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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Appointments by the Governor, Civil Appointments, 1863-1867 KYR-0001-007-0302 BR2-189

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (Union general, Boyle Co, KY attorney, pres Lou City Railway Co) N00000523 1818-05-22 1871-07-28 Categories: People

Boyle County, Kentucky, attorney, soldier, and businessman. Mercer County, Kentucky, native. Son of John Boyle and Elizabeth Tilford Boyle. Married to Elizabeth Owsley Anderson Boyle in Garrard County, Kentucky, on October 18, 1842. Father of William Owsley Boyle, John H. J. Boyle, Clayton J. Boyle, Henry B. Boyle, Amelia Boyle, and J. Tilford Boyle, Jr. Attended Centre College in Danville. Graduated from the College of New Jersey at Princeton, New Jersey. Attended Transylvania School of Law in Lexington, Kentucky. Attorney in Boyle County in 1850. Owned nine enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1850. Attorney in Boyle County in 1860. Owned thirteen enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1860. Served as a brigadier general of U.S. Volunteers from November 1861 to January 1864. President of the Louisville City Railway Company from 1864 to 1866.

Relationships Military: Albert O. Durland (Louisville businessman) Military: Marcellus Mundy (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and soldier) Military: Army of the Ohio Military: Military District of Kentucky Military: Thomas B. Lawton (farmer, McLean County) Social: John Jordan Crittenden (Franklin Co, KY, Representative, Senator, & former KY Governor) Political: Patrick Sherdon (Trimble County, Kentucky, merchant) Military: Horatio Gouverneur Wright (Union General, commander of Dept of OH) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Edward Henry Hobson (Green County, Kentucky, merchant, saddler, Brig. Genl) Political: Lucius B. Desha (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and politician) Military: Ambrose E. Burnside (Union general, Rhode Island rifleworks owner) Economic: Henry E. Shawhan (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer) Economic: James A. Cook (Harrison County, Kentucky, distiller) Economic: G. W. Taylor (person ) Economic: Tarr White (person ) Economic: Thomas Jefferson Megibben (Cynthania, Kentucky, distiller.) Military: Joel H. Roach (Corporal, 3rd Kentucky Cavalry) Military: 40th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Economic: Louisville City Railway Company Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.) Military: William Mangan (Richmond, Cass County, Illinois, soldier - 1st Lt. 11th Ky. Cav) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Frederick Slater, Jr. (Dearborn County, Indiana, merchant and soldier - major, 11th Ky. Cav) Military: Executive Department, Kentucky (U.S.A.) Military: Department of Kentucky Military: United States War Department Military: Government of the United States of America Social: Thomas Lee (Franklin County, Kentucky, tailor. ) Familial: James M. Doty (Barren County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: William Owsley (Kentucky governor, judge, and politician.) Social: James M. Doty (Barren County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: Exchange Bank of Barnes, White, & Co Military: Alexander Clay Semple (Louisville resident and soldier, served as assistant to General Boyle.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 2, p. 367A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, Danville, p. 866. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, Danville, p. 151A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Garrard County Marriages, Film 000183256, p. 64. Ezra J. Warner, General in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964), p. 40. Ross A. Webb, “Jeremiah T. Boyle,” in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2002), p. 109. Albert O. Durland (Louisville businessman) N00000521 1841? 1902? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, businessman. Secretary and superintendent of the Louisville City Railroad. Superintendent of the Louisville streetcar line some time prior to 1866. Notary public in Jefferson County, Kentucky in 1864.

Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions . . . in the City of Louisville for 1865-6 (St. Louis: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1865), p. 283; “Death of Captain A O Durland,” The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), August 8, 1902, p. 2. 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. 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. John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) N00000879 1839-08-16 1913-12-13 Categories: People

Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General. Illinois native. Son of James Madison Boyle and Sarah Ann Decker Boyle. Married to Jane "Jennie" Porter Looney Boyle in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, on September 17, 1863. Attended school in Edgar County, Illinois, in 1850. Attended Centre College in Boyle County, Kentucky, in 1858. Attorney in Edgar County in 1860. Served in the Army of the Ohio (U.S.A.) as assistant adjutant general. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as lieutenant colonel from August 22, 1862, to August 21, 1863. Adjutant General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to August 1, 1864.

