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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 37th - 76th Regiments Enrolled Militia Primary Source Documents (1861-1866) KYR-0002-022-0126 Box 81, Folder 75th Regiment 1862-1865 Nominations and Commissions

Maysville, Mason 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. Francis B. Trussell (Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky, farmer and mayor) N00008307 1827-09-29 1906? Categories: People

Maysville, Kentucky, farmer and mayor. Lewis County, Kentucky native. Son of John Trussell and Rebecca Clancy Trussell. Married Ellen M. Robinson Trussell in 1864. Attended Richland Academy in Mason County, Kentucky. Farmer in Lewis County in 1850. Read law with Harrison Taylor in Maysville. Admitted to the bar in Maysville in September 1858. Mayor of Maysville from 1861 to 1864. Deputy Provost Marshal of the Ninth Congressional District of Kentucky. Commissioner of the Board of Enrollment in Mayesville and Greenup County, Kentucky, in 1865. Member of the Presbyterian Church.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: Thomas J. Walker (Lewis County, KY, saddler and farmer) Military: Amos J. Means (Maysville, KY, blacksmith) Military: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, District No. 2, p. 159A. W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, 8th ed. (Louisville and Chicago: F. A. Battey and Company, 1888), 996. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1874), 111. KYR-0001-029-0371. Thomas J. Walker (Lewis County, KY, saddler and farmer) N00009499 1804-11-25 1880-06-01 Categories: People

Lewis County, Kentucky, saddler and farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth G. Walker. Father of Mary E. Walker, Edward E. Walker, Francis M. Walker, Madison M. Walker, Joseph J. Walker, Sarah A. E. Walker, Jerusha A. Walker, and Frances S. Walker. Saddler in Lewis County in 1850. Farmer in Lewis County in 1850. Farmer in Lewis County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, District 2, p. 178B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, p. 785. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, Tollesboro, p. 512A. Find A Grave, "Col Thomas Jefferson Walker (1804-1880)," Memorial #31843967, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31843967# (accessed October 15, 2018). Amos J. Means (Maysville, KY, blacksmith) N00009498 1825-12-26 1898-08-02 Categories: People

Maysville, Kentucky, blacksmith. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Jane Cooper Means in Mason County in March 1852. Father of Clarke A. Means and Leslie C. Means. Blacksmith in Maysville in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 2 East Maysville, p. 166. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, Concord, p. 10. Find A Grave, "Amos Jefferson Means (1825-1898)," Memorial #171756919, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171756919# (accessed October 15, 2018). Marriage Records: Kentucky Marriages, (Richmond, KY: Madison County Courthouse), film no. 000281844 p. 29. Andrew J. Farrow (Lewis County, KY, farmer and 1st lieut 10th Cav USA) N00009861 1828? 1885? Categories: People

Lewis County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Indiana native. Married to Sarah J. Hendrickson Farrow in Lewis County on April 5, 1849. Father of Mary C. Farrow and George W. Farrow. Married to Nancy McIlwain Farrow on February 13, 1855. Farmer in Lewis County in 1850. Farmer in Lewis County in 1860. Served in the 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant from September 9, 1862, to September 17, 1863.

Relationships Military: 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, District 2, p. 167A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, p. 36. Kentucky Marriage Records on Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058, Lewis County Marriages, p. 4. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 101. William C. Halbert (Lewis County, KY, farmer and attorney) N00009862 1816 1877 Categories: People

Lewis County, Kentucky, farmer and attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Lavina A. Halbert. Father of Mary Halbert, Walker Halbert, Isaac W. Halbert, Willie C. Halbert, Rachael Florence Halbert, Henry D. Halbert, and Anna L. Halbert. Farmer in Lewis County in 1850. Attorney in Lewis County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Harrison Taylor (Speaker State House, Mason Co, KY) Political: Elias D. Secrest (Lewis County, KY, farmer and corporal 10th Cav USA) Political: Andrew J. Farrow (Lewis County, KY, farmer and 1st lieut 10th Cav USA)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, District 2, p. 156A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, p. 872. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, Vanceburg, p. 533B. Find A Grave, "William Cottingham Halbert (1816-1877)," Memorial #84061619, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84061619# (accessed December 13, 2018). Harrison Taylor (Speaker State House, Mason Co, KY) N00008309 1810-08-10 1876-11-28 Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Lewis County, Kentucky, native. Son of Joseph Taylor and Elizabeth Harrison Taylor. Married Charlotte Jane Duke Taylor in Scott County on January 14, 1840. Father of Mary D. Taylor, Elizabeth "Bessie" Taylor, Charlotte Taylor, Alice Taylor, Harry Taylor, and John D. Taylor. Deputy clerk in the Mason County Court and Mason Circuit Court from 1825 to 1829. Attorney in Washington, Kentucky, in 1833. Law partner of John A. McClung from 1835 to 1850. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Mason County in 1836. Commonwealth's Attorney from 1839 to 1850. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Mason County from 1857 to 1861. Owned four enslaved persons in Maysville in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1861 to 1867. Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1863 to 1867.

Relationships Social: Edward Fleming (Maysville, KY) Familial: Samuel Hatfield (Floyd County, Kentucky, farmer and War of 1812 Veteran) Political: William C. Halbert (Lewis County, KY, farmer and attorney) Political: Reuben S. Darnall (Mason County, KY, mason's apprentice and military drummer, private & first sergeant) Political: Amos J. Means (Maysville, KY, blacksmith) Political: Thomas J. Walker (Lewis County, KY, saddler and farmer) Political: Francis B. Trussell (Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky, farmer and mayor) Political: William Henry Wadsworth (KY state senator, U. S. Representative, attorney, presidential elector) Social: Abner Hall (Mason County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: John Morgan (Mason County, Kentucky, cooper) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: William H. Savage (Mason County, Kentucky, retail clerk and attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, p. 104B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, p. 321. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville Wards 1, 2 & 3, p. 4B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville Ward 1, p. 398A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, 1803-1883, Film #000183225, p. 145. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 215. W. M. Paxton, The Marshall Family: Or a Genealogical Chart of the Descendants of John Marshall and Elizabeth Markham, His Wife, Sketches of Individuals and Notices of Families Connected with Them (Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1885), 182-83. Maysville, Kentucky P00001219 Categories: Places

Seat of Mason County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

38.6412, -83.7444 Jean W. Calvert, "Maysville" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 621-22. " Maysville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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). 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. 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. Kentucky State Militia O00000916 1792 Categories: Organizations

The Kentucky State Militia consisted of two principal branches, active and enrolled. From its founding, the Commonwealth of Kentucky operated a county-based, universally enrolled militia consisting of all white males of military age. The active militia, consisting of volunteer companies, was organized in 1860 as the Kentucky State Guard.

Relationships Military: Alexander W. Nickell (Morgan County, Kentucky, farmer, laborer and soldier) Military: 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia (U.S.A.) Military: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky Military: Military Board of Kentucky Military: Sebastian C. Vick (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier.) Military: [Unknown] Mitchell (Mason County, Captain of State Guard Unit) Economic: John B. Lindsey (Versailles, Kentucky, farmer, paymaster & organizer for KY militia) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Samuel G. Suddarth (Adair Co, KY, atty, Quarter-master general of KY) Economic: James F. Tureman (Kenton County, KY, bookkeeper and Quartermaster 22nd Infty USA) Military: James F. Tureman (Kenton County, KY, bookkeeper and Quartermaster 22nd Infty USA) Economic: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Economic: William Stewart (Clerk for Kentucky Inspector General) Military: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Military: Thomas Hall (Washington County, KY, farmer and soldier) Military: James W. Wilkins (Hopkins County, Kentucky, merchant) Military: John H. Frost (Hopkins County, KY, farmer and pvt of 25th, corp thru capt 17th KY Infantry USA) Military: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: Goldman H. Goodman (Anderson County, KY, physician) Military: James A. Hawkins (Anderson County, KY, paymaster ) Military: William Morrison (Clinton County, KY, farmer) Military: William C. Wood (Clinton County, KY, farmer) Military: George W. Mathews (Anderson County, Kentucky, police judge) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Richard G. Stone, “Kentucky State Guard,” The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 513. 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00000866 1862-09-09 1863-09-17 Categories: Organizations

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.

Relationships Military: Andrew J. Farrow (Lewis County, KY, farmer and 1st lieut 10th Cav USA) Military: Kentucky Central Railway Military: Horatio Gouverneur Wright (Union General, commander of Dept of OH) Military: Samuel G. Suddarth (Adair Co, KY, atty, Quarter-master general of KY) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: William D. Ratcliffe (Bracken Co, Ky, tavern keeper & capt 10th Cav USA)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 271. Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky 1863-10-19 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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Maysville Ky Oct. 19th 1863 His Excellency

Govr Bramlette. Frankfort, Ky Dr Sir

There is an unfortunate state of things in the county of Lewis, adjoining this, requiring the greatest prudence in its management. We understand that efforts are being made to organize the state guard, in that county and that your Excellency will be applied to for the immediate appointment of Col. & Lt. Col. We would respectfully suggest to you, that as your acquaintance with the people of that county is limited, that you withhold the appointment of these officers until you can learn something of the applicants. from persons upon whom you ought to rely-

The undersigned F. B, Trussell is a native of and recently a resident of that county, and is aware of the troubles that exist there & of the necessity of having men of the very highest character, courage & prudence to fill the military stations in the county -- He is also deputy provost Marshall for 8 counties of this congressional district, the county of Lewis being one of them.. To day he telegraphed your Excellency that Thomas J Walker & Amos Means of that county

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were excellent men for the places of Col & Leuit Col. if they would accept- We both concur in the recommendation- but do not know whether they would accept- and intend to see them about the matter- Unless some such men are had for the places we anticipate trouble- Lieut. A. J. Farrow late of the 10. Ky Cavalry will recruit a company in that county for the state guard- He will make a good captain-

We take the liberty of enclosing to you a letter from W. C. Halbert an esteemed citizen of that county to H. Taylor touching the matters of which we have been writing. From it, you will learn permit ^to some extent^ the nature of the troubles in that county. The persons alluded to in the letter of Mr Halbert= are good men,, one of them (Farrow) the same alludes to above. We both think however that if Walker & Means will consent to serve, their appointment will give universal satisfaction, except to the extreme radicals, who are as dangerous to the peace the country as the rebels themselves as we are some times led to believe..

We are very Respectfully Your Obt Servts. H, Taylor F, B, Trussell.