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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-0001-006-0093 BR6-118

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. William Hipwell (Louisville soldier and police) N00005313 1822? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, soldier and police officer. Native of Ireland. Married to Alecia Hipwell. Father to Thomas H. Hipwell, Mary Hipwell, Katie Hipwell, Lucy A. Hipwell, Marie C. Hipwell, Willie Hipwell and Jennie Hipwell. Boot maker in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1850. Shoemaker in La Porte County, Indiana, in 1860. Served in the 35th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain from December 11, 1861 to November 26, 1862. Police officer in Louisville in 1865.

Relationships Legal: William Whalen (Louisville, Kentucky) Legal: Louis Kiner (Louisville, Kentucky) Legal: Christian Quinot (Louisville, Kentucky, blacksmith) Legal: Joseph Clement (Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney and justice of the peace) Legal: James P. Harbeson (lawyer) Social: James P. Harbeson (lawyer) Legal: William K. Thomas (Jefferson County, Kentucky, jailer) Legal: Matthew Skiffington (Peoria County, Illinois, laborer and barkeeper. ) Legal: Richard James Oglesby (Fourteenth governor of the State of Illinois, soldier, attorney, and politician.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Rhode Island, Providence County, Providence, Ward Six, p. 402B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Indiana, La Porte County, Center Township, p. 134. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson, Louisville Ward 11, p. 446B. Indiana Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Indiana State Department of Health and Vital Records, Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, IN, Certificate 463. Chas. C Chapman, History of La Porte County, Indiana, (Chicago: Chas. Chapman & Co., 1880), 530. Matthew Skiffington (Peoria County, Illinois, laborer and barkeeper. ) N00019873 1830 1889 Categories: People

Peoria County, Illinois, laborer and barkeeper. New York native. Married to Janett Skiffington. Laborer in Dutchess County, New York in 1850. Barkeeper in Peoria County, Illinois, in 1860. Charged with stealing from Thomas Forman in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1865. Fugitive from justice in Illinois in 1865.

Relationships Legal: William Hipwell (Louisville soldier and police) Legal: William K. Thomas (Jefferson County, Kentucky, jailer) Legal: David A. Wheeler (Peoria County, Illinois, constable and laborer.) Legal: State of Illinois Political: Sharon Tyndale (Illinois, engineer, County surveyor, Postmaster and Secretary of State. ) Legal: Peoria Circuit Court Legal: William W. O'Brien (Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, attorney. ) Legal: Thomas Cratty (Peoria County, Illinois, attorney.) Legal: George C. McFadden (Peoria County, Illinois, merchant, hotelkeeper, and sheriff.) Legal: Thomas Mooney, Jr. (Peoria County, Illinois, farmer and court clerk.) Legal: Marion Williamson (Peoria, Peoria County Illinois, lawyer and judge.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, New York, Dutchess County, North East, p. 318A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Peoria County, Peoria Ward 4, p. 268. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Mortality Schedules, Illinois, Peoria County, Peoria, p. 307C. "Matthew Skiffington (1830-1889)," Find A Grave, Memorial 93245262, accessed May 2, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93245262. KYR-0001-006-0086. KYR-0001-006-0093. 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. George Dennison Prentice (Louisville Journal editor) N00000262 1802-12-18 1870-01-22 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, editor. Connecticut native. Son of Rufus Prentice and Sarah Stanton Prentice. Married to Harriet G. Benham Prentice in Louisville, Kentucky, on August 18, 1835. Father of William Courtland Prentice, Harriet Prentice, Clarence Joseph Prentice, and Amelia Prentice. Attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, from 1820 to 1823. Studied law in Windham County, Connecticut, in 1825. Editor of the Connecticut Mirror in 1827. Editor of the Hartford New England Review in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1828. Author in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1830. Editor of the Louisville Journal from 1830 until 1868. Owned five enslaved persons in Louisville in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860.

Relationships Political: James H. Montgomery (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tailor. )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 3, p. 277B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 3. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County Ward 2, p. 572. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 2, p. 260B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000817873. "Death of Mr. Prentice," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), January 23, 1870, p. 2. Thomas D. Clark, "George Dennison Prentice," in John E. Kleber, ed., The Encyclopedia of Louisville (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2001), 722-23. William K. Thomas (Jefferson County, Kentucky, jailer) N00000994 1816-11-01 1870-09-11 Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, jailer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth B. Davis Thomas in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on October 31, 1839. Father of Catharine Thomas, Mary Thomas, Henry C. Thomas, Ellen Thomas, and William K. Thomas. Resident of Jefferson County in 1850. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Jefferson County in 1850. Jailer in Jefferson County in 1860. Arrested on suspicion of membership in the "Sons of Liberty" in Louisville in August 1864.

Relationships Political: Franklin Gorin (Jefferson Co, Ky, attorney) Legal: Robert Jackson Elliott (Louisville, Kentucky, city attorney and councilman) Legal: Casper August Kromer (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident, tavern owner, and Freemason) Legal: Lowdy Howard (Jefferson County, Kentucky, apprentice ship carpenter, tobacconist and soldier) Legal: Jefferson Rogers (Alleged murderer and criminal in Jefferson County, Kentucky) Legal: George Ridgeway (Jefferson County, Kentucky, soldier and petty criminal.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 1, p. 113B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 1, p. 749. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 6th Ward, p. 249. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 9th Ward, p. 249B. The American Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1864 (New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1865), 453. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482706. “W. K. Thomas, Deceased: Tribute of Respect to His Memory,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), September 14, 1870, p. 4. "William K. Thomas, Sr (1816-1870)," Find A Grave, Memorial 143115367, accessed August 7, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143115367. KYR-0001-004-2728. KYR-0001-029-0572. 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). Jefferson County, Kentucky P001005 Categories: Places

County in north central Kentucky. Seat at Louisville. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2542, -85.7594 George H. Yater, "Jefferson County," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 464-67. "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 23, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Louisville, Kentucky P00000337 Categories: Places

Seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2527, -85.7585 "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 12, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 179. 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 Illinois O00014696 1818-12-03 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Illinois. Capital at Springfield, Illinois. Governor(s): William Henry Bissell (January 12, 1857 - March 18, 1860), John Wood (March 18, 1860 - January 14, 1861), Richard Yates (January 14, 1861 - January 16, 1865), and Richard James Oglesby (January 16, 1865 - January 11, 1869).

Relationships Political: Richard Yates (Morgan County, Illinois, governor, attorney, representative, and senator) Political: Ozias Mather Hatch (Springfield, IL, secretary of state of IL (1856-1864))

Janet Cartwright, Richard T. Lockhart, and Paul Simon, “Illinois,” Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed June 5, 2021, https://www.britannica.com/place/Illinois-state. “Former Illinois Governors," National Governors Association, accessed June 5, 2021, https://www.nga.org/former-governors/illinois. Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky 1865-10-13 Legal/Financial 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 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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IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY,

KENTUCKY UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL
THOMAS E. BRAMLETTE, GOVERNOR OF SAID COMMONWEALTH. TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING:

Know Ye, That reposing especial trust and confidence in the integrity, diligence, and ability of Wm Hipwell, I do hereby appoint him Agent, On the part of this State, to proceed to the State of Illinois for the purpose of demanding and receiving from the proper authorities of said state, Mathew FSkifington, a Fugitive from Justice from the State of Kentucky, charged with Felony; and I do hereby authorize and direct the said Wm Hipwell to demand and receive the said Fugitive, bring him to this State, and deliver him to the custody of the Jailer of the County of Jefferson Ky

SEAL OF KENTUCKY UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL

In Testimony Whereof, I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed. Done at Frankfort, the 13th day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-5, and in the seventy-fourth year of the Commonwealth.

Tho E Bramlette By the Governor: E. L. VanWinkle, Secretary of State. By Jas R. Page Asst Secty GEORGE D. PRENTICE, STATE PRINTER.

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Louisville October 21st 1865

This is to certify that this Day William Hipwell Delivered to me the person of Mathew Skiffington herein mentioned

W. K Thomas Jailor of Jefferson County Ky