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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-0001-005-0146 BR7-353 to BR7-354

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. John C. Brown (Clay County, Kentucky, farm laborer) N00000568 1842? Categories: People

Clay County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Son of Easom S. Brown and Elizabeth G. Bledsoe Brown. Married to Elisabeth Brown. Farm laborer in Clay County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: William R. Brown (Clay County, Kentucky, farm laborer) Legal: James B. Lyttle (Manchester, Kentucky, sheriff) Legal: John S. M. Dickinson (Clay County Kentucky Judge) Legal: Clay County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay, District 1, p. 108B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay, not stated, p. 107. James B. Lyttle (Manchester, Kentucky, sheriff) N00000569 1835? 1863? Categories: People

Manchester, Kentucky, sheriff. Virginia native. Married to Sally Ann Allen Lyttle. Sheriff in Manchester in 1860.

Relationships Legal: William R. Brown (Clay County, Kentucky, farm laborer) Legal: John C. Brown (Clay County, Kentucky, farm laborer) Legal: Clay County Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, District 1, p. 89. William R. Brown (Clay County, Kentucky, farm laborer) N00000567 1836? Categories: People

Clay County, Kentucky, farm laborer. Kentucky native. Son of Easom S. Brown and Elizabeth G. Bledsoe. Farm laborer in Clay County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: James B. Lyttle (Manchester, Kentucky, sheriff) Familial: John C. Brown (Clay County, Kentucky, farm laborer) Legal: John S. M. Dickinson (Clay County Kentucky Judge) Legal: Clay County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay, District 1, p. 108B. 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 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 "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": 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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To his excellency Thos E, Bramlette Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, The petition of J, S, M, Dickinson the county Judge of Clay ^County^ respectfully represents to your excelly. that William Brown & John Brown had been brought before your petitioner upon a charge of a breech of the peace, the testimony in one of the cases had been heard by the jury after which & whilst the jury were in their room making up their verdict the Browns exhibited in the Court-house a large knife & pistol and then went out of the Court-house and to the oposite side of the street making considerable noise and drawing their weapons, when your petitioner ordered James B, Lyttle the constable who was attending to the Court & who had brought the browns before it, to disarm them & bring them into ^court^ that they might hear the virdict of the jury & judgment of the Court & he prevented from doing mischief and your petitioner ordered others to aid in their aprehension and in the resistance of the Browns One of them shot at a citizen and James B. Lyttle went forward in the discharge of his duty to try to disarm the said William & John Brown and bring them into Court and William Brown shot & killed the said James B. Lyttle whilst endeavouring

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to execute the duties of his office. John Brown at the same ^time^ or just before the shooting had the large knife drawn which was rung from his hands by the citizens the Browns were boath commited to the jail of Clay County by the examining court & bail refused but they with force have broken the jail and are now running at large and have fled from justice The object of this petition is that your excellency may offer a reward from for the aprehension of the said John Brown and William Brown and their delivery to the jailer of Clay County

J, S, M, Dickinson Judge Clay County Court

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Clay Co Reward $250 each Wm & John Brown