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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-0001-006-0011 BR6-11

Franklin County, Kentucky Robert Alexander Burke (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer, murder suspect, and fugitive from justice.) N00019705 1828-06-14 1906-04-26 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. Indiana native. Son of Robert Burke and Nancy A. Burke. Married to Sarah Wallace Burke in Franklin County, Kentucky, on May 1, 1857. Father of Olivia J. Burke, Polly A. Burke, and Nancy J. Burke. Farmer in Lawrence County, Indiana, in 1850. Farmer in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1860. Indicted for the murder of Thomas Wallace in Franklin County in 1863. Escaped from the Franklin County Jail on February 23, 1864. Fugitive from justice in Indiana in 1864.

Relationships Legal: William Sams (Carroll County, Kentucky, sawmill operator, barkeeper, and agent of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.) Legal: Franklin County Court Legal: Jacob Swigert, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, attorney, court clerk, and judge) Legal: H. R. Miller (Frankfort ) Legal: Thomas C. Wallace (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. Killed by Robert Alexander Burke in 1863.) Legal: Franklin County Jail

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Indiana, Lawrence County, Indian Creek, p. 385B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 363. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Indiana, Vermillion County, Vermillion Township, p. 125A. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994034, Franklin County Marriages, p. 12. Indiana Death Certificates, 1900–2017, Indiana State Department of Health and Vital Records, Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, IN, 1906, Roll 13, Volume 90, Record 27. KYR-0001-006-0011. KYR-0001-006-0023. Thomas C. Wallace (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. Killed by Robert Alexander Burke in 1863.) N00019706 1796? 1863 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Juretta Hawkins Wallace in Franklin County, Kentucky, on April 5, 1831. Father of James Wallace, Reuben Wallace, Sarah Wallace Burke, and Nancy Wallace. Farmer and mechanic in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Franklin County in 1860. Killed by Robert Alexander Burke in Franklin County in 1863.

Relationships Social: Robert Alexander Burke (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer, murder suspect, and fugitive from justice.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 74B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 350. Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954, Genealogical Society of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT, Franklin County Marriages, Film 000266192. KYR-0001-006-0011 Jacob Swigert, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, attorney, court clerk, and judge) N00001651 1793-07 1869-03-24 Categories: People

Frankfort, Kentucky, attorney, court clerk, and judge. Maryland native. Son of John Swigert and Mar Swigert. Married to Emeline Weisiger Swigert in April 1825. Father of Lucy Swigert, Emma Swigert, Daniel W. Swigert, and Helen Swigert. Married to Rebecca Johnson Swigert in May 1842. Father of Jacob Swigert, Jr., Samuel M. Swigert, and Joseph Swigert. Wrote in the Office of the Clerk of the Woodford County Court and Woodford Circuit Court from 1810 to 1814. Wrote in the Office of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1814 to 1815. Studied law and admitted to the bar in 1816. Attorney in Frankfort from 1816 to 1825. Clerk of the Court of Appeals of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1825 to 1858. Member of the Masonic Order of Kentucky from 1829 to 1869. Member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South from 1840 to 1869. Owned twenty-five enslaved persons in 1860. Judge of the Franklin County Court from 1862 to 1869.

Relationships Social: Cyrenius Wait (Somerset, Kentucky, politician, merchant, and entrepreneur) Social: John Jordan Crittenden (Franklin Co, KY, Representative, Senator, & former KY Governor) Legal: James Goff (Franklin County, KY, soldier) Legal: Baxter Merritt (Franklin County, KY, boatman and soldier in 6th Kentucky Cavalry (USA)) Legal: Franklin Circuit Court Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 36B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 242. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 491A. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 116-17. Find A Grave, "Judge Jacob Swigert (1793-1869)," Memorial #68832982, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68832982 (accessed May 24, 2017). William Sams (Carroll County, Kentucky, sawmill operator, barkeeper, and agent of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.) N00019704 1834? Categories: People

Carroll County, Kentucky, sawmill operator, barkeeper, and agent of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Henry County, Kentucky, native. Son of Delilah Sams. Married to Eliza Jane Lockhart Sams in Trimble County, Kentucky, on December 28, 1852. Father of James Sams, Joseph T. Sams, and Luella Sams. Farmer in Trimble County in 1850. Sawmill operator in Carroll County in 1860. Barkeeper in Carroll County in 1863. Agent for the Commonwealth of in the requisitions of Alexander Burke and William Ross in 1864.

