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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-0001-007-0393 BR2-306 to BR2-307

Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory 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. John Watts (New Mexico secretary and commissioner of deeds) N00005652 1840-05-11 1925-01-10 Categories: People

New Mexico secretary and commissioner of deeds. Indiana native. Son of John Sebree Watts and Elizabeth A. Watts. Lived in New Mexico Territory in 1859. Returned to Indiana for a brief period. Served as private secretary to Governor Henry Connelly of the New Mexico Territory in 1864. Commissioner of deeds for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in New Mexico in 1865.

Relationships Political: Henry Connelly (New Mexico Territory governor)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Indiana, Monroe County, Bloomington, p. 93; "Proclamation," Santa Fe Weekly Post (Santa Fe, NM), May 7, 1864, p. 2; John Watts, Adios, Nuevo Mexico: The Santa Fe Journal of John Watts in 1859 (Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 2015); Find A Grave, "John Watts (1840-1925)," Memorial #116467881, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=116467881&ref=acom (accessed May 11, 2017). Henry Connelly (New Mexico Territory governor) N00005648 1800? 1866-08-12 Categories: People

New Mexico Territory governor. Spencer County, Kentucky, native. Married to Delores Perrea Connelly. Graduated from the Transylvania University Medical Department in 1828. Moved to Santa Fe, Chihuahua, Mexico between 1828 and 1830. Partner of a mercantile firm overseeing trade between Santa Fe and Independence, Missouri. Involved in the establishment of the New Mexico Territory. Member of the Territorial Legislature of New Mexico in 1851. Governor of the New Mexico Territory from 1861 to 1866.

New Mexico History, People, "Territorial Governor Henry Connelly," (http://newmexicohistory.org/people/territorial-governor-henry-connelly) (accessed on May 11, 2017). Santa Fe, New Mexico P00005650 Categories: Places

Capital of New Mexico. Seat of Santa Fe County, New Mexico.

35.687, -105.9378 "Santa Fe" in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/Santa-Fe-New-Mexico) (accessed May 11, 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Santa Fe, New Mexico," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on June 24, 2020). New Mexico Territory P00005649 Categories: Places

Capital at Santa Fe. Located on the Mexico border.

35.687, -105.9378 Gregory Lewis McNamee and Warren A. Beck, "New Mexico" in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/New-Mexico) (accessed May 11, 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, "New Mexico," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on June 24, 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. Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory 1865-03-13 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 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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Santa Fe. N. M. March 13. 1865. His Excellency Thomas E. Bramlette, Governor of Kentucky. Sir:

I have the honor to request the appointment of Commissioner of Deeds for the State of Kentucky in and for the Territory of New Mexico.

I have the honor to remain Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt. .John Watts

I cheefully recommed Mr John Watts the applicant for the position desired.

Henry Connelly Governor New Mexico.

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Comr of Deeds New Mexico John Watts apptd15th Apl 1865