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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-0001-005-0104 BR7-170

Frankfort, Franklin 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. John D. Hale (Mercer County, KY, merchant & brevet 2nd lieut 9th KY Cav USA & col 74th Reg Ky Enrolled Militia) N00005252 1839? Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier. Married to Martha J. Hale. Father of Melissa Hale. Merchant in Mercer County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as brevet second lieutenant from August 22, 1862, to March 21, 1863. Served in the 74th Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia as colonel.

Relationships Legal: Charles Alfred Hardin (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Thomas Helm Hardin (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney and justice of the peace) Military: 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 2nd Kentucky Heavy Artillery Regiment (U.S.A.) Legal: Mercer Circuit Court Military: Mercer County Militia Military: 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: United States Army Legal: Jefferson Robards (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer ) Legal: [Unknown] Bishop (Lieutenant, USCT) Legal: Adna H. Bowen (Covington, Kentucky, tobacconist and soldier) Legal: M. Jenkins (Mercer County) Legal: Martin V. Bowen (Mercer County, Kentucky, police judge) Legal: Thomas Clelland Bell (Harrodsburg, Kentucky, attorney, teacher, and surveyor) Political: John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) Political: John Kemper Slaughter (Mercer County Broom Maker)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Cornishville, p. 571. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 243. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 97. KYR-0001-005-0103. KYR-0001-028-0001. [Unknown] Bishop (Lieutenant, USCT) N00006590 Categories: People

Lieutenant for a detachment of United States Colored Troops.

Relationships Military: John D. Hale (Mercer County, KY, merchant & brevet 2nd lieut 9th KY Cav USA & col 74th Reg Ky Enrolled Militia) Legal: Charles Alfred Hardin (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Thomas Helm Hardin (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney and justice of the peace) Legal: Martin V. Bowen (Mercer County, Kentucky, police judge) Military: United States Army Legal: John D. Hale (Mercer County, KY, merchant & brevet 2nd lieut 9th KY Cav USA & col 74th Reg Ky Enrolled Militia)

KYR-0001-005-0100. Adna H. Bowen (Covington, Kentucky, tobacconist and soldier) N00006078 1819-06-12 1882-05-03 Categories: People

Covington, Kentucky, tobacconist and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Narcissa Bowen. Father of Mary E. Bowen. Corporal in the 4th Michigan Infantry Regiment. Second and first lieutenant of the 15th Michigan Infantry. Captain of the 11th Michigan Cavalry in August 1863. Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel of the 6th United States Colored Cavalry Regiment from November 1864 to April 1866. Acting Assistant Adjutant General and Acting Assistant Inspector General for the 1st Division of the Department of Kentucky in 1865.

Relationships Political: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster) Legal: Charles Donnelly (Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster) Legal: Kenton Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton, Covington Ward 4, p. 12. Find A Grave, "A. H. Bowen (1819-1882)," Memorial #102363952, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=102363952 (accessed June 5, 2017). Statutes of the United States of America Passed at the Second Session of the Sixty-Fourth Congress, 1916-1917, Part Two: Private Acts and Resolutions, Concurrent Resolutions, Treaties, and Proclamations (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1917), 286. Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: 1st through 5th United States Colored Cavalry, 5th Massachusetts Cavalry (Colored), 6th United States Colored Cavalry, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M1817, Roll 0095; Index To Compiled Service Records Of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served In Organizations From The State Of Michigan, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M545, Roll 0005. James Sanks Brisbin (Superintendent of U.S. Army troops in Kentucky) N00006081 1837-05-23 1892-01-14 Categories: People

Centre County, Pennsylvania, teacher, editor, and soldier. Pennsylvania native. Married to Mary "Jane" Brisbin. Father of Caroline Brisbin. Attended Boalsburg Academy. Editor in Centre County in 1860. Commissioned as second lieutenant in the First Dragoons in the U.S. Army on April 26, 1861. Served in the 6th U. S. Cavalry Regiment as captain from 1862 to 1863. Served in the 5th U.S. Colored Cavalry as colonel from March 1, 1864. Brevetted major general of U.S. Volunteers on May 2, 1865. Superintendent of U.S. Army troops in Kentucky in spring 1865. Mustered out of service on January 15, 1866.

Relationships Military: Adna H. Bowen (Covington, Kentucky, tobacconist and soldier) Military: United States Army

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District 2, p. 383A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Pennsylvania, Centre County, p. 311-12. "Brisbin, James, S.," Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography, vol. 1, eds. John Fiske and James Grant Wilson (New York: Appleton, 1889), 378. "Caroline Wade Leaverton (1863-1947)," Find A Grave, Memorial #39539809, accessed November 8, 2021, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39539809. Ezra J. Warner, Generals in Blue: Lives of Union Commanders (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press), 45. "James Sanks Brisbin Biographical Note," James Sanks Brisbin papers, 1850-1891, Archives West, Orbis Cascade Alliance, http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv27706 (accessed January 29, 2018). “MG James Sanks Brisbin (1837-1892),” Memorial #5892343, accessed June 5, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5892343. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies ser. 1, vol. 49, pt. 1 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1890), 895. S. P. Plummer (assistant to Assistant Adjutant General) N00006082 Categories: People

Captain and assistant to the assistant adjutant general in the U.S. Army. Appeared in a note regarding the arrest of John D. Hale.

Relationships Military: James Sanks Brisbin (Superintendent of U.S. Army troops in Kentucky) Military: Adna H. Bowen (Covington, Kentucky, tobacconist and soldier)

KYR-0001-005-0104. 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). Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. Harrodsburg, Kentucky P00000555 Categories: Places

Seat of Mercer County, Kentucky.

37.7623, -84.8433 "Harrodsburg, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 9, 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. Lexington, Kentucky P001002 Categories: Places

Seat of Fayette County, Kentucky.

38.0406, -84.5037 John D. Wright, "Lexington (City)," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 549-51. "Lexington, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky 1865-09-12 Note 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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Frankfort. Ky. Sept. 12"/65

Bramlett, T. E. Gov.

Forwards the letter of the Police Judge of Harrodsburg. with copy of a warrent for the arrest of one J. D. Hale. who drew a pistol on a citizen, and was shielded from arrest by one Lt, Bishop, States that Hale is a desperado and should be arrested.

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Hd. Qrs 1st Div D, K,

Lexington Ky. Sept 22d 65 B. 451. 1st Div D K,

Respectfully refered to, A. H. Bowen, Maj and, A. I. G. 1st Div D, K, who will immediately proceed to Harrodsburg, Ky. and investigate the cause of within complaint, and report action to these Hd, Qrs, This paper to be returned --

By Command of Brig Genl Brisbin

S. P. P{Unclear} Capt and A A A G.

Office Inspt Genl 1st D D Ky Lexington Ky Sept. 26" 1865

Respectfully returned inviting attention to accompanying report

A H Bowen Maj & a. a. I. G,