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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-0001-007-0345 BR2-244

Hopkinsville, Christian 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. Richard Durrett (Christian County, Kentucky, farmer and asylum manager) N00004910 1813? Categories: People

Christian County, Kentucky, farmer and asylum manager. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Durrett. Father of Nannie Durrett, Henry C. Durrett, Albert J. Durrett, Mary C. Durrett, Lucy C. Durrett, Alice W. Durrett, Inez Durrett, Eugene Durrett, and Henry Durrett. Farmer in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned eighteen enslaved persons in Christian County in 1860. Board member and manager of the Western Lunatic Asylum in 1865.

Relationships Political: John B. Gowen (Christian County, Kentucky, merchant and asylum manager) Political: John P. Campbell (Christian County, Kentucky, planter and asylum manager) Political: Edwin R. Cook (Christian County, Kentucky, physician and asylum manager) Political: George Poindexter (Hopkinsville, Kentucky, carriage maker and asylum manager) Political: Western Lunatic Asylum of Kentucky

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 60. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 43. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 14. KYR-0001-007-0345. George Poindexter (Hopkinsville, Kentucky, carriage maker and asylum manager) N00004906 1808? 1887 Categories: People

Hopkinsville, Kentucky, carriage maker and asylum manager. Kentucky native. Married to Berry Poindexter. Father of William H. Poindexter, James G. Poindexter, and George W. Poindexter. Carriage maker in Hopkinsville in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Hopkinsville in 1860. Board member and manager of the Western Lunatic Asylum in 1865.

Relationships Political: Western Lunatic Asylum of Kentucky

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 34. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 25. Find A Grave, "George Poindexter (1808-1887)," Memorial #89558925, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89558925/george-poindexter (accessed May 2, 2017). KYR-0001-007-0345. John P. Campbell (Christian County, Kentucky, planter and asylum manager) N00004908 1788-04-12 1867-09-12 Categories: People

Christian County, Kentucky, planter and asylum manager. Virginia native. Married to Mary A. Campbell. Father of John P. Campbell, Francis B. Campbell, Mary Campbell, and Susan B. Campbell. Planter in Christian County in 1850. Planter in Christian County in 1860. Owned fifty-eight enslaved persons in Christian County in 1850. Owned ninety-three enslaved persons in Christian County in 1860. Board member and manager of the Western Lunatic Asylum.

Relationships Political: Western Lunatic Asylum of Kentucky

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1, p. 114. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Christian County, District No. 1, p. 69-70. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 44. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 31-2. Find A Grave, "John Pierce Campbell (1788-1867)," Memorial #88291191, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88291191/john-pierce-campbell (accessed May 2, 2017). KYR-0001-007-0345. Edwin R. Cook (Christian County, Kentucky, physician and asylum manager) N00004907 1824-04-11 1907-11-02 Categories: People

Christian County, Kentucky, physician and asylum manager. Bedford County, Virginia, native. Son of William Cook. Married to Martha Upshur Campbell Cook. Father of Sally P. Cook, Walter C. Cook, and Florence Cook. Graduated from the Pennsylvania Medical University in 1847. Physician in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, in 1860. Employed J. C. Bentley as an overseer in Christian County in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons, including Garland [Unknown], in Hopkinsville in 1860. Board member and manager of the Western Lunatic Asylum in 1865.

Relationships Political: Western Lunatic Asylum of Kentucky Economic: J. C. Bentley (Christian County, Kentucky, overseer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 692. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 278A. "Dr. E. R. Cook Passed Away," Hopkinsville Kentuckian (Hopkinsville, Ky.), November 5, 1907, p. 1. KYR-0001-007-0345. KYR-0001-020-1313. John B. Gowen (Christian County, Kentucky, merchant and asylum manager) N00004909 1812-07-16 1887-01-08 Categories: People

Christian County, Kentucky, merchant and asylum manager. South Carolina native. Married to Fanny Gowen on February 10, 1841. Father of Emma Gowen and Lou Gowen. Merchant in Christian County in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Christian County in 1850. Sheriff of Christian County in 1860. Board member and manager of the Western Lunatic Asylum in 1865.

Relationships Political: Western Lunatic Asylum of Kentucky Legal: John Feland (Christian Co, Ky, attorney and quarter master (U.S.A.)) Legal: Samuel M. Bernard (Hopkinsville, KY attorney, asylum manager, and Jefferson Co, KY, notary public)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Christian County, District 2, p. 128. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Christian County, District 2, p. 189. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 42-3. Find A Grave, "John B. H. Gowen (1812-1887)," Memorial #30656451, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30656451/john-b._h.-gowen (accessed May 2, 2017). KYR-0001-007-0345. Hopkinsville, Kentucky P00002431 Categories: Places

Seat of Christian County, Kentucky.

36.8656, -87.4886 "Hopkinsville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. William T. Turner, "Hopkinsville," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2015), 440-41. Western Lunatic Asylum of Kentucky O00002422 1848 Categories: Organizations

Public mental health institution. Located in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Created in February 1848. First patients arrived in 1854. Main building destroyed by fire on November 30, 1861. Superintendent(s): Dr. S. Annan and Dr. James Rodman.

Relationships Economic: William E. Price (Christian County, Kentucky, merchant and manager of the Western Lunatic Asylum.) Economic: James Shipp Phelps (Christian County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant, and Louisville, Kentucky, tobacconist.)

Charles Mayfield Meacham, A History of Christian County Kentucky from Oxcart to Airplane (Nashville: Marshall & Bruce Co., 1930), p. 296-98. William Henry Perrin, ed., Counties of Christian and Trigg, Kentucky. Historical and Biographical (Chicago, IL: F. A. Battey Publishing, 1884), 197-199. William T. Turner, "Western State Hospital" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 944-45. Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky 1865-01-28 Correspondence 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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Western Lunatic Asylum Hopkinsville Ky 28, Jany, 1865 To his Excellincy Thos E Bramlet Gov. of Kentucky

The Managers of the Western Lunatic Asylum, would respectfuly recommend the reapointmint of Richard Duritt as a member of the board, to fill the vacancy occasiond by the expiration of his term of service the first of the presant month

Geo. Poindexter John P Campbell E R Cook J B Gowen

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Western L, Asylum Richd Duritt apptd manager 1st Feby 1865