Relationships Legal: State of Indiana Legal: Robert Alexander Burke (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer, murder suspect, and fugitive from justice.) Legal: Oliver P. Morton (Fourteenth governor of Indiana, attorney, judge, and politician.) Social: David G. Venable (Frankfort, Kentucky, student and soldier) Social: Nettie Scott (Frankfort, Kentucky, resident.) Legal: William Ross (Gallatin County, Kentucky, laborer and fugitive from justice.) Legal: State of Missouri

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trimble County, District 2, p. 387A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Carrollton, p. 17. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Missouri, Shelby County, Bethel Township, p. 14B. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Carroll County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 385. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Trimble County Marriages, Film 000420390. KYR-0001-006-0011. KYR-0001-006-0026. H. R. Miller (Frankfort ) N00002932 1834? Categories: People

Frankfort, Kentucky, tin smith and jailer. Kentucky native. Tin smith in Frankfort in 1860. Jailor in Franklin County in 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, District 1, p. 236. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Franklin County, KY, July 1863, p. 16. 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. Franklin County, Kentucky P001019 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Frankfort. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Ron D. Bryant, "Franklin County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 354-56. Indiana P001818 Categories: Places

State in the midwestern United States. Capital at Indianapolis. Located on the Ohio River and Lake Michigan.

39.7684, -86.158 Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, ed. David J. Bodenhamer and Robert G. Barrows (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1994), 52. William Vincent D'Antonio and Robert L. Beck, "Indiana," Encyclopædia Britannica, accessed September 11, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/Indiana-state. "Indianapolis, Indiana," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 4, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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. Carrollton, Kentucky P00000697 Categories: Places

Seat of Carroll County, Kentucky. Located at the confluence of the Kentucky River and the Ohio River.

38.6809, -85.1794 Mary Ann Gentry, "Carrollton" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 166. 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. Franklin County Court O00000620 Categories: Organizations

Located in Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Jacob Swigert, John R. Graham. Clerk(s): A. H. Rennick.

Relationships Economic: Lloyd Hackett, Sr. (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer, laborer and justice of the peace) Political: Nathaniel Gaither, Jr. (Adair County, Kentucky, attorney, sec of state, pvt 6th KY Cav CSA) Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) Political: George W. Gwin (Frankfort, KY, mayor & councilman, merchant, JP) Legal: William H. Sneed (Frankfort, Kentucky, attorney and soldier.) Legal: Jacob Swigert, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, attorney, court clerk, and judge)

“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. Franklin County, Kentucky 1863-12-18 Petition English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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State of Kentucky, Franklin Co., sct:

Whereas Alexander Burk stands indicted for the crime of murder, committed by cutting and disemboweling his own father-in-law, Thomas Wallace, without provocation, in Franklin County: and whereas it is represented to me, and I so believe, that this was a very wantin and aggrAvated murder, and that said murdereR has fled from Justice, and is now running at large in the State of Indiana:

I, Jacob Swigert, Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Court, do hereby Petition and request His Excellency, the present Governor of Kentucky, to offer a reward not exceeding $500, for the apprehension of said murderer.

Given under my hand at Frankfort, Ky., this 18th day of Dec., 1863.

J. Swigert presiding Judge of Franklin cty:

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Petition of County Judge of Franklin Co.

Wm Sams Carrolton Ky

A reward of $250.00, is offered for the apprehension and delivery, of A Burk to the Jailor, of Franklin County. Dec 18th 1863

Tho E Bramlette