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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.
Knox County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Sophia Valentine. Farmer in Knox County in 1860.
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Murdered in October 1864. Mentioned in a petition from September 22, 1865, from Granville Pearl to Thomas E. Bramlette.
Laurel County, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Laurel County, Kentucky, native. Married to Elizabeth Adams Pearl in 1860. Father of John Pearl, Helen Pearl, and Sallie Pearl. Admitted to the bar in 1842. Attorney in Laurel County, Kentucky, in 1850. Commonwealth’s attorney of the 12th Judicial District of Kentucky in London from 1850 to 1856. Judge of the 12th Judicial District of Kentucky in London from 1856 to 1867. Owned twenty-six enslaved persons (including Clarissa Pittman) in Laurel County in 1860. Arrested by General James S. Brisbin on November 3, 1865. Charged in the Fayette Circuit Court with violating the Congressional Act "To encourage enlistments and to promote the efficiency of the military forces of the United States," for the sale of an enslaved woman married to a soldier in the United States Colored Troops.
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State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.
County in southeastern Kentucky. Seat at Barbourville.
Seat of Knox County, Kentucky.
This Commonwealth of Kentucky judicial district included Rockcastle, Laurel, Whitley, Knox, Clay, Owsley, Jackson, Estill, Breathitt, Perry, Letcher, and Harlan Counties. Judge(s): Granville Pearl (1860-1865). Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): John Dishman (1860-1861) and Hugh F. Finley (1862-1865).
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Located in the 12th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Joel W. Ridgell (1860) and Granville Pearl (1861-1865). Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): John Dishman and Hugh F. Finley. Clerk(s): George M. Adams, Jr. (1860-1861), John H. Davis (1862), William Tuggle, and Henry H. Hunter (1865).
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To His Excellency
The undersigned Circuit Judge of the aggravated case of Murder & that a reward should be Offered for the Apprehention of the perpetrator -- Your Excellency is therefore respectfully requested to issue a reward for the apprehention of Said Valentine --
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Said Voluntine is about 32 years old: 6 feet high, heavy Eyebrows. dark Skin & dark Eyes. & dark hair. Wears mushtash -- quiet spoken -- prominent front teeth has a Scar on the calf of his leg from
gun shot wound -- is a gambler & drinks hard.
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Nelsen Valuntine
$250 = Reward offered
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