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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-0001-005-0135 BR7-208

Hopkinsville, Christian 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. Pinkney A. Yancey (Christian County, Kentucky, resident) N00005449 1837? Categories: People

Christian County, Kentucky, resident. Virginia native. Resident in Christian County in 1850.

Relationships Legal: Robert Coleman (Christian County, Kentucky, murdered) Legal: Christian Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian, District 2, p. unknown. Robert Coleman (Christian County, Kentucky, murdered) N00005450 1865-11 Categories: People

Mentioned in a letter from H. R. Littell to Thomas E. Bramlette on December 13, 1865. Shot on November 9, 1865, with Pinkney Yancey as the accused.

Relationships Legal: Pinkney A. Yancey (Christian County, Kentucky, resident)

KYR-0001-005-0135. Harrison R. Littell (Christian County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) N00005452 1832-06-09 1894-06-04 Categories: People

Christian County, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Kentucky native. Son of James Littell and M. A. Littell. Student in Todd County, Kentucky, in 1850. Attorney in Christian County in 1863. Presiding judge of Christian County Court in Christian County from 1862 to 1865.

Relationships Legal: Pinkney A. Yancey (Christian County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Christian County Court Political: Joab Clark (Christian Co, KY, Clerk of Circuit Court)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, District 1, p. 214A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 405A. 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. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Christian County, KY, July 1863, p. 29. "Harrison R. Littell (1832-1894)," Find A Grave, Memorial #89108462, accessed February 2, 2018, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89108462. KYR-0001-004-1018. KYR-0001-005-0135. Hopkinsville, Kentucky P00002431 Categories: Places

Seat of Christian County, Kentucky.

36.8656, -87.4886 "Hopkinsville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. William T. Turner, "Hopkinsville," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2015), 440-41. Christian County, Kentucky P00001918 Categories: Places

County in southwestern Kentucky. Seat at Hopkinsville.

36.8656, -87.4886 "Hopkinsville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. William T. Turner, "Christian County," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 2002), 187-88. 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/. Vandalia, Illinois P00005448 Categories: Places

Seat of Fayette County.

38.9606, -89.0937 Brent Wagner, “Vandalia: The Frontier Capital,” Illinois History 19 (Dec. 2000). 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. Christian County Court O00000607 Categories: Organizations

Located in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Harrison R. Littell (1862-1865). Clerk(s): John S. Bryan (1861-1862), Granville H. Lawson (1862-1865), and E. M. Buckner.

Relationships Legal: Harrison R. Littell (Christian County, Kentucky, attorney and judge)

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, 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, 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. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. KYR-0001-031-0081. Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky 1865-12-13 Correspondence English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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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Hopkinsville Ky Dcr 13 1865 Hon Thos E Bramlett Govenor of Kentucky Dr Sir

On the 9th of this month Pinkney A. Yancey in this County Shot and mortally wounded Robt Coleman who has Since died from the effects of the wound The circumstances and facts of the case Show it to have been done without cause or provocation And the Said Pinkney A. Yancey having deluded & escaped from the Officers of the law & being now a fugitive from Justice It becomes me as the County Judge of Christian County to request you to offer a suitable reward for his apprehension It is probable he will try to make his way to Illinois near Vandaliain which State he formerly lived and now has relatives

Dsescription About 28 years of age about 5 feet 3 inches high thick & heavy built weighs about 140 pounds Auburn hair florid complexion without whiskers prominent cheek bones & very Small hands Walks rather Stooped shouldered & quick in his Step

Yours respectfully H, R, Littell County Judge

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Reward $200, Christian County for Pinkney A. Yancey for murder of Robt Coleman offered 18th Dec 1865