Seat of Bath County, Kentucky.

38.1448, -83.7641 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987). 223. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Owingsville, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 27, 2019). Bath County, Kentucky P00000478 Categories: Places

County in northeastern Kentucky. Seat at Owingsville.

38.1058, -83.7199 "Bath County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 60. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Bath County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 23, 2019). 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. Bath Circuit Court O00000358 1811-05-06 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 11th Judicial District of Kentucky. Judge(s): William H. Burns and Richard A. Apperson, Jr. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): James M. Nesbitt and J. Saige Dury. Clerk(s): John A. Turner, Jr., and Van B. Young.

Relationships Legal: John A. Trumbo (Bath County, Kentucky, farm laborer & jury foreman) Legal: George A. Trumbo (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer & supply 2nd lieut 10th KY Cav USA) Legal: J. Saige Dury (Mount Sterling, Kentucky, attorney and editor) Legal: Van B. Young (Owingsville, Kentucky, circuit clerk, attorney, and politician) Legal: David Underwood (Carter County, Kentucky, farm hand) Legal: Jesse Underwood (Carter County, Kentucky, farm hand) Legal: Philip Williams (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Franklin Tincher (Bath County, Kentucky, farmhand and corp 1st Reg Capital Guards, Bath Co Rangers) Legal: George A. Bean (Montgomery County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William Rogers (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer, preacher) Legal: James M. Nesbitt (Bath County, Kentucky, attorney & comm'th atty) Legal: Reuben Gudgell (Bath County, Ky, attorney)

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. 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. John A. Richards, A History of Bath County, Kentucky (Yuma, AZ: Southwest Printers, 1961), 567. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1877), 47. Owingsville, Bath County, Kentucky 1865-05-01 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 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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OwingsvilleBath Co Ky May 1st 1865 Govr Thos E Bramlett Frankfort Ky Dear Sir

On the 20th day of April 1865, Wilkens Warren committed a most foul murder in this County, by murdering one Adams, Warren has fled he shot Adams twice, cut out one of his testicles, cut off of his left ear, and shot in two places, Warren was formerly in the State Service, (6 months) was a Lieutenant is about 33 years of age, Slight made, about 5 feet 10 winches high quick spoken, dark hair and eyes, and generally wears a military Coat, high top boots, and checked pants,, It is one of the most brutal murders that I ever heard of,, The verdict of the Jury in this case stating these facts have been returned

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in my office,,

Given under my hand the date above written

V. B. YoungC B C C

Reward $300 -- 13th May/65