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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-0001-005-0134 BR7-207

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 S. M. Dickinson (Clay County Kentucky Judge) N00000571 1824-10-07 1903-06-08 Categories: People

Clay County, Kentucky, attorney and county judge. Tennessee native. Married to Mary E. Burchell Dickinson. Clerk in Claiborne County, Tennessee, in 1850. Household owned twelve enslaved persons in Claiborne County in 1850. Attorney in Clay County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Clay County in 1860. Presiding judge of the Clay County Court in 1862 and 1863. Attorney in Clay County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: John C. Brown (Clay County, Kentucky, farm laborer) Legal: William R. Brown (Clay County, Kentucky, farm laborer) Legal: Jacob Giltner (Clay County, Kentucky, murderer) Legal: Clay County Court Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: James B. Lyttle (Manchester, Kentucky, sheriff)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Claiborne County, Subdivision 7, p. 265B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Claiborne County, Subdivision 7. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, p. 23. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, p. 349B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, Precinct 1, p. 171A. “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. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Clay County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 101. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 27299. "John Stewart Mcfarlane Dickinson (1824-1903)," Find A Grave, Memorial 132771650, accessed January 6, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132771650. Jacob Giltner (Clay County, Kentucky, murderer) N00005431 Categories: People

Mentioned in a petition from J. S. M. Dickinson to Thomas E. Bramlette for murdering William Clark in Clay County in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Clay Circuit Court

KYR-0001-005-0134. KYR-0001-005-0149. William Clark (Clay County, Kentucky, resident) N00005432 1865-11-24 Categories: People

Clay County, Kentucky, resident. Mentioned in a petition from J. M. S. Dickinson to Thomas E. Bramlette as the victim of murder in Clay County in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Jacob Giltner (Clay County, Kentucky, murderer)

KYR-0001-005-0134. KYR-0001-005-0149. Clay County, Kentucky P00000570 Categories: Places

County in Kentucky. Seat at Manchester.

Relationships Legal: Jacob Giltner (Clay County, Kentucky, murderer)

37.1738, -83.7199 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 59. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Clay County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 23, 2019). 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. Clay County Court O00000616 Categories: Organizations

Located in Manchester, Clay County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): J. S. M. Dickinson. Clerk(s): George W. Price and W. L. White.

“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. Petition English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 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.
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To his excellency Thos. E. Bramlett Governor of the commonwealth of Kentucky.

Your Petitioner J. S, M Dickenson Presiding Judge of the Clay county court. Would respectfully represent to your excellency that Jacob Giltner has been and is guilty of killing & murdering William Clark- with malice afforethought in the most aggrivated manner imaginable. That an indictment has been returned by the Grand Jury of Clay county against the said Giltner a copy of which is herewith enclosed & refered to as part hereof; That said Giltner the accused has fled from Justice and is going at large

Wherefore the prayer of your Petitioner in the name of Justice and humanity is that you offer a reward for the apprehension and delivery of said Giltner, to the Jail at Clay county that he may be compelled to answer for this outrageous and brutal murder.

J. S. M. Dickinson J, C, C, C,

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Reward $300, Clay County for Jacob Giltner offered 2d Dec/65