<title type="main">B. W. Foley to Thomas E. Bramlette

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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-0001-006-0088 BR6-112

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. James Washington (Kenton County, Kentucky, resident.) N00018543 Categories: People

Kenton County, Kentucky, resident. Charged with burglary in Kenton County, Kentucky, in 1865. Fled to Ohio. Arrested in Ohio in December 1865 and returned to Kentucky on a requisition from Governor Bramlette.

"Arrest of Fugitives from Justice," Cincinnati Daily Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), December 2, 1865, p. 3. KYR-0001-006-0088. David Tod (Governor of Ohio) N00005318 1805-02-21 1868-11-13 Categories: People

Ohio, twenty-fifth governor. Youngstown, Ohio native. Son of George Tod and Sarah Isaacs Tod. Married to Maria Smith Tod. Attended Burton Academy in Geauga County, Ohio. Went on to study law, and in 1827 was licensed to practice. Served as a one-term member of the Ohio State Senate in 1838. Served as ambassador to Brazil from 1847 to 1851. Elected governor by a popular vote in the 1861 general election. Served as governor of Ohio from 1862 to 1863.

Relationships Political: S. E. Smith (Jail in Lexington) Political: State of Ohio

Sobel, Robert, and John Raimo, eds. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. 3, Westport, Conn.; Meckler Books, 1978. 4 vols. Smith, Joseph Patterson. History of the Republican Party in Ohio, Vol. 1, Chicago, Ohio; Lewis Publishing Company, 1898. Find A Grave, "David Tod (February 21, 1805-November 13, 1868)," Memorial #21713, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21713 (accessed January 23, 2018). Clinton Butts (Kenton County, Kentucky, tobacconist, merchant, marshal, and magistrate) N00006954 1829? Categories: People

Kenton County, Kentucky, tobacconist, merchant, and marshal. Kentucky native. Son of Elizabeth Butts. Married to Mary Butts. Tobacconist in Covington, Kentucky, in 1850. Merchant in Covington in 1860. Marshal in Covington in 1861. Marshal in Covington in 1863.

Relationships Legal: William Nichols (Covington, KY steel mill worker) Social: Simeon Sheppard (Kenton County) Legal: Daniel W. Clark (Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 3, p. 250B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 2, p. 581. KYR-0001-022-0006. KYR-0001-029-0558. Andrew H. Herod (Kenton County, Kentucky, jailer) N00006306 1816? Categories: People

Kenton County, Kentucky, jailer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary A. Herod. Father of George W. Herod, Aladelphia Herod, Susan Herod, and Andrew H. Herod. Jailer of Kenton County from 1856 to 1864.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: William W. Boswell (Covington, Kentucky, hotel and tavern keeper)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 2, p. 83. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Indiana, Jennings County, p. 23. "Covington Newport City Directory 1856,” Kenton County Public Library, GenKY ID 289713, http://genealogy.kentonlibrary.org/genky/descriptions/cnd.php (accessed January 20, 2017). KYR-0001-004-1321. R. W. Foley (Kenton County, Kentucky, organizer of home guard unit that might be col Police Guard KY Central RR) N00010519 Categories: People

Kenton County, Kentucky, soldier. With Mr. Smith and Mr. Samuels, organized a company of home guards in Kenton County, Kentucky, in June 1861. Served in the Police Guard Kentucky Central Railroad as colonel from September 17, 1861, to December 10, 1861.

Relationships Military: [unknown] Smith (Covington, KY) Military: [unknown] Samuel (Covington, Kentucky, carpenter) Social: John Flavel Fisk, Sr. (Covington, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1867), 842. KYR-0001-019-0072. 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). 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. 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. Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky 1865-10-27 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.

Clerks Office Kenton Cir. Court Covington Ky Oct 27. 1865 To His Excellency Thos E. Bramlette Gov of Ky

Sir. Enclosed we send you a copy of an Indictment & Bench Warrant against James Washington of color now pending in our Court. We understand the Deft. has fled to Ohio -- Will your Excellency please send us a Requisition upon the Governor of Ohio. and name C. Butts of this City as a Suitable & trustworthy person to make the arrest of Deft. & deliver him to the custody of the Jailorhere, Col Foley is anxious that he be brought to justice & punished if guilty

Very Respectfully Your Obt Srvt. B W. Foley Clerk ByA. C. Ellis D C

Requisition upon Gov of Ohio for Jas Washington (of color) C Butts apptd Agent 31st Oct/65