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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-0001-006-0055 BR6-65

Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio 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. 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. 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. 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/. William Henry Smith (Ohio, newspaper editor and 16th Secretary of State) N00019846 1833-12-01 1896-07-27 Categories: People

Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, journalist and politician. Columbiana County, New York, native. Son of William DeForest Smith. Married to Emeline "Emma" Reynolds Smith. Father of Emma A. Smith and Delavan Smith. Reporter in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1860. Editor of the Cincinnati Gazette. Private secretary for Governor John Brough in Ohio in 1863. Secretary of State for the State of Ohio from 1864 to 1868.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati Ward 15, p. 327. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago Ward 5, p. 162A. "His Life Work Ended," Crestline Advocate (Crestline, OH), July 30, 1896, p. 6. "The Late W.H. Smith," The Dayton Evening Herald (Dayton, OH), August 21, 1896, p. 7. "Smith, William Henry," Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography, vol. V, eds. John Fiske and James Grant Wilson (New York: Appleton, 1889), 596. History of the Republican Party in Ohio, vol. 1, Joseph P. Smith, ed. (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1898), 195-197. "William Henry Smith (1833-1896)," Find A Grave, Memorial 27220827, accessed May 8, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27220827. 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). 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). 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. Columbus, Ohio P00004819 Categories: Places

Capital of Ohio.

39.9612, -82.9988 Charles C. Cole Jr., A Fragile Capital: Identity and the Early Years of Columbus, Ohio (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2001). 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. 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. 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. Ohio State Penitentiary O00019921 1834 Categories: Organizations

Prison of the State of Ohio. Located in Columbus, Ohio. Wardens: L. G. Van Slyke (1858-1860), John A. Prentice (1860-1862), Nathaniel Merion (1862-1864), John A. Prentice (1864-1866).

B. F. Dyer, History of the Ohio Penitentiary Annex and Prisoners (Columbus, OH: Ohio Penitentiary Press, 1891). Dan J. Morgan, Historical Lights and Shadows of the Ohio Penitentiary and the Horrors of the Death Trap (Dan J. Morgan, 1893). Hamilton County Jail O00021103 Categories: Organizations

Jail of Hamilton County, Ohio. Located in Cincinnati.

History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio: Their Past and Present (Cincinnati, OH: S. B. Nelson & Co., 1894), 89. Government of the United States of America O00002945 1776-07-04 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the United States of America. Comprised of the Legislative Branch, Judicial Branch, and Executive Branch. Capital at Washington, District of Columbia.

Relationships Military: 68th Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia Economic: Hiram Barney (New York attorney and customs collector) Political: Leonard B. Cox (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Political: William Scott Botts (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: George Jackson (Bullitt County, Kentucky, laborer) Political: Hillary G. Jackson (Bullitt County, Kentucky, laborer & private 26th KY Inf USA) Legal: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Military: Thornton Williams (Scott County, Kentucky, soldier. Formerly enslaved by Urias Offutt, accused of attempted murder.) Political: Urias M. Offutt (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. and slaveholder.) Military: George W. Rasure (Floyd County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Military: Amaziah "Samuel" Rasure (Washington County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Military: David Rasure, Jr. (New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Political: Nelson Trusler (Connersville, Indiana, attorney, politician, and soldier) Political: Robert Alexander Dowell (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Oliver P. Morton (Fourteenth governor of Indiana, attorney, judge, and politician.) Political: John Walter Rutherford (Crittenden County, Kentucky, barkeeper and merchant)

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JOHN BROUGH, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OHIO. To his Excellency, the Governor of the State of Kentucky.

It appears by the annexed papers, duly authenticated according to the Laws of our State, that James Wilson was duly convicted at the January term of the Court of Common Pleas held in and for the county of Hamilton, of said State, in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-five, of the crime of "Burglary." and was sentenced by said Court to imprisonment in the Ohio Penitentiary for the term of five years; and it has been represented to me that on the subsequent 1st day of February, he made his and it has been represented that escape from the jail of said county, and has fled from the Justice of this State, and has taken refuge within the State of Kentucky.

Now, Therefore, Pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution and Laws of the United States, in such case made and provided, I do hereby require that the said James Wilson be apprehended and delivered to Samuel Thomas who is hereby duly authorized to receive him and convey him to the State of Ohio, there to be dealt with according to law.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto affixed my name, and the Great Seal of the State of Ohio, at Columbus, this twenty-ninth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty five.

THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF OHIO 1802

Jno Brough

BY THE GOVERNOR: Wm Henry Smith Secretary of State.

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Requisition Gov Ohio. Warrant issued 1st Apl 1865