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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-0001-005-0112 BR7-181 to BR7-182

Irvine, Estill 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 Wiseman (Estill County) N00006084 1830? Categories: People

Estill County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Resident in Estill County in 1850.

Relationships Legal: Clayton Witt (Estill County) Familial: Robert C. Wiseman (Estill County)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill, not stated, p. 203. Robert C. Wiseman (Estill County) N00006083 1832? Categories: People

Estill County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Resident in Estill County in 1850.

Relationships Legal: Clayton Witt (Estill County)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill, not stated, p. 202. Clayton Witt (Estill County) N00006085 1865-10-30 Categories: People

Murdered on October 30, 1865. Mentioned in a letter from Allen Witt to Thomas E. Bramlette.

KYR-0001-005-0106. Elisha Logan Cockrell (farmer and count judge, Estill County) N00006092 1823-12-04 1876-11-02 Categories: People

Estill County, Kentucky, farmer and county judge. Married to Rebecca Ann McMonegal Cockrell. Farmer in Estill County in 1860. County judge in Estill County in 1865.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill, not stated, p. 90. Find A Grave, “Elisha Logan Cockrell (December 4, 1823-November 2, 1876),” Memorial #165885580, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=165885580 (accessed June 5, 2017). Irvine, Kentucky P00005642 Categories: Places

Seat of Estill County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

37.7006, -83.9738 Ron D. Bryant, "Irvine" in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2002), p. 298, 457. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Irvine, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 23, 2019). Estill County, Kentucky P00004776 Categories: Places

County in east central Kentucky. Seat at Irvine, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

37.6975, -83.9744 Ron D. Bryant, "Irvine" in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2002), p. 298. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Estill County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on November 12, 2019). 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). Estill County Court O00000619 Categories: Organizations

Located in Irvine, Estill County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Elisha Logan Cockrell. Clerk(s): M. H. Rigg and M. M. Price.

Relationships Legal: Clayton Witt (Estill County) Legal: Robert C. Wiseman (Estill County) Legal: John Wiseman (Estill County)

“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. Irvine, Estill County, Kentucky 1865-11-06 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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IrvineEstill Co. Ky Nov 6th 1865 To his Excellency

The Gov of Ky.

Whereas on the 30th day of Oct 1865 John and Robert Wiseman of the County of Estill State of Ky, did Maliciously Shoot and Kill Allen ^Claiborne^ Witt, of Said County, and are now running at large: & I do respectfully ask your excellency to offer the lawful reward for the apprehension of Said parties & for their delivery to the civil authorities of Said County --.

E L Cockrill J. E. C. C

Description of John Wiseman.

Height about 5ft 6,in Weight 135lbs Dark Complexion, blue eyes dark hair. round shouldered, bow Leged -- Scar on one of his breasts where he is supposed to have been shot. is about 34 or 5 years old.

Description of Robt Wiseman.

Age about 33 years. Height about 6 feet Weight 165 or 70lbs bow leged ^rather^ Dark Complexion. dark hair, blue eyes. Scar as large as the palm of a hand on the right thigh made by a burn-

E. L Cokrill J. E C C,

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Estill Co Reward $500, for John & Robt Wiseman for the Murder of Clayton Witt 8th Nov 1865

$250, each