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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-0001-006-0071 BR6-89 to BR6-90

Covington, Kenton 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. 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. Elizabeth Snyder Surface (Ohio resident.) N00021108 1838-09-15 1917-10-25 Categories: People

Ohio resident. Ohio native. Married to Adam J. Surface in Kenton County, Kentucky, on March 19, 1864. Mother of James Surface. Resident of Ohio in 1864. Accused of bigamy in Kenton County, Kentucky, in 1865.

Relationships Familial: [Unknown] Stover (Reported to be the husband of Elizabeth Snyder Surface.) Familial: Adam J. Surface (Preble County, Ohio, farmer and fugitive from justice.) Legal: Lafayette Shaw (Kenton County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Legal: Moses Nelson (Preble County, Ohio, carpenter and agent of the State of Ohio.)

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Ohio, Montgomery County, Wayne Township, p. 816B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Kenton County Marriages, Film 001943299. "Death of Mrs. Surface," Independence Daily Reporter (Independence, KS), October 25, 1917, p. 6. "Elizabeth E. Snyder Surface (1838-1917)," Find A Grave, Memorial 30260074, accessed November 15, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30260074. Andrew J. Surface (Ohio farmhand and soldier.) N00021106 1843 1919 Categories: People

Ohio, farmhand and soldier. Ohio native. Son of Adam J. Surface and Sarah Irick Surface. Farmhand in Cass County, Indiana, in 1860. Attended school in Cass County in 1860. Served in the 156th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from May 2, 1864, to September 1, 1864.

Relationships Familial: Elizabeth Snyder Surface (Ohio resident.) Familial: Adam J. Surface (Preble County, Ohio, farmer and fugitive from justice.) Legal: John Buckner Lendrum (Covington, Ky, justice of the peace, mayor pro tem, and bookkeeper) Legal: Sarah Irick Surface (Ohio resident.) Legal: Elizabeth Snyder Surface (Ohio resident.) Legal: Adam J. Surface (Preble County, Ohio, farmer and fugitive from justice.) Legal: Ninth Judicial District of Kentucky Legal: Richard B. Carpenter, Jr. (Covington, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Indiana, Cass County, Tipton Township, p. 594. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Ohio, Butler County, Oxford Township, p. 365B. Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, vol. IX (Cincinnati, OH: The Ohio Valley Press, 1889), 241. "CPL Andrew Jay Surface (1843-1919)," Find A Grave, Memorial 137124576, accessed November 15, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137124576. Moses Nelson (Preble County, Ohio, carpenter and agent of the State of Ohio.) N00021109 1809 1886 Categories: People

Preble County, Ohio, carpenter and sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Creason Nelson in Preble County, Ohio, on April 10, 1832. Father of James Nelson, Jane Nelson, Wilbur Nelson, Clinton C. Nelson, George W. Nelson, and Olivia Nelson. Carpenter in Preble County in 1850. Carpenter in Preble County in 1860. Sheriff of Preble County from 1864 to 1868.

Relationships Legal: Ninth Judicial District of Kentucky Legal: Richard B. Carpenter, Jr. (Covington, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Preble County, Eaton, p. 237B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Preble County, Gasper Township, p. 159. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Ohio, Preble County, Washington Township, p. 278B. Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Preble County Marriages, Film 000564963. "Local Department," The Eaton Democrat (Eaton, OH), November 11, 1886, p. 3. R. E. Lowry, History of Preble County Ohio: Her People, Industries and Institutions (Indianapolis, IN: B. F. Bowen & Company, 1915), 190. "Moses Nelson (1809-1886)," Find A Grave, Memorial 52673923, accessed November 15, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52673923. Richard B. Carpenter, Jr. (Covington, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney) N00005226 1824? Categories: People

Covington, Kentucky, attorney and commonwealth's attorney. Vermont native. Married to Elizabeth A. Carpenter. Father of Julius Carpenter, Mary E. Carpenter, Nellie A. Carpenter, Lillie A. Carpenter, and Nannie R. Carpenter. Attorney in Covington, Kentucky, in 1850. Commonwealth's attorney for the 9th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1862 to 1865. Investigated for bribery, embezzlement, and failing to appear at court in 1864.

Relationships Legal: Isaac Nelson (Maysville, Kentucky merchant) Legal: Thomas A. Respass (Mason County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Pendleton County Court Political: Thomas A. Respass (Mason County, Kentucky, attorney) Political: Isaac Nelson (Maysville, Kentucky merchant) Legal: Samuel Thomas Hauser, Sr. (Pendleton County, Kentucky, attorney and county judge) Legal: George Herendon (Campbell County Election Officer) Legal: John Wiggins Flora (Campbell County, KY, judge, farmer, Election Officer) Legal: Campbell Circuit Court Legal: Coleman Shaw (farmer) Legal: Thomas Hays (Campbell County resident) Legal: John J. Nelson (Campbell County resident) Legal: Benjamin J. Beall (Campbell County, Kentucky, farmer, clerk pro tem, and JP; captain 10th & 14th KY Cav CSA) Legal: George Washington Carmack (Campbell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Bracken Circuit Court Legal: Thomas J. Terry (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: George Ennis (Harrison County, Ky, resident) Legal: David A. Grimes (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: Marquis "Marcus" Lafayette Broadwell (Cynthiana, Ky, judge) Legal: John James McClintock (Harrison County, Ky, farmer and clerk) Legal: Thomas R. Rankin (Harrison County, Ky, hotel keeper) Legal: Joseph B. McClintock (Harrison County, Kentucky, sheriff and farmer) Legal: Thomas W. Hedges (Harrison County, Ky, physician ) Legal: George W. Berry (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: William G. Courtney (Harrison County, Ky, farm hand) Legal: Benjamin F. Dills (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: William A. Hinkson (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: Robert Scott Holmes (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: Richard J. Levi (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: Charles Green Land (Cynthiana, Kentucky, mayor and clerk) Legal: Fleming Cummins (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: James H. Debrular (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: Jesse B. Hickman (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: William Hutcherson (Harrison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: David Dills (Harrison County, Ky, laborer) Legal: Thomas A. Rankin (Harrison County farmer) Social: John White Stevenson (Covington, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Legal: Kenton Circuit Court Legal: George Sidle (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Harrison Circuit Court Legal: William W. Trimble (Harrison County Lawyer) Legal: Lorenzo Dow Croninger (Covington, Kentucky, master printer) Legal: Thomas T. Sharp (Covington, KY, capt 7th KY Cav USA) Legal: James W. Steward (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer ) Legal: Elijah Kirtley (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: John VanDeren (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Aaron H. Wheeler (Nicholas + Harrison County, KY, farmer ) Legal: Andrew Jackson Renaker (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.) Legal: Thomas Edwards (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Lewis Veatch (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.) Legal: James T. Smith (Harrison County, Kentucky, cooper.) Legal: William Hutchinson (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Thomas V. Dills (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, and slaveholder. ) Legal: Ninth Judicial District of Kentucky Political: John Brough (Twenty-sixth Governor of the State of Ohio, newspaper editor, railroad president, and politician.) Legal: Moses Nelson (Preble County, Ohio, carpenter and agent of the State of Ohio.) Legal: Andrew J. Surface (Ohio farmhand and soldier.) Legal: Elizabeth Snyder Surface (Ohio resident.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, p. 318B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston Ward 2, p. 54A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Kenton County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 40. 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), 301-306. 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), 347-350. Report on the Committee of Circuits on the case of R. B. Carpenter, Esq., Attorney of the Ninth Judicial District, Legislative Document No. 24 (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865). Covington, Kentucky P00000936 Categories: Places

Seat of Kenton County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River and Licking River.

Relationships Economic: John R. Ricke (Covington, Kentucky, city clerk) Economic: Andrew H. Herod (Kenton County, Kentucky, jailer) Economic: C. A. Preston (Covington, Kentucky, attorney and mayor)

39.0837, -84.5086 "Covington, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. John E. Burns, "Covington," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 236. 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. 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. Ninth Judicial District of Kentucky O00000326 Categories: Organizations

This Commonwealth of Kentucky judicial district included Bracken, Harrison, Pendleton, Campbell, and Kenton Counties. Judge(s): Samuel M. Moore (1860-1861) and Joseph Doniphan (1862-1865). Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): William E. Arthur (1860-1861) and Robert B. Carpenter (1862-1865).

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. Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky 1865-08-23 Correspondence 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 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Covington Aug 23 -- 1865 His Excellency Thos E Bramlette

Gov of Kentucky Sir

I hereby make an application for a requsition upon the Governor of Ohio for Lucy Elizabeth Stover alias Elizabeth Snyder alias Elizabeth Surface who is a fugitive from justice from this State This application is based upon an original affidavit of Andrew J Surface, which is herewith transmitted to your Excellency. I believe the affiant to be a credible

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person and the facts set forth in his affidavit to be true I suggest Moses Nelson Esqr as a proper person to act as agent for the state

Very Respcty Your Excellency's most obt servt R B Carpenter Commth Atty 9th Judicial Dist