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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-0001-006-0066 BR6-80

Nashville, Davidson 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. Patrick Meyer (Davidson County, Tennessee, fugitive from justice.) N00010512 Categories: People

Charged with grand larceny in Davidson County, Tennessee, in June 1864. Fugitive from justice in Kentucky in January 1865.

Relationships Legal: John Wall (Witness in the prosecution of Patrick Meyer for grand larceny in Davidson County, Tennessee, in January 1865.) Legal: Benjamin Groomes (Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, cabinet maker) Legal: James A. Steele (Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, deputy marshal)

KYR-0001-006-0066. Benjamin Groomes (Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, cabinet maker) N00010525 1814? 1876-10-21 Categories: People

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, cabinet maker. Virginia native. Married to Mary Parrish Groomes in Nashville in December 1838. Father of Catherine Grooms, Thomas Randle Grooms, Benjamin Franklin Groomes, Sarah E. “Sally” Groomes, and Richard “Dick” Groomes. Cabinet maker in Nashville in 1850. Cabinet maker in Nashville 1860. Partner with James Cavert in Groomes, Cavert & Co. in Nashville in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Nashville in 1860.

Relationships Legal: George M. Southgate (Nashville, Tennessee, justice of the peace)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, p. 87A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville Ward 6, p. 433. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville Ward 6, p. 255B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville Ward 6, p. 333A. Tennessee Marriage Records, Davidson County, Nashville,1838-1864, p.8. Tennessee City Death Records, 1872-1923, Davidson County, Nashville, p. 55. Nashville City and Business Directory for 1860-1861, vol. V., (Nashville, TN: L. P. Williams & CO., Publishers and Proprietors, 1860), pp. 142, 182, 199. 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). James A. Steele (Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, deputy marshal) N00010526 Categories: People

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, deputy marshal. Tennessee native. Carpenter in Nashville in 1860. Served as deputy marshal in Nashville from 1862 to 1865.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Nashville, Davidson County, p. 393. "The Nashville Union, 1862-06-26," The Ancestor Hunt, Tennessee Online Historical Newspapers Summary, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025718/1862-06-26/ed-1/ (accessed April 2, 2019). "The Nashville Union, 1865-01-27," The Ancestor Hunt, Tennessee Online Historical Newspapers Summary, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025718/1865-01-27/ed-1/seq-4/ (accessed April 2, 2019). Edward H. East (Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, attorney and politician ) N00010527 1830-10-01 1904-11-12 Categories: People

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, attorney and politician. Nashville, Tennessee, native. Son of Edward Hyde East and Cecilia Buchanan East. Graduate of Washington Institute in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1850. Graduate of the Law School of Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1854. Elected member of the Tennessee State Legislature from Davidson County in 1859. Partner with George G. Bradford in Bradford & East Attorneys at Law in 1860. Appointed Secretary of State of Tennessee from 1862 to 1865. Governor of Tennessee (interregnum) from March 4, 1865, to April 5, 1865.

Relationships Legal: George M. Southgate (Nashville, Tennessee, justice of the peace)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, p. 227A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Nashville, Davidson County, p. 380. Find A Grave, "Edward Hyde East (October 1, 1830-November 12, 1904)," Memorial #8005195, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8005195 (accessed March 31, 2019). Nashville City and Business Directory for 1860-1861, vol. V., (Nashville, TN: L. P. Williams & CO., Publishers and Proprietors, 1860), p. 239. James Welch Patton, Unionism and Reconstruction in Tennessee, 1860-1869(Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1934), 34, 84, 89. William S. Speer, Sketches of Prominent Tennesseans, Containing Biographies and Records of Many of the Families Who Have Attained Prominence in Tennessee (Nashville, TN: A.B. Tavel, 1888), 196-199. 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). 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). 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). 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, Kentucky 1865-01-21 Legal/Financial 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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XVI. AGRICULTURE COMMERCE.
State of Tennessee. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

To His Excellency, the Governor of The Commonwealth of Kentucky

Sir: It has been made known to me that a certain Patrick Meyer of our County of Davidson stands charged with having in the month of June 1864 the Committing the Crime of Grand Larceny by stealing and carrying away feloniously two mules the Property of Benjamin Groomis as will more fully appear from an authenticated copy of an affidavit herewith transmitted: And whereas, it has been made known to me that the said Patrick Meyer fled from justice and is now running at large in the State of Kentucky

Now, therefore, I, Andrew Johnson Governor of the State of Tennessee, in pursuance of the Act of Congress, entitled "An Act respecting Fugitives from Justice," do hereby demand that your Excellency will please cause the said Patrick Meyer to be arrested, if to be found within the limits of the State over which you preside, and have him safely delivered to James A Steele who is appointed Agent on the part of this State to receive the said fugitive from the civil authorities of the State of Kentucky to the end that may be brought to the State of Tennessee and dealt with according to law.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Great Seal of the State to be affixed, at Nashville, on the 21st day of January 1865

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

Andrew Johnson By the Governor: Edward H. East Secretary of State.

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Tennessee Requsition of Andrew Johnson Gov of Tenn Warrant issued 24th Jany /65