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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-0001-006-0078 BR6-100 to BR6-101

Frankfort, Franklin 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. 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. 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. Richard Taylor Jacob (Oldham Co, KY, Col of 9th Cav, Lt. Gov of KY, 1863-1867) N00000240 1825-03-13 1903-09-13 Categories: People

Oldham County, Kentucky, farmer, politician, and soldier. Oldham County native. Son of John J. Jacob and Lucy Donald Robertson Jacob. Married to Sarah Benton Jacob on January 17, 1848. Father of Richard F. Jacob and Elizabeth B. Jacob. Married to Laura Wilson Jacob on June 15, 1865. Studied law under Nathaniel Wolfe in Louisville, Kentucky, from 1845 to 1846. Served in the United States Army as a captain during the U.S.-Mexican War. Farmer in Cooper County, Missouri, in 1850. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Cooper County in 1850. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Oldham County from 1859 to 1863. Farmer in Oldham County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Oldham County in 1860. Presidential elector for John C. Breckinridge in 1860. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a colonel from August 22, 1862 to August 21, 1863. Lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky under Governor Thomas E. Bramlette from 1863 to 1867. Arrested in Kentucky for discouraging the enlistment of African Americans in the United States Colored Troops in November 1864. Exiled to Richmond, Virginia, from November 1864 to January 1865.

Relationships Social: James H. Cornell (Louisville, Kentucky, clerk and social house owner) Familial: William R. Jacob (Jefferson County, KY, physician ) Legal: Laurel Circuit Court Military: 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (Union general, Boyle Co, KY attorney, pres Lou City Railway Co) Military: Charles A. Clarke (Henry County, KY, farmer & lieut & QM in 9th KY) Military: Samuel G. Suddarth (Adair Co, KY, atty, Quarter-master general of KY) Legal: Leslie Combs (Clerk of the Court of Appeals) Military: United States Army Military: Elison H. Carter (Mercer County, KY, blacksmith and private 9th KY Cav USA) Political: Isaac N. Vertrees (McLean Co farmer) Political: John Erwin (McLean County, Kentucky, farmer and fisherman.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Missouri, Cooper County, District 23, p. 128B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Missouri, Cooper County, District No. 23, p. 542. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, p. 913. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, p. 29. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 249-51. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0097. Stephen G. Burbridge to Thomas E. Bramlette, November 12, 1864, The War of the Rebellion: A Complication of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Volume 39, Part 3, (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1892), 760-1. Brad Asher, The Most Hated Man in Kentucky: The Lost Cause and the Legacy of Union General Stephen Burbridge (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2021), 116. Thomas D. Clark, "Richard Taylor Jacob" in in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 462. John E. Kleber, “Richard Taylor Jacob,” The Encyclopedia of Louisville, (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2000), 430. Ephraim L. Van Winkle (Pulaski Co, KY, attorney & Sec. State) N001777 1827-07-20 1866-05-23 Categories: People

Pulaski County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and statesman. Wayne County, Kentucky, native. Son of Micajah Van Winkle and Mary Phillips Van Winkle. Married to Ellen Eliza Phillips Van Winkle. Father of Milton E. Van Winkle, Mary E. Van Winkle, Lucy A. Van Winkle, and Betty Van Winkle. Attended the Monticello Academy in Wayne County, Kentucky. Graduate of the Louisville School of Law in 1850. Attorney in Wayne County in 1850. Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Wayne County in 1855. Commonwealth's attorney for the Sixth Judicial District in 1856. State elector for Constitutional Union Party candidate John Bell in 1860. Attorney in Pulaski County in 1860. Employed James Cowan as a day laborer in Pulaski County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Pulaski County in 1860. Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to May 23, 1866.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, Division No. 2, p. 242B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Somerset, p. 155. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Somerset District 1, p. 195A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Pulaski County, KY, July 1863, p. 163. "Ephraim Van Winkle," Office of the Kentucky Secretary of State, accessed September 22, 2021, https://web.sos.ky.gov/ofx/secsofstate?id=39. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Rolls 994057, Wayne County Births. James R. Page (Frankfort, KY, merchant, capt 9th KY Cav USA & asst. sec. state) N001778 1827? 1875? Categories: People

Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant, soldier, and statesman. New York native. Married to Susan Page in 1850. Father of Isaac R. Page, Henry C. Page, and John H. Page. Married to Mary T. Hodges Page in Franklin County, Kentucky, on December 8, 1858. Father of James R. Page, Albert M. Page, and Lizzie D. Page. Clerk in Frankfort in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Merchant in Frankfort in 1860. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain and major from August 22, 1862, to February 14, 1863. Assistant Secretary of State under Ephraim L. Van Winkle, who served from September 1, 1863, to May 23, 1866.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District N. 1, p. 39B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District No. 2, p. 914. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, pp. 241-42. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Richland County, Denver Township, p. 517B. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0098. “Decoration Day,” The Frankfort Roundabout (Frankfort, KY), May 28, 1892, p. 3. "Ephraim Van Winkle," Office of the Kentucky Secretary of State, accessed September 22, 2021, https://web.sos.ky.gov/ofx/secsofstate?id=39. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll 994034, Franklin County Marriages. "Memorandum," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), May 31, 1867, p. 1. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 228-29, 251. William E. Hughes (Jefferson County, KY, newspaper editor and public printer) N00002718 1820? Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, newspaper editor and public printer. Bucks County, Pennsylvania, native. Married to Eliza R. Harney Hughes in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on August 10, 1846. Father of Edward H. Hughes, Wallace E. Hughes, William B. Hughes, Mary E. Hughes, Martha Hughes, and Thomas P. Hughes. Editor in Louisville in 1850. Editor of the Louisville Democrat with John H. Harney in Louisville in 1860. Installed as public printer for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in December 1861.

Relationships Military: William G. Rogers (Regimental quartermaster in 2nd regiment Kentucky Cavalry) Military: Elias Thomasson (Regimental quartermaster. 2nd regiment Kentucky Cavalry. ) Economic: The Commonwealth Political: James H. Montgomery (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tailor. )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 181A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 1104. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Arkansas, Desha County, Mississippi Township, p. 504B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482707, p. 346. Pennsylvania, U. S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968_, Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA, Philadelphia County, File 23061. Landaff Watson Andrews (Fleming County, KY Politician, 10th Cir Ct Judge, atty) N00001182 1803-02-12 1888-12-23 Categories: People

Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney, legislator, and judge. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Dorsey Andrews. Father of Juliet Andrews, Margaret Andrew, and James Ella Andrews. Graduate of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1824. Attorney in Fleming County from 1828 to 1839. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Fleming County in 1834 and 1838. Whig Party member of Congress of the United States of America from Kentucky from 1839 to 1843. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Fleming County in 1850. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Fleming County from 1857 to 1861. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Fleming County in 1860. Held interest in an additional fourteen enslaved persons in Fleming County in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Fleming County from 1861 to 1862. Judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit from 1862 to 1868.

Relationships Legal: Lawrence Circuit Court Legal: Adolphus Lafayette Reid (Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer, and sheriff. ) Legal: John C. Adams (Greenup County, Kentucky, judge and lawyer) Legal: John S. Jones (Greenup County, Kentucky, county court clerk, postmaster, iron manufacturer & manager ) Legal: John Seaton (Greenup County, KY, judge) Legal: Greenup County Court Legal: Ninth Judicial District of Kentucky

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, Flemingsburg, p. 256A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, Flemingsburg. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, Flemingsburg, District 2, p. 623. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, Flemingsburg, District 2, p.473B , p. 473B. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky, Volume II (Covington, KY: Collins and Company, 1878), p. 230-31. Sixty-first U.S. Congress, Senate Documents, Volume 56: Biographical Congressional Directory (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1913), p. 442. 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. The Evening Bulletin (Maysville, KY), December 21, 1888, page 3. "Landaff Watson Andrews" (1803-1888), Find a Grave, Memorial 7669613, accessed March 3, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7669613. Charles Buford Duke (Mason County, Kentucky, student) N00019881 1840-05-11 1901-09-02 Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, student and clerk. Kentucky native. Son of John M. Duke and Hannah Duke. Attended school in Mason County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned five enslaved persons in Mason County in 1850. Student in Mason County in 1860. Household owned four enslaved persons in Mason County in 1860. Clerk in Mason County in September 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 104B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 313. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 5A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Mason County, KY, September 1863, p. 77. "Charles Buford Duke (1840-1901)," Find A Grave, Memorial 228454671, accessed May 2, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228454671. Henry S. Jefferson (Mason County, Kentucky, farmer and deputy sheriff) N00008559 1818-08-11 1866-11-10 Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, farmer and deputy sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Abigail Dawson Jefferson in Mason County, Kentucky, on March 2, 1839. Father of Perry Jefferson, John T. Jefferson, and Nancy Jefferson. Farmer in Mason County in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Mason County in 1850. Farmer in Mason County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Mason County in 1860. Deputy sheriff in Mason County in 1861.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 3, p. 142B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 3, p. 762. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 2, p. 47. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 2, p. 7B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mason County Marriages, Film 000281843. "Henry S Jefferson (1818-1866)," Find A Grave, Memorial 43246267, accessed September 11, 2018, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43246267. 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. 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). Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. Flemingsburg, Kentucky P00000538 Categories: Places

Seat of Fleming County, Kentucky.

38.4223, -83.7338 Ronald Thomas, “Flemingsburg,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber, (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 325. "Flemingsburg, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 27, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Fleming County, Kentucky P00000542 Categories: Places

County in northeastern Kentucky. Seat at Flemingsburg. Located on the Licking River.

