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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 1st - 20th Regiments Kentucky Infantry Primary Source Documents KYR-0002-024-0037 Box 7, Folder 7th Ky. Inf. - Misc.

Washington, District of Columbia 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. William Robert Davidson (Madison, Indiana, physician and surgeon 22nd & 7th KY Inf) N00001189 1842-10-16 1924-01-12 Categories: People

Madison, Indiana, physician and soldier. Madison native. Married to Elizabeth G. Davidson in 1864. Father of Charles G. Davidson. Student in Madison in 1850. Served in the 22nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment as second assistant surgeon from April 1863 to December 1864. Served in the 7th Kentucky Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment as assistant surgeon from December 1864 to August 16, 1865.

Relationships Military: Madison City Greys Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Kentucky Volunteers Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Madison, p. 61A. Indiana State Board of Health, Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, IN, Death Certificates, 1924, Roll 01, Certificate #1256, p. 1274 of 2020 of microfilm. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0347. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0211. Find A Grave, "Dr. William R. Davidson (1842 - 1924)," Memorial #82118033, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82118033/william-r.-davidson (accessed June 27, 2017). Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) N00005761 1832-11-15 1909-11-30 Categories: People

Washington, District of Columbia, soldier. Harrison County, Ohio, native. Married to Laura L. Vincent. Father of Thomas N. Vincent. Graduated from the United State Military Academy in 1853 as a second lieutenant. Served in the United States 2nd Artillery Regiment until 1859. Appointed assistant professor of chemistry at the United States Military Academy in August 1859. Served in the Army of Northwestern Virginia (U.S.A.) as an assistant adjutant general, captain, and major from July 1861 to 1865.

Relationships Military: United States War Department Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Legal: Joseph Holt (Washington, D.C., Judge Advocate General (U.S.A.)) Legal: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Legal: Judge Advocate General Corps (U.S.A.) Legal: United States War Department Legal: Robert Buffum (Louisville, Kentucky, lieutenant (U.S.A.)) Military: William Berry (McLean County, Kentucky, physician &surgeon 7th KY Inf USA) Political: William Berry (McLean County, Kentucky, physician &surgeon 7th KY Inf USA) Military: William Robert Davidson (Madison, Indiana, physician and surgeon 22nd & 7th KY Inf) Military: 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Kentucky Volunteers Political: 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Political: 12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Political: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Political: United States War Department Military: 55th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 26th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: Lewis B. Vimont (Bourbon County, Kentucky, clerk and 2nd lieut 7th Inf USA) Political: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: Nelson C. Lawrence (Indiana & KY musican; pvt 7th IN Inf & 8th Ky Cav; maj 17th Ky Cav (all USA)) Military: Columbus H. Martin (Muhlenberg County, Ky, farm laborer and captain in the 11th Ky Inf (U.S.A.)) Military: Enoch George Jacobs (Hamilton Co. OH, blacksmith apprentice, 1st Lieut. 12th Ky Inf.) Military: Robert B. Herron (Highland County, Ohio, student and chaplain 14th Ky Inf. USA) Military: William R. Holbrook (Morgan County, Kentucky, farmer and private in 14th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.)) Military: Benjamin F. Pumphrey (Garrard Co, Ky, house carpenter, pvt thru capt 27th Ky Inf. USA) Military: William Morgan Pollitt (Mason County, Kentucky, physician; ass't surgeon 12th Ky Inf USA) Military: John S. Thompson (Lawrence County, Ky, farmer; 2nd lieut.14th Ky Inf USA) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Leonidas S. Sullivan (Indiana resident and captain in 5th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.)) Military: Green C. Freeman (Pulaski County, Kentucky, farmer and 1st lieut 12th Ky Inf USA) Military: Robert L. Beckham (McLean County, Kentucky, physician and captain in 17th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.)) Military: Joseph Ballow (Pulaski County, Kentucky, resident and captain in 12th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.)) Military: William H. Norton (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and 2nd lieutenant in 11th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.)) Military: Charles H. Harris (Louisville, Kentucky, clerk and 2nd lieutenant in 11th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.)) Military: Joseph Gill Roberts (Frankfort, Kentucky, physician and soldier) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: 5th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 40th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Lorenzo Thomas (Washington, District of Columbia, adjutant general of the U.S. Army) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: Provost Marshal General's Office

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Washington, District of Columbia, Ward 2, p. 386B. John Fiske and James Grant Wilson, ed., Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography, vol. V, (New York: Appleton, 1889), 300. "Thomas MacCurdy Vincent (1832-1909)," Find A Grave, Memorial #10652259, accessed June 5, 2019, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10652259. KYR-0002-033-0014. Washington, District of Columbia P00001134 Categories: Places

Seat of government of the United States of America. Located on the Potomac River.

38.9072, -77.0369 Jeane Mason Fogle, "Washington, D.C." in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/Washington-DC) (accessed May 22, 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Washington, D.C.," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 8, 2019). Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) O00010608 1775-06-16 Categories: Organizations

Chief administrative office of the U.S. Army. Operated from 1847 to 1964. Responsible for organizing recruits into companies and regiments with the assistance of state adjutant generals. Adjutant general during the Civil War: Lorenzo Thomas (1861-1869).

Relationships Political: Kentucky Volunteers Military: Kentucky Volunteers Military: 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 16th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 19th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: 20th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war)

Stephen E. Bower, A Short History of the U.S. Army Adjutant General's Corps, 1775-2013, (Fort Jackson, SC: U.S. Army Soldier Support Institute, 2013). 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. Kentucky Volunteers O00000870 1861 1865 Categories: Organizations

The official organization of Kentucky military forces under the command of the Adjutant General of Kentucky. Organized into infantry, cavalry, and artillery regiments. Civil War-era Adjutant Generals: Scott Brown (1859-1861); John W. Finnell (1861-1863); John Boyle (1863-1864); Daniel W. Lindsey (1864-1867).

Relationships Military: George Reid Barber (Captain Barber's Company) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Fleming County State Guard (Captain Barber's Company) Military: Charles Hayden (Frankfort, Kentucky, clerk and soldier) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: Samuel G. Suddarth (Adair Co, KY, atty, Quarter-master general of KY) Military: George B. Baum (Louisville, Kentucky, resident.) Military: Kentucky Central Railway Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: James Fisher Robinson, Jr. (QMG of KY, Gov's son) Military: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Military: Arthur J. Harrington (Jefferson County, KY, printer and soldier) Military: Charles W. Quiggins (Hardin County, KY, carpenter and soldier) Military: Jesse J. Craddock (Hart County, KY, farmer and lieutenant colonel) Military: Alexander James Umphrey (NYC, NY, private(U.S.A.)) Military: Charles R. Griffith (Louisville, Kentucky, clerk and treasurer ) Economic: Louisville & Nashville Railroad Military: Robert G. Purdy (Marion County, KY, blacksmith and soldier (U.S.A.)) Military: Frank P. Cahill (Cincinnati, Ohio, hotelkeeper & capt, maj, & lt col 1st KY Inf USA) Military: William H. Taylor (Kenton County, Kentucky, clerk, 1st lieut & pvt 2nd Ky Inf, ) Military: Samuel L. Christie (Cincinnati, Ohio,1st lieut & capt 1st Ky Inf USA) Military: Thomas Foreman (Jeffersonville, Indiana, lieut & capt 5th Ky Inf USA) Military: Robert Stuart (Lincoln County, Tennessee, physician and asst surg 2nd Ky Cav USA) Military: George A. Little (Daviess, KY, capt 17th Ky Inf USA) Military: John D. Lenahan (Louisville, Kentucky painter and soldier) Military: John Francis Wisnewski (Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio glycerin maker and soldier) Military: Henry Frederick Kalfus (Bullitt County, Kentucky, physician, major (U.S.A.)) Military: George A. Richardson (Louisville, Kentucky pilot and soldier) Military: Abram P. Brown (Kentucky soldier) Military: Oscar D. Kress (Clark County, Kentucky soldier) Military: George A. Hanniford (Kentucky 1st lieut 49th Ky Inf USA) Military: James M. Bailey (Logan County, Kentucky, physician and surgeon 26th Ky Inf USA, acting chief surgeon of US forces 1863) Military: Frederick Guy (Clark County, Indiana, clerk, farmer, 26th Ky Inf USA) Military: Milton A. Sivey (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky soldier) Military: Emory R. Harrington (Boyle County, Kentucky silversmith, 4th Ky Mtd Inf USA) Military: Allen S. Whetstone (Ohio soldier) Military: Henry P. Merrill (Michigan soldier) Military: Alvin O. Pattee (Kentucky butcher and soldier) Military: Edmund B. Randolph (Kentucky soldier) Military: William W. Sanders (Boyle County, Kentucky, 1st lieut & capt 4th KY Inf USA) Military: James A. Moores (Estill County, Kentucky laborer and soldier) Military: John W. Combs (Monroe County, Kentucky, constable and soldier) Military: James Peter Hiatt (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: Peter Hinkle (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer and 1st lieut & capt 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: Hugh White Adams (Knox County, KY, clerk and lt thru maj 7th KY Inf USA) Military: David C. Thurman (Lewis County, Kentucky, farmer and sgt. ;ieut 22nd KY Inf USA) Military: Shadrach L. Mitchell (Lewis County, Kentucky, artist and soldier) Military: Joseph H. Davis (Livingston County, Kentucky, farmer and lieut 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: William Sears (Whitley County, Kentucky, farmer, boat builder, and capt 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: James H. Tinsley (Knox County, Kentucky, sgt, lieut & adj in 3rd Ky Inf, 7th Ky Inf, 49th Ky Inf USA) Military: John B. Stivers (Bourbon County, KY, carpenter and 2nd lieut 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: Thomas H. Wilson (Jackson County, Kentucky, merchant; sgt, lieut, & capt 7th KY Inf USA) Military: Elhannon W. Murphy (Clay County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: William Berry (McLean County, Kentucky, physician &surgeon 7th KY Inf USA) Military: Edward R. Palmer (Louisville, KY, physician, army surgeon, VT clerk) Military: William. T. Morrow (Bullitt County, Kentucky, farm laborer & 28th KY Inf corporal, 1st lieut & commissary sgt) Military: Williamson W. Bacon (Jefferson County, KY, 22nd Inf: 1st sgt, 2nd lieut, & capt; 7th Inf: capt) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: 55th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 28th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 16th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 19th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 20th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866). Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866). 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00006406 1861-09-22 1866-03-11 Categories: Organizations

Originally organized as the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment, but subsequently renamed as the 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Organized at Camp Dick Robinson in Garrard County, Kentucky. Mustered into service on September 22, 1861. Mustered out of service on March 11, 1866. Commander(s): Colonel T. T. Garrard and Colonel Reuben May.

Relationships Military: Samuel P. Kincaid (Owsley County) Military: Henry H. Franklin (Owsley County) Military: William C. Bowman (Owsley County) Military: William T. Eager (Owsley County) Military: George W. Daniel (Booneville, Ky attorney and infantry first lieutenant) Military: William C. Judd (Owsley County farmer and infantry private) Military: Archibald B. McGuire (Owsley County, KY, store clerk and circuit Court Clerk) Military: Gale S. Dowis (Knox County, Kentucky, pvt, sgt, lieut 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: Andrew H. Clark (Owsley County, Kentucky, farmer and lt col/colonel 47th Ky Mtd Inf (U.S.A.)) Military: Henry J. Clark (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer and 7th KY Inf USA pvt, corp, 1st sgt, capt) Military: Peter Hinkle (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer and 1st lieut & capt 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: William A. Dozier (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: Samuel "Hampton" Flanery (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer and sgt & lieut 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: Thomas H. Wilson (Jackson County, Kentucky, merchant; sgt, lieut, & capt 7th KY Inf USA) Military: William W. Watkins (Whitley County, Kentucky, pvt & commissary sgt 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: William H. Jackson (Laurel County, Kentucky, blacksmith, QM and first lieut. 7th Ky Inf. USA) Military: Joseph H. Frisbee (Laurel County, Kentucky laborer; sgt & lieut 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: Theophilus Toulmin Garrard (Clay County, Ky, farmer, commissioner, Ky rep & senator, and general (U.S.A.)) Military: Chauncey McKeever (Assistant AG USA) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky

Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Compiled and Arranged from Official Records of the Federal and Confederate Armies Reports of the Adjutant Generals of the Several States, the Army Registers and Other Reliable Documents and Sources (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 1200. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 748-69. Washington, District of Columbia 1865-09-06 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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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Adjutant General's Office,

Washington, September 6th, 1865. To His Excellency, The Governor of Kentucky Sir:

I have the honor to report, that the following named Officers of the Volunteer forces from the State of Kentucky have been discharged at the dates, and for the causes, set opposite their respective names, viz:

Asst. Surg. William R. Davidson 7 Regiment, Aug 16" 65, Res. honorably disability.

I am Sir Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant Thomas M. Vincent Assistant Adjutant General.

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