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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-0001-006-0053 BR6-61 to BR6-62

Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio 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. John Brough (Twenty-sixth Governor of the State of Ohio, newspaper editor, railroad president, and politician.) N00008365 1811-09-17 1865-08-29 Categories: People

Twenty-sixth Governor of the State of Ohio, newspaper editor, railroad president, and politician. Washington County, Ohio, native. Son of John Brough and Jane Garnet Brough. Married to Achsah Pruden Brough in Athens County, Ohio, on November 30, 1832. Father of Mary Brough. Married to Caroline A. Nelson Brough. Father of Emma Brough, Caroline Brough, and Anna Brough. Owner of the Washington County Republican from 1831 to 1833. Clerk of the Senate of the State of Ohio from 1835 to 1838. Member of the House of the Representatives of the State of Ohio from 1838 to 1839. Auditor of the State of Ohio from 1839 to 1845. Railroad president in Jefferson County, Indiana, in 1850. Railroad president in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1860. Employed Mary [Unknown], Ann [Unknown] and John Coon as servants in Cuyahoga County in 1860. Governor of the State of Ohio from January 11, 1864, to August 29, 1865.

Relationships Legal: Calvin Dyer (Clinton County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John Ritchie (Louisville, Kentucky, thief) Legal: Ethelinda Rielea (Louisville, Kentucky) Legal: James D. Jones (Boyd County, Kentucky, attorney, county attorney, and NP) Political: William Henry Smith (Ohio, newspaper editor and 16th Secretary of State) Legal: Samuel Thomas (Hamilton County, Ohio, deputy sheriff) Legal: James Wilson (Hamilton County, Ohio, fugitive from justice.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Indiana, Jefferson County, Madison War 8, p. 124A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland Ward 2, p. 748. Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Athens County Marriages, 1805-1864, Film 000311592. "John Brough," The Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, OH), August 30, 1865, p. 2. Osman Castle Hooper, "John Brough," Ohio Archæological and Historical Publications, vol. XIII (Columbus: Fred. J. Heer, 1904), 40-70. "John Brough (1811-1865)," Find A Grave, Memorial 18779, accessed October 18, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18779. James Wilson (Hamilton County, Ohio, fugitive from justice.) N00020872 Categories: People

Hamilton County, Ohio, fugitive from justice. Convicted of burglary and larceny in the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas in February 1865. Escaped from the Hamilton County Jail on February 2, 1865. Fugitive from justice from February 1865 to March 1865. Arrested for burglary in Mason County, Kentucky, in March 1865. Returned to Ohio in April 1865.

Relationships Legal: Mason County Jail Legal: John Brough (Twenty-sixth Governor of the State of Ohio, newspaper editor, railroad president, and politician.) Legal: Samuel Thomas (Hamilton County, Ohio, deputy sheriff) Legal: Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas Legal: Hamilton County Jail Legal: William Henry Smith (Ohio, newspaper editor and 16th Secretary of State) Legal: Ohio State Penitentiary Legal: Samuel Morgan (Witness for the State of Ohio in the prosecution of James Wilson.) Legal: William Marshall (Witness for the State of Ohio in the prosecution of James Wilson.) Legal: Ann Howard (Witness for the State of Ohio in the prosecution of James Wilson.) Legal: Anna Mudge (Witness for the State of Ohio in the prosecution of James Wilson.) Legal: Joseph Simpson (Hamilton County, Ohio, resident.) Legal: Gerhard Henry Frommeyer (Hamilton County, Ohio, resident.) Legal: William H. Kerr (Hamilton County, Ohio, prosecuting attorney.) Legal: Hartson E. Fillmore (Hamilton County, Ohio, soldier and deputy court clerk.) Legal: Benjamin Jason Horton (Hamilton County, Ohio, attorney, soldier, and court clerk.) Legal: Richard Calvin (Hamilton County, Ohio, sheriff) Legal: John W. Jackson (Cincinnati, Ohio, carpenter. ) Legal: Nathan Harrell (Cincinnati, Ohio, carpenter.) Legal: Francis B. Kearney (Cincinnati, Ohio, raftsman and shoemaker.) Legal: Thomas H. Heath (Cincinnati, Ohio, bricklayer and brick mason. ) Legal: Joseph M. Hill (Hamilton County, Ohio, farmer.) Legal: James Pollard (Cincinnati, Ohio, grocer. ) Legal: Joseph Foster (Cincinnati, Ohio, Stone Cutter and Master of Stone Works. ) Legal: Fredrick Fritz (Cincinnati, Ohio, butcher and Coffee House owner.) Legal: Henry L. Wilmer (Hamilton County, Ohio, farmer.) Legal: James T. Silver (Hamilton County, Ohio, farmer. ) Legal: Melancthon Wade Oliver (Cincinnati, Ohio, clerk, lawyer and judge. )

"Law Report," Cincinnati Daily Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), February 1, 1865, p. 2. "Escaped from Jail," Cincinnati Daily Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), February 3, 1865, p. 3. "Recapture of the Burglar Wilson," Cincinnati Daily Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), March 28, 1865, p. 3. "Law Report," Cincinnati Daily Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), March 31, 1865, p. 3. "Law Report," Cincinnati Daily Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), April 5, 1865, p. 2. Richard Calvin (Hamilton County, Ohio, sheriff) N00020874 1807-02-01 1882-11-22 Categories: People

Hamilton County, Ohio, farmer and sheriff. Bucks County, Pennsylvania, native. Son of Joshua Calvin and Susan Ann Calvin. Married to Martha Hann Calvin in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1831. Father of Anna Calvin, Bettie Calvin, and Mattie Calvin. Farmer in Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1850. Farmer in Hamilton County in 1860. Sheriff in Hamilton County from 1865 to 1866.