Relationships Military: William Fleming (Fleming County, Kentucky, tanner) Political: William Fleming (Fleming County, Kentucky, tanner)

38.4223, -83.7338 “Fleming County” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), p.324-25. "Flemingsburg, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 15, 2020, 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. Executive Department, Kentucky (U.S.A.) O00010556 1792 Categories: Organizations

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

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380-81. Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas O00019861 1803 Categories: Organizations

Located in Montgomery County, Ohio. Judge(s): Ebenezer Parsons. State's attorney(s): Youngs V. Wood. Clerk(s): Frederick C. Fox.

A.W. Drury, History of the City of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio, vol. 1 (Chicago: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1909), 704. The History of Montgomery County, Ohio, (Chicago: W.H. Beers & Co., 1882), 478. The Commonwealth O00006282 1833 1872 Categories: Organizations

Newspaper and printing office in Frankfort, Kentucky. Known for representing the Whig and Republican political positions. Owners and publishers: Albert G. Hodges (1833-1842), A. G. Hodges, John M. Todd, & John W. Pruett (1842 -1846), A. G. Hodges & Co. (1846-1856), Albert G. Hodges (1856-1865). Editor(s): Orlando Brown (1833-1842), Thomas B. Stevenson (1842-1846), John W. Finnell (1846-1850), William L. Callender (1850-1856), Thomas M. Green (1856-1860), J. H. Johnson (1860-1863), Henri F. Middleton (1863-1864), Henry E. Thomas (1864).

Relationships Economic: William E. Hughes (Jefferson County, KY, newspaper editor and public printer)

Carl E. Kramer and William B. Scott, Jr., Capital on the Kentucky (Frankfort, KY: Historic Frankfort, Inc., 1986), 143, 208. "The Daily Commonwealth," Chronicling America, accessed May 18, 2017, http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015460/. Frank F. Mathias, "Albert Gallatin Hodges," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 435-36. "The Frankfort Commonwealth," Chronicling America, accessed May 18, 2017, http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015463/. "Tri-weekly Commonwealth," Chronicling America, accessed May 18, 2017, http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015455/. Willard Rouse Jillson, The Newspapers and Periodicals of Frankfort, Kentucky 1795-1945 (Frankfort, KY: Kentucky State Historical Society, 1945), 14. Tenth Judicial District of Kentucky O00000327 Categories: Organizations

This Commonwealth of Kentucky judicial district included Mason, Nicholas, Fleming, Lewis, Rowan, and Greenup Counties. Judge(s): Elijah C. Phister (1860-1862) and Landaff W. Andrews (1862-1868). Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Richard H. Stanton (1857 -1862) and George M. Thomas (1863-1869).

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. Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky 1865-09-26 Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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Commonwealth of Kentucky, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. I, THOMAS E. BRAMLETTE, GOVERNOR OF SAID COMMONWEALTH, TO ALL SHERIFFS AND CONSTABLES IN SAID COMMONWEALTH, GREETING:

WHEREAS, It has been made known to me by Charles Anderson Governor of the State of Ohio that a certain George Maxwell of said State, stands indicted in the Montgomery County Court ^of Common Pleas^ Court for Murder in the first Degree a copy of which indictment, duly authenticated, is now on file in this Department; and that the said George Maxwell has fled from the State of Ohio, thereby evading the justice of its laws, and is going at large within the limits of the State of Kentucky.

Know Ye, Therefore, That I, THOMAS E. BRAMLETTE, Governor as aforesaid, do hereby require and enjoin all Sheriffs and Constables within this State to apprehend and arrest the said George Maxwell, and upon his apprehension, to bring him before some Circuit Judge of this Commonwealth, that the said Circuit Judge may proceed, by proper and legal testimony, to inquire into the matter, so far as shall be necessary, to ascertain the identity of the said George Maxwell and if he is the person mentioned in this, my warrant,, that the said Judge may order him to be delivered up to Swift Raper, who has been duly authorized by the Governor of the State of Ohio to receive and convey the said George Maxwell to the State of Ohio, to be dealt with according to law: And in case the said Swift Raper should not appear to receive him that the Judge may commit him, the said George Maxwell to jail, on the charge aforesaid, to be dealt with according to law: and that you report forthwith to the Governor of this Commonwealth your proceedings under this warrant. And furthermore, that if the said George Maxwell shall be committed to the jail of any county in this State, that the Judge so committing him may immediately inform the Governor of this Commonwealth of the commitment thereof, and to what jail he has been committed.

SEAL OF KENTUCKY. UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Commonwealth to be affixed, at FRANKFORT, on the 26th day of Sept in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 65 and in the 74th year of the Commonwealth.

BY THE GOVERNOR: Richard T. Jacob Lt. & Act. Gov. E. L. VanWinkle, SECRETARY OF STATE, By Jas R. Page Asst Secty

Commonwealth Office -- WM. E. HUGHES, State Printer.

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Executed September 28th 1865 by arresting George Maxwell and taking him before Judge L. W. Andrews. Judge of the 10th Judicial District of Kentucky at Flemingsburg Fleming County, Kentucky Who remanded him to custody of Swift Roper, the within agent of Ohio.

Chas B. Duke Dpty for H. S. Jefferson S. M. C