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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-0001-006-0065 BR6-79

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee 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 Davis (Charged with larceny in Davidson County, Tennessee, in May 1865.) N00019827 Categories: People

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, resident. Charged with larceny in Davidson County, Tennessee, in May 1865. Fugitive from justice in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, in June 1865. Arrested in Louisville on June 27, 1865.

Relationships Social: Alfred Harris (Accused of larceny alongside John Davis in Nashville in May 1865.) Legal: William D. Robertson (Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, notary public) Legal: T.J. Waggoner (Witness at the trial of John Davis in Davidson County, Tennessee, in 1865.) Legal: William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow (Seventeenth governor of the State of Tennessee, newspaper editor, and politician.) Legal: State of Tennessee Legal: Andrew Jackson Fletcher (Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, attorney and Tennessee Secretary of State) Legal: Criminal Court of Davidson County Legal: S.P. Smith (Agent of the State of Tennessee in the requisition of John Davis from Kentucky in 1865.)

"Caught," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), June 28, 1865, p. 3. "Shot," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), July 6, 1865, p. 1. KYR-0001-006-0063. William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow (Seventeenth governor of the State of Tennessee, newspaper editor, and politician.) N00005294 1805-08-29 1877-04-29 Categories: People

Knoxville, Tennessee, newspaper editor, politician, and seventeenth governor of Tennessee. Wythe County, Virginia, native. Son of Joseph A. Brownlow and Catherine Gannaway Brownlow. Married to Eliza O'Brien Brownlow. Father of Susan Brownlow, John B. Brownlow, James P. Brownlow, Mary Brownlow, Fannie Brownlow, Annie Brownlow, and Caledonia T. Brownlow. Traveling minister from 1826 to 1836. Editor of Brownlow's Whig in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, from 1839 to 1865. Employed William O'Brien, Francis Small, William Neal, and Hannibal Lathan as printers in Knoxville in 1850. Governor of the State of Tennessee from 1865 to 1869.

Relationships Legal: Ellis Harper (Captain, Harper's Partisan Rangers) Political: State of Tennessee Political: Andrew Jackson Fletcher (Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, attorney and Tennessee Secretary of State) Political: Executive Department, Tennessee Political: United States Congress Legal: John Davis (Charged with larceny in Davidson County, Tennessee, in May 1865.) Legal: S.P. Smith (Agent of the State of Tennessee in the requisition of John Davis from Kentucky in 1865.) Political: William N. Smith (Williamson County, Tennessee, farmer and justice of the peace.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, Knoxville, p. 107B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, District 1, p. 97. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, Knoxville Ward 3, p. 378A. "Death of Ex-Senator W.G. Brownlow," The Morristown Gazette (Morristown, TN), May 2, 1877, p. 2. Zella Armstrong, Notable Southern Families, vol. 1 (Chattanooga, TN: The Lookout Publishing Co., 1918), 39-45. "William Gannaway Brownlow (1805-1877)," Find A Grave, Memorial 6842094, accessed April 26, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6842094. S.P. Smith (Agent of the State of Tennessee in the requisition of John Davis from Kentucky in 1865.) N00019804 Categories: People

Agent for the State of Tennessee in the requisition of John Davis from Kentucky in 1865.

"Shot," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), July 6, 1865, p. 1. KYR-0001-006-0065. Andrew Jackson Fletcher (Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, attorney and Tennessee Secretary of State) N00019782 1820-06-01 1870-07-16 Categories: People

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, attorney and Tennessee Secretary of State. Carter County, Tennessee, native. Son of John and Leah Fletcher. Married to Catherine Drake Fletcher in Carter County, Tennessee, on December 10, 1840. Father of Mary C. Fletcher, Emma J. Fletcher, James R. Fletcher, and Ada L. Fletcher. Married to Emma E. Fletcher in 1860. Father of Andrew Fletcher, Sarah Fletcher, and Rosa R. Fletcher. Attorney in Cocke County, Tennessee, in 1850. Attorney in Greene County, Tennessee, in 1860. Secretary of State of the State of Tennessee from 1865 to 1870.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Cocke County, District 11, p. 344A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Greene County, District 10, p. 287. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Bradley County, District 10, p. 365B. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Carter County, 1796-1950: Marriage Index. Oliver B. Temple, Notable Men of Tennessee from 1833 to 1875: Their Times and Their Contemporaries (New York: The Cosmopolitan Press, 1912), 123-127. "Andrew Jackson Fletcher (1820-1870)," Find A Grave, Memorial 27372013, accessed April 19, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27372013. Davidson County, Tennessee P00001927 Categories: Places

Seat at Nashville, Tennessee. Located on the Cumberland River.

