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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-0001-005-0118 BR7-189

Hart County, Kentucky Washington Mansfield (Louisville, Kentucky, tobacco trader, soldier, and agent.) N00005418 1828? 1909-07-24 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, tobacco trader, soldier, and agent. Kentucky native. Served in the U.S.-Mexican War. Tobacco trader in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private. Captured at the Battle of Buffington Island in Meigs County, Ohio, on July 19, 1863. Prisoner of war at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana, from July 23, 1863, to August 18, 1863. Prisoner of war at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois, from August 22, 1863, to February 21, 1865. Signed a loyalty oath to the U. S. government on July 14, 1865. Agent of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the requisition of Ben Johnson in 1865.

Relationships Social: Claiborne James Walton (Hart County, Kentucky, physician, politician and army surgeon.) Social: Hiram D. Jett (Hart County, Kentucky, physician.) Social: George Twyman Wood (Hart County, Kentucky, court clerk and politician.) Social: James Craig Rush (Hart County, Kentucky, attorney, Baptist minister, and chaplain (9th Kentucky Infantry).) Social: Benjamin F. Amos (Hart County, Kentucky, farmer and liveryman.) Social: John A. Waldeck (Hart County, Kentucky, court clerk.) Social: John Donan (Hart County, Kentucky, soldier, attorney, and politician.) Social: William Gardner (Hart County, Kentucky, judge.) Legal: Ben Johnson (Hart County, Kentucky, saddler and fugitive from justice.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 6, p. 246. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, Precinct 8, p. 409B. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0037. "Veteran of Two Wars," Owensboro Daily Messenger (Owensboro, KY), July 25, 1909, p. 1. Ben Johnson (Hart County, Kentucky, saddler and fugitive from justice.) N00005419 1833? Categories: People

Hart County, Kentucky, saddler and fugitive from justice. Tennessee native. Shot Samuel Mansfield in Hart County, Kentucky, in November 1865. Fugitive from justice in November 1865.

Relationships Legal: William Gardner (Hart County, Kentucky, judge.) Legal: Samuel Mansfield (Hart County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Washington Mansfield (Louisville, Kentucky, tobacco trader, soldier, and agent.) Social: Claiborne James Walton (Hart County, Kentucky, physician, politician and army surgeon.) Social: Hiram D. Jett (Hart County, Kentucky, physician.) Social: George Twyman Wood (Hart County, Kentucky, court clerk and politician.) Social: James Craig Rush (Hart County, Kentucky, attorney, Baptist minister, and chaplain (9th Kentucky Infantry).) Social: Benjamin F. Amos (Hart County, Kentucky, farmer and liveryman.) Social: John A. Waldeck (Hart County, Kentucky, court clerk.) Social: John Donan (Hart County, Kentucky, soldier, attorney, and politician.) Social: William Gardner (Hart County, Kentucky, judge.)

The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), November 14, 1865. "Proclamation by the Governor. $250 Reward," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), December 5, 1865, p. 4. KYR-0001-005-0118. KYR-0001-006-0107. Samuel Mansfield (Hart County, Kentucky, farmer) N00005420 1820-05-15 1865-11-10 Categories: People

Hart County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Huldah Ann Heatherly Mansfield. Father of John L. Mansfield, Thomas L. Mansfield, William Mansfield, Presley E. Mansfield, Elizabeth Mansfield, and Grace Mansfield. Farmer in Hart County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Hart County in 1850. Farmer in Hart County in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Hart County in 1860. Killed by Ben Johnson in Hart County in November 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, p. 206A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, District 1, p. 776. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, District 1, p. 133A. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994038, Hart County Births. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 27910. The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), November 14, 1865. "Proclamation by the Governor. $250 Reward," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), December 5, 1865, p. 4. "Samuel Mansfield (1820-1865)," Find A Grave, Memorial 93925045, accessed August 29, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93925045. William Gardner (Hart County, Kentucky, judge.) N00005421 1821? Categories: People

Hart County, Kentucky, judge. Kentucky native. Presiding judge of the Hart County Court in 1863. Judge of the Hart County Court in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Washington Mansfield (Louisville, Kentucky, tobacco trader, soldier, and agent.) Legal: Samuel Mansfield (Hart County, Kentucky, farmer)

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart, Munfordville, p. 345B. KYR-0001-004-0122. KYR-0001-005-0118. KYR-0001-006-0107. 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. Hart County, Kentucky P00003019 Categories: Places

Seat at Munfordsville, Kentucky.

37.3101, -85.8486 Ron D. Bryant, "Hart County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 416. USGS: Earth Explorer, Hart County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on March 30, 2020). Illinois P00004765 Categories: Places

State in the midwestern region of the United States. Capital at Springfield. Located on the Ohio River and Mississippi River.

39.8017, -89.6437 Newton Bateman and Paul Selby, ed., Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois (Chicago: Munsell Publishing Company, 1918), p. 241, 258. Roger D. Bridges and Rodney O. Davis, Illinois: Its History and Legacy (St. Louis: River City Publishers, 1984). “Springfield, Illinois," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed February 26, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Missouri P00001883 Categories: Places

State in the central United States. Capital at Jefferson City, Missouri. Located on the Mississippi River.

38.5767, -92.1735 “Jefferson City, Missouri," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed November 18, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Milton D. Rafferty and Edwin J. Westermann, "Missouri," Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed May 22, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/Missouri-state. 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. Hart County Court O00000639 Categories: Organizations

Located in Munfordville, Hart County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): William Gardner. Clerk(s): James A. Dawson, H. M. Shuffitt, J. A. Waldeck, and J. M. Bents.

Relationships Political: H. M. Shuffitt (Clerk, Hart County Court) Economic: James H. Compton (Hart County- deputy clerk, Hart County Court) Legal: William Gardner (Hart County, Kentucky, judge.) Legal: Ben Johnson (Hart County, Kentucky, saddler and fugitive from justice.) Legal: Washington Mansfield (Louisville, Kentucky, tobacco trader, soldier, and agent.) Legal: Samuel Mansfield (Hart County, Kentucky, farmer)

“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. Hart County, Kentucky 1865-11-16 Legal/Financial English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.

State of Kentucky County of Hart

Washington Mansfield states on oath that on the 7th day of November 1865 in the County of Hart and state of Kentucky one Ben BJohnson shot Samuel Mansfield of which shooting the said Samuel Mansfield has since died and he states said Ben Johnson is guilty of Murder and that said Ben Johnson has since said shooting fled and is now as affiant believes in the state of Illinoisor the state of Missouri

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