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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-0001-007-0362 BR2-268

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. G. J. Bosley (Springfield, Kentucky, merchant and justice of the peace) N00005123 1830? Categories: People

Springfield, Kentucky, merchant and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Mary J. Bosley. Father of Frances E. Bosley, Harriet E. Bosley, Sarah E. Bosley, Martha B. Bosley, Charles Bosley, and Anne Bosley. Merchant in Springfield in 1860. Justice of the peace for the 1st District of Springfield in 1865.

Relationships Political: William R. Casey (Springfield, Washington Co, KY, carriage maker and justice of the peace)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Washington County, District No. 1, Springfield, p. 133-34; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, Springfield, p. 3. John E. McIntire (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer and judge) N00005031 1812-05-10 1887-11-07 Categories: People

Washington County, Kentucky, farmer and judge. Kentucky native. Married to Permelia Anne Johnson McIntire in Washington County, Kentucky, in January 1832. Father of Julia A. McIntire, Ellen Eliza McIntire, Mary C. "Kate" McIntire, and Sarah Louisa McIntire. Married to Ann M. McIntire. Father of Hetty Mary McIntire, Florence L. McIntire, James McIntire, Nancy J. McIntire, and Anna McIntire. Farmer in Washington County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in 1860. Farmer in Washington County in 1860. Employed Susan Canary as a seamstress in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in 1860. Presiding judge of the Washington County Court in 1862. Presiding judge of the Washington County Court in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Washington County Court Legal: William R. Casey (Springfield, Washington Co, KY, carriage maker and justice of the peace) Social: William R. Casey (Springfield, Washington Co, KY, carriage maker and justice of the peace) Political: Washington County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, p. 218B-219A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, p. 531. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, District 2, p. 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, District 2, p. 1. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, Springfield, p. 31-32. 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. "Judge John E 'Jack' McIntire (1812-1887)," Find A Grave, Memorial #105270911, accessed May 5, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105270911. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Washington County Marriages, Film #000551244, p. 325. KYR-0001-005-0035. KYR-0001-031-0050. 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 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": 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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Spingfield Ky Feb 20 1865 To his Excellency Govr. Thos E Bramlette

Wm R Casey a justice of the peace for the 1st District of Springfield Washington County Ky having resigned his said office, we hereby recommend to your excellency C. I. Bosley as a suitable person to fill said office

Respectfully W R Casey J P W C

Said Basley is a Good union man

John McIntire County Judge