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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-0001-006-0080 BR6-103

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. Henry Mondiek (Covington, Kentucky, teamster and grocer.) N00019961 1824-02-15 1919-11-19 Categories: People

Covington, Kentucky, teamster and grocer. Native of Oldenburg. Son of Joseph Mondiek. Married to Elizabeth Berger Mondiek. Father of Henry Mondiek, Barney Mondiek, Anthony Mondiek, Mary Mondiek, and William Mondiek. Teamster in Covington, Kentucky, in 1860. Grocer in Covington in 1861.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington Ward 6, p. 808. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, p. 390D. 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-July 1863, p. 152. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 30386. Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Hamilton County Marriages, Film 000344510, p. 412. "Oldest Citizen is Dead," The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY), November 19, 1919, p. 1. Williams' Covington Directory for 1861 (Cincinnati: Williams & Co., 1861), 436. KYR-0001-004-0670. Michael Swiere (Covington, Kentucky, carpenter.) N00019962 1829? Categories: People

Covington, Kentucky, carpenter. Native of Germany. Married to Sophia Swire. Father of Anthony Swire. Carpenter in Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1850. Carpenter in Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, in 1860. Carpenter in Covington in 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Fulton, p. 241A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington Ward 6, p. 840. Williams' Covington Directory for 1861 (Cincinnati: Williams & Co., 1861), 444. Thomas Clement Fletcher (Eighteenth governor of the State of Missouri, attorney, soldier, and politician.) N00019954 1827-01-21 1899-03-25 Categories: People

Eighteenth governor of the State of Missouri, attorney, soldier, and politician. Jefferson County, Missouri, native. Son of Clement B. Fletcher and Margaret Byrd Fletcher. Married to Mary Clara Honey Fletcher in Jefferson County, Missouri, on April 16, 1851. Father of Edwin L. Fletcher and Ella F. Fletcher. Clerk of the Jefferson Circuit Court from 1849 to 1856. Admitted to the bar in 1857. Attorney in Jefferson County in 1860. Served in the 31st Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a colonel from October 7, 1862, to June 16, 1864. Captured at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, Warren County, Mississippi, on December 29, 1862. Prisoner of war at Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, from March 23, 1863, to May 5, 1863. Served in the 47th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a colonel from September 16, 1864, to November 18, 1864. Governor of the State of Missouri from January 2, 1865, to January 12, 1869.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Missouri, Jefferson County, District 42, p. 407A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Missouri, Jefferson County, Valle, p. 509. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Missouri, St. Louis County, St. Louis Ward 2, 417B. Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, MO, Jefferson County. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Missouri, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M405, Roll 0614. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Missouri, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M405, Roll 0681. John Howard Brown, ed., Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States, vol. 3 (Boston: James H. Lamb Company, 1900), 123. John H. Reppy, "Thomas Clement Fletcher," in The Messages and Proclamations of the Governors of the State of Missouri, vol. IV, eds. Grace Gilmore Avery and Floyd C. Shoemaker (Columbia, MO: The State Historical Society of Missouri, 1924), 43-52. Jeremiah T. Reed (Covington, KY, police officer) N00019960 1832? 1898-07-10 Categories: People

Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, police officer. Kentucky native. Son of John Reed and Elizabeth Reed. Married to Mary Townsend Reed. Father of Alice Reed and James Reed. Resident of Kenton County, Kentucky, in 1850. Blacksmith in Pendleton County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the Fremont's Body Guard Missouri Cavalry (U.S.A.) as a private and blacksmith from August 20, 1861, to November 30, 1861. Blacksmith in Kenton County in 1863. Served on the gunboat U.S.S. Moose as a master-at-arms from May 14, 1864, to May 13, 1865. Police officer in Covington, Kenton County, in September 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Independence, p. 127B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pendleton County, p. 604. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 371A. Eleventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1890), Veterans Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 7013565, Kenton County Deaths, p. 447. Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War and Later Navy Veterans (Navy Widows' Certificates), 1861–1910, NARA RG 15, Application 12970. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Missouri, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M405, Roll 293. 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-July 1863, p. 370. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994043, Kenton County Births, p. 11. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Campbell County Wills, vol. B-C, 1820-1879, p. 41. "Jerry Reed (1832-1898)," Find A Grave, Memorial 99014981, accessed May 12, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99014981. Bushrod W. Foley (Covington, Kentucky attorney and mayor.) N00018508 1809 1867 Categories: People

Covington, Kentucky attorney and mayor. Virginia native. Married to Elwinna Walton Foley. Father of James Foley and Bushrod Foley. Attorney in Kenton County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Kenton County in 1850. Mayor of Covington, Kentucky, in 1860. Employed Lizzie Smith, Ellen Dugan, and Julia Lally as servants in Covington in 1860.

