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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.
Bath County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John Rice and Julia A. Rice. Student in Bath County in 1850. Household owned four enslaved persons in Bath County in 1850. Farmer in Bath County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Bath County in 1860. Served in the 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain from September 9, 1862, to September 16, 1863.
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Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Flemingsburg, Kentucky, native. Son of George Washington Botts and Ann Scott Botts. Attended Transylvania University. Attended the University of Virginia. Graduated from the Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1831. Member of the Whig Party and Democratic Party. Delegate to the 1840 and 1852 national conventions of the Whig Party. Attorney in Flemingsburg in 1842. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Fleming County in 1841, 1846, and 1862. Judge of Fleming County Court from 1850 to 1854. Owned three enslaved persons in Fleming County in 1860. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Fleming County from 1863 to 1867. Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1865.
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Resident in Flemingsburg, Kentucky in 1863. Appears in a letter from William S. Botts to Thomas E. Bramlette in Flemingsburg in 1860.
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Seat of Fleming County, Kentucky.
County in northeastern Kentucky. Seat at Flemingsburg. Located on the Licking River.
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County in northeastern Kentucky. Seat at Owingsville.
County in northeast Kentucky. Seat at Mount Sterling.
Organized at Maysville, Kentucky. Mustered in on September 9, 1862, and mustered out on September 17, 1863. Part of the Army of the Ohio. Commander(s): Joshua Tevis and Charles J. Walker.
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st 1863
Dear Sir
Captain Rice is a citizen of
When the appointment is to be made it would be gratifying to many of
your friends in this county if you would confer the appointment on
Verry Respectfully yours &C
General Bramlette
Dear Sir
I am well acquainted with Capt W m E. Rice He is a neighbour of mine -- I most cheerfully concur with Judge Botts and recomend him as worthy of a commission
very Respectfully
yours
Govenor Bramblett
Dr Sir.
Several of the lading Union men of Bath & ed to raise a full reg-: I belonged to the 10 th Ky ^Cavaly^ about fourteen months and souted all the eastern portion of the state and am very well acquainted ^with^ all portions of the state
Resply &C
Wm E Rice