<title type="main">Elizabeth Griffith to Thomas E. Bramlette Edition created from new transcripts of this manuscript. Initial upload of this work's facsimile images and metadata to FromThePage for editing Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections Administrator of the CWGK Migration transcription project on FromThePage Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections made 4 edits between June 22, 2025 and June 22, 2025. Dynamic TEI export from FromThePage (version 22.10)

This image and transcription is publicly accessible. The image appears courtesy of the repository named in the Source Description. The transcription and annotation were undertaken by Kentucky Historical Society staff, volunteers, and interns. If referencing this document title, accession number, and permanent URL.

 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 1st - 20th Regiments Kentucky Infantry Primary Source Documents KYR-0002-024-0059 Box 8, Folder 14th Ky. Inf. - Misc.

Lawrence 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. Elizabeth Edwards Griffith (Lawrence County, Kentucky, resident) N00013706 1807? 1874-03-06 Categories: People

Lawrence County, Kentucky, resident. Lawrence County native. Daughter of M. Edwards and S. Edwards. Married to James Griffith. Mother of Walter Griffith, James Griffith, Elsy Griffith, John Griffith, Elizabeth Griffith, Harrison Griffith, and Clarinda Griffith. Married to John Griffith in Lawrence County on December 19, 1862. Resident of Lawrence County in 1850. Resident of Lawrence County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: Harrison Griffith (Lawrence County, Kentucky, student)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 56B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 568. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Lawrence County Marriages, Film #000840550, p. 43. Kentucky Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994044, Knox, Larue, Laurel, Lawrence County Deaths, p. 712 of 737 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Ira B. Hutchison (Lawrence Co., KY, captain 68th Enrolled Militia ) N00013778 1833? 1905? Categories: People

Lawrence County, Kentucky, soldier. Virginia native. Married to Louisa P. Hutchison. Father of Leonidas H. Hutchison, George T. Hutchison, and William Hutchison. Clerk in store in Louisa, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 68th Kentucky Infantry Regiment Enrolled Militia (U.S.A.) as captain from May 21, 1864, to July 23, 1864.

Relationships Military: Harrison Griffith (Lawrence County, Kentucky, student)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Louisa, p. 661. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Louisa, p. 284B. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0469. Find A Grave, "Ira Burton "IB" Hutchison (1833-1905)," Memorial #188167959 , http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188167959 (accessed January 5, 2021). Harrison Griffith (Lawrence County, Kentucky, student) N00013704 1847-07-15 1925-09-14 Categories: People

Lawrence County, Kentucky, student. Kentucky native. Son of James Griffith and Elizabeth Edwards Griffith. Resident of Lawrence County in 1850. Student in Lawrence County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 56B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 568. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7017503, Boyd County Deaths, File #20848, p. 1053 of 3308 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Sarah Osburn (Lawrence Co., KY, housewife) N00013885 1808? Categories: People

Lawrence County, Kentucky, housewife. Kentucky native. Married to Walter J. Osburn. Mother of Meredith Osburn, Thomas Osburn, Elizabeth Osburn, Edmund Osburn, Eliza Osburn, Chilton Osburn, Nancy Osburn, Charles Osburn, James L. Osburn, and William J. Osburn. Resident in Lawrence County in 1850. Housewife in Lawrence County in 1860. Employed Sarah Griffith as a house servant in Lawrence County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: Walter J. Osburn (Lawrence County, Kentucky, farmer, postmaster, and justice of the peace) Social: Elizabeth Edwards Griffith (Lawrence County, Kentucky, resident) Social: Harrison Griffith (Lawrence County, Kentucky, student)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 56B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 567. Walter J. Osburn (Lawrence County, Kentucky, farmer, postmaster, and justice of the peace) N00013702 1803? Categories: People

Lawrence County, Kentucky, farmer, postmaster, and justice of the peace. Virginia native. Married to Sarah Edwards Osburn. Father of Meredith Osburn, Thomas Osburn, Elizabeth Osburn, Edmond Osburn, Elisa Osburn, Chilton A. Osburn, Nancy Osburn, Charles L. Osburn, James L. Osburn, and William J. Osburn. Postmaster of Blaine, Kentucky, in Lawrence County, from June 26, 1839, to July 31, 1839. Farmer with Meredith Osburn in Lawrence County in 1850. Farmer in Lawrence County in 1860. Employed Sarah Griffith as a house servant in Lawrence County in 1860. Employed James A. Rice and Clifton A. Osburn as farmhands in Lawrence County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Lawrence County in 1864.

