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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-0001-007-0361 BR2-267

Springfield, Washington 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. William R. Casey (Springfield, Washington Co, KY, carriage maker and justice of the peace) N00005028 1823? Categories: People

Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky, carriage maker and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Mariah L. Casey. Father of William R. Casey, Jr. and Eddie Casey. Carriage maker in Springfield in 1860. Justice of the peace for Washington County in 1865.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Washington County, Springfield, p. 85. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Washington County, Springfield, p. 2; KYR-0001-007-0361. Springfield, Kentucky P00001847 Categories: Places

Seat of Washington County.

37.6853, -85.2222 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 279. "Springfield, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 1, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Washington County, Kentucky P00005027 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Springfield.

37.6853, -85.2222 Daniel C. Kelly, "Washington County," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E Kleber (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2002), 934-35. "Springfield, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 1, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky 1865-02-20 Correspondence English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": 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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Springfield Ky Febuay 20th 1865 To his excellency Thos E Bramlette govr Ky

As Justice of the peace of the first district of springfield Washington County Ky. I hereby tender my resignation of said office

W R Casey J P W C

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Washington Co Resig & apptd Justice Peace 6th Mch 1865