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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-0001-005-0070 BR7-112

Mount Sterling, Montgomery 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. Garrett Ballard (Montgomery County, Kentucky, farmer) N00005330 1807? Categories: People

Montgomery County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Rachel Ballard. Father of Thomas Ballard, Mary J. Ballard, Arabella Ballard, John Ballard, Melvina Ballard, Eliza Ballard, John W. Ballard, Elizabeth Ballard, and Cestra Ballard. Farmer in Montgomery County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: James P. Poynter (Montgomery County) Legal: Richard Apperson, Jr. (11th District Circuit Judge) Legal: Montgomery Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery, District 2, p. 70. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery, not stated, p. 43. James P. Poynter (Montgomery County) N00005331 1864-09 Categories: People

Montgomery County, Kentucky, resident. Mentioned in a letter from Richard A. Apperson, Jr. to Thomas E. Bramlette for being murdered by Garrett Ballard in Montgomery County in September 1864.

Relationships Legal: Montgomery Circuit Court

KYR-0001-005-0070. Richard Apperson, Jr. (11th District Circuit Judge) N00003127 1829-09-20 1879-01-22 Categories: People

Mount Sterling, Kentucky, circuit judge. Madison County, Kentucky, native. Son of Richard Apperson. Married to Elizabeth S. Taylor Apperson on December 5, 1854. Father of Maggie Apperson and Mary Apperson. Attended Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. Attorney in Covington, Kentucky. Served in the Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1847. Attorney in Montgomery County, Kentucky in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Montgomery County in 1860. Judge of the 11th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1862 to 1866.

Relationships Legal: Bath Circuit Court Legal: Montgomery Circuit Court Legal: [Unknown] Adams (Letcher co, KY, murder victim in Bath Co) Political: Benjamin Daniel Lacy (Owingsville, Kentucky, attorney & county atty)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery, p. 32. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery, p. 7. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #unknown, Jefferson County Marriages. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 26. “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. Find a Grave, “Richard Apperson (September 20, 1829-January 22, 1879),” Memorial #84886529, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=84886529 (accessed June 5, 2017). Mount Sterling, Kentucky P00001936 Categories: Places

Seat of Montgomery County, Kentucky.

38.0565, -83.9433 "Mount Sterling, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 27, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 205. Montgomery County, Kentucky P00000869 Categories: Places

County in northeast Kentucky. Seat at Mount Sterling.

38.0565, -83.9433 Carl B. Boyd, Jr., "Montgomery County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 644. "Mount Sterling, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 27, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Montgomery Circuit Court O00000423 Categories: Organizations

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

“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. Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky 1865-07-25 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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Mt Sterling KyJuly 25th 1865 His Excellency

Thos E. Bramlette Governor of Kentucky Sir

There is now an Indictment pending in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County against Garrett Ballard a former resident of said County for the Murder of James P. Poynter, who was a resident of said County, and who was killed in Sept. 1864. Said Garrett Ballard is now a fugitive from Justice as a Bench warrant has issued and been returned as to him "Not found"

It is therefore asked that you offer a reward for his apprehension and arrest.

Yrs: very Respecft

R. Apperson Jr.

Description

About 34 years of age, about five feet, eleven inches high, of heavy build, black hair, florid complexion, and rough in manner and in language.

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$300 Reward

Montgomery Co for Garrett Ballard offered 28 July 1865