Relationships Social: Elizabeth Edwards Griffith (Lawrence County, Kentucky, resident) Social: Harrison Griffith (Lawrence County, Kentucky, student)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 56B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 567. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971. Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Lawrence County, Kentucky, Volume 12A, p. 117 of 588 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). KYR-0002-024-0059. Lawrence County, Kentucky P00000552 Categories: Places

County in northeast Kentucky. Seat at Louisa. Located on the Big Sandy River.

38.1143, -82.6032 George Wolfford, “Lawrence County” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 537. "Louisa, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 22, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Louisa, Kentucky P00000553 Categories: Places

Seat of Lawrence County, Kentucky. Located on the Big Sandy River.

38.1143, -82.6032 George Wolfford, “Louisa,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 574. "Louisa, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 22, 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). 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. Government of the United States of America O00002945 1776-07-04 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the United States of America. Comprised of the Legislative Branch, Judicial Branch, and Executive Branch. Capital at Washington, District of Columbia.

Relationships Military: 68th Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia Economic: Hiram Barney (New York attorney and customs collector) Political: Leonard B. Cox (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Political: William Scott Botts (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: George Jackson (Bullitt County, Kentucky, laborer) Political: Hillary G. Jackson (Bullitt County, Kentucky, laborer & private 26th KY Inf USA) Legal: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Military: Thornton Williams (Scott County, Kentucky, soldier. Formerly enslaved by Urias Offutt, accused of attempted murder.) Political: Urias M. Offutt (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. and slaveholder.) Military: George W. Rasure (Floyd County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Military: Amaziah "Samuel" Rasure (Washington County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Military: David Rasure, Jr. (New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Political: Nelson Trusler (Connersville, Indiana, attorney, politician, and soldier) Political: Robert Alexander Dowell (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Oliver P. Morton (Fourteenth governor of Indiana, attorney, judge, and politician.) Political: John Walter Rutherford (Crittenden County, Kentucky, barkeeper and merchant)

"America's Founding Documents," https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs (accessed on December 1, 2017). 14th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00006265 1861-12-10 1865-01-31 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky. Mustered into service on December 10, 1861. Mustered out of service on January 31, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel Laban T. Moore, Colonel John C. Cochran, and Colonel George W. Gallup.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 872-893. 68th Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia O00009683 1864-05-21 1864-06-22 Categories: Organizations

Comprised of militia from Lawrence County, Kentucky. Commanders: Col. Thomas McKinster, Lt. Col. Martin H. Johns, and Major William M. Jones.

Relationships Military: Samuel G. Suddarth (Adair Co, KY, atty, Quarter-master general of KY) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Thomas McKinster (Lawrence County, KY, farmer and soldier) Military: George W. Gallup (Louisa, KY, attorney, reg QM 14th KY Inf (USA), lt col & col) Military: Louis Henry Pelouze (U.S. Army, soldier) Military: Government of the United States of America Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: United States War Department Military: Ira B. Hutchison (Lawrence Co., KY, captain 68th Enrolled Militia ) Military: Harrison Griffith (Lawrence County, Kentucky, student)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 889. Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky O00000388 1793 Categories: Organizations

The office of the chief military officer and advisor to the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Resides in the Executive Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. 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: Hall's Gap Battalion Political: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: John L. Lamb (Kentucky, soldier) Military: Douglas Jones (Union County, laborer and soldier) Military: Charles W. Quiggins (Hardin County, KY, carpenter and soldier) Military: Houston L. Keesee (Union County, farmer and soldier) Military: Alderson T. Keen (Major in 1st Ky Cavalry) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.) Military: Francis M. Helveti (1st ky cavalry and professor) Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Political: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Albert G. Huffman (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: George H. Norton (Private and hospital steward in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry ) Military: Granville Jasper Vaught (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: John Brent Fishback (Louisville/Garrard/Pulaski /1st KY Cav) Military: Josiah "Joe" D. Beatie (Pulaski Co, KY, corp, 2d Lieut, & Capt1st ky cav USA) Military: Thomas J. Graves (Russell County, KY, 1st sgt & 1st Lieut 1st Ky Cav USA) Military: James L. Pankey (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: Tilford N. Bruner (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: Phillip Roberts (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: George Watkins Drye (Casey County, KY, Major in 1st Ky Cavalry) Military: Thomas Rowland (Cumberland Co, Ky; sgt, lieut, maj in 1st Ky Cav USA) Military: William D. Carpenter (1st Ky Cavalry regiment) Military: Alexander C. Smith (Pvt-1st lieut - 1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: S. J. Layman (Assistant surgeon for 2nd regiment Kentucky Cavalry) Political: Reuben S. Darnall (Mason County, KY, mason's apprentice and military drummer, private & first sergeant) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Robert Armstrong Athey (Kenton County, lawyer, asst. adjutant general for KY vols (U.S.A.)) Military: Joel H. Roach (Corporal, 3rd Kentucky Cavalry) Military: Robert L. Wilson (Crittenden County, KY, farmer) Military: Kentucky Home Guard Military: Kentucky State Militia Military: William Pope Anderson (Cincy OH, assistant Adj General to General Ambrose Burnside) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: Kentucky Volunteers Political: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: Archibald J. Alexander (Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier.) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: Julius Fosses (Louisville, Kentucky, aide-de-camp, asst inspector general of cavalry, and Bvt Maj. of Vols. (U.S.A.)) Military: Alexander Wake Holeman (Owen County, Kentucky, machinist, hotelkeeper, and Maj OH River Batt KSG; capt, maj, lt col in 12th KY Cav, Col. 11th KY Cav (USA)) Military: Milton J. Graham (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. 4th Inf and 11th Cav (U.S.A.)) Military: William Owsley Boyle (Boyle County, Kentucky, soldier - Lt. Col. 11th Ky. Cav.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), vii. Lawrence County, Kentucky Petition 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.
1

To Your Excellency The Governor of the Common Wealth of Kentucky Your petitioner Elizabeth Griffith sixty years of age and has Ever bean Loyal to the Government had three sons Volonteerd in the 14th Ky Inft Ridgement & Last June the only son Liveing with me when not seventeen years old stole off with out my Knowledge or consent and Volenteered withL B Hutcerson in Co Your Petitioner represent to Your Excelency that she has went & Demanded hur son of the capt & he refuses to give him up Therefore Your petioner prays your honour to release hur son Harrison Griffith From the servse as he is a boy of weak constitution & Veary Desireous to return home to his mother The company has never bean organized or received any pay or Mustered in any serves Therefore your petioner humbly prays your honor to dis charge the said Harrison Griffith from the presant In listment & in duy bound Will Ever pray &C

Elizabeth Griffith

State of Kentucky} Sct County ofLawrence

This day Sariah Osburn & Elizabeth Griffith made oath that Harrison Griffith was only 17 years of age the 15th Day of July Last past Given under my hand this 24th Day of Sept 1864

Walter Osburn J P L C

2

14 Louisa Lawrence Co Ky Sept 24th 1864

Griffith Elizabeth
To the Gov.

Affidavit that her son Harrison Griffith is only 17 years of age, and joined Capt Hutchisins Company against her will and consent. Asks that he be discharged

Recd A G O. 17 Oct 1864