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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-0001-006-0064 BR6-78

Lexington, Fayette 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. Thomas Smith (Fayette County, Kentucky, blacksmith. ) N00018533 1786? Categories: People

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, minister and city councilman. Virginia native. Married to Polly Smith. Minister in Lexington in 1860. Member of the Lexington City Council in 1864.

Relationships Legal: James Gartlin (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, blacksmith) Legal: Zachariah Gibbons (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 2, p. 429. KYR-0001-004-0494. James Gartlin (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, blacksmith) N00019805 1834? Categories: People

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, blacksmith. Native of Ireland. Married to Catherine Gartlin. Blacksmith in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1860. Blacksmith in Fayette County in 1864. Indicted for receiving stolen goods in Fayette County in February 1865. Fugitive from justice in Ohio in June 1865.

Relationships Legal: Fayette Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 4, p. 541. Williams' Lexington City Directory, for 1864-1865: To Which is Appended a United States Post Office Directory (Lexington, KY: 1864), 97. KYR-0001-006-0064. Zachariah Gibbons (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney) N00004828 1827 1904-01-21 Categories: People

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, attorney. Fayette County, Kentucky, native. Married to Rhoda A. Gibbons. Father of Annie B. Gibbons and Addie M. Gibbons. Carpenter in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1850. Attorney in Lexington in 1860. Judge in Lexington in 1865.

Relationships Political: James Donahoe (Lexington, Kentucky, grocer) Legal: Fayette Circuit Court Legal: David Ingles (Lexington, Kentucky, hack driver and dray man)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 221B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, Ward 3, p. 600. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, Ward 3, p. 256A. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 7007130: Jefferson County Deaths, Books 12-13, p. 131. 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 S. Masoner (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, policeman) N00019807 1829? Categories: People

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, policeman. Kentucky native. Married to Martha Wade Masoner. Father of Charles W. Masoner, James E. Masoner, and Susan Masoner. Laborer in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1850. Policeman in Lexington in 1860. Policeman in Lexington in 1863. Agent for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the requisition of James Gartlin from the State of Ohio in 1865.

Relationships Legal: James Gartlin (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, blacksmith) Legal: John Brough (Twenty-sixth Governor of the State of Ohio, newspaper editor, railroad president, and politician.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 153A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 3, p. 592. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 1, p. 188A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Fayette County, KY, July 1863, p. 36. Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Hamilton County Marriages, Film 000355061. KYR-0001-006-0064. 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. Fayette County, Kentucky P001031 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Lexington.

38.0406, -84.5037 "Lexington, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 99. Lexington, Kentucky P001002 Categories: Places

Seat of Fayette County, Kentucky.

38.0406, -84.5037 John D. Wright, "Lexington (City)," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 549-51. "Lexington, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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. Fayette Circuit Court O00000377 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 13th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): William C. Goodloe. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): William S. Downey. Clerk(s): John B. Norton.

Relationships Legal: John C. Cable (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James Donahoe (Lexington, Kentucky, grocer) Economic: Charles Scott Todd Bodley (Fayette County, Kentucky, bookseller and sheriff) Legal: B. F. Barnes (Fayette Co, KY, mule stealer) Legal: George Washington Brand (Lexington, Kentucky, grocer and bank director) Economic: John B. Norton (Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: William S. Downey (Bourbon County, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney) Legal: John B. Norton (Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: William Harrison Keith (Plymouth, Massachussetts, salesman and soldier (U.S.A.)) Legal: William C. Goodloe (Fayette and Madison co , KY, circuit court judge)

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08. 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), 298-306. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. 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. Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky 1865-06-05 Petition English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 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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To hHis Excellency the Governor of Kentucky

Thomas Smith, your petitioner states that he became surety for James Gartlin's appearance in the Fayette Circuit Court at its February term for the present year, that said Gartlin failed to appear at said Court, the bond for his appearance being forfeited, that said Gartlin has escaped from the state of Kentucky and is now in the State of Ohio ^afugitivefromjustice^, that there is an indictment against said Gartlin wherein he is charged with receiving stolen property knowing it to be stolen, that said indictment was found by a regularly constituted Grand Jury of the County of Fayette, in the Fayette Circuit Court and is the same indictment, upon which a bench warrant was issued whereon he was arrested when the above mentioned bond was executed. Your petitioner respectfully prays that Your excellency will take such steps as are necessary to secure the presence of said James Gartlin in the Fayette Circuit Court which is to convene on the 12th inst, Your petitioner went on said Gartlin's bond believing that he would make his appearance and he, having failed to comply with his bond by appearing in Court your petitioner thinks it his duty to do all in his power to have the delinquient brought to jus-

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tice that he may be punished if guilty and that the Court may, if he thinks proper, havetherighttoremit the amount of the bail bond which the Court can only do by a surrender of the accused. All which is respectfully submitted.

Thos Smith

Lexington Ky June 5, 1865

Thomas Smith says that all the statements contained in the foregoing peition are true.

Thos Smith

Sworn & subscribed before me this 5th June 1865.

Z. Gibbons Notary Public

GIBBONS NOTARY PUBLIC ATTY &. COUNSELOR AT LAW LEXINGTON KY
L. G June 5

Requisition upon Governor of Ohio for Jas Garton & apptd J. S. Masoner Agent 7th June 1865