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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-0001-005-0139 BR7-334

B. F. Cummings (Pendleton county, Kentucky, murderer) N00005462 Categories: People

Indicted in the April 1863 term of the Pendleton Circuit Court for murdering Enos K. Mullins in Pendleton County. Appeared in a letter from S. Thomas Hauser to Thomas E. Bramlette.

Relationships Legal: Enos K. Mullins (Pendleton county, Kentucky, murdered) Legal: Pendleton Circuit Court

KYR-0001-005-0139. 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. Enos K. Mullins (Pendleton county, Kentucky, murdered) N00005463 1863? Categories: People

Murdered in Pendleton County, Kentucky in 1863, with B. F. Cummings as the accused.

KYR-0001-005-0139. Samuel Thomas Hauser, Sr. (Pendleton County, Kentucky, attorney and county judge) N00001515 1794-05-30 1865-11-24 Categories: People

Pendleton County, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Bethania, North Carolina, native. Married to Mary Ann Kennett Hauser in Pendleton County, Kentucky, on March 21, 1822. Father of Samuel T. Hauser, Jr., Emeline Hauser, Theodosia Hauser, Henry D. Hauser, and Richard D. Hauser. Attorney in Pendleton County in 1850. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Pendleton County in 1850. Presiding judge of the Pendleton County Court in Falmouth in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Pendleton County in 1860. Presiding judge of the Pendleton County Court in Falmouth in 1864.

Relationships Legal: Abram G. Wileman (Pendleton County, Kentucky doctor and major 18th Ky Inf) Legal: Pendleton County Court Legal: Harrison Barnes (Pendleton County farm laborer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pendleton County, First District, p. 350A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Pendleton County, District 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pendleton County, Falmouth, p. 433. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Pendleton County, Falmouth, p. 1. James Munroe and Co, The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1846 (Boston, MA: S. N. Dickinson and Co, 1845), 275. “Samuel Thomas Hauser Papers, 1864-1914,” Archives West, Orbis Cascade Alliance, 2004, http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv62248 (accessed October 26, 2016). Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Pendleton County Marriages, Film 000272803. Find A Grave, "Samuel Thomas Hauser, Sr., (1879-1864)," Memorial #78323214, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78323214/samuel-thomas-hauser (accessed May 23, 2017). KYR-0001-004-1307. Pendleton County, Kentucky P00000544 Categories: Places

County in northern Kentucky. Seat at Falmouth. Located on the Ohio River.

38.6767, -84.3302 "Falmouth, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed March 19, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Warren J. Shonert, "Pendleton County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber, (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 714. 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. Pendleton Circuit Court O00000489 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 9th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): S. M. Moore and Joseph Doniphan. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): W. E. Arthur and R. B. Carpenter. Clerk(s): M. Mullins and C. A. Wanderlohr.

Relationships Legal: Joseph Hendricks (Pendleton County, Kentucky, farm worker) Legal: David Boner (Pendleton County, Kentucky, farm worker) Legal: William Evans Arthur (Covington, Kentucky, Commonwealth attorney & attorney) Legal: [unknown] Pribble (Pendleton County) Legal: Harrison Barnes (Pendleton County farm laborer) Legal: Richard B. Carpenter, Jr. (Covington, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney) Legal: Samuel Thomas Hauser, Sr. (Pendleton County, Kentucky, attorney and county judge) Legal: John Jacobs (Pendleton County, KY, resident) Legal: Jerry Sheehan (Pendleton County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John A. Ray (Pendleton County, KY, 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. Pendleton County Court O00000679 1798 Categories: Organizations

Located in Falmouth, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Samuel T. Hauser. Clerk(s): Thomas E. Moore, H. D. Hauser, and J. B. Applegate.

Relationships Economic: Robert F. Colvin (Pendleton County Justice of the Peace) Political: Henry Hutchins Haviland (Harrison County merchant, postmaster, and Justice of the Peace) Legal: [Unknown] Tate (Tennessee resident) Legal: Henry [Unknown] (Tennessee, enslaved person) Legal: Harrison Barnes (Pendleton County farm laborer) Legal: Francis Pettit Craig (jailor, Pendleton County) Legal: Samuel Thomas Hauser, Sr. (Pendleton County, Kentucky, attorney and county judge) Legal: Frederick F. Wallace (Pendleton County, KY, farmer and Justice of the Peace) Legal: Henry Dixon Hauser (Pendleton County, KY, clerk) Legal: John E. Records (Pendleton County, KY, attorney)

"An Act for erecting a new County Out of the Counties of Campbell and Bracken," Statute Law of Kentucky, Frankfort, KY., 1810, Chapter CXXV), in Down the Street And Across Town: An Encyclopedia of Butler, Kentucky, Stanley R. Bradbury (The Bradbury Press, California, Kentucky: 2008), 245. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860,” in 1861 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 289. “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), 303-08. “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), 301-06. “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 1867 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. Correspondence 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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Commonwealth against } Indictment for Murder

B F Cummings

To His Excellency

Tho E Bramlette Govr or Kentucky Sir

The grand Jury of Pendleton County at the April Term of the Circuit Court ^1863^ found a true bill against B F Cummings for the murder of Enos K Mullins the accused ^is a fugitive^ from justice. and I respectfully petition your Exelcellency to offer a reward a reward for his apprehension

Your obt servt

S. Tho. Hauser P. J. P. Cty Ct