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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, Requisitions for the Return of Fugitives from Justice, 1863-1867 KYR-0001-006-0006 BR6-6

Morganfield, Union 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. Lewis Chapman (Indicted for murder in Union County, Kentucky, in 1863.) N00018502 1823? Categories: People

Union County, Kentucky, prisoner. Indicted for the murder of [Unknown] Van Austin in Union County, Kentucky, in 1863. Escaped from the Union County Jail in 1863.

KYR-0001-006-0006. [Unknown] Van Austin (Murder victim in Union County, Kentucky, in 1863.) N00018510 Categories: People

Union County, Kentucky, resident. Murdered in Union County, Kentucky, in 1863.

Relationships Social: Lewis Chapman (Indicted for murder in Union County, Kentucky, in 1863.)

KYR-0001-006-0006. Bob [Unknown] (Enslaved man owned by Thomas Harris in Union County, Kentucky. Convicted of murdering Johnson Harris in 1863.) N00018509 1843? Categories: People

Union County, Kentucky, enslaved man. Enslaved by Thomas Harris. Convicted of the murder of Johnson Harris in Union County, Kentucky, in 1863.

Relationships Slavery: Thomas J. Harris (Union County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Social: Johnson Harris (Union County, Kentucky, farmer.)

KYR-0001-006-0006. Thomas J. Harris (Union County, Kentucky, farmer. ) N00018497 1820-10-24 1910-03-01 Categories: People

Union County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Rebecca Blakesley Harris in Union County, Kentucky, in April 1857. Farmer in Union County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned ten enslaved persons in Union County in 1850. Farmer in Union County in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Union County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, District 2, p. 512A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Morganfield, p. 326. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, p. 401A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Uniontown, p. 396B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Union County Marriages, Film 000562203. "Thomas J. Harris (1820-1910)," Find A Grave, Memorial 106790961, accessed August 29, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106790961. Johnson Harris (Union County, Kentucky, farmer.) N00018498 1829? 1863 Categories: People

Union County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Farmer in Union County in 1850. Household owned ten enslaved persons in Union County in 1850. Farmer in Union County in 1860. Employed Leonard Cole, William Jones, Thomas Baker, and William Skees as laborers in Union County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Union County in 1860. Murdered in Union County in 1863.

Relationships Familial: Thomas J. Harris (Union County, Kentucky, farmer. )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, District 2, p. 512A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, City/District, p. 349. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, p. 405A. KYR-0001-006-0006. George Johnson (Union County, Kentucky, jailer.) N00018499 Categories: People

Union County, Kentucky, jailer. Jailer in Union County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: Bob [Unknown] (Enslaved man owned by Thomas Harris in Union County, Kentucky. Convicted of murdering Johnson Harris in 1863.) Legal: Lewis Chapman (Indicted for murder in Union County, Kentucky, in 1863.)

KYR-0001-006-0006. Morganfield, Kentucky P00001832 Categories: Places

Seat of Union County, Kentucky.

37.6834, -87.9167 Ron D. Bryant, "Morganfield" in in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 653. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Morganfield, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 6, 2019). Union County, Kentucky P00001845 Categories: Places

Seat at Morganfield, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio and Tradewater rivers.

37.6639, -87.9727 Ron D. Bryant, "Union County" in in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 907-08. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Union County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 5, 2019). Union County Jail O00018516 1812 Categories: Organizations

Detention center in Union County, Kentucky. Located in Morganfield, Kentucky. Originally built in 1812. Rebuilt in 1827 and 1874.

History of Union County, Kentucky: A Complete Account of the Settlement, Organization, and Government of the County, (Evansville, IN: Courier Co., Printers, Binders and Engravers, 1886), pp. 73-74, 77. Morganfield, Union County, Kentucky 1863-11-13 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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Morganfield Nov 13th 1863. Gov. Bramlette.

There exscaped from the jail of Union County on the 7th inst a white man named Lewis Chapmanunder indictment for the murder of Van Austin. A man He is about 40 years of age 6 feet high, heavy built light hair & blue eyes --

Also a negro man Bob the property of Thos Harris, sentenced to be hung on the 11th December next ^for the murder of Johnson Harris^ -- Bob is about 20 years of age four five feet 6 inches high -- dark color -- compactly built left handed -- weighs about 160 lbs --

There has been no private reward offered for said Criminals

Yours &c. Geo Johnson Jailor of Union County

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Reward 2 Cases $250Union Co Reward offered 17th Nov/63