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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-0001-005-0067 BR7-109

Dennis Fox (laborer ) N00005325 1837? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, laborer. Native of Ireland. Laborer in Louisville in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Pat Caulay (Louisville, Kentucky)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford, not stated, p. 56. Pat Caulay (Louisville, Kentucky) N00005326 1865-06-07 Categories: People

Murdered on June 7, 1865 in Louisville, Kentucky, a crime for which Dennis Fox was accused.

KYR-0001-005-0067. 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. Peter B. Muir (Louisville, KY, attorney and circuit judge 5th Jud Distr) N002003 1822-10-19 1911-11-03 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Nelson County, Kentucky, native. Son of Jasper Muir and Isabella Brown Muir. Married to Sophronia Rizer Muir. Father of Bell Muir, Thomas R. Muir, Sydney S. Muir, Upton W. Muir, Lilian Muir, Nellie Muir, and Sophronia Muir. Graduated from Hanover College in Jefferson County, Indiana. Attorney in Nelson County, Kentucky. Opened law practice in partnership with Thomas Riley in Louisville in 1852. Circuit judge of the 5th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1858 to 1864.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1859 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 289. 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. “Career Ended: Judge P. B. Muir Succumbs in Ninetieth Year,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), November 4, 1911, p. 8. "Peter B. Muir" in Biographical Cyclopedia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, (Chicago: John M. Gresham Company, 1896), 10-11. Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Kentucky State Bar Association Held in Louisville, KY. July 10 and 11, 1912. (Henderson, KY: Henderson Job House, ND) 40-44. Louisville, Kentucky P00000337 Categories: Places

Seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2527, -85.7585 "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 12, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 179. 1865-06 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": 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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Dennis Fox(it is said) Killed Pat. Caulay June 7th 1865 in Louisville Ky.

Fox is an Irish labourer about 26 years of age -- 5 ft 7 or 8 inches high -- spare, with sharp features -- light brown hair -- sandy complexion -- wide mouth -- flat nose and down look --

Dear Governor

The above description of Dennis Fox has been handed me by the brother of the murdered man. Fox has fled. It is thought that the offer of a suitable reward by your Excellency would secure his arrest. The friends of of the murdered man are poor and I recommend the offer by your Excellency of a reward of about $150 or $200.

Your friend &c. P. B Muir

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Reward $250. For Dennis Fox Offered 27 June 1865