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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 45th, 47th, 48th, and 49th Regiments Kentucky Infantry Muster Rolls KYR-0002-009-0010 Box 41, Bundle 1

Fulton 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. Ward Boyd (McCracken County, Kentucky, attorney) N00000929 1835? Categories: People

McCracken County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Linn E. Boyd. Father of Ward Boyd, Felix Boyd, and Butler Boyd. Attorney in McCracken County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in McCracken County in 1860. Appointed deputy postmaster in Paducah, Kentucky in 1860. Declined a commission as Major in the 40th Kentucky Militia (U.S.A.) in January 1864.

Relationships Military: George C. Hallet (Fulton Co, KY, colonel, county atty, and city judge)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, District No 2, p. 97. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, District 2, p. 13. Journal of the Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America, vol. 11 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1887), 242. KYR-0002-009-0010. George C. Hallet (Fulton Co, KY, colonel, county atty, and city judge) N00000888 1864 Categories: People

Fulton County, Kentucky, soldier, judge, and attorney. City judge of Hickman, Kentucky, in 1863. County attorney of Fulton County in 1863. Served in the 40th Kentucky Militia Regiment of Fulton County as colonel in 1863 and 1864.

Relationships Social: Harlan & Harlan Social: James J. Miller (editor) Social: Richard "Dick" Rowan Bolling (Kentucky attorney and court clerk) Social: Leslie Combs (Clerk of the Court of Appeals) Military: W. Francis Buckner (Hickman, Kentucky, civil engineer) Military: George M. Wilburn (Hickman, Kentucky, carpenter) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Social: Rufus K. Williams (Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals) Military: 40th Regiment Kentucky Militia Political: John A. Wilson (Fulton County, Kentucky, court clerk) Military: John A. Wilson (Fulton County, Kentucky, court clerk) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky Military: Ward Boyd (McCracken County, Kentucky, attorney) Military: Kentucky State Militia Military: Kentucky State Guard Social: W. Francis Buckner (Hickman, Kentucky, civil engineer) Social: George M. Wilburn (Hickman, Kentucky, carpenter) Legal: Fulton County Court

_ Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Fulton County Wills, 1845-1923 (accessed through Ancestry.com on February 7, 2020), p. 87, p. 78 of microfilm. _The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1889) series I, vol 23, part 1, 825-26. KYR-0001-029-0508. KYR-0002-022-0005. KYR-0002-022-0017. Fulton County, Kentucky P00000889 Categories: Places

Furthest west county of Kentucky. Seat at Hickman. Located on the Mississippi River.

36.563, -89.1325 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 111, 138. Ron D. Bryant, “Fulton,” The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 360-361. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Fulton County, Kentucky " https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on February 7, 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. 40th Regiment Kentucky Militia O00000892 Categories: Organizations

State militia organization from from Fulton County, Kentucky. Commander(s): Colonel George C. Hallet (1863).

Relationships Military: Ward Boyd (McCracken County, Kentucky, attorney)

KYR-0002-022-0005 through KYR-0002-022-00010. KYR-0002-022-0017. Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky O00000920 1793 Categories: Organizations

The office of the military officer in charge of “the better organization of the Militia, and the collection and preservation of the public arms and other property” and to “convene a court of inquiry to examine into the qualifications of persons holding any office in the Active Militia, or in the Active Reserves; and in the Enrolled Militia when in the service of the State.” Resides in the Executive Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Civil War-era inspectors general: Simon Bolivar Buckner (1860-1861); unoccupied (1861-1863); Daniel W. Lindsey (1863-1865); William H. Hays (1865); and James T. Bramlette (1865-1866).

Relationships Political: John Mason Brown (Frankfort, Ky, attorney & major 10th KY Cav USA, asst inspector genl, colonel of 45th Mtd Inf USA) Military: Burgess M. Preston (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: Thomas J. Walker (Lewis County, KY, saddler and farmer) Military: Amos J. Means (Maysville, KY, blacksmith) Military: William H. Faris (Christian County, KY, pvt, corp, QM sgt 3rd Ky Cav USA) Military: William T. King (Muhlenberg County, Ky, tinner and sgt, lieut 17th Ky Inf USA) Political: Reuben S. Darnall (Mason County, KY, mason's apprentice and military drummer, private & first sergeant) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Economic: William Stewart (Clerk for Kentucky Inspector General) Military: William Stewart (Clerk for Kentucky Inspector General) Economic: John B. Lindsey (Versailles, Kentucky, farmer, paymaster & organizer for KY militia) Military: Thomas E. Henderson (Trigg County, KY, farmer) Military: Joseph H. Garrett (Caldwell County) Military: Rodolphus B. Ratliff (Caldwell County, KY, gunsmith, farmer, and sheriff) Military: A. Reynolds (Caldwell County, KY, hotel keeper) Military: Collins D. Bradley (Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney, circuit judge, and commonwealth's attorney.) Military: John Newt Turner (Caldwell County, KY, merchant and county judge) Military: Edward P. Campbell (Caldwell County, Ky, 1865 Hopkinsville, Ky, attorney Comwlth Atty in late 1860) Military: William P. Ballard (Madison County resident and Union soldier) Military: H. H. Johnson (Lexington Captain) Military: Stephen Nethercutt (Carter County farmhand and soldier) Military: James Johnson (Breathitt County farmhand and soldier) Military: Bennett Spear, Jr. (Monroe County farmer, soldier (U.S.A.)) Military: William H. McDonald (Ballard County master tailor and soldier) Military: Samuel G. Rogers (Nicholas County constable, farmer, soldier) Military: Daniel Campbell (Perry County laborer ) Military: Greenberry Reid (Bourbon County, KY, farmer and soldier) Military: George C. Hallet (Fulton Co, KY, colonel, county atty, and city judge) Military: Ward Boyd (McCracken County, Kentucky, attorney) Military: William Hercules Hays (Colonel of 10th KY Infantry, Inspector Gen'l of KY)

“An Act for the Better Organization of the Kentucky Militia,” Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Passed, vol 1 (Frankfort: J. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 28-33. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), vii. Fulton County, Kentucky 1864-01-11 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 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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Fulton Co Jan 11th 1864 To His Excellency HonThos E Bramlette, Governor of Ky, Dr Sir,

Your Excellency's commission appointing me Major of the 3d Bat,' 40th Regt,' Ky Militia is just received, I beg leave to Say, that I was elected to the position, without having been consulted on the Subject, and possessing no fitness for the place, I am unwilling to do violence to your generous confidence by rendering myself rediculous therein, I therefore respectfully decline the proffered honor.

Truly Your Obt' Servt' Ward Boyd.

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Fulton Co Jany 11th 1864

Ward Boyd declines Comssion as Maj 3rd Bat 40th Regt Enrolled Militia

Commission canceled and Col Hallet notified Jany 30th 1864

see letter book

Recd I. G. O. Jany 29th 1864