Relationships Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (Union general, Boyle Co, KY attorney, pres Lou City Railway Co) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: Kentucky Volunteers Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: William E. Hobson (Warren County, Kentucky, soldier.) Military: Madison Conyers Johnson (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney and banker, RR director, pres of UK Law Dept) Political: Madison Conyers Johnson (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney and banker, RR director, pres of UK Law Dept) Political: G. T. Spillman (Captain, Franklin County) Military: G. T. Spillman (Captain, Franklin County) Military: Louis W. Little (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry) Military: Thomas McKinster (Lawrence County, KY, farmer and soldier) Military: James W. Caperton (Richmond, KY, attorney and soldier) Military: [unknown] Shanks (Major, U.S.A.) Military: Cornelius G. Bradshaw (Douglas County, Illinois, chaplain (U.S.A.)) Military: 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: James W. Weatherford (Colonel in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment ) Economic: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: William W. Woodward (Montgomery County, Ohio, fruit tree producer; 2nd lieut & capt 2nd OH Cav USA; col 116th USCT Inf ) Military: Robert C. Hewett (Louisville, KY, physician ) Military: William Baker Swisher (Kansas Territory physician and soldier) Military: Benjamin F. Howard (Magoffin County, Kentucky, farmer, deputy sheriff; 1st lieut & capt 49th KY Inf USA) Military: John M. Cook (Clay County, KY, farmer; pvt 6th KY Cav US, cpt 49th KY Inf USA, capt 6th KY Cav USA) Military: William T. Bryant (Laurel County, Kentucky farm laborer; 2nd lieut & capt 49th KY Inf USA) Military: Speed Smith Fry (Boyle County, KY, general, abuser of refugee families at Camp Nelson) Military: Walter M. Prentice (Cuyahoga County, Ohio, physician and soldier) Military: Stephen Golden (Knox County, Kentucky, captain 49th KY Inf USA ) Military: Jesse Mattingly (Clay County, KY, farmer;1st lieut 1st Harlan co Battalion and 49th KY Inf USA) Military: Isaac Jones Black (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer; agent, 1st lieut & capt 49th KY Inf USA) Military: Philos Stratton (Madison County, Kentucky artist; adjutant, major, & lt col USA ) Military: 2nd Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia Military: William Jackson Atkins (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer. Pvt, sgt, & lieut 13th KY Vol Inf USA) Military: Joseph T. Wheeler (Cincinnati, Ohio farmer and capt 1st KY Inf USA) Military: Leonidas Metcalfe (Nicholas County, KY, farmer and colonel 7th KY Cav (USA)) Military: Richard J. C. Bocking (Indianapolis, Indiana resident and former soldier) Military: Thomas T. Sharp (Covington, KY, capt 7th KY Cav USA) Military: Andrew S. Bloom (Hamilton, Ohio, daguerreotype artist and soldier (52nd OH Inf and 7th KY Cav)) Military: Green Clay Smith (Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky attorney, politician, and soldier) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: 47th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: United States Army Military: John J. Rose (Mercer County, Kentuck, merchant and soldier - 2nd Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Samuel P. Debaun (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - 1st Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: William H. Norton (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and 2nd lieutenant in 11th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.)) Military: William E. Riley (Washington County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier.) Military: Archibald J. Alexander (Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier.) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Illinois, Edgar County, District 19, p. 146B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Edgar County, Buck Township, p. 675. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Edgar County, Paris, p. 170A. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0095. John Boyle, Boyle Genealogy: John Boyle of Virginia and Kentucky (St. Louis, MO: Perrin & Smith Printing Co., 1909), 63-65. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. vii. The Thirty-Fourth Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Centre College, at Danville, Kentucky, 1858 (Frankfort, KY: Frankfort Commonwealth Office, 1858), 9. "Youngest General," Kentucky Advocate (Danville, KY), December 17, 1913, p. 1. 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. 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. 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. Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 1864-09-05 Correspondence English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Louisville -- Ky. Sept. 5th 1864 Dear Major,

At Genl Jerry Boyle's request, I write for a commission as Notary Public for A. O. Durbland- of this city. Whatever fee you is required will be sent you on receipt of commission Please state amount in your enclosure- and direct to Genl J. T. Boyle here.

I may want such commission myself- and will let you know shortly.

Remember me to the Governor- most kindly- and to the immitable "Van" -- and accept my regards for yourself

Truly Your's John Boyle

Maj. Jas S. Page Asst. Sec'y of State Frankfort Ky

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Notary Jefferson Co A O Durbland apptd6th Sept/64