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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 37th - 76th Regiments Enrolled Militia Primary Source Documents (1861-1866) KYR-0002-022-0031 Box 80, Folder 863 GREEN COUNTY Reccomendations for Nominations 46th Rgt. Ky. Militia

Greensburg, Green 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. Michael S. Lile (Private in the 3rd Kentucky Cavalry; Barren County Grocer) N00002543 1835? Categories: People

Barren County, Kentucky, grocer and soldier. Grocer in Barren County in 1860. Private in the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from October 1861 to August 1863. Lieutenant colonel in the 46th Regiment of Kentucky Militia in November 1863. Declined commission in December 1863.

Relationships Military: 46th Regiment Kentucky Militia Military: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky Military: John T. Sandidge (Green County farmer and minister; member of Kentucky State Militia) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: George J. Ralston (Green County Shoe & Bootmaker AND private in the 21st Kentucky Infantry)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, District No. 1, p. 43. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0031. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 70. George J. Ralston (Green County Shoe & Bootmaker AND private in the 21st Kentucky Infantry) N00001932 1820? Categories: People

Green County, Kentucky, shoe/boot maker and soldier. Shoe/boot maker in Green County in 1860. Married to Hamutal Quisenberry Ralston. Father of Mary F. Ralston, George E. Ralston, Alice J. Ralston, John S. Ralston, and William J. Ralston. Private in the 21st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from December 1861 to October 1862.

Relationships Military: Kentucky State Militia Military: 46th Regiment Kentucky Militia Military: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 94-95. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District No. 2, p. 70. Greensburg, Kentucky P001024 Categories: Places

Seat of Green County, Kentucky.

37.2609, -85.4989 Ron D. Bryant, “Green County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), p. 387. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Greensburg, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on October 23, 2019). Green County, Kentucky P00000468 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Greensburg, Kentucky. Located on the Green River.

37.257, -85.5612 Ron D. Bryant, “Green County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), p. 387. USGS: Earth Explorer, “Green County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on February 27, 2020). 46th Regiment Kentucky Militia O00002545 Categories: Organizations

Composed of militia from Greensburg, Kentucky.

KYR-0002-022-0031. 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. Greensburg, Green County, Kentucky 1863-11-23 Correspondence English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": 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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Greensburg Nov 23d 1863 To his Exelency

Tho E Bramlette Govenor of Ky

Sir I wood respectfully request that Mikle S Lile be appointed Lt Col of the 46 Ky militia he is know acten as such

Yours &c

Geo J Rolston Col 46 Ky M

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Green Co Nov 23- 63 Geo Rolston recommend for Lt Col of Militia M. S. Lile

issue com

Refered to Inspector Genl Tho E Bramlette

Recd I. G. O. Nov 26. 1863