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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-0001-007-0303 BR2-190 to BR2-191

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts William H. Towne (Boston, MA Deeds Commissioner) N00000526 1840? 1924? Categories: People

Boston, Massachusetts, clerk. Massachusetts native. Son of C. F. Towne. Commissioner of Deeds for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Massachusetts in 1864.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War); Collection Name: Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records); NAI: 4213514; Archive Volume Number: 2 of 4, Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Fourth District, May/June 1863, p. 653; Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Deaths [1916–1970]. Volumes 66–145, p. 223; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Massachusetts, Boston Ward 10, p. 109. 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.

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Massachusetts native. Married to Annie Morrill Hobbs. Father of Alice A. Hobbs and Edith M. Hobbs. School teacher in Waltham, Massachusetts in 1855. Justice of the Peace of Boston, Massachusetts in 1864.

Relationships Legal: William H. Towne (Boston, MA Deeds Commissioner)

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State in the northeast United States. Capital at Boston. Located on the Atlantic Ocean.

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Capital of Massachusetts. Seat of Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Located on the Atlantic Ocean.

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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. Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 1864-10-11 Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "1": 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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The State of Massachusetts County of City of Boston

I, William H. Towne having been duly appointed & commissioned by his Excellency Thos E. Bramlette Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky a Commissioner of Deeds (in Massachusetts) for the State of Kentucky, for the term of four years from 5th day of October 1864 -- do swear that I will well & truly execute & perfom all the duties of my station as such Commissioner -- So help me God,

William H. Towne

Sworn to by the said Wm H. Towne before me, and by him subscribed in my presence, at Boston Massachusetts this the 11 day of October 1864, as witness my hand and seal affixed on the day & date aforesaid,

Geo. M Hobbs Jus Peace

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Comr. Deeds Massachusetts Oath of Wm H. Towne Filed 14th Oct/64, Date of Comrmission 5th Oct/64