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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-0001-007-0340 BR2-238

Jackson County, Kentucky William Rader (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer, soldier, and justice of the peace) N00003387 1834-03-20 1917-07-15 Categories: People

Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer, soldier, and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Rader. Father of Alfred Rader, John Rader, and Henry Rader. Resident of Jackson County in 1860. Corporal in the Sixth Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment from November 1861 to January 1864 and April 1864 to December 1864. Corporal in the Second Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment from January 1864 to April 1864. Justice of the peace in Jackson County in 1865.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0071; Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0021; Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911). Microfilm roll #7016201. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky, Certificate# 33164 (accessed via Ancestry.com); Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Jackson County, Sturgeon, p. 8; KYR-0001-007-0340. 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. Elijah Parsons (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) N00003378 1830? Categories: People

Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Virginia native. Married to Ann Jane Parson. Father of Joseph G. Parsons, Luanna Parsons, James Parsons, John Parsons, Mary Parsons, and Jane Parsons. Farmer in Jackson County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Jackson County in 1865.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Jackson County, p. 9; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Jackson County, Kavanaugh, p. 1; KYR-0001-007-0340. James M. Wood (Jackson County, Kentucky, county and circuit court clerk) N00003359 1832? Categories: People

Jackson County, Kentucky, court clerk. Indiana native. Married to Tabitha Clark Wood in Jackson County in January 1861. Father of Mary A. Wood and Emily E. Wood. Clerk of the Jackson County Court from 1862 to 1866. Clerk of the Jackson Circuit Court from 1862 to 1866.

Relationships Economic: Jackson County Court Legal: William Rader (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer, soldier, and justice of the peace) Legal: Elijah Parsons (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Jackson County, Kentucky Legal: John Parker (Jackson County, Kentucky, merchant, postmaster and justice of the peace) Legal: Meredith C. Hughes, Sr. (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: William Rader (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer, soldier, and justice of the peace) Political: Elijah Parsons (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Jackson County Court Political: Meredith C. Hughes, Sr. (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Phillip Marcum (Jackson County, Kentucky, surveyor, farmer, and justice of the peace) Legal: Jackson Circuit Court Social: William Harrison Randall, Sr. (Laurel County, Kentucky, attorney, clerk, and politician.)

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Jackson County, McKee, p. 15. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Jackson County, KY, June 1863, p. 393. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jackson County Marriages, 1858-1876, Film #00802458. 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). Jackson County, Kentucky P00003363 Categories: Places

County in eastern central Kentucky. Seat at McKee.

37.4304, -83.9934 "Jackson County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 460. "McKee, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed May 6, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Jackson County Court O00000642 Categories: Organizations

Located in McKee, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Isaac J. Faubus (1858-1862) and Caleb F. Martin (1862-1866). Clerk(s): Thomas J. Engle (1858-1862) and James M. Wood (1862-1874).

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1874), 353. Commonwealth of Kentucky O001025 1792 Categories: Organizations

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. Jackson County, Kentucky 1865-01 Order 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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JaState of Kentucky Jackson County Court } SSt January Term 1865

Ordered that William Rader be and he is here by Recommended- to His Excellency Thomas E Bramlet Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky as a suitable person for Justice of the Peace in District no 6 Jackson County Kentucky in room ofElijah Parson removed from the District

A Copy Attest J. M. Wood Clerk