<title type="main">Thomas E. Bramlette, Warrant Edition created from new transcripts of this manuscript. Initial upload of this work's facsimile images and metadata to FromThePage for editing Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections Administrator of the CWGK Migration transcription project on FromThePage Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections made 4 edits between June 21, 2025 and June 21, 2025. Dynamic TEI export from FromThePage (version 22.10)

This image and transcription is publicly accessible. The image appears courtesy of the repository named in the Source Description. The transcription and annotation were undertaken by Kentucky Historical Society staff, volunteers, and interns. If referencing this document title, accession number, and permanent URL.

 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-0001-006-0035 BR6-38 to BR6-38-1

Frankfort, Franklin 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. 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. Archibald Manes (Effingham County, Illinois, farmer) N001769 1829? Categories: People

Effingham County, Illinois, farmer. Tennessee native. Married to Elizabeth Manes. Father of King S. Manes and Mary E. Manes. Farmer in Effingham County, Illinois, in 1850. Resident of Effingham County in 1855. Accused of kidnapping Thomas M. Adams from Richland County, Illinois, in August 1863. Reported as a fugitive from justice in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Illinois, Effingham County, p. 309A. Illinois States Census (1855), Census of Inhabitants, Effingham County, Illinois, p. 11. KYR-0001-006-0001. KYR-0001-006-0030. William L. Manson (Hamilton County, Ohio, Deputy United States Marshal) N00014445 1830 1896 Categories: People

Hamilton County, Ohio, Deputy United States Marshal. Maryland native. Son of Sarah L. Manson. Married to Mary E. Reck Manson in Fairfield County, Ohio, on January 23, 1855. Father to Fannie Manson, William S. Manson, Virginia Manson, and Edward R. Manson. Lived in Fairfield County in 1850. Deputy U.S. Marshal in Hamilton County in 1860. Employed Susan Wingel as a servant in 1860. Deputy U.S. Marshal in Hamilton County in 1861.

Relationships Political: United States Marshal's Office Economic: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Fairfield County, Lancaster Corporation, p. 288A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati Ward 8, p. 197. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Buena Vista Precinct, p. 277B. Ohio Marriage Records, Fairfield County Courthouse, Lancaster, Ohio, Fairfield County Marriages, Film 000295269. Williams' Cincinnati Directory, City Guide and Business Mirror for 1861, (Cincinnati, OH: C. S. Williams, 1861), 241. "William Lewis Manson (1830-1896)," Find A Grave, Memorial 141590731, accessed April 6, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141590731. 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. John H. Eastham (Boyd County, KY, sheriff, farmer) N00003109 1816-06-04 1889-04-22 Categories: People

Boyd County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Eastham. Father of Virginia Eastham, Miriam Eastham, George E. Eastham, Margaret Eastham, and Mary E. Eastham. Farmer in Carter County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Boyd County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons (Margaret [Unknown], George [Unknown], and James [Unknown]) in Boyd County in 1860. Sheriff of Boyd County in 1861.

Relationships Legal: Boyd Circuit Court Political: John McAuley Palmer (Military Governor of Kentucky) Political: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: John McAuley Palmer (Military Governor of Kentucky)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky Carter County, District 2, p. 224B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, p. 760. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, p. 146A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, District 2, p. 15A. 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), 49. William Ely, The Big Sandy Valley: A History of the People and Country from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time (Catlettsburg, KY: Central Methodist, 1887), p. 488. "John Higgens Eastham (1816-1889)," Find A Grave, Memorial 119804283, accessed April 6, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119804283. 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/. 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). 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. 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. 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. 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. Richland Circuit Court O00019646 Categories: Organizations

Circuit court in Richland County, Illinois.

Relationships Legal: Thomas McDonald Logan (Richland County, IL, witness) Legal: Daniel Schroder (Richland County, IL, witness) Legal: Silas S. Snodgrass (Richland County, IL, witness) Legal: Nancy Judy Snodgrass (Richland County, IL, witness) Legal: J. B. Adams (Witness in the case of Means et al re-kidnapping) Legal: Harriet Bostick (Richland County, IL, witness) Legal: Hannah Snodgrass (Witness in the case of Means et al re-kidnapping) Legal: Joseph Berry Wendall (Witness in the case of Means et al re-kidnapping)

KYR-0001-006-0001. Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky 1864-06-06 Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "1": 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.
1

Commonwealth of Kentucky, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

I, Thomas E. Bramlette, GOVERNOR OF SAID COMMOWEALTH, TO ALL SHERIFFS AND CONSTABLES IN SAID COMMONWEALTH, GREETING:

WHEREAS, It has been made known to me by Richard Yates Governor of the State of Illinois that a certain Arch Means of said State stands indicted in the Richard Circuit Court for Kidnapping a copy of which indictment, duly authenticated, is now on file in this Department; and that the said Arch. Means has fled from the State of Illinois, thereby evading the justice of its laws, and is going at large within the limits of the State of Kentucky.

Know Ye, Therefore, That I, THOMAS E. BRAMLETTE, Governor as aforesaid, do hereby require and enjoin all Sheriffs and Constables within this State to apprehend and arrest the said Arch Means, and upon his apprehension, to bring him before some Circuit Judge of this Commonwealth, that the said Circuit Judge may proceed, by proper and legal testimony, to inquire into the matter, so far as shall be necessary, to ascertain the identity of the said Arch Means and if he is the person mentioned in this, my warrant, , that the said Judge may order him to be delivered up to Wm L. Manson, who has been duly authorized by the Governor of the State of Illinois to receive and convey the said Arch Means to the State of Illinois, to be dealt with according to law: And in case the said Wm L. Manson should not appear to receive him, that the Judge may commit him, the said Arch Means to jail, on the charge aforesaid, to be dealt with according to law: and that you report forthwith to the Governor of this Commonwealth your proceedings under this warrant. And furthermore, that if the said Arch Means shall be committed to the jail of any county in this State, that the Judge so committing him may immediately inform the Governor of this Commonwealth your proceedings under this warrant. And furthermore, that if the said Arch Means shall be committed to the jail of any county in this State, that the Judge so committing him may immediately inform the Governor of this Commonwealth of the commitment thereof, and to what jail he has been committed.

SEAL OF KENTUCKY UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Commonwealth to be affixed, at FRANKFORT, the 6th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Sixty 72ndfour, and in the 723rd year of the Commonwealth.

BY THE GOVERNOR: Thos E Bramlette E. L. VanWinkle, SECRETARY OF STATE. By Jas R Page Asst Secty

2
3
4

Not Executed: the Defendant A. Means left this county on or about the time this warrant was received & has not been found it since Feby 17th 1865

J. H. Eastham S. B. C