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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-0001-006-0036 BR6-39

Covington, Kenton 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. William Potts (Daviess County, Kentucky, farmer.) N00019700 Categories: People

Agent in the requisition of George Burkhamer (George Burkheimer) from Louisiana to Kentucky in 1864.

KYR-0001-006-0036. KYR-0001-006-0037. George Burkhamer (George Burkheimer) (Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, steam boat captain.) N00019699 1817? Categories: People

Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, steam boat captain. Pennsylvania native. Married to Mary Burkhamer. Father of Ella Burkhamer. Carpenter in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1850. Steamboat captain in Cincinnati in 1860. Fugitive from justice in Louisiana in 1864.

Relationships Legal: John Todd (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, merchant.) Legal: William Potts (Agent in the requisition of George Burkhamer (George Burkheimer) from Louisiana to Kentucky in 1864.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati Ward 8, p. 559B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati Ward 15, p. 318. KYR-0001-006-0036. John Flavel Fisk, Sr. (Covington, Kentucky, attorney and politician) N00000460 1815-12-14 1902-02-21 Categories: People

Covington, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Genesee County, New York, native. Married to Elizabeth S. Johnson Fisk on October 14, 1842. Father of Charles H. Fisk, Virginia Fisk, Sarah C. Fish, Robert Fisk, Isabella Fisk, John F. Fisk, Jr., and Elizabeth Fisk. Attended common schools in New York and Cary’s Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio. Principal of the Germantown Academy in Mason County, Kentucky. Principal of the Mason Academy in Mason County. Studied law under Frank Hord, James T. Morehead, and James Pryor in Maysville and Covington. Attorney in Covington in 1850. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Kenton County from 1857 to 1865. Speaker of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Attorney in Covington in 1860.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: William Nichols (Covington, KY steel mill worker) Political: William W. Boswell (Covington, Kentucky, hotel and tavern keeper) Political: William H. Shmoddle (Driver and agent for C. W. Roback in Covington, Kentucky) Military: William W. Mosher (General Merchant) Political: N. E. Kingsbury (Cincinnati, Ohio) Social: Simeon Sheppard (Kenton County) Social: Lorenzo Dow Croninger (Covington, Kentucky, master printer) Legal: Richard B. Carpenter, Jr. (Covington, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney) Legal: Lorenzo Dow Croninger (Covington, Kentucky, master printer) Legal: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Legal: Leonidas Metcalfe (Nicholas County, KY, farmer and colonel 7th KY Cav (USA)) Legal: Richard J. C. Bocking (Indianapolis, Indiana resident and former soldier) Legal: Thomas Davis Kennedy (Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer, enslaver, engineer) Legal: Thomas T. Sharp (Covington, KY, capt 7th KY Cav USA) Legal: William Potts (Agent in the requisition of George Burkhamer (George Burkheimer) from Louisiana to Kentucky in 1864.) Legal: George Burkhamer (George Burkheimer) (Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, steam boat captain.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 2, p. 240A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 4, p. 702. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, p. 235B. Greg Perkins, “Fisk, John Flavel,” in The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky, eds. Paul A. Tenkotte and James C. Claypool (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2009), p. 342. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins and Company, 1878), 421. Covington, Kentucky P00000936 Categories: Places

Seat of Kenton County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River and Licking River.

Relationships Economic: John R. Ricke (Covington, Kentucky, city clerk) Economic: Andrew H. Herod (Kenton County, Kentucky, jailer) Economic: C. A. Preston (Covington, Kentucky, attorney and mayor)

39.0837, -84.5086 "Covington, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. John E. Burns, "Covington," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 236. 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). Louisiana P00002302 Categories: Places

State in the southern United States. Capital at Baton Rouge. Located on the Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi River.

30.4507, -91.1546 "Baton Rouge, Louisiana," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed on August 10, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Perry H. Howard and Robert J. Norrell, "Louisiana," Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed May 2, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/Louisiana-state. Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky 1864-07-25 Correspondence 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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Cov Ky July 25th 1864 His Excellency Gov Bramlettte,

Will please prepare the proper authority for Mr Wm N. Potts -- to go to Louisiana -- and bring away George Burkhamer -- alias Burkhiemer -- and send them to me -- If there is any cost connected with the issuing the papers I will return the same at one.

Respectfully Yours John F. Fisk