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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-0001-007-0337 BR2-233

Cumberland County, Kentucky Ben C. Greer (Cumberland County, Kentucky, blacksmith and justice of the peace) N00003310 1830? Categories: People

Cumberland County, Kentucky, blacksmith and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Martha A. Greer. Father of Sarah K. Greer, William Greer, and John Greer. Blacksmith in Cumberland County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Cumberland County in 1864.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Cumberland County, District 2, p. 37; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Marrowbone, p. 20. 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. Phillip Shive (Cumberland County, Kentucky farmer and justice of the peace) N00003312 1820? Categories: People

Cumberland County, Kentucky farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Shive. Father of J. M. Shive, Julia A. Shive, G. W. Shive, N. J. Shive, J. W. Shive, J. M. Shive, L. P. Shive. Farmer in Cumberland County in 1860. Justice of the Peace in Cumberland County in 1864.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Cumberland County, District 2, p. 41; KYR-0001-007-0337. Napoleon Bonapart Cheatham (Cumberland County, Kentucky, county clerk) N00001748 1817-04-16 1903-06-01 Categories: People

Cumberland County, Kentucky, county clerk. Cumberland County native. Married to Lucy A. Cheatham. Father of John T. Cheatham, Samuel D. Cheatham, Elisha G. Cheatham, and Mary I. W. Cheatham. Clerk of the Cumberland County Court in 1860.

Relationships Political: Phillip Shive (Cumberland County, Kentucky farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Ben C. Greer (Cumberland County, Kentucky, blacksmith and justice of the peace) Political: Cumberland County Court Political: Enoch Coop (Cumberland County, Kentucky, justice of the peace) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Town of Burkesville District No. 1, p. 73; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Glasgow, p. 18; Find A Grave, "Napoleon Bonapart Cheatham" (1817-1903)," Memorial #91315962, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91315962&ref=acom (accessed March 31, 2017). 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). Cumberland County, Kentucky P001829 Categories: Places

County in south central Kentucky. Seat at Burkesville. Located on the Cumberland River.

36.7903, -85.3705 “Burkesville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 25, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. “Cumberland County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 245. Cumberland County Court O00000612 Categories: Organizations

Located in Burksville, Cumberland County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Thomas C. Winfrey. Clerk(s): N. B. Cheatham and L. A. Waggener.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Robert Elliott (Cumberland County, Kentucky, planter and justice of the peace.) Political: James O. Thomas (Cumberland County, Kentucky, farmer.) Political: Napoleon Bonapart Cheatham (Cumberland County, Kentucky, county clerk)

“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. Cumberland County, Kentucky 1864-11 Order English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": 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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Kentucky Cumberland County Court at November Term 1864 The following order was made, to wit,

It is ordered by the court that B C Greer be recomended to the Governor of Kentuckyas a suitable person to fill the in this County in Distrct No 5 to fill the vacancy of Phillip Shive, who refuses to qualify as Justice of the peace

A copy att N B Cheathamclk

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Justice Peace Cumberland Co apptd9th Dec/64