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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-0001-007-0375 BR2-285 to BR2-286

Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio 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. Howard Douglass (Cincinnati, Ohio, soldier and commissioner of deeds) N00005352 1846-01-21 1908-07-18 Categories: People

Cincinnati, Ohio, soldier and commissioner of deeds. Ohio native. Son of John G. Douglass and Mary Douglass. Educated in the public schools of Cincinnati. Corporal in the 2nd Regiment of the Cincinnati Guard from August 1862 to May 1865. Commissioner of deeds for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Ohio in 1865.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Ward 14, p. 9; Eleventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1890), Veterans Schedule, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, p. 2; "Pythian of Note Dies at 62," The Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Ill.), July 18, 1902, p. 4; "To Rest," The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, O.), July 24, 1908, p. 7; KYR-0001-007-0367; KYR-0001-007-0373; KYR-0001-007-0375. John G. Douglass (Cincinnati, Ohio, attorney and commissioner of deeds) N00005358 1825? 1890-03-23 Categories: People

Cincinnati, Ohio, attorney and commissioner of deeds. New Jersey native. Married to Mary Douglass. Father of Howard Douglass, Ellen Douglass, Clara Douglass, and Walter Douglass. Attorney in Cincinnati in 1860. Commissioner of deeds for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Cincinnati in 1860 and 1865. Also, Commissioner of deeds for the states of Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin, Indiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, New Jersey, Arkansas, Iowa, New York, and Alabama in 1860.

Relationships Economic: Howard Douglass (Cincinnati, Ohio, soldier and commissioner of deeds) Familial: Howard Douglass (Cincinnati, Ohio, soldier and commissioner of deeds) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Ward 14, p. 9; The Cincinnati Enquirer, July 25, 1860, page 4.; Find A Grave, "John G. Douglass (1825-1890)," Memorial #58833114, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=58833114&ref=acom (accessed May 8, 2017). James P. Metcalfe (Kentucky attorney and politician) N00005362 1822-12-17 1889-07-15 Categories: People

Kentucky attorney and politician. Kentucky native. Married to Mary A. Metcalfe. Father of Eilabeth D. Metcalfe and Isabella Metcalfe. Member of the House of the Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Nicholas County in 1849 and 1850. Member of the Democratic Party. Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1852 to 1854. Reporter for the Court of Appeals of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1858. Attorney in Frankfort, Kentucky, in 1860.

Relationships Political: Howard Douglass (Cincinnati, Ohio, soldier and commissioner of deeds)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 76. The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), October 21, 1858, p. 2. "Representatives Elected," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), August 20, 1850, p. 2. Office of the Kentucky Secretary of State, "Secretary of State James P. Metcalfe," (http://apps.sos.ky.gov/secdesk/sosinfo/default.aspx?id=33) (accessed on May 8,2017). Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, Ky.: Collins & Co., 1878), 651. "James P. Metcalfe (1822-1889)," Find A Grave, Memorial 135755630, accessed May 8, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135755630. Cincinnati, Ohio P00001208 Categories: Places

Seat of Hamilton County, Ohio. Located on the Ohio River.

39.1031, -84.512 "Cincinnati, Ohio," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 13, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; Their Past and Present, Including Biographies and Portraits of Pioneers and Representative Citizens (Cincinnati: S.B. Nelson, 1894), 17. Kentucky P001800 Categories: Places

State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992). 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. Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio 1865-02-11 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Cincinnati Ohio Feby. 11th. 1865 Hon Thos E. Bramlette -- Dear Sir:

Howard Douglass of this city desires the appointment of Commissioner of Deeds for Ohio in Kentucky. He is the son of John G. Douglass Esq, a lawyer of this city, and is a young gentleman of good habits attentive to business, and would make a good commissioner. I deem it proper to state that he is about nineteen years of age; but I suppose the statute does not fix the age at which a person is competent.

I am satisfied that Mr Douglass would make a capabale commissioner, and would be gratified at his appointment.

Yours truly J. P. Metcalfe

Gov. Bramlette

Frankfort Kentucky