Relationships Legal: John Brough (Twenty-sixth Governor of the State of Ohio, newspaper editor, railroad president, and politician.) Legal: Samuel Thomas (Hamilton County, Ohio, deputy sheriff) Legal: James Wilson (Hamilton County, Ohio, fugitive from justice.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Crosby Township, p. 312B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Harrison, p. 479. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Harrison Township, p. 450B. History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio: Their Past and Present (Cincinnati, OH: S. B. Nelson & Co., 1894), 245. Henry A. Ford and Kate B. Ford, History of Hamilton County, Ohio: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches (L. A. Williams & Co., 1881), 314. "Richard Calvin (1807-1882)," Find A Grave, Memorial 168356747, accessed October 12, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168356747. Samuel Thomas (Hamilton County, Ohio, deputy sheriff) N00020875 1810 1882-02-06 Categories: People

Hamilton County, Ohio, deputy sheriff. Pennsylvania native. Son of Francis Thomas and Margaret Thomas. Married to Caroline Thomas. Father of Frank Thomas, Margaret Thomas, John Thomas, Samuel James Thomas, and Mary Ann Thomas. Watchman in Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1850. Deputy sheriff in Hamilton County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati Ward 7, p. 385B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati Ward 8, p. 294. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati Ward 16, p. 83A. Spring Grove: Cemeteries, Funeral Homes, Cremation, accessed November 7, 2023, https://www.springgrove.org/locate-a-loved-one/spring-grove-cemetery/. Hamilton County, Ohio P00001873 Categories: Places

County in southwestern Ohio. Seat at Cincinnati. Located on the Ohio River.

39.1955, -84.5428 Jennifer Herman, Ohio Encyclopedia (Somerset Publishers, Inc., 2002), 410. USGS: Earth Explorer, “Hamilton County, Ohio," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on July 30, 2020). Ohio P001036 Categories: Places

State in the midwestern United States. Capital at Columbus. Located on the Ohio River and Lake Erie.

39.9612, -82.9988 "Columbus, Ohio," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 4, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Jeff Wallenfeldt, Francis R. Aumann, and George W. Knepper, "Ohio," Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed May 22, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/Ohio-state. Cincinnati, Ohio P00001208 Categories: Places

Seat of Hamilton County, Ohio. Located on the Ohio River.

39.1031, -84.512 "Cincinnati, Ohio," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 13, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; Their Past and Present, Including Biographies and Portraits of Pioneers and Representative Citizens (Cincinnati: S.B. Nelson, 1894), 17. Maysville, Kentucky P00001219 Categories: Places

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

38.6412, -83.7444 Jean W. Calvert, "Maysville" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 621-22. " Maysville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. State of Ohio O00014700 1803 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Ohio. Capital at Columbus.

"A Brief History of Ohio's State Government," The Ohio Legislature, accessed June 7, 2021, https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/publications/a-brief-history. Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas O00020873 1790 Categories: Organizations

Located in Hamilton County, Ohio. Judge(s): M.W. Oliver (1858-1867), Patrick Mallon (1858-1861), Isaac C. Collins (1860-1861), Nicholas Headington (1861-1867), and Charles C. Murdock (1861-1877). State's attorney(s): Theophilus Gaines (1859-1863) and E.B. Hutcheson (1864-1865). Clerk(s): Richard H. Stone (1858-1861), Charles E. Cist (1861-1864), and Benjamin J. Horton (1864-1867).

Relationships Legal: Hartson E. Fillmore (Hamilton County, Ohio, soldier and deputy court clerk.) Legal: Benjamin Jason Horton (Hamilton County, Ohio, attorney, soldier, and court clerk.)

Henry A. Ford and Kate B. Ford, History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches (L.A. Williams & Co., 1881), 239-240. Mason County Jail O00014861 1796 Categories: Organizations

Detention facility in Mason County, Kentucky. Located in Maysville, Kentucky. Jailer(s): William B. Parker (1861-1862).

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series, No. 24 (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 305. "Old Washington Historic District," City of Maysville, accessed June 23, 2021, https://www.cityofmaysville.com/old-washington-historic-district/. KYR-0001-021-0018 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. Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio 1865-03-30 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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Sheriff's Office, HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO. Cincinnati, Mch 30" 1865. To His Excellency

The Governor of Ky.

Enclosed please find Requisition of Gov. of ohio together with Record of our Court for the apprehension of James alias Henry Wilson now confined in Jail at Maysville in the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Please forward necessary papers (to my address) to enable me to apprehend said Wilson and convey him to the state of ohio

R. Calvin Shff

I constitute and appoint Samuel Thomas, my agent to carry into effect the Requisition aforesaid

R. Calvin shff