Relationships Social: Simeon Sheppard (Kenton County) Legal: Alexander Campbell Ellis (Kenton County, Kentucky, deputy circuit clerk) Legal: James Washington (Kenton County, Kentucky, resident.) Legal: Clinton Butts (Kenton County, Kentucky, tobacconist, merchant, marshal, and magistrate) Political: Thomas Clement Fletcher (Eighteenth governor of the State of Missouri, attorney, soldier, and politician.) Legal: Michael Swiere (Covington, Kentucky, carpenter.) Legal: Henry Mondiek (Covington, Kentucky, teamster and grocer.) Legal: Kenton Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington Ward 2, p. 235B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington/Ward 4, p. 656. Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Hamilton County Marriages, Film 000355062. "Funeral of B.W. Foley," Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), March 20, 1867, p. 3. "Bushrod Washington Foley (1809-1867," Find A Grave, Memorial 94192591, accessed September 19, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94192591. Alexander Campbell Ellis (Kenton County, Kentucky, deputy circuit clerk) N00000757 1830-08-06 1913-07-14 Categories: People

Covington, Kentucky, deputy circuit clerk and attorney. Kenton County, Kentucky, native. Son of William G. Ellis and Susan Arnold Ellis. Married to Kate Blackburn Hereford Ellis in Fleming County, Kentucky, on July 8, 1859. Father of Sudie Ellis, Wade H. Ellis, and Woodford L. Ellis. Stepfather of Mary Hereford, Maria Hereford, and Kate Hereford. Laborer in Kenton County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned seven enslaved persons in Kenton County in 1850. Deputy clerk of the Kenton Circuit Court from 1856 to 1865. Commissioner of Public Schools in Kenton County in 1858. Employed Ellen Holland as a servant in Covington in 1860. Admitted to the bar 1862. Member of the Board of School Examiners for Covington in 1865.

Relationships Political: Henry H. Hellmann (Covington, KY, grocery merchant) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Kenton Circuit Court Legal: Simeon Sheppard (Kenton County) Legal: William Nichols (Covington, KY steel mill worker) Social: Simeon Sheppard (Kenton County) Political: Thomas Clement Fletcher (Eighteenth governor of the State of Missouri, attorney, soldier, and politician.) Legal: Michael Swiere (Covington, Kentucky, carpenter.) Legal: Henry Mondiek (Covington, Kentucky, teamster and grocer.) Political: Bushrod W. Foley (Covington, Kentucky attorney and mayor.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, p. 141B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington Ward 5, p. 800. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington Ward 6, p. 36B. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994034, Fleming County Marriages. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 19309. “Ellis Resigns as Court Clerk,” The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY), March 1, 1913, p. 2. “Oldest Member of Kenton Bar, A. C. Ellis, Dead,” The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY), July 15, 1913, p. 2. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 259-60. 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. 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). St. Louis, Missouri P00003268 Categories: Places

City in east-central Missouri. Located on the Mississippi River.

38.627, -90.1994 USGS: Earth Explorer, "St. Louis, Missouri," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on May 4, 2020). Kenton Circuit Court O00000410 1840 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 9th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): S. M. Moore and Joseph Doniphan. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): W. E. Arthur and R. B. Carpenter. Clerk(s): N. B. Stephens and B. W. Foley.

