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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-0001-005-0095 BR7-156 to BR7-157

Mercer 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. Thomas Edwards (Mercer County, Kentucky, druggist & judge) N00003674 1806-09-29 1882-01-31 Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, druggist and judge. Kentucky native. Married to Nancy E. Edwards. Father of William W. Edwards, Mary Y. Edwards, William H. H. Edwards, Alice Edwards, James Edwards, and Ann E. Edwards. Druggist in Mercer County in 1860. Presiding judge of the Mercer County Court in Harrodsburg from 1860 to 1865.

Relationships Legal: Mercer County Court Economic: Mercer Circuit Court Legal: Mercer Circuit Court Legal: Leticia Gray (Mercer County) Economic: Mercer County Court Political: Mercer County Court Social: Elison H. Carter (Mercer County, KY, blacksmith and private 9th KY Cav USA) Legal: George D. McKinney (Mercer County, Ky, student & pvt 9th Ky Cav USA) Legal: John J. Gritton (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer & murder victim)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Salvisa, p. 803-04. 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. "Judge Thomas Edwards (1806-1882)," Find A Grave, Memorial #99947897, accessed August 30, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99947897. KYR-0001-004-0156. KYR-0001-005-0021. KYR-0001-005-0130. KYR-0001-029-0552. Leticia Gray (Mercer County) N00005371 1830? Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Married to Henry Gray. Mother of James Gray, William Gray, Amanda J. Gray, Mary B. Gray, and Margaret A. Gray. Resident in Mercer County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Thomas Jenkins (Duncansville, Kentucky, resident) Familial: Henry Gray (Mercer County)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer, District 2, p. 89. Henry Gray (Mercer County) N00006133 1827? Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, cabinet maker. Kentucky native. Married to Leticia Gray. Father of James Gray, William Gray, Amanda J. Gray, Mary B. Gray, and Margaret A. Gray. Cabinet maker in Mercer County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Thomas Jenkins (Duncansville, Kentucky, resident) Familial: Leticia Gray (Mercer County) Legal: John Bishop (Duncansville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Anthony Smith (Cornishville, Kentucky, resident)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer, District 2, p. 89. Thomas Jenkins (Duncansville, Kentucky, resident) N00005372 Categories: People

Duncansville, Kentucky, resident. Along with Anthony Smith and John Bishop, Jenkins was accused of raping a Mrs. Gray and assaulting and robbing her husband in Mercer County in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Leticia Gray (Mercer County) Legal: William Jameson Steele (Woodford County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Legal: Woodford County Court Legal: Fantly Johnson (Woodford County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Benjamin Martin (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Mercer Circuit Court

KYR-0001-005-0095. KYR-0001-005-0096. KYR-0001-005-0097. Anthony Smith (Cornishville, Kentucky, resident) N00005373 Categories: People

Cornishville, Kentucky, resident. Along with John Bishop and Thomas Jenkins, Smith was accused of raping a Mrs. Gray and assaulting and robbing her husband in Mercer County in 1865.

Relationships Social: Thomas Jenkins (Duncansville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Thomas Jenkins (Duncansville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Leticia Gray (Mercer County) Legal: William Jameson Steele (Woodford County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Legal: Woodford County Court Legal: Fantly Johnson (Woodford County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Benjamin Martin (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer)

KYR-0001-005-0095. KYR-0001-005-0096. KYR-0001-005-0097. John Bishop (Duncansville, Kentucky, resident) N00005374 Categories: People

Duncansville, Kentucky, resident. Along with Anthony Smith and Thomas Jenkins, Bishop was accused of raping a Mrs. Gray and assaulting and robbing her husband in Mercer County in 1865.

Relationships Social: Anthony Smith (Cornishville, Kentucky, resident) Social: Thomas Jenkins (Duncansville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Anthony Smith (Cornishville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Thomas Jenkins (Duncansville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Leticia Gray (Mercer County) Legal: William Jameson Steele (Woodford County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Legal: Woodford County Court Legal: Fantly Johnson (Woodford County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Benjamin Martin (Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer)

KYR-0001-005-0095. KYR-0001-005-0096. KYR-0001-005-0097. Mercer County, Kentucky P00000556 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Harrodsburg. Located on the Kentucky River.

Relationships Political: Ephraim J. Polk (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney and examiner for Mercer County)

37.7623, -84.8433 "Harrodsburg, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 25, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Ron D. Bryant, “Mercer County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 627. Kentucky P001800 Categories: Places

State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992). 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. Mercer Circuit Court O00000424 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 5th Judicial District of Kentucky. Judge(s): George Kavanaugh and John E. Newman. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Andy Barnett and L. H. Noble. Clerk(s): Benjamin C. Allin and Richard Board.

Relationships Legal: John Murphy (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Richard Board (Mercer County KY Circuit Court Clerk) Legal: John Glover Kyle (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney, judge, & col Mercer Co militia) Legal: Martin B. Debaun (Mercer County, Kentucky, hotel keeper and soldier.) Legal: John W. Debaun (Mercer County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Thomas Jenkins (Duncansville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: John Bishop (Duncansville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Anthony Smith (Cornishville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Leticia Gray (Mercer County) Legal: John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) Legal: Moses D. Hall (Harrodsburg, Kentucky, grocer) Legal: William Daviess (Harrodsburg, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Robert P. McGrath (Mercer County Merchant) Legal: Sidney S. McFatridge (Mercer County, KY, farmer & sheriff) Legal: John "Isaac" C. Vanarsdall (Mercer County, Kentucky, sheriff. ) Legal: William Payne (Mercer County, merchant and farmer) Legal: George W. Tompkins (Mercer County, sheriff) Legal: Benjamin Casey Allin (Mercer County, Kentucky, circuit clerk) Legal: O. S. Poston (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Nimrod Harris (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Thomas H. Buckner (Mercer County, KY, planter) Legal: John W. Cardwell (Mercer County, Kentucky, bank cashier and merchant) Legal: Thomas Allin (Mercer County, county clerk) Legal: Philip Burton Thompson, Sr. (KY prov govt, attorney ) Legal: Theodore H. Daviess (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Charles Westerfield (Mercer County, Kentucky, laborer and farmer) Legal: J. Harvey Vanderipe (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and grocer) Legal: Charles Catlett (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Holman R. Crow (Jessamine County, Kentucky, carpenter and livery keeper) Legal: Milton Crow (Grundy County, Missouri, saddler) Legal: Eli Crow (Jessamine County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant) Legal: Elison H. Carter (Mercer County, KY, blacksmith and private 9th KY Cav USA)

“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), 303-08. “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. Mercer County, Kentucky 1865-09-05 Petition English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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To Commonwealth of Kentucky Mercer County -- Sct -- To His Excellency, Thomas E. Bramlette, Govenor of Kentucky;

Your Petitioner, Mercer County Judge, Thos- Edwards, represents that the following persons have committed a heinous offence against the person of Mrs- Gray by committing a rape upon her person in the presence of her husband whom they had bound and robbed, You are therefore especially petitioned, requested, and implored by me to offer a reward of $500 each for said parties, whose names are Thomas Jenkins, Anthony Smith and John Bishop -- The description of them is herewith presented as part hereof -- 5 Sept 1865

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