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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-0001-007-0311 BR2-199 to BR2-200

Somerset, Pulaski 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 M. Sandifer (Somerset, Kentucky, dentist and police judge) N00001066 1828-08-24 1891-02-01 Categories: People

Somerset, Kentucky, dentist and police judge. Kentucky native. Married to Cynthia Carson Sandifer. Father of Jane Sandifer, Sallie Sandifer, Elizza P. Sandifer, and George R. Sandifer. Dentist in Somerset in 1860. Police judge in Somerset in 1864.

Relationships Political: Robert S. Barron (Somerset, Kentucky, printer and clerk)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Somerset, p. 4; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Somerset, p. 9; Stanford Interior Journal (Stanford, Ky.), August 23, 1872, p. 1; Find A Grave, "James M. Sandifer (1828-1891)," Memorial #16414194, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16414194&ref=acom (accessed May 25, 2017). Robert S. Barron (Somerset, Kentucky, printer and clerk) N00001078 1828? Categories: People

Somerset, Kentucky, printer and clerk. Missouri native. Married to Ellen J. Girdler Barron. Father of Mattie L. Barron, Brent A. Barron, and Lizzie J. Barron. Delegate from Pulaski County to the State Democratic Party Convention in 1858. Printer in Somerset in 1860. Clerk of the Board of Trustees of Somerset in 1864.

Relationships Political: James M. Sandifer (Somerset, Kentucky, dentist and police judge)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Somerset, p. 12; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Somerset, p. 3; "Democratic Meeting in Pulaski," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.) November 19, 1858, p. 1. Somerset, Kentucky P00001061 Categories: Places

Seat of Pulaski County, Kentucky.

37.092, -84.6041 J. H. Deberry, "Somerset" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 833. "Somerset, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 12, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Somerset Board of Trustees O00001081 1802? 1888? Categories: Organizations

Body charged with oversight of the city of Somerset, Kentucky.

Relationships Political: Robert S. Barron (Somerset, Kentucky, printer and clerk) Political: James M. Sandifer (Somerset, Kentucky, dentist and police judge)

J. H. Deberry, "Somerset" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 833. Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky 1864-10-29 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Somerset, Ky., Oct 29th 1864. Thos. E Bramlette. Governor, Dear Sir:

Enclosed, you will please find ane order adopted by the "Board of Trustees" of the town of Somerset, recommending to your Excellency, James M Sandifer, for Commission as Police Judge of said town

Respectfully R. S. Barron