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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-0001-006-0038 BR6-41

Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois 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. 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. Robert Pulliam (Morgan County, Illinois, resident. ) N00019710 1843? Categories: People

Morgan County, Illinois, resident. Kentucky native. Son of James Pulliam and Jenetta Pulliam. Attended school in Anderson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident of Morgan County, Illinois, in 1860. Charged with the murder of James Burns in Morgan County in 1864. Fugitive from justice in Kentucky from 1864 to 1865. Arrested in Kentucky in 1865. Extradited to Illinois in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Dewitt Clinton Fry (Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, constable.) Legal: Ozias Mather Hatch (Springfield, IL, secretary of state of IL (1856-1864)) Legal: State of Illinois Legal: Richard Yates (Morgan County, Illinois, governor, attorney, representative, and senator) Legal: James L. Burns (Morgan County, Illinois, farmer.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Anderson County, p. 222A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Morgan County, Sulphur Springs, p. 664. "Jacksonville Correspondence," The Illinois State Journal (Springfield, Illinois) July 25, 1865, p. 2. KYR-0001-006-0040. KYR-0001-006-0041. Dewitt Clinton Fry (Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, constable.) N00019712 1825-10-24 1896 Categories: People

Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, constable. New York native. Son of Charles Fry and Matilda Buck Fry. Married to Ermina Cobb Fry. Father of Frederick Fry, Hamilton Fry, D. C. Fry, Hattie Fry, Edward Fry, and Fannie Fry. Resident in Morgantown County, Illinois, in 1850. Constable in Morgan County in 1860. Constable in Morgan County in 1863.

Relationships Political: Ozias Mather Hatch (Springfield, IL, secretary of state of IL (1856-1864))

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville, p. 189A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville, p. 333. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville, Ward 2, p. 482B-483A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Morgan County, IL, June 1863, p. 131. Frye GeneologyNorth America, Family Histories, 1500-2000_p. 82. "Dewitt C. Fry (1825-1896)," Find A Grave, Memorial 67034752, accessed April 7, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67034752. Ozias Mather Hatch (Springfield, IL, secretary of state of IL (1856-1864)) N00015393 1814-04-11 1893-03-12 Categories: People

Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, merchant and politician. Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, native. Son of Reuben Hatch and Lucy Andrews Hatch. Married to Julia Reilly Enos Hatch in 1860. Father of Ozias Mather Hatch, Jr.. Merchant in Pike County, Illinois, from 1836 to 1838. Partner with Solomon McNeil in McNeil & Hatch in Pike County from 1838 to 1841. Clerk of the Pike Circuit Court from 1841 to 1848. Farmer in Pike County in 1850. Member of the Legislature of the State of Illinois from Pike County from 1851 to 1853. Resident of Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, in 1860. Republican Party Secretary of State for Illinois from 1856 to 1864.

Relationships Political: John Wood (Governor of Illinois 1860-1861) Political: Henry Parish (Brown County, IL, indicted for murdering Jonah Clark ) Political: William G. Irvine (Brown County, Illinois, farmer) Political: William Lee (Brown County, IL, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Wesley Six (Brown County, IL, farmer ) Political: Andrew J. Stoner (Brown County, IL, physician) Political: Daniel Brown (Brown Co., IL, plasterer and ship carpenter.) Political: Joseph J. Hedrick (Clark co., OH, and Brown Co., IL, painter and soldier (5th OVI) ) Political: Joseph R. Lear (Brown County, IL, farmer ) Political: Joseph A. Cox (Brown County, IL, farmer ) Political: James Hemphill (Brown County, IL, cooper ) Political: Charles Riddle (Brown County, IL, laborer and murderer) Political: Calvin H. Wilson (Brown County, IL, blacksmith and mechanic and officer in 16th IL inf.) Political: George W. Emerick (Brown County, IL, cooper and soldier 119th IL. inf.) Political: William F. Cox (Brown County, IL, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Hiram Barker, Jr. (Brown County, IL, farmer ) Political: Eli Barker (Brown County, IL, farmer ) Political: John C. Orr (Brown County, IL, cooper ) Political: David F. Orr (Brown County, IL, cooper ) Political: Solomon W. Lake (Brown County, IL, cooper and soldier 14th IL inf.) Political: Charles Clark (Brown County, IL, farmer ) Political: Jonah Clark (Brown County, IL, murder victim ) Political: Louis H. Waters (McDonough County, IL, attorney, colonel of the 84th Ill Vol. Inf, and state's attorney for the 5th Jud. district of IL ) Political: Robert A. Cox (Brown County, Illinois, sheriff (mt. sterling)) Political: Archibald A. Glenn (Brown County, Illinois, circuit court clerk)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Illinois, Pike County, Township 4 S 3 W, p. 72B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Sangamon County, Springfield, p. 263. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Sangamon County, Springfield, p. 533A. John Moses, Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of the Representative Men of the United States, Illinois Volume, (Chicago, Illinois: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1896), 140-2. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, National 39581, State 2660. Morgan County, Illinois P00019711 Categories: Places

County in west central Illinois. Seat at Jacksonville, Illinois. Established January 31, 1823. Population of 22,112 (21,937 white residents and 175 free African American residents) in 1860.

39.7156, -90.2015 "Morgan County," Office of the Illinois Secretary of State, accessed April 7, 2023, https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/IRAD/morgan.html. "Morgan County, Illinois," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed April 7, 2023, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. "Classified Population of the States and Territories, by Counties, on the First Day of June, 1860: State of Illinois," Population of the United States in 1860; Compiled from the Original Returns of the Eight Census, Under the Direction of the Secretary of the Interior, (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1864), 80-3. 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/. Springfield, Illinois P00015391 Categories: Places

Capital of Illinois. County seat of Sangamon County, Illinois.

39.8017, -89.6437 "Springfield, Illinois," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 18, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. United States of America P001802 Categories: Places

Capital at Washington, District of Columbia.

38.8951, -77.0364 Karl Patterson Schmidt et al., "United States" in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/United-States) (accessed May 26, 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Washington, District of Columbia," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 29, 2020). 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. 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. Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois 1864-07-30 Legal/Financial English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": 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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RICHARD YATES,

STATE SOVEREIGNTY. NATIONAL UNION
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, To His Excellency the Governor of Kentucky

It appears by the annexed papers, duly authenticated according to the Laws of this State, that Robert Pullum stands charged in Morgan County with the crime of Murder and it has been represented to me that he has fled from the justice of this State, and has taken refuge in the State of Kentucky

Now, Therefore, Pursuant to the provision of the Constitution and Laws of the United States in such case made and provided, I do hereby require that the said Robert Pullum be apprehended and delivered to D. C. Fry who is hereby duly authorized to receive and convey to the State of Illinois, there to be dealt with according to law.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Great Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed. Done at the City of Springfield, this 30th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and of the Independence of the United States the eighty-ninth.

SEAL OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AUG 26 1818

Richd Yates BY THE GOVERNOR: O. M. Hatch SECRETARY OF STATE.

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Requisition from Govr Illinois Warrant issued 2nd Augst /64