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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-0001-006-0014 BR6-16 to BR6-16-1

Paducah, McCracken 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. Samuel Henderson (Illinois fugitive from justice.) N00020625 Categories: People

Illinois fugitive from justice. Accused of horse theft in McCracken County, Kentucky. Reported as a fugitive from justice in Illinois in January 1864.

Relationships Legal: William L. Mays (McCracken County, KY, farmer) Legal: Philip D. Yeiser (Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.)

KYR-0001-006-0014. Richard Yates (Morgan County, Illinois, governor, attorney, representative, and senator) N00014450 1815-01-18 1873-11-27 Categories: People

Morgan County, Illinois, attorney, governor, and legislator. Gallatin County, Kentucky, native. Son of Henry Yates. Married to Catherine Geers Yates in Morgan County, Illinois, on July 11, 1839. Father of William Yates, Henry Yates, Mary Yates, Catherine Yates, and Richard Yates. Graduate of Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois, in 1835. Graduate of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1837. Attorney in Morgan County, Illinois, in 1850. Member of the United States House of Representatives from the Seventh Congressional District of Illinois from 1851 to 1855. Attorney in Morgan County in 1860. Employed Martha Murphy as a servant in Morgan County in 1860. Governor of Illinois from January 14, 1861, to January 16, 1865. Member of the United States Senate from Illinois from 1865 to 1871.

Relationships Political: State of Illinois Political: Ozias Mather Hatch (Springfield, IL, secretary of state of IL (1856-1864)) Legal: William L. Manson (Hamilton County, Ohio, Deputy United States Marshal) Political: Dewitt Clinton Fry (Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, constable.) Legal: Robert Pulliam (Morgan County, Illinois, resident. )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville, p. 170A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville, p. 404. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville, p. 460A. Illinois Marriage Records, Morgan County Courthouse, Jacksonville, Illinois, Morgan County Marriages, Film 007619742. "Richard Yates,” Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Carroll County, vol. 3, ed. Newton Bateman, Paul Selby, and Charles L. Hostetter (Chicago, IL: Munsell Publishing Company, 1913), 603. “Richard Yates’ Mother Dies,” The Kenney Gazette (Kenney, IL), October 16, 1908. "Richard Yates (1815-1873)," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present, accessed April, 11, 2021, https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/Y000012. "Richard Yates (1815-1873)," Find A Grave, Memorial #6624690, accessed May 12, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6624690. William L. Mays (McCracken County, KY, farmer) N00020626 1823? Categories: People

McCracken County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Susan R. Clayton Mays. Father of Virginia Mays, Elizabeth Mays, Laura J. Mays, Miranda Mays, John W. Mays, Clayton Mays, William P. Mays, James H. Mays, Susan R. Mays, and Ida Mays. Farmer in Christian County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in McCracken County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1, p. 449B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, District 2, p. 839. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kansas, Montgomery County, Westralia, p. 662A. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994046, McCracken County Births. Philip D. Yeiser (Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.) N00002498 1817-11-14 1886-12-02 Categories: People

Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney. Garrard County, Kentucky, native. Son of George Yeiser and Margaret M. Yeiser. Married to Ellen Durham Yeiser. Father of David A. Yeiser. Married to Margaret Craig Yeiser. Father of Ellen Yeiser, Frances Yeiser, and Henry C. Yeiser. Carpenter in Boyle County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1850. Attorney in Lyon County, Kentucky, in 1860. Household owned three enslaved persons in Lyon County in 1860. Attorney in Paducah from 1862 to 1886. Commonwealth's attorney for the First Judicial District of Kentucky from 1862 to 1864.

Relationships Legal: Thomas E. Reed (Fulton Co, KY, sheriff and farmer) Legal: Charles S. Marshall (Ballard County, Kentucky, attorney and circuit judge) Legal: John T. Bolinger (Graves County, KY, merchant) Political: First Judicial District of Kentucky Political: Graves Circuit Court Economic: Fulton Circuit Court Political: Edward Irwin Bullock (Fulton and Hickman County, Kentucky, attorney) Political: Charles S. Marshall (Ballard County, Kentucky, attorney and circuit judge) Political: Hickman Circuit Court Economic: Robert W. Walker (Hickman County, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: Michael Lower Stoner (Hickman County, Kentucky, physician) Familial: George Otho Yeiser, Sr. (Boyle co. merchant / Lyon co. gentleman) Social: William Wilson Hollman (Eddyville, Lyon County, Kentucky, machinist and liquor dealer) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Lyon Circuit Court Legal: William H. Reader (Indicted for a misdemeanor in Lyon Circuit Court and fined $50 in 1862.) Legal: George B. Grundy (Paducah, KY, sheriff) Legal: William Boyd (McCracken County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Thomas C. Dabney (Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Political: Jonas Martin (Livingston and Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer and politician.) Legal: Rufus K. Williams (Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals) Legal: William L. Mays (McCracken County, KY, farmer) Legal: Richard Yates (Morgan County, Illinois, governor, attorney, representative, and senator)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 2, p. 358A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, pp. 762-3. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 416A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah, p. 127B. William T. Samuels, Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, 1866), p. 10. Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Volume II (Chicago, IL: Lewis Publishing Company, 1904), p. 527. "Deaths," Kentucky Advocate (Danville, KY), December 3, 1886, p. 3. "Phillip D. Yeiser (1817-1883)," Find A Grave, Memorial 84527947, accessed December 28, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84527974. Paducah, Kentucky P00001227 Categories: Places

Seat of McCracken County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River and the Tennessee River.

37.0834, -88.6 John E. L. Robertson, "Paducah" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 705-706. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Paducah, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 4, 2019). Kentucky P001800 Categories: Places

State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992). Illinois P00004765 Categories: Places

State in the midwestern region of the United States. Capital at Springfield. Located on the Ohio River and Mississippi River.

39.8017, -89.6437 Newton Bateman and Paul Selby, ed., Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois (Chicago: Munsell Publishing Company, 1918), p. 241, 258. Roger D. Bridges and Rodney O. Davis, Illinois: Its History and Legacy (St. Louis: River City Publishers, 1984). “Springfield, Illinois," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed February 26, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. State of Illinois O00014696 1818-12-03 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Illinois. Capital at Springfield, Illinois. Governor(s): William Henry Bissell (January 12, 1857 - March 18, 1860), John Wood (March 18, 1860 - January 14, 1861), Richard Yates (January 14, 1861 - January 16, 1865), and Richard James Oglesby (January 16, 1865 - January 11, 1869).

Relationships Political: Richard Yates (Morgan County, Illinois, governor, attorney, representative, and senator) Political: Ozias Mather Hatch (Springfield, IL, secretary of state of IL (1856-1864))

Janet Cartwright, Richard T. Lockhart, and Paul Simon, “Illinois,” Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed June 5, 2021, https://www.britannica.com/place/Illinois-state. “Former Illinois Governors," National Governors Association, accessed June 5, 2021, https://www.nga.org/former-governors/illinois. Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky 1864-01-15 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "1": 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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Paducah Ky Jany 15th 1864 To Govr Bramlette Dr Sir

The inclosed warrant is issued for Saml Henderson & he is in an adjoining county in Illinois -- Will you make a requisition for him -- he is said to belong to a band of horse thieves -- please mail your requisition direct to the Govr of Illinois & request him to forward his warrant of arrest to Wm L Mays at Paducah Ky.

Your &C P. D. Yeiser

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Illinois Requisition for Wm Saml Henderson 26th Jany /64.