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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-0001-006-0007 BR6-7 to BR6-7-1

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky Reddick Nichols (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and) N00014190 1824? Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Eli Nichols, Sr. Married to Elizabeth J. Blanks Nichols in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in December 1852. Married to Martha J. Rice Nichols in Webster County in November 1865. Father of Angeline Nichols, Mildred A. Nichols, and Joana Nichols. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Served in the 10th Kentucky (Johnson's) Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private from June 29, 1862, to August 1, 1862. Served in Captain Byrne's Company, Kentucky Horse Artillery (C.S.A.) as a private from August 1, 1862, to June 6, 1863. Reported as deserted and captured in Barren County on June 6, 1863. Prisoner of war at Camp Chase, Ohio, and Fort Delaware, Delaware, from July 8, 1863, to February 10, 1864. Transferred to Crittenden County, Kentucky to stand trial on a charge of robbery on February 10, 1864.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: Milton A. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Durin Clark Lamb (Caldwell co. farm laborer and student ) Social: Andrew Jackson Lamb (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Albin Francisco Schoepf (U.S. Army soldier) Legal: Crittenden Circuit Court Legal: Executive Department, Kentucky (U.S.A.) Legal: Mannering Towery (Crittenden County, KY, farmer) Military: Albin Francisco Schoepf (U.S. Army soldier) Legal: George H. Towery (Crittenden County, KY, farmer) Legal: Fort Delaware

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 355B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Tennessee, p. 523A. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0066. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film 000546372, p. 28. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Webster County Marriages, Film 000568132. 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. Albin Francisco Schoepf (U.S. Army soldier) N00019669 1822-03-01 1886-05-10 Categories: People

Washington, D.C, soldier. Native of Poland. Married to Julia Kesley Schoepf. Father of Lillie Schoepf, Albin F. Schoepf, Joseph Schoepf, and William Schoepf. Patent office clerk in Washington, D.C, in 1860. Served in the United States Army as a brigadier general from September 30, 1861 to January 15, 1866. Commander of Fort Delaware from April 25, 1863, to January 1, 1866.

Relationships Military: Fort Delaware

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Washington, D.C., Ward 3, p. 813. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington, D.C., Ward 5, p. 81B. Francis B. Heitman, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from its Organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903 vol. 1, pt. 2 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1903), 865. Ezra J. Warner Jr., Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964), 424-25. W. Emerson Wilson, Fort Delaware (Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1957), 14. "Albin Francisco Schoepf (1822-1886)," Find A Grave, Memorial 4908, accessed March 30, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/4908. Mannering Towery (Crittenden County, KY, farmer) N00001393 1801? 1863 Categories: People

Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer. South Carolina native. Married to Rebecca Towery. Father of Edward Towery, George H. Towery, Ben F. Towery, Sibby Towery, Malinda Towery, and Aaron Towery. Farmer in Crittenden County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Crittenden County in 1850. Farmer in Crittenden County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Crittenden County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Albin Francisco Schoepf (U.S. Army soldier) Legal: Executive Department, Kentucky (U.S.A.) Legal: Reddick Nichols (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 2, p. 271B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 1, p. 459. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 1, p. 355B. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Crittenden County Administrators Bonds, 1843-1878, p. 387. Ephraim L. Van Winkle (Pulaski Co, KY, attorney & Sec. State) N001777 1827-07-20 1866-05-23 Categories: People

Pulaski County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and statesman. Wayne County, Kentucky, native. Son of Micajah Van Winkle and Mary Phillips Van Winkle. Married to Ellen Eliza Phillips Van Winkle. Father of Milton E. Van Winkle, Mary E. Van Winkle, Lucy A. Van Winkle, and Betty Van Winkle. Attended the Monticello Academy in Wayne County, Kentucky. Graduate of the Louisville School of Law in 1850. Attorney in Wayne County in 1850. Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Wayne County in 1855. Commonwealth's attorney for the Sixth Judicial District in 1856. State elector for Constitutional Union Party candidate John Bell in 1860. Attorney in Pulaski County in 1860. Employed James Cowan as a day laborer in Pulaski County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Pulaski County in 1860. Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to May 23, 1866.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, Division No. 2, p. 242B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Somerset, p. 155. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Somerset District 1, p. 195A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Pulaski County, KY, July 1863, p. 163. "Ephraim Van Winkle," Office of the Kentucky Secretary of State, accessed September 22, 2021, https://web.sos.ky.gov/ofx/secsofstate?id=39. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Rolls 994057, Wayne County Births. James R. Page (Frankfort, KY, merchant, capt 9th KY Cav USA & asst. sec. state) N001778 1827? 1875? Categories: People

Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant, soldier, and statesman. New York native. Married to Susan Page in 1850. Father of Isaac R. Page, Henry C. Page, and John H. Page. Married to Mary T. Hodges Page in Franklin County, Kentucky, on December 8, 1858. Father of James R. Page, Albert M. Page, and Lizzie D. Page. Clerk in Frankfort in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Merchant in Frankfort in 1860. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain and major from August 22, 1862, to February 14, 1863. Assistant Secretary of State under Ephraim L. Van Winkle, who served from September 1, 1863, to May 23, 1866.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District N. 1, p. 39B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District No. 2, p. 914. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, pp. 241-42. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Richland County, Denver Township, p. 517B. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0098. “Decoration Day,” The Frankfort Roundabout (Frankfort, KY), May 28, 1892, p. 3. "Ephraim Van Winkle," Office of the Kentucky Secretary of State, accessed September 22, 2021, https://web.sos.ky.gov/ofx/secsofstate?id=39. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll 994034, Franklin County Marriages. "Memorandum," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), May 31, 1867, p. 1. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 228-29, 251. William E. Hughes (Jefferson County, KY, newspaper editor and public printer) N00002718 1820? Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, newspaper editor and public printer. Bucks County, Pennsylvania, native. Married to Eliza R. Harney Hughes in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on August 10, 1846. Father of Edward H. Hughes, Wallace E. Hughes, William B. Hughes, Mary E. Hughes, Martha Hughes, and Thomas P. Hughes. Editor in Louisville in 1850. Editor of the Louisville Democrat with John H. Harney in Louisville in 1860. Installed as public printer for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in December 1861.

Relationships Military: William G. Rogers (Regimental quartermaster in 2nd regiment Kentucky Cavalry) Military: Elias Thomasson (Regimental quartermaster. 2nd regiment Kentucky Cavalry. ) Economic: The Commonwealth Political: James H. Montgomery (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tailor. )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 181A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 1104. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Arkansas, Desha County, Mississippi Township, p. 504B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482707, p. 346. Pennsylvania, U. S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968_, Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA, Philadelphia County, File 23061. Fort Delaware P00001381 Categories: Places

Union Prison located on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River near Delaware City, Delaware. Housed Confederate prisoners of war and political prisoners.

39.5785, -75.5874 Laura M. Lee and Brendan Mackie, Fort Delaware (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2010). Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. Crittenden Circuit Court O00000369 1842 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 14th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): William P. Fowler. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): L. M. Low, John Barrett, and Benjamin P. Cissell. Clerk(s): S. Hodge and James H. Walker.

Relationships Legal: James Hickman Walker (Crittenden County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Legal: Samuel J. Carrick (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Hannah A. Carrick (Crittenden County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: James Livingston Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John Thomas Bunch (Henderson County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Mary "Polly" N. Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Napoleon B. Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, stone mason) Legal: Phillip Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James W. Wilson (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Wiley P. Fowler (Livingston 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. Executive Department, Kentucky (U.S.A.) O00010556 1792 Categories: Organizations

Office of the Governor, in which the constitution of Kentucky vests the executive power of the state.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380-81. 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. The Commonwealth O00006282 1833 1872 Categories: Organizations

Newspaper and printing office in Frankfort, Kentucky. Known for representing the Whig and Republican political positions. Owners and publishers: Albert G. Hodges (1833-1842), A. G. Hodges, John M. Todd, & John W. Pruett (1842 -1846), A. G. Hodges & Co. (1846-1856), Albert G. Hodges (1856-1865). Editor(s): Orlando Brown (1833-1842), Thomas B. Stevenson (1842-1846), John W. Finnell (1846-1850), William L. Callender (1850-1856), Thomas M. Green (1856-1860), J. H. Johnson (1860-1863), Henri F. Middleton (1863-1864), Henry E. Thomas (1864).

Relationships Economic: William E. Hughes (Jefferson County, KY, newspaper editor and public printer)

Carl E. Kramer and William B. Scott, Jr., Capital on the Kentucky (Frankfort, KY: Historic Frankfort, Inc., 1986), 143, 208. "The Daily Commonwealth," Chronicling America, accessed May 18, 2017, http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015460/. Frank F. Mathias, "Albert Gallatin Hodges," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 435-36. "The Frankfort Commonwealth," Chronicling America, accessed May 18, 2017, http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015463/. "Tri-weekly Commonwealth," Chronicling America, accessed May 18, 2017, http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015455/. Willard Rouse Jillson, The Newspapers and Periodicals of Frankfort, Kentucky 1795-1945 (Frankfort, KY: Kentucky State Historical Society, 1945), 14. Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky 1863-11-03 Legal/Financial 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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To his Excellency, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF

WHEREAS, Red Nichol stands charged by the Crittenden Circuit Court of Robbery. AND WHEREAS, Information has been received at the Executive Department of this State, that the said Red Nichol has fled from justice, and is now in Fort Delaware -- and it being important and highly necessary for the good of society that the perpetrators of such offences should be brought to justice:

Now, Therefore, I, THOMAS E. BRAMLETTE, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do, by these presents, demand the said Red Nichol as a fugitive from the justice of the laws of this State, and made known to your Excelleny ^as Commander of Fort Delaware^ that I have appointed M. Towery my agent to receive said fugitive, and bring him to this State, having jurisdiction of the said offense, that he may abide his trial for the crime for which he stands charged.

In compliance with the requisitions, I herewith annex and submit to your Excellency a copy of the Indictment upon which the demand is founded, which I certify to be authentic.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Commonwealth to be affixed, at FRANKFORT, on the 3rd day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Sixty three, and in the 72nd year of the Commonwealth.

BY THE GOVERNOR: Tho. E. Bramlette E. L. Vanwinkle, SECRETARY OF STATE, By Jas R. Page Asst. Sec

Commonwealth Office -- WM. E. HUGHES, State Printer.