Relationships Legal: Samuel H. Bannister (Kenton co farmer) Legal: John B. Stephens (Kenton co farmer) Legal: Benjamin Wilshire (Independence, Kentucky, blacksmith.) Legal: Edward A. Lamb (Kenton co farmer) Legal: Richard Mann (Covington, Kentucky, shoemaker) Legal: James L. Valandingham (Kenton Co farmer) Legal: R. Lipscomb (Kenton Co.) Legal: G. W. Miller (Campbell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Jesse Halton Stephens (Kenton Co farmer) Legal: Samuel Fleming Jones (Kenton Co farmer) Legal: Jordan Harris (Kenton Co farmer) Legal: Andrew J. Morris (Kenton County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Bernard Topmiller (Cincinnati, Ohio, machinist) Legal: Henry Topmiller (Cincinnati, Ohio, plasterer) Legal: Henry H. Hellmann (Covington, KY, grocery merchant) Legal: Isaac Sutton (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, mineral water maker and business owner) Legal: J.H. Meyers (Kenton County, Kentucky, brewer) Legal: James Steers (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, teamster) Legal: William W. Rogers (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, master brick mason) Legal: Michael Moore (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, contractor ) Legal: John O'Donnell (Covington, Ky, merchant) Legal: John Buckner Lendrum (Covington, Ky, justice of the peace, mayor pro tem, and bookkeeper) Legal: John Herold (Covington, Kentucky, carding machinist) Legal: James G. Arnold (Kenton County, Ky, merchant) Legal: John Wesner (Ludlow, Kenton County, Kentucky, shoe maker) Legal: Moses Swim (Covington, Kenton County, carpenter) Legal: Peter Longshore (Covington, Ky, medicine maker, teamster) Legal: Joseph Doniphan (Bracken County, Ky, circuit judge, state rep, mayor, and attorney ) Legal: Robert Carter Richardson (Covington, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and superintendent of public instruction) Legal: Simeon Sheppard (Kenton County) Legal: Samuel W. Bloom (Cincinnati, OH, police officer) Legal: Samuel B. Laird (Covington, Kenton County, KY, tobacconist and cigar maker) Legal: Napoleon B. Stephens (Kenton County, Kentucky, county and circuit clerk) Legal: William Chester (Kenton County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: William Bridges (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, tobacconist ) Legal: Green Clay Smith (Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky attorney, politician, and soldier) Legal: Robert K. Sumerwell (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: S. Smith (Kenton County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Robert Center (Kenton County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Lucien Smith (Kenton County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Willis Daniel (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, master carpenter) Legal: Francis M. Rogers (Kenton County, Kentucky, bricklayer) Legal: Thomas Dempsey (Covington, Kentucky, master tobacconist) Legal: Adam Glore (Kenton County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Hiram Bond (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, master stone cutter) Legal: James A. Bowen (Kenton County, Kentucky, tobacconist) Legal: William H. Taylor (Kenton County, Kentucky, clerk, 1st lieut & pvt 2nd Ky Inf, ) Legal: William Maloney (Kenton County, Kentucky, brick mason) Legal: Van B. Wood (Covington, KY, carpenter) Legal: Wilson H. Horn (Kenton County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Alfred Brown (Kenton County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: James McPherson (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, Collector) Legal: Clinton Butts (Kenton County, Kentucky, tobacconist, merchant, marshal, and magistrate) Legal: James Calvert Foy (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, stable keeper and officer (U.S.A.)) Legal: Daniel W. Clark (Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Samuel McClelland Moore (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, circuit judge) Legal: Alexander Campbell Ellis (Kenton County, Kentucky, deputy circuit clerk) Legal: Bushrod W. Foley (Covington, Kentucky attorney and mayor.) Legal: John T. Levis (Kenton County, Kentucky, cotton manufacturer and railroad president.) Legal: Michael Swiere (Covington, Kentucky, carpenter.) Legal: Henry Mondiek (Covington, Kentucky, teamster and grocer.)

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. City of Covington Police Department O00020744 1857 Categories: Organizations

Covington, Kentucky, police force. Created by ordinance of the Covington City Council in March 1857. City marshals: Clinton Butts (1857-1859), John McLaughlin (1859-1861), Clinton Butts (1861).

Paul A. Tenkotte, James C. Claypool, David E. Schroeder, eds., _Gateway City: Covington, Kentucky 1815-2015 (Covington, KY: Clerisy Press, 2015), 345-64. State of Missouri O00018723 1821 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Missouri. Capitol at Jefferson City. Governors: Robert Marcellus Stewart (1857-1861), Claibourne Fox Jackson (1861), Hamilton Rowan Gamble (1861-1864), William Preble Hall (1864-1865), Thomas Clement Fletcher (1865-1869).

Relationships Political: William McNeill Clough (Platte County, Missouri, lawyer. ) Legal: Rudolph Mackwitz (St. Louis, Missouri, secretary, notary, and claims agent.)

“Historical Listing of Missouri Governors,” Missouri Secretary of State, accessed October 3, 2022, https://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/history/historicallistings/governors. Perry McCandless, A History of Missouri: Volume II, 1820-1860, (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1972), 9-11. Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky 1865-09-26 Correspondence 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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Court Room Kenton Cir Court Covington Ky Sept. 26th 1865 Governor Thos E Bramlette

Sir, Enclosed I send you a copy of an Indictment now pending in the Kenton Circuit Court agst. Monkedwick & Swiere. Information having reached the Police of this city that said Monkedwick is now in the City of St Louis Mo. if your Excellency should deem it expedient to send a Requisition upon the Govenor of Missouri for said Deft. you will please enclose the same to us and we recommend Jeramiah T. Reed a member of the police of this City as a trustworthy & suitable person to conduct said Deft to this city.

Very Respectfully B W Foley Clerk By A C Ellis D C

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Requisition upon Gov of Missouri for Geo Monkedwick & appointment of Jeremiah Reed agent 28 Sept /65