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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-0001-005-0066 BR7-108

Adair County, Kentucky Green Johnson (Adair County murderer) N00005322 1865 Categories: People

Also went by alias "Guthry." Murdered John Miller in 1865. Hanged for the crime in 1865.

Relationships Legal: John S. Miller (farm laborer) Legal: Richard T. Garnett (Adair County Judge) Legal: Adair Circuit Court

The Adair County News, Columbia Kentucky (June 1, 1904), p. 3, [Newspapers.com digital archive], https://www.newspapers.com/image/93113799/?terms=Green%2BJohnson (accessed June 5, 2017). John S. Miller (farm laborer) N00005323 1845-07-02 1865-05-08 Categories: People

Adair County, Kentucky, farm laborer. Kentucky native. Son of Gaither Miller and Dorothy Miller. Farm laborer in Adair County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Green Johnson (Adair County murderer) Legal: Adair County Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair, Division 2, p. 22. Find A Grave, “John S. Miller (July 2, 1845-May 8, 1865),” Memorial #93249651, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=93249651 (accessed June 5, 2017). 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. Thomas Tyler Alexander (Adair County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, judge, and provost marshal) N00002587 1823-07-30 1888-03-24 Categories: People

Adair County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, judge, and provost marshal. Henry County, Virginia, native. Son of Joseph Alexander and Sarah Bouldin Alexander. Married to Ellen C. Alexander. Graduated from Princeton College and the University of Louisville Law School. Attorney in Cumberland County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Cumberland County in 1850. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1859 to 1862. Attorney in Adair County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Adair County in 1860. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1863 to 1865. Provost marshal of the 4th District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from May 1863 to December 1863. Judge of the 15th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1864 to 1874.

Relationships Legal: Adair County Court Legal: Green Johnson (Adair County murderer) Legal: Adair Circuit Court Political: William H. Woods (Green County, Kentucky, Presbyterian minister) Social: Edward K. Owsley (Edmonson County Postmaster) Political: Charles P. Gray (Clinton County, KY, teacher and clerk) Political: John C. Burchett (Clinton County, KY, farmer and sheriff) Social: Eli Wheat (Adair County, Kentucky, saddler and judge) Social: John R. Wheat (Adair County, Kentucky, merchant and captain) Social: Edmund Terrill Willis, Jr. (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer and judge) Social: George R. Page (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Richard T. Garnett (Adair County Judge)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Burkesville, p. 279A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Cumberland. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 1, page 153. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 1, page 1A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, Columbia, p. 53B. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky, Volume II (Covington, KY: Collins and Company, 1878) p. 32. "Will Arrive To-day: The Remains of Judge Alexander to be Interred in Cave Hill," Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), March 26, 1888, p. 5. Reports of Bvt. Brig. Gen. D. C. McCallum, Director and General Manager of the Military Railroads of the United States, and The Provost Marshal General (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1866), p. 151. Michael C. Watson, comp., An Adair County, Kentucky History (Columbia, Ky.: Watson Publications, 2001), p. 56. "Thomas Tyler Alexander (1823-1888)," Find A Grave, Memorial 88555432, accessed March 16, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88555432. KYR-0001-004-1309. KYR-0001-029-0557. Adair County, Kentucky P001017 Categories: Places

County in south central Kentucky. Seat at Columbia.

37.0764, -85.3136 “Adair County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 2. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Adair County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 30, 2019). 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. Adair County Court O00000590 Categories: Organizations

Located in Columbia, Adair County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Richard T. Garnett. Clerk(s): Sinclair Wheat and John W. Butler.

Relationships Legal: Richard T. Garnett (Adair County Judge) Legal: Green Johnson (Adair County murderer) Legal: Thomas Turner (stub Adair Co) Legal: Henry Logan (Adair County) Legal: Henry J. Payne (Adair County) Legal: Nathaniel M. Collins (Adair County)

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” 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), 301-306; “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), 347-350. Adair Circuit Court O00000338 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 6th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1860 to 1861. Judge: Thomas E. Bramlette. Commonwealth's Attorney: Ephraim L. Van Winkle. Clerk: Junius Caldwell.

Located in the 15th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1862 to 1865. Judge: Thomas T. Alexander. Commonwealth's Attorney: John H. C. Sandidge. Clerk: James T. Page.

Relationships Legal: Bal Daniels (Tennessee Refugee) Legal: Micajah Richards (Tennessee Refugee) Legal: John Mullins (Tennessee Refugee) Legal: Richard T. Garnett (Adair County Judge) Legal: Richard Smith (Cumberland County) Legal: Herschel Clay Baker (Adair County, KY, attorney) Legal: William E. Russell (Adair County attorney) Legal: R. M. Alexander (Cumberland County physician) Legal: Milton M. Smiley (Cumberland County) Legal: Benjamin B. Vaughan (Cumberland County) Legal: George W. Overstreet (Overton County, Tennessee, farmer, merchant and tobacco dealer) Legal: Robert C. Logan (Cumberland County Court Clerk) Legal: Timoleon Cravens (Adair County attorney) Legal: Alexander Naylor (Adair County) Legal: James M. Wilson (Adair Co. Farmer) Legal: Josiah Frankum (Adair County) Legal: Robert T. Bennett (Adair County) Legal: A. B. Williams (Adair County) Legal: Joel Robert Montgomery (Adair County) Legal: Hiram C. White (Adair County) Legal: Hugh K. Walker (Adair County) Legal: Samuel Wilburne (Cumberland County) Legal: Reece Morgan (Adair County) Legal: Jane Smith (Clinton County) Legal: Thomas Wood (Cumberland County) Legal: T. Q. Walker (Adair County physician) Legal: Louisa Morgan (Cumberland County) Legal: Sydney S. Dunbar (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer)

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. Adair County, Kentucky 1865-06-05 Legal/Financial English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 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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State of Kentucky Adair County & Circuit} Sct.

Whereas on or about the 5th day of May 1865. One Green Johnson killed and murdered John Millerof Adair County Kentucky and immediately thereafter fled from the County aforesaid and is now running at large and whereas at the May term 1865 of the Adair Circuit Court Said Green Johnson was Indicted for the Murder aforesaid, It is an aggravated case of murder These are therefore to Petition & request your Excellency Tho E Bramlette Govner of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to offer a reward for the apprehension of Said Green Johnson and suggest that the highest amount authorized by the Statute be offered Witness my hand as Judge of the Adair circuit Court this 5th June 1865

T. T. Alexander

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Reward Green Johnson

Adair Co Murder John Miller $300 offered 9th June/65