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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 37th - 76th Regiments Enrolled Militia Primary Source Documents (1861-1866) KYR-0002-022-0082 Box 81, Folder 66th Regiment 1865 Officer Nominations

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky William Hercules Hays (Colonel of 10th KY Infantry, Inspector Gen'l of KY) N00001581 1820-08-26 1880-03-07 Categories: People

Washington County, Kentucky, attorney, soldier, and judge. Washington County native. Son of William Hays and Eleanor Burcham Hays. Educated in Washington County schools. Read law in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, under James W. Hays and attended law lectures in Glasgow, Kentucky. Admitted to the bar in 1845. Attorney in Springfield, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned twenty-seven enslaved persons in Washington County in 1850. Elected county judge of Washington County in 1851. Elected county judge of Washington County in 1854. Owned thirty enslaved persons in Washington County in 1860. Elected as a member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1861. Served in the 10th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as lieutenant colonel and colonel from March 11, 1861, to December 6, 1864. Inspector general of Kentucky from March 1865 to November 1865.

Relationships Military: 10th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Political: Winford Green Bailey (Lincoln County, Kentucky, farmer, politician and county judge) Political: Reuben S. Darnall (Mason County, KY, mason's apprentice and military drummer, private & first sergeant) Military: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: William E. Cox (Franklin County, Kentucky, clerk and soldier.) Military: Charles W. Quiggins (Hardin County, KY, carpenter and soldier) Economic: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Legal: William E. Cox (Franklin County, Kentucky, clerk and soldier.) Legal: Charles Julian Clarke (Franklin Co, KY, clerk & engineer, Ky National Legion, aide-de-camp & 1st lieut) Military: General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Military: Kentucky National Legion Political: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky Military: John Seaton (Greenup County, KY, judge) Military: Department of the Cumberland

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, Springfield, p. 238A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, p. 507. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, District 2, p. 470B. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 806. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Film 7007127, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 17. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 281. "Death of Judge Hays," Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), March 8, 1880, p. 4. 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. Joseph W. Cottingham (Lewis Co., captain in 23rd and 45th KY Vol. inf.) N00009602 1835-01-16 1911-02-01 Categories: People

Lewis County, Kentucky, sawyer. Kentucky native. Son of James and Sarah Cottingham. Married to Maria Cottingham. Farmer in Lewis County in 1850. Sawyer in Lewis County in 1860. Captain in the 23rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) from January 2, 1862, to March 9, 1862. Captain in the 45th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry (U.S.A.) from October 10, 1863, to December 24, 1864.

Relationships Military: John Mason Brown (Frankfort, Ky, attorney & major 10th KY Cav USA, asst inspector genl, colonel of 45th Mtd Inf USA)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, District no. 2, p. 156A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, p. 877. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, Vanceburg, p. 529. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1867), 158, 443. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 355, 436. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7016131, All County Deaths, File #4301. John Mason Brown (Frankfort, Ky, attorney & major 10th KY Cav USA, asst inspector genl, colonel of 45th Mtd Inf USA) N00000924 1837-04-26 1890-01-29 Categories: People

Frankfort, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Frankfort native. Son of Mason Brown and Mary Yoder Brown. Attended school with Mr. Sayre in Frankfort. Graduate of Yale College, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, in 1856. Admitted to the bar in 1858. Attorney in St. Louis, Missouri, and Frankfort, Kentucky. Served in the 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a major from October 1862 to April 1863. Assistant inspector general of Kentucky with the rank of colonel from November 1863 to February 1864. Served in the 45th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a colonel from February 1864 to December 1864. Attorney in Frankfort in 1865.

Relationships Military: George C. Hallet (Fulton Co, KY, colonel, county atty, and city judge) Social: John Jordan Crittenden (Franklin Co, KY, Representative, Senator, & former KY Governor) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Jesse J. Craddock (Hart County, KY, farmer and lieutenant colonel) Military: William Hercules Hays (Colonel of 10th KY Infantry, Inspector Gen'l of KY) Social: Joseph W. Cottingham (Lewis Co., captain in 23rd and 45th KY Vol. inf.) Military: Larz Anderson (Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio attorney) Military: Philip Swigert (Frankfort banker, Military Board member & secretary) Military: John Jordan Crittenden (Franklin Co, KY, Representative, Senator, & former KY Governor) Social: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Nathan Asbury Brown (Morgan County, Kentucky, postmaster, farmer, 2nd lieut & maj 45th KY Inf USA) Military: John C. Henderson (Boyd County, Kentucky, QM sgt, 1st lieut, & maj 14th KY Inf USA) Political: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: 45th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Political: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: 45th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Lewis M. Clark (Kenton County, Ky, painter, 2nd lieut 16th KY Inf, capt 10th KY Cav, 45th KY Inf (all USA)) Military: United States Army Political: Joshua Barnes (Bath Co., KY, State Rep. & doctor)

H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 209. Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University, (http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituaryrecord/18591924/1889-90.pdf, 584-585) (accessed on February 16, 2017). “Died in His Prime: Col. John Mason Brown’s Illness Terminated By Death Yesterday,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), January 30, 1890. "Col James Mason Brown (1837-1890)," Find A Grave, Memorial 73732532, accessed February 16, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73732532. 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. 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). Lewis County, Kentucky P00009514 Categories: Places

County in northeastern Kentucky. Seat at Clarksburg from 1809 to 1864. Seat at Vanceburg from 1864. Located on the Ohio River.

38.5851, -83.366 "Clarksburg, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 2, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 171. Ron D. Bryant, “Lewis County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 548-49. 45th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00009601 1863-10 1865-02-14 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Ashland, Kentucky. Placed on active duty in October 1863, and formally mustered into service in January 1864. Mustered out in battalions at Catlettsburg, Kentucky: Companies A-F on December 24, 1864, and Companies G, H, I, and K on February 14, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel John Mason Brown, Lieutenant Colonel Lewis M. Clark.

Relationships Military: John Mason Brown (Frankfort, Ky, attorney & major 10th KY Cav USA, asst inspector genl, colonel of 45th Mtd Inf USA) Military: Nathan Asbury Brown (Morgan County, Kentucky, postmaster, farmer, 2nd lieut & maj 45th KY Inf USA) Military: Joseph W. Cottingham (Lewis Co., captain in 23rd and 45th KY Vol. inf.) Military: Kentucky Central Railway Military: John C. Henderson (Boyd County, Kentucky, QM sgt, 1st lieut, & maj 14th KY Inf USA) Military: Lewis M. Clark (Kenton County, Ky, painter, 2nd lieut 16th KY Inf, capt 10th KY Cav, 45th KY Inf (all USA)) Military: David Woodard German (Louisville, Kentucky agent and soldier)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1867), 443-59. Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky 1865-03-30 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 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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Frankfort Ky 30th Mch 1865 Major W. H. Hays Inspector General of Kentucky, Major.

I have been written to by numerous acquaintances in Lewis County & requested by them to represent, through you to His Excellency the Governor, the expediency of entrusting the Command of any active State troops for that county to Capt Joseph W Cottingham.

I have a very intimate personal knowledge of Captain Cottingham's merits as an officer. He served under my command for two (2) years and under all circumstances approved himself an officer of judgement, courage and activity.

As I know the loyal men of Lewis County quite generally, I feel safe in saying that I think the appointment of Capt Cottingham would be highly satisfactory --

I have the honor to be Very respectfully yr obt Svt Jno: Mason Brown late Col 45 Ky Vols

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Jos. W. Cottingham

Lewis Co. Ky.
Recommended as Capt. of Active Militia in Lewis county, Cby Col. John M Brown

answered April 10/'65