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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-0001-006-0045 BR6-51

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 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. Andrew Johnson (Tennessee, vice-president and president of the USA) N001801 1808-12-29 1875-07-31 Categories: People

Sixteenth Vice President and seventeenth President of the United States. Raleigh, North Carolina, native. Married to Eliza McCardle Johnson in 1827. Father of Martha Johnson Patterson, Charles Johnson, Mary Johnson Stover, Robert Johnson, and Andrew Johnson, Jr. Tailor in North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, and Green County, Tennessee. Member of the Democratic Party. Elected as alderman of Green County, Tennessee in 1829. Elected mayor of Greeneville in Green County in 1834. Member of the House of Representatives of the State of Tennessee from Greene County from 1835 to 1837. Member of the House of Representatives of the State of Tennessee from Washington County from 1839 to 1841. Democratic presidential elector from Tennessee in 1840. Member of the Senate of the State of Tennessee from 1841 to 1843. Member of the House of Representatives of the United States from the 1st District of Tennessee from 1843 to 1853. Governor of the State of Tennessee from 1853 to 1857. Member of the Senate of the United States from Tennessee from 1857 to 1862. Military governor of Tennessee, with the rank of brigadier general, from 1862 to 1865. National Union Party Vice President of the United States from March 4, 1865 to April 14, 1865. President of the United States from April 15,1865 to March 4, 1869, following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

Relationships Legal: Hancock Circuit Court Legal: Henry E. Haynes (Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer)

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site, National Park Service, “Andrew Johnson Timeline,” https://www.nps.gov/anjo/learn/historyculture/timeline.htm, accessed on October 24, 2016. Hans L. Trefousse, Andrew Johnson: A Biography (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1989). Joseph Swinney (Louisville, Kentucky, policeman and agent.) N00020286 1830? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, policeman and agent. Kentucky native. Policeman in Louisville in 1860. Agent of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1864. Policeman in Louisville in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Emma Morris (Louisville, Kentucky, resident. Fugitive from justice.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 1, p. 337. Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 559. KYR-0001-006-0045. KYR-0001-006-0046. Richard Owen Priest (Louisville, Kentucky, carpenter and patrolman) N00012445 1810-12-25 1890-04-06 Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, carpenter and patrolman. Kentucky native. Son of Peter Priest and Lucy Priest. Married to Ann Hurd Priest in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on September 2, 1852. Father of Kate Priest. Carpenter in Louisville in 1850. Patrolman in Louisville in 1853. Carpenter in Louisville in 1860. Chief of Police in Louisville in 1865.

Relationships Political: William Milo Stone (Sixth governor of Iowa, attorney, and judge.) Legal: City of Louisville Police Department Legal: Emma Morris (Louisville, Kentucky, resident. Fugitive from justice.) Legal: Joseph Swinney (Louisville, Kentucky, policeman and agent.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 2, p. 198A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 3, p. 636. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482707. "Dick Priest Dead," Courier-Journal(Louisville, KY), April 7, 1890, p 7. Emma Morris (Louisville, Kentucky, resident. Fugitive from justice.) N00020287 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, resident. Charged with larceny in Louisville in August 1864. Fugitive from justice in Tennessee in October 1864.

Relationships Legal: Jennie Summers (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, defendant) Legal: George W. Johnston (Louisville, KY, attorney, politician, and judge)

The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), August 4, 1863, p. 3. KYR-0001-006-0045. KYR-0001-006-0046. Louisville, Kentucky P00000337 Categories: Places

Seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2527, -85.7585 "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 12, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 179. 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). City of Louisville Police Department O00012619 1806-06-09 Categories: Organizations

Louisville, Kentucky, police force. Founded as the office of watchmen in Louisville, Kentucky, on June 9, 1806. Instituted as the designated police force by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky on March 8, 1856.

Relationships Legal: Peter Ziemer (Jefferson County, Kentucky, janitor) Legal: Thomas Palmer Satterwhite (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, physician) Legal: Jacob B. Ehrich (Louisville, Ky, Police Dept; "always wore a silk hat") Legal: Joseph Swinney (Louisville, Kentucky, policeman and agent.) Legal: Richard Owen Priest (Louisville, Kentucky, carpenter and patrolman)

"The History of the Louisville Division of Police," Louisvilleky.gov, accessed on May 12, 2020, https://louisvilleky.gov/government/police/history-louisville-division-police. Office of the Secretary of State of Kentucky O00012489 1792-06-01 Categories: Organizations

Records all the acts of the governor and serves as the notary public for the Commonwealth. Secretaries of State: Thomas B. Monroe, Jr. (August 1859-October 1861); Nathaniel Gaither, Jr. (October 1861-August 1862); Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (August 1862-September 1863); Ephraim L. Van Winkle (September 1863-May 1866).

Relationships Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) Political: Thomas Bell Monroe, Jr. (Frankfort, KY, sec state Aug 30, 1859-Oct 1, 1861attorney, politician, CSA major) Political: Nathaniel Gaither, Jr. (Adair County, Kentucky, attorney, sec of state, pvt 6th KY Cav CSA) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Political: Willis Lago (Woodford County, Kentucky, fugitive from the law) Political: Roger Weightman Hanson (Fayette County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier.) Political: John B. Major (Frankfort, Kentucky, state printer) Political: Edward Henry Hobson (Green County, Kentucky, merchant, saddler, Brig. Genl) Political: William H. Spencer (Adair County, Kentucky, druggist; adj, maj, lt colo, & colo 3rd Ky Inf USA) Political: James Wilson (Henderson County, Kentucky, prisoner) Political: William Gardner Capps (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, student and corporal (U.S.A.)) Political: F. G. Nall (Hartford, Ohio County, Kentucky, resident) Economic: William S. Dehoney (Franklin County Merchant) Economic: George W. Robb (Franklin County Merchant)

"Executive Services," Office of the Secretary of State of Kentucky, https://www.sos.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx (accessed April 24, 2020). "Secretaries of State," Office of the Secretary of State of Kentucky, http://apps.sos.ky.gov/secdesk/sosinfo/default.aspx (accessed April 24, 2020). "Kentucky Secretary of State Time Line," Office of the Secretary of State of Kentucky, http://apps.sos.ky.gov/secdesk/sosinfo/sostimeline.aspx (accessed April 24, 2020). State of Tennessee O00014342 1796 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Tennessee. Capital at Nashville, Tennessee. Governor(s): Isham Green Harris (November 3, 1857 - March 12, 1862), Andrew Johnson (1853–1857, March 12, 1862 – March 4, 1865), Robert Looney Caruthers (elected but never served due to Andrew Johnson's appointment as military governor), Edward Hazzard East (March 3, 1865 – April 5, 1865), William Gannaway Brownlow (April 5, 1865 – February 25, 1869).

James A. Hodges and Robert J. Norrell, "Tennessee", Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed April 25, 2021, https://www.britannica.com/place/Tennessee. "Former Governors of Tennessee," National Governors Association, accessed April 25, 2021, https://www.nga.org/former-governors/tennessee/. Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 1864-10-24 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": 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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Office Chief of Police, Louisville, Ky., Oct 24th 1864 To the Secy of State Dr Sir

Enclosed you will find the necessary paper or affidavit for which you will please obtain for me a requisition on the Gov of Tennessee, appointing Joseph Swinney Agent, By attending to this you will much oblige

Respectfully Richd O. Priest Cheif of Police

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Requisition On Tennessee for Emma Morris Jos Swinney apptd Agent 25th Oct/64