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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-0001-007-0353 BR2-256 to BR2-257

New York, New York County, New York Christian Von Hesse (New York City, New York, attorney and commissioner of deeds) N00004998 1825-09-03 1893-03-18 Categories: People

New York City, New York, attorney and commissioner of deeds. Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, native. Attorney in New York City in 1865. Commissioner of deeds for Kentucky in New York City in 1865.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, New York, New York City, Ward 18, District 2, p. 21; KYR-0001-007-0353. 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. [unknown] Hall (Resident of New York City, New York) N00004968 Categories: People

Resident of New York City, New York, in 1865.

KYR-0001-007-0353 Reuben Eaton Fenton (New York entrepreneur and politician) N00004984 1819-07-04 1885-08-25 Categories: People

New York entrepreneur and politician. Chautauqua County, New York, native. Worked in the lumber industry. Worked as a land speculator. Member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1853 to 1855 as a Free Soil Democrat. Founding member of the New York Republican Party in 1855. Member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1857 to 1864 as a Republican. Governor of the State of New York from 1865 to 1868.

Relationships Social: [unknown] Hall (Resident of New York City, New York)

Gregory P. Rabb, "Reuben E. Fenton," (https://hallofgovernors.ny.gov/ReubenFenton) (accessed May 4, 2017). New York City, New York P00002569 Categories: Places

City in New York County, New York. Located at the confluence of the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean.

40.7128, -74.0059 George Lankevich, "New York City" in Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed May 22, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/New-York-City. “New York, New York," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed April 15, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Albany, New York P00004971 Categories: Places

Capital of the state of New York. Located in Albany County, New York.

42.6526, -73.7562 "Albany," Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed May 4, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/Albany-New-York. “Albany, New York," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed March 30, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. New York, New York County, New York 1865-01-16 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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Christian von Hesse, Attorney & Counsellor. Notary Public. 39 Nassau Street, New York, Jan. 16. 1865

To his Excellency Thos. E Bramlette Governor of the State of Kentucky

I hereby apply to your Excellency to appoint me a Commissioner for the State of Kentucky residing in the KenCity of New York

I have the honor to remain Your Excellencys most obedient servant Christian von Hesse

Albany Febry 3d 1865

Mr Von Hesse is highly

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recommended to me by my friend Mr Hall of New York City

R E Fenton Governor of N. Y.

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Comr Deeds Christian von Jesse New York apptd9th Feby 1865