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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-0001-007-0352 BR2-255

Frankfort, Franklin 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. Henry Holdship (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, clerk and commissioner of deeds) N00004917 1825? 1897? Categories: People

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, clerk and commissioner of deeds. Pennsylvania native. Married to Maria Holdship. Father of Charles Holdship and George W. Holdship. Clerk for the Pittsburgh and Boston Mining Company in 1861. Assistant secretary and treasurer of the Pittsburgh and Boston Mining Company in 1863. Commissioner of deeds for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Pennsylvania in 1865.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, Allegheny Ward 4, p. 66; The Pittsburgh Daily Commercial (Pittsburgh, Pa.), November 24, 1863, p. 1; Find A Grave, "Henry Holdship (1825-1897)," Memorial #122389150, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=122389150&ref=acom (accessed May2, 2017); Directory of Pittsburgh and Allegheny Cities . . . for 1861-62 (Pittsburgh: George H. Thurston, 1861), 138. Herman Veeder (Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, oil refiner) N00004950 1831? Categories: People

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, oil refiner. New York native. Oil refiner in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in 1863. Secretary and treasurer of the Cumberland River Oil Company in 1865.

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), Allegheny County, PA, May/June 1863, p. 262, (Accessed via ancestry.com); Directory of Pittsburgh and Allegheny Cities, 1865-66 (Pittsburgh: George H. Hurston, printer, 1865), 356. George R. Price (Metcalfe County, Kentucky, soldier) N00004948 1837? 1903-11-23 Categories: People

Metcalfe County, Kentucky, soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Marie E. Price. Father of George Price. First lieutenant in the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment from October 1861 to January 1862.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Metcalfe County, Edmonton, p. 49; Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0175; "Street Duel," The Courier-Journal (Louisville Ky.), November 24, 1903, p. 8. Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania P001033 Categories: Places

Seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Located at the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River, forming the Ohio River.

40.4406, -79.9959 "Pittsburgh" in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/Pittsburgh) (accessed May 20, 2017). Pennsylvania P001006 Categories: Places

State in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Capital at Harrisburg. Located on Lake Erie and the Delaware River.

40.2737, -76.8844 Carol Lewis Thompson and E. Willard Miller, "Pennsylvania," Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed May 22, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/Pennsylvania-state. "Harrisburg, Pennsylvania," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 22, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Metcalfe County, Kentucky P00004949 Categories: Places

County in south central Kentucky. Seat at Edmonton, Kentucky.

37.0032, -85.6435 Kay Harbison, "Metcalfe County," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E Kleber (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2002), pages 630-1. USGS: Earth Explorer, “Metcalfe County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on March 2, 2020). 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. Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky 1865-01-16 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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Frankfort, January 16th 1865. To His Excellency Gov. Thomas E. Bramlette Dear Sir,

The undersigned desires to obtain the appointment of Commmissioner of Deeds for Kentucky. Residence at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

Henry Holdship per H. Veeder

George R Price Metcalfe

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Comr of Deeds Pennsylvania Henry Holdship apptd16th Jany/65