36.1343, -86.822 Carroll Van West, "Davidson County," in The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, version 2.0, tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=356 (accessed September 18, 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Davidson County, Tennessee," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on February 18, 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). Tennessee P001001 Categories: Places

State in the southeastern United States. Capital at Nashville. Located on the Cumberland River.

35.5175, -86.5804 Paul H. Bergeron, Stephen V. Ash, and Jeanette Keith, Tennesseans and Their History (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1999), 69. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Tennessee," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 14, 2019). Nashville, Tennessee P001004 Categories: Places

Capital of Tennessee. Seat of Davidson County, Tennessee. Located on the Cumberland River.

36.1627, -86.7816 Ophelia Paine and John Lawrence Connelly, "Nashville (Metropolitan Nashville/ Davidson County)," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2016, http://www.tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=964 (accessed July 19, 2016). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Nashville, Tennessee" https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on December 11, 2019). 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/. Executive Department, Tennessee O00010513 1796 Categories: Organizations

Office of the Governor, in which the constitution of Tennessee vests the executive power of the state.

"Tennessee Constitution, 1796, Article 2, Section 1" Tennessee Founding and Landmark Documents, https://cdm15138.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/tfd/id/388 (Accessed April 1, 2019). "The Constitution of the State of Tennessee" Prepared by the Office of the Chief of Clerk of the Senate Revised November 4, 2014, http://www.capitol.tn.gov/about/docs/tn-constitution.pdf (Accessed April 1, 2019). Connie L. Lester, "Tennessee Governor's Office" inThe Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, Carroll Van West and Connie L. Lester, eds., http://Tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/Tennessee-governors-office/ (Accessed April 1, 2019). 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. United States Congress O00005496 1789 Categories: Organizations

Organized in the Constitution of the United States, Congress, which consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate, is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.

Relationships Political: Lawrence Strother Trimble (Paducah congressman) Political: P. N. Smith (Jessamine County) Political: Woodson Dickerson (Nicholasville, Kentucky, druggist) Political: S. Noland (Commonwealth attorney) Political: Melvin T. Lowry (Jessamine County, Kentucky, county and circuit court clerk) Political: William R. Welch (Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky, farmer, attornery, and notary public) Political: John B. Cook (Nicholasville, Kentucky, grocery keeper) Political: William H. Daniel (Jessamine County, Kentucky, resident, prov govt)

United States Senate, Origins and Development, https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/OriginsDevelopment.htm. United States House of Representatives, _House History Timeline, 1700-1799, http://history.house.gov/Education/Timeline/1700s/; United States Constitution, Article I. Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee 1865-06-28 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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XVI. AGRICULTURE. COMMERCE.
State of Tennesee, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
To his Excellency the Governor of the State of Kentucky

Sir: It has been made known to me that a certain John Davis, of our County of Davidson, stands charged with having, in the month of May, 1865, committed grand Larceny by stealing a large amount of groceries as will more fully appear from an authenticated copy of an affidavit hereto annexed & herewith transmitted: And whereas, it has been made known to me that the said John Davis has fled from justice, and is now running at large in the State of Kentucky:

Now, Therefore, I, William G. Brownlow, Governor of the State of Tennessee, in pursuance of the Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to respecting Fugitives from Justice," do hereby demand that your Excellency will please cause the said John Davis to be arrested, if to be found within the limits of the State over which you preside, and have him safely delivered to S. P. Smith, who is appointed Agent on the part of this State to receive the said fugitive from the civil authorities of the State of the State of Tennesee ^Kentucky^, to the end that he may be brought to the State of Tennessee and dealt with according to law.

THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF TENNESEE 1796 XVI. AGRICULTURE COMMERCE

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Great Seal of the State to be affixed, at Nashville, on the 28th day of June, 1865.

BY THE GOVERNOR: W. G. Brownlow A. J. Fletcher SECRETARY OF STATE.

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Requisition Gov Tennessee for Fugitive Warrant issued 1st July 1865