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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.
Hart County, Kentucky, saddler and fugitive from justice. Tennessee native. Shot Samuel Mansfield in Hart County, Kentucky, in November 1865. Fugitive from justice in November 1865.
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Hart County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Huldah Ann Heatherly Mansfield. Father of John L. Mansfield, Thomas L. Mansfield, William Mansfield, Presley E. Mansfield, Elizabeth Mansfield, and Grace Mansfield. Farmer in Hart County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Hart County in 1850. Farmer in Hart County in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Hart County in 1860. Killed by Ben Johnson in Hart County in November 1865.
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Hart County, Kentucky, soldier, attorney, and politician. Kentucky native. Married to Henrietta Wood Donan. Served in the U.S.-Mexican War. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Hart County from 1857 to 1861. Attorney in Hart County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Hart County in 1860.
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Hart County, Kentucky, judge. Kentucky native. Presiding judge of the Hart County Court in 1863. Judge of the Hart County Court in 1865.
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Hart County, Kentucky, court clerk. Kentucky native. Son of John Waldeck and Mary A. Waldeck. Resident of Hart County in 1850. Clerk in Hart County in 1860. Clerk of the Hart County Court in 1865.
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Hart County, Kentucky, physician, politician, and surgeon. Kentucky native. Son of John L. Walton. Married to Nancy E. Maxey Walton in Hart County, Kentucky, on December 3, 1857. Father of Mary L. Walton and Mattie Walton. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Hart County from 1851 to 1853. Graduated from the University of Louisville, in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1853. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1855 to 1863. Physician in Hart County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Hart County in 1860. Served in the 21st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a surgeon from December 13, 1861, to February 7, 1865. Captured near Atlanta, Georgia, on August 26, 1864. Paroled on September 3, 1864.
Hart County, Kentucky, attorney, Baptist minister, and chaplain. Kentucky native. Son of John Rush. Married to Louisa J. Holderman Rush in Hardin County, Kentucky, on July 13, 1837. Father of Arabella D. Rush, Cadwallader W. Rush, Mollie V. Rush, Mattie Rush, James Peter Rush, and Ella Rush. Attorney in Hart County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Hart County in 1850. Owned Bob [Unknown] in Hart County in 1856. Baptist minister in Hart County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Hart County in 1860. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as chaplain from November 26, 1861, to November 7, 1862. Resigned on account of illness on November 7, 1862.
Hart County, Kentucky, court clerk and politician. Virginia native. Son of W. J. Wood and Elizabeth Wood. Married to Elizabeth Helm Wood in Barren County, Kentucky, on February 7, 1821. Father of Henry C. Wood and Thomas John Wood. Father of William C. Wood, George T. Wood, Jr., Mary B. Wood, Henrietta Wood, and Amelia M. Wood. Clerk of the Hart County Court and Hart Circuit Court in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Hart County in 1850. Clerk of the Hart Circuit Court in 1860. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Hart County in 1860. Member of the Military Board of Kentucky from May 24,1861, to August 1862. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Hart County from 1863 to 1865.
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Hart County, Kentucky, physician. Kentucky native. Married to Mary B. Jett. Father of Elizabeth Jett, William H. Jett, Henry Jett, Katie Jett, and Aletha Jett. Physician in Hart County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Hart County in 1850. Physician in Hart County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Hart County in 1860.
Hart County, Kentucky, farmer and liveryman. Kentucky native. Married to Desdemona Amos. Father of William H. Amos, Little B. Amos, Martha B. Amos, Emily J. Amos, and Eliza Amos. Farmer in Hart County, Kentucky, in 1850. Liveryman in Hart County in 1860.
Louisville, Kentucky, tobacco trader, soldier, and agent. Kentucky native. Served in the U.S.-Mexican War. Tobacco trader in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private. Captured at the Battle of Buffington Island in Meigs County, Ohio, on July 19, 1863. Prisoner of war at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana, from July 23, 1863, to August 18, 1863. Prisoner of war at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois, from August 22, 1863, to February 21, 1865. Signed a loyalty oath to the U. S. government on July 14, 1865. Agent of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the requisition of Ben Johnson in 1865.
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Seat of Hart County, Kentucky. Located on the Green River.
Site of the Battle of Munfordville from September 14, 1862, to September 17, 1862.
Seat at Munfordsville, Kentucky.
State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.
State in the southeastern United States. Capital at Nashville. Located on the Cumberland River.
State in the midwestern region of the United States. Capital at Springfield. Located on the Ohio River and Mississippi River.
State in the central United States. Capital at Jefferson City, Missouri. Located on the Mississippi River.
Seat of Jackson County, Tennessee.
Located in Munfordville, Hart County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): William Gardner. Clerk(s): James A. Dawson, H. M. Shuffitt, J. A. Waldeck, and J. M. Bents.
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We the undersigned would represent that on the r 1865killed killed and murdered shot at and wounded he is he is likely to have gone to the states of
Description Ben Johnson about 30 or 35 years old about 6 feet high weighs about 150 lb sandy or light complexion & beard is a man of family was raised in or near ylue or Grey scar in one hand was a saddler by trade at one time & freckled face
Reward $250.
Hart Co
for Ben Johnson
Murderer of Saml Mansfield offered
Please Appoint