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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-0001-006-0076 BR6-95

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. Charles Anderson (Twenty-seventh Governor of the State of Ohio, attorney, politician, stock raiser, and soldier.) N00019843 1814-06-01 1895-09-02 Categories: People

Twenty-seventh Governor of the State of Ohio, attorney, politician, stock raiser, and soldier. Jefferson County, Kentucky, native. Son of Richard Clough Anderson and Sarah Marshall Anderson. Married Eliza J. Brown Anderson in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, on September 16, 1865. Father of Latham Anderson, Kitty Anderson, and Bell Anderson. Graduated from Miami University in Butler County, Ohio, in 1833. Served in the Senate of the State of Ohio from Montgomery County in 1844. Attorney in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1850. Stock raiser in Bexar County, Texas, in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Bexar County in 1860. Served in the 93rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a colonel from August 25, 1862, to February 21, 1863. Wounded at the Battle of Stone's River, Rutherford County, Tennessee. Resigned on February 21, 1863. Served as Lieutenant Governor of the State of Ohio from 1864 to 1865. Served as Acting Governor of the State of Ohio from 1865 to 1866.

Relationships Legal: Richard Taylor Jacob (Oldham Co, KY, Col of 9th Cav, Lt. Gov of KY, 1863-1867) Political: State of Ohio Legal: John Philip Noel (Clay Township, Scioto County Ohio, farmer.) Legal: George Maxwell (Montgomery County, Ohio, resident and indicted murderer) Political: William Henry Smith (Ohio, newspaper editor and 16th Secretary of State)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati Ward 7, p. 445A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Texas, Bexar County, p. 475. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Texas, Bexar County, p. 17. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 44B. "Ohio Redeemed! Victory! Victory! The State Is Safe!" Summit Beacon (Akron, OH), October 16, 1844, p. 2. "Gov. Anderson," The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), September 3, 1895, p. 1. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, KY, National 2316, State 116. Frank Conover, ed., Centennial Portrait and Biographical Record of the City of Dayton and of Montgomery County, Ohio: Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent Representative Citizens, together with the Biographies and Portraits of the Presidents of the United States and Biographies of the Governors of Ohio (Chicago: A.W. Bowen & Co., 1897), 152-3. Whitelaw Reid, Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Generals, and Soldiers, vol. II (Cincinnati, OH: The Robert Clarke Company, 1895), 517. Joseph P. Smith, ed., History of the Republican Party in Ohio, vol. 1 (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1898), 165. Lineage Book: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, vol. XXXII (Harrisburg, PA: Telegraph Printing Company, 1911), 9-10. 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. George Maxwell (Montgomery County, Ohio, resident and indicted murderer) N00019865 1847? Categories: People

Montgomery County, Ohio, clerk. Ohio native. Son of Ebenezer C. Maxwell and Elizabeth Maxwell. Resident of Union County, Ohio, in 1850. Resident of Montgomery County, Ohio, in 1860. Killed Augustus A. Van Houten in Montgomery County on October 6, 1864. Indicted for the murder of Augustus A. Van Houten in Montgomery County in November 1864. Fugitive from justice in Kentucky in 1865. Arrested in Fleming County, Kentucky, in September 1865. Remanded to the State of Ohio on September 25, 1865.

Relationships Legal: Clement L. Baumann (Montgomery County, Ohio) Legal: William S. Westerman (Montgomery County, Ohio, resident) Legal: Cornelius Boltin (Montgomery County, Ohio, attorney) Legal: Frederick C. Fox (Montgomery County, Ohio, court clerk) Legal: Youngs Vail Wood (Montgomery County, Ohio, attorney) Social: Augustus Alfred Van Houten (Montgomery County, Ohio, murder victim) Legal: Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas Legal: Swift Raper (Ross County, Ohio, candymaker) Legal: Charles Buford Duke (Mason County, Kentucky, student) Legal: Landaff Watson Andrews (Fleming County, KY Politician, 10th Cir Ct Judge, atty) Legal: Richard Taylor Jacob (Oldham Co, KY, Col of 9th Cav, Lt. Gov of KY, 1863-1867) Legal: Charles Anderson (Twenty-seventh Governor of the State of Ohio, attorney, politician, stock raiser, and soldier.) Legal: Executive Department, Kentucky (U.S.A.) Legal: Henry S. Jefferson (Mason County, Kentucky, farmer and deputy sheriff) Legal: Tenth Judicial District of Kentucky

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Union County, Center Township, p. 636A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Montgomery County, Dayton, 2nd Ward, p. 246. "Shocking Affair," The Daily Empire (Dayton, Ohio), October 7, 1864, p. 3. "Trial of Maxwell," The Daily Empire (Dayton, Ohio), January 10, 1867, p. 3. "Admitted to Bail," The Daily Empire (Dayton, Ohio), January 25, 1867, p. 3. KYR-0001-006-0076. KYR-0001-006-0078. Swift Raper (Ross County, Ohio, candymaker) N00019882 1833? 1917-04-03 Categories: People

Ross County, Ohio, candymaker. Son of Margaret Raper. Married to Sarah Elizabeth Orr Raper in Ross County, Ohio, on February 21, 1861. Candymaker in Ross County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Charles Anderson (Twenty-seventh Governor of the State of Ohio, attorney, politician, stock raiser, and soldier.) Legal: George Maxwell (Montgomery County, Ohio, resident and indicted murderer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Ross County, Chillicothe, p. 54. Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Ross County Marriages, Film 000281640, p. 434. "Swift Raper," The Daily Scioto Gazette (Chillicothe, Ohio), April 4, 1917, p. 5. 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. 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. Montgomery County, Ohio P00019859 Categories: Places

County in southwestern Ohio. Seat at Dayton.

39.7546, -84.2907 A.W. Drury, History of the City of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio, vol. 1 (Chicago: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1909), 6. "Montgomery County, Ohio," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed May 1, 2023, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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). 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. 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, Charles Anderson 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 George Maxwell stands charged by Indictment with the crime of "Murder in the First Degree," committed in the county of Montgomery, in said State, on the 6th day of October, A.D. 1864, and it has been represented that the said George Maxwell 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 George Maxwell be apprehended and delivered to Swift Raper who is hereby duly authorized to receive the said George Maxwell and convey him to the State of Ohio, there to be dealt with according to law.

THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF OHIO 1812

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

BY THE GOVERNOR: Charles Anderson Wm Henry Smith Secretary of State.