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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-0001-007-0324 BR2-217

Oldham County, Kentucky Simon Vanarsdale (Oldham County, Kentucky, justice of the peace) N00002082 1812-02-15 1885-12-19 Categories: People

Oldham County, Kentucky, justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Father of Sallie Vanarsdale and William E. Vanarsdale. Owned thirteen enslaved persons in 1860. Justice of the peace in Oldham County in 1864.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Oldham County, p. 53; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Oldham County, p. 9; Find A Grave, "Simon Vanarsdale (1812-1885)," Memorial #53739066, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53739066&ref=acom (accessed March 9, 2017). John W. Clayton (Oldham County, Kentucky, attorney) N00002078 1798? Categories: People

Oldham County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Member of the Democratic Party in 1859. Attorney in Oldham County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: V. Ackerman (Oldham County, KY, cabinet maker)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Oldham County, p. 48; "Democratic Meeting in Oldham County," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), October 19, 1859, p. 1. 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. A. J. Oldham (Oldham County, Kentucky, merchant and court clerk) N00002079 1827? Categories: People

Oldham County, Kentucky, school teacher, merchant, and court clerk. Kentucky native. School teacher in Oldham County in 1850. Secretary of the Democracy of Oldham County in 1858. Merchant in Oldham County in 1860. Clerk of the Oldham County Court in 1863 and 1864.

Relationships Political: Simon Vanarsdale (Oldham County, Kentucky, justice of the peace) Political: Oldham County Court Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: V. Ackerman (Oldham County, KY, cabinet maker)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, District 2, p. 118A Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Oldham County, p. 808 "Democratic Meeting in Oldham," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), November 19, 1858, p. 1 Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Oldham County, KY, June 1863, p. 370, (Accessed via ancestry.com). 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). Oldham County, Kentucky P00002077 Categories: Places

Seat at La Grange, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

38.356, -85.4788 Ron D. Bryant, "Oldham County," in The Encylcopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), p. 694. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Oldham County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on April 7, 2020). Oldham County Court O00000672 Categories: Organizations

Located in LaGrange, Oldham County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Thomas A. Rodman. Clerk(s): W. G. Taylor, A. J. Oldham, and J. T. Rodman.

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-308; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 24. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-306; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-350. Oldham County, Kentucky 1864-11-15 Order English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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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Kentucky, Oldham County Court Special Term Nov 15" 1864

The Court recommends S. Vanarsdale as a Suitable person for Justice of the Peace, in District No 1 of Oldham County, to fill the Vacancy occassioned by the Resignation of J W, Clayton and the Same is ordered to be certified to his Excellency, the Governor of this Commonwealth.

Att. A. J. Oldham clerk Oldham Co. Ct.

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Oldham County Justice Peace S. Vanarsdale apptd18